translation biographical perspectives jetsun-kahbum

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Noblemen and Kinsmen History of a Sikh Family: History of a Sikh Family
Preminder Singh Sandha Wailia

Munshirm Manoharlal Pub Pvt Ltd, 1999

In this rich and illuminating family history, the author looks at the personalities and lifestyles of members of his family from various generations dating back to the 17th Century and earlier. Included are anecdotes about the court of Maharaja Ranjit Singh, the quixotic struggle against the British government to restore Maharaja Dalip Singh to the throne of Punjab, and the Kohinoor, a 186-carat gem of dazzling beauty.

Essays in Zen Buddhism: First Series

4 reviews
Daisetz Teitaro Suzuki

Munshirm Manoharlal Pub Pvt Ltd, 2000

Simply Powerful
Suzuki's works offer a clear insight look at the often misunderstood world of zen. Suzuki gives the reader the ability to understand zen, rather than dictating what zen is. This work would be of benefit to any one wishing to see if zen is 'right' for them

Hindu Concept of Life & Death: As Portrayed in Vedas, Brahmanas, Aranyakas, Upanisads
Shyam Ghosh

Munshirm Manoharlal Pub Pvt Ltd, 2002

This book portrays the Hindu view of life in its totality-its origin, growth, decay, and eternity. It surveys different schools of thought in the East & West, beginning with the human belief in the Unseen, down to religious rites & the birth of materialism. The author analyses over 500 ancient texts to justify the Hindu cults of immortality, karma, transmigration of souls & image worship. It underlines the fundamentals of physical science as ...

The Adi Granth: Or The Holy Scriptures Of The Sikhs

4 reviews

Munshirm Manoharlal Pub Pvt Ltd, 2004

Greatest Holy book ever written! This is AMAZING!
This is the ONE! This is the TRUTH! Prepare to be AMAZED! I challenge you to compare this to any other 'holy' book, you will be shocked at this masterpiece. It will change your life! Firstly, I would like to say that one of the reveiwers has made some rather foolish remarks when he says that the SGGS (Sri Guru Granth Sahib) is a "minor religious work of little importance". Either this person ...

The Surangama Sutra (Leng Yen Ching: Chinese Rendering by Master Paramiti of Central North India at Chih Chih ...

2 reviews
Han Shan

Munshirm Manoharlal Pub Pvt Ltd, 2001

A valuable guide for Buddhist meditation
This text is a meaningful guide to Mahayana meditation practice. The Famous Ming Ch'an (Zen)master, Han-shan, used the Surangama Sutra to check his own progress with meditation - and wrote an extensive commentary on its practical meaning. What makes this particular translation valuable, is that incor-porates key-elements from Master Han-shan's commentary. The Surangama Sutra is very ...

Central Philosophy of Buddhism: A Study of Madhyamika System

8 reviews
T. R. V. Murti

Munshirm Manoharlal Pub Pvt Ltd, 2003

By far the best account of Madhyamika in English
Murti's study of the Madhyamika should be required reading for anyone interested in Buddhism. With questionable relevance, a number of people now seem to assume that 'post-modern' Western philosophy is moving in the same direction as Nagarjuna- and, mutatis mutandis, more than a few Western Buddhists seem happy to confirm this illusion, coining the idioms of post-modern Western philosophy to ...

Vedic Grammar

1 review
A.A. Macdonell

Munshirm Manoharlal Pub Pvt Ltd, 2000

A must (for the brave student of the Rg-Veda)
MacDonnell's Vedic Grammar is the classic reference book for the beginner and, indeed, for the advanced student of the Rg-Veda. It is traditionally arranged, covering phonology issues, accent, and morphology. The book thoroughly covers the nominal and the verbal systems, which may be especially confusing for the student. A separate chapter discussing sandhi is especially well written. I ...

Dictionary of Hinduism: Its Mythology, Folklore and Development 1500 BC - AD 1500

1 review
Margaret Stutley, James Stutley

Munshirm Manoharlal Pub Pvt Ltd, 2003

An integral part of a holy trinity of dictionaries
Plainly put, there are only three dictionaries that are worth reading on Hinduism. One is by John Dowson, the other by Benjamin Walker and this one.

History of Indian Medicine
Girindranath Mukhopadhyaya

Munshirm Manoharlal Pub Pvt Ltd, 2003

The present book contains the history of Indian medicine from the earliest ages to the present time, and was awarded the Griffith Memorial Prize for the encouragement of advanced study of Science and Letters by the Calcutta University in 1909. This is a pioneer work of its kind and traces in detail the steady growth of the ancient science of medicine from the Vedic times upto the advent of the British rule. To make it complete the learned ...

Mining & Metallurgy in Ancient India
Rina Shrivastava

Munshirm Manoharlal Pub Pvt Ltd, 2006

Chapters on copper and Bronze, gold, silver, lead, iron, zin, brass. on evolving mining and metal-working capabilities, illus. major scholarly analysis

Tibet's Great Yogi Milarepa: A Biography from the Tibetan being the Jetsun-Kahbum or Biographical History of ...

Munshirm Manoharlal Pub Pvt Ltd, 2000

The teachings of the late Lama Kazi Dawa-Samdup, the Tibetan guru, have been culled and presented for Western world. It also aims at fostering greater understanding for further study certain aspects of Higher or Transcendental Mahayanic teachings.(Reprinted)

Yaksas
Ananda K. Coomaraswamy

Munshirm Manoharlal Pub Pvt Ltd, 1998

with 55 b&w illustrations

Truth & Tradition in Chinese Buddhism: A Study of Chinese Mahayana Buddhism
Karl Ludvig Reichelt

Munshirm Manoharlal Pub Pvt Ltd, 2001

This book gives an interpretation of Chinese Buddhism in a manner which is lucid, thoughtful and sympathetic. Such points are brought out which show as to why Buddhism is incomparable in its philosophy. The book also helps in understanding the tangled web of Buddhist history by setting into relief the great ideas, both philosophical and religious, around the person of Amida who, as it were, concretises into himself all such human aspirations and ...

Development in the Early Buddhist Concept of Kamma/Karma
James Paul McDermott

Munshirm Manoharlal Pub Pvt Ltd, 2003

One of the central concepts in Buddhism is the idea of Kamma. Although the importance of Karma in Buddhist thought is regularly recognized, the question remains whether the Buddhist understanding of the principle of Karma has been inalterably fixed, or whether it has undergone a process of development and modification during the course of Buddhist history. If, indeed, the Buddhist understanding of Karma has not been static, what kinds of ...

Indian Muslims
Mohammad Mujeeb

Munshirm Manoharlal Pub Pvt Ltd, 2003

This is an attempt to portray the life of Indian Muslims in all its aspects, beginning with the advent of the Muslim and ending with the present day. In it Indian Muslim history has been divided into three phases - early, middle and modern - and the various aspects of life and activity have been discussed under orthodoxy, statesmanship and administration, religious thought, Sufism, poets and writers, architecture and art, and social life. As the ...

Avatars of Modernity: Vasco da Gama's Discovery & Indian Identities in Perspective

Munshirm Manoharlal Pub Pvt Ltd, 2003

Containing contributions by Indian and Western scholars side by side and covering the period from Vasco da Gama's arrival in India to the present day, this book attempts to explore the complicated processes of Indian identity formation from both an Indian and a Western perspective. Not only the history, language and literatures of India, but also more specific aspects of modern India are analyzed as markers of this process.

Patanjali's Yoga Sutras

1 review
Rama Prasada

Munshirm Manoharlal Pub Pvt Ltd, 2002

a very complex and indepth looking commentary on the sutras
For those who are looking to "Squeeze" the maximum of the yoga sutras from the intellectual and scientifical (yoga as a science) point of views, this book gives an exellent indepth cover of all the aspects of the "Yoga Sutras". "sometimes it feels though, that it could be much simpler then it is presented". final suggestion: the book doesnt leave any open spaces - but is quite heavy and not very ...

Hindu Diaspora: Global Perspectives
Germany) International Conference on the Physics of Selenium and Tellurium (1979 : Konigstein im Taunus

Munshirm Manoharlal Pub Pvt Ltd, 2001

Diaspora Studies have emerged as a major academic discipline in the past few decades as large groups of people have moved away from their places of birth to settle in foreign lands. This book deals with the 'Diaspora' phenomenon and in particular with the 'Hindu Diaspora phenomenon' as we know that Hindus are now settled in more than one hundred and fifty countries around the globe. In this book the contributors reflect and examine the myriad ...

Religion of India (The Sociology of Hinduism and Buddhism)

2 reviews

Munshirm Manoharlal Pub Pvt Ltd, 2000

Amazing understanding and insight
This book is a part of gThe economical ethics of the world religions,h which consists mainly of three parts; others are gThe Confucian and the Taoismh and gThe Ancient Judaism.h It also includes two important short briefs. This article tries to reveal the relation between the social behaviors and religious ideas of the Hinduism and Buddhism derived from the ancient India. Its analysis is ...

Gheranda Samhita; Sanskrit Text With English Translation

Munshirm Manoharlal Pub Pvt Ltd, 1996

Hatha-Yoga is one of the most important forms of Yoga in which attempt is made to attain concentration or Samadhi by purification of the body and physical exercises. The Tantrik Sanskrit text Gheranda Samhita, which is in the form of dialogue between the sage Gheranda and an inquirer Chanda Kapali, teaches Yoga under heads or Sadhanas. The book, containing three hundred and fifty verses, is divided into seven chapters, in each of which are ...

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