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Vedanta
This volume presents in a clear and concise form the tents of a religion, the scriptures of which have evolved over the course of five thousand years. Vivekananda once said, ''I have a message to the West, as Buddha had a message to the east.'' And the message was Vedanta. As Christopher Isherwood says in his foreword:'' It must be remembered that much of this material was first spoken to audiences - sometimes extemporaneously, without even a rough draft of what Vivekananda wished to say. In such cases, it was taken down in shorthand ... Thus we experience the freshness of the Swami's live speech. Vivekananda's living presence often becomes powerfully evident behind his words."
Manifesto Against Progress
Tibetan Healing Handbook
Meditations
Meditations, written by the Roman Emperor Marcus Aurelius (AD161-180), it is the common name for a series of personal notes that the Emperor wrote to himself, probably with out the intention to ever publish his work. Deeply influenced by stoicism, the writing were probably a means for self-improvement.The simplicity and wisdom of the quotations make them relatable for the common reader.
Ancestral Voices
Buddhism
This book by a renowned Pali scholar is of great academic worth as it expounds the seminal ideas, key concepts and basic theories of Buddhist thought pertaining to dhamma and abhidhamma. It is a well thiught out work based on wide study and deep thinking of the concerned literature. It touches the kernel of Buddhist ethics and philosophy. According to Indian culture cosmic process and humanlife is teleological, purposive and goal-oriented.
सांख्यतत्त्वकौमुदि
The Wisdom of Ananda Coomaraswamy
The Rhythm of History
Arthur Osborne found that while academics investigated the causes of historical incidents, their research was limited, for the most part, to obvious physical causes, but they failed to clarify the overarching but hidden principles that, in his eyes, governed actions and made history. In this book he suggests a different approach to history, giving its due importance to spiritual ideas and teachers, and proposing that ideas shape the physical conditions of society more than the other way round. In his own words: "The purpose of the present book is not so much to suggest any new philosophy or interpretation of history as to draw attention to a rhythm that runs through it, establishing parallels and coincidences large and obvious enough not to be open to dispute. These will be sufficient at least to show that history is not purely haphazard and yet is also not simple progress."
Arthur Osborne observed that so-called progress was not what it appeared to be and that modern civilisation is not necessarily an advance on the discoveries and understanding that ancient civilisations had garnered and demonstrated in their development. He outlined the parallels--not be confused with uniformity--in the different phases through which the great civilizations of mankind passed. In the 18th century there was a radical divergence between the West and East, which is being overcome by the surging of a single world civilization.