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The Art of Tabla Rhythm

550

This authoritative work deals comprehensively with Tabla rhythm, focusing, if in brief, on its history and aesthetics. It is aimed at the Tabla student, the Tabla performer, as well as the inquiring listener of Hindustani music, for whom it encapsulates a Tabla practitioner’s knowledge acquired over a lifetime of learning and teaching.

The Brahma Kumaris As a ‘Reflexive Tradition’

295

The aim of this book is to examine the status of tradition in the contemporary world, through a critical engagement with the recent social theory of Anthony  Giddens on the emergence of a ‘post-traditional society’ using as a case-study, the Brahma Kumaris World Spiritual Organisation, a millenarian south Asian New Religious Movement, aims to examine the ways in which forms of tradition not only persist but also flourish in the contemporary world, and the manner in which they are drawn on and (re)created by individuals in their ongoing construction of self-identity.

The Bridge to the Three Holy Cities

400

The study of holy places and pilgrimages to them is treated in the Hindu tradition as a sub-field, called tirtha, of the Dharmasastra. The Tristhalisetu or “Bridge to the Three Holy Cities” of Narayana Bhatta, written in Varanasi in the 16th century A.D., is recognized as the standard and most authoritative text of the voluminous tirtha literature.

The Chakra-Handbook

345

A comprehensive guide to harmonising the energy centers with music, colors, gemstones, scents, bnreathing techniques, reflex zone massage, aspects of nature and meditation.

The Christ and The Bodhisattva

700

A substantive introduction sets the historical background for the Christ in Christianity and the Bodhisattva in Buddhism. Contributors’ essays enhance our understanding of current presuppositions, problems, and prospects for the Buddhist-Christian dialogue.

The Complete Works of Swami Vivekananda Volume 1

350

[In these volumes,] we have what is not only a gospel to the world at large, but also the its own children, the Charter of the Hindu Faith. What Hinduism needed, amidst the general disintegration of the modern era, was a rock where she could lie at anchor, an authoritative utterance in which she might recognise her self. And this was given to her, in these words and writings of the Swami Vivekananda. —Sister Nivedita

The Complete Works of Swami Vivekananda Volume 2

350

[In these volumes,] we have what is not only a gospel to the world at large, but also the its own children, the Charter of the Hindu Faith. What Hinduism needed, amidst the general disintegration of the modern era, was a rock where she could lie at anchor, an authoritative utterance in which she might recognise her self. And this was given to her, in these words and writings of the Swami Vivekananda. —Sister Nivedita

The Complete Works of Swami Vivekananda Volume 3

350

[In these volumes,] we have what is not only a gospel to the world at large, but also the its own children, the Charter of the Hindu Faith. What Hinduism needed, amidst the general disintegration of the modern era, was a rock where she could lie at anchor, an authoritative utterance in which she might recognise her self. And this was given to her, in these words and writings of the Swami Vivekananda. —Sister Nivedita