The Samnyasa Upanisads
The Samnyasa Upanisads

Author: Patrick Olivelle

Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA

Published: 1992-02-13

Total Pages: 337

ISBN-13: 0195070453

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The first readable and accurate translation of twenty of the most authoritative Hindu documents pertaining to ascetic ideals and the ascetic way of life, this text opens to students a major source for the study of the Hindu ascetical institutions and of the historical changes they underwent during a period of a thousand years or more. Beginning with an analysis of the historical context that gave rise to Indian ascetical institutions and ideologies, Patrick Olivelle moves on to elucidate the meaning of renunciation—the central institution of holiness in most Hindu traditions—and the function and significance of the various elements that constitute the rite of renunciation. The Samnyasa Upanisads will be an unparalleled source of information and insight for students of Hinduism and Indian asceticism, mysticism, and holiness.

Sannyasa Upanishads
Sannyasa Upanishads

Author: Swami Atmapriyananda

Publisher: Advaita Ashrama (A Publication House of Ramakrishna Math, Belur Math)

Published:

Total Pages: 131

ISBN-13:

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Seven minor Upanishads which have a special bearing on renunciation or Sannyasa. Contains original Sanskrit text, English translation, and exhaustive notes based upon, and in the light of, the commentaries by Upanishad Brahmayogin and Swami Vivekananda. Published by Advaita Ashrama, a publication house of Ramakrishna Math, Belur Math, India.

The Philosophy of the Upanishads
The Philosophy of the Upanishads

Author: Paul Deussen

Publisher: Motilal Banarsidass Publ.

Published: 1999

Total Pages: 448

ISBN-13: 9788120816206

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.......Motilal Banarsidass Indian Edition Of Denssen`s Book Is Quit Welcome....... For No Student Of Vedanta Can Hope TO Start His study In A Proper Manner Without Going Through Denssen`s Work. (Journal Of Indian Council Of Philosophical Research,Vol.19, No.2, April-June, 2002) The philosophy of the Upanishads according to Paul Deussen is the culminating point of the Indian doctrine of the universe and this point he said had been already reached in vedic pre buddhistic times and in philosophical significance has been surpassed by none of the later development of thought up to the present day.

Upanisads Reissue Owc :Pb
Upanisads Reissue Owc :Pb

Author:

Publisher: Oxford Paperbacks

Published: 2008-04-17

Total Pages: 514

ISBN-13: 019954025X

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Presents the first major English translation of the ancient Upanis#ads in over half a century. Includes an introduction and note on the translation by the translator, a guide to Sanskrit pronunciation, and a list of names.

Exploring Alterity in a Globalized World
Exploring Alterity in a Globalized World

Author: Christoph Wulf

Publisher: Routledge

Published: 2016-01-13

Total Pages: 532

ISBN-13: 1317331133

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This volume develops a unique framework to understand India through indigenous and European perspectives, and examines how it copes with the larger challenges of a globalized world. Through a discussion of religious and philosophical traditions, cultural developments as well as contemporary theatre, films and media, it explores the manner in which India negotiates the trials of globalization. It also focuses upon India’s school and education system, its limitations and successes, and how it prepares to achieve social inclusion. The work further shows how contemporary societies in both India and Europe deal with cultural diversity and engage with the tensions between tendencies towards homogenization and diversity. This eclectic collection on what it is to be a part of global network will be of interest to scholars and researchers of South Asian studies, philosophy, sociology, culture studies, and religion.

The Truth Within
The Truth Within

Author: Gavin Flood

Publisher: OUP Oxford

Published: 2013-10-25

Total Pages: 329

ISBN-13: 0191507490

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The idea that there is a truth within the person linked to the discovery of a deeper, more fundamental, more authentic self, has been a common theme in many religions throughout history and an idea that is still with us today. This inwardness or interiority unique to me as an essential feature of who I am has been an aspect of culture and even a defining characteristic of human being; an authentic, private sphere to which we can retreat that is beyond the conflicts of the outer world. This inner world becomes more real than the outer, which is seen as but a pale reflection. Remarkably, the image of the truth within is found across cultures and this book presents an account of this idea in the pre-modern history of Christianity, Hinduism, and Buddhism. Furthermore, in theistic religions, Christianity and some forms of Hinduism, the truth within is conflated with the idea of God within and in all cases this inner truth is thought to be not only the heart of the person, but also the heart of the universe itself. Gavin Flood examines the metaphor of inwardness and the idea of truth within, along with the methods developed in religions to attain it such as prayer and meditation. These views of inwardness that link the self to cosmology can be contrasted with a modern understanding of the person. In examining the truth within in Christianity, Hinduism, and Buddhism, Flood offers a hermeneutical phenomenology of inwardness and a defence of comparative religion.