Roar of the Ganges
Author: Swami Tadatmananda
Publisher:
Published: 1999
Total Pages: 298
ISBN-13:
DOWNLOAD EBOOKAbout the transformation of a young and successful American computer engineer into a Hindu monk.
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Meditation, A Practical Guidebook
Author: Swami Tadatmananda
Publisher: Motilal Banarsidass
Published: 2014-01-01
Total Pages: 275
ISBN-13: 8178224240
DOWNLOAD EBOOKTo ask, "What is meditation?" is like asking, "What is music?" No simple answer can even hope to convey the breadth and richness of this subject. Meditation is a contemplative art, a mental discipline, and a sacred journey. Meditation is a reflective practice, a tranquil retreat, and a joyous excursion. Meditation is simultaneously an aesthetic pursuit, a scientific investigation, and a spiritual path. You could say that meditation is a rainbow of many hues. But to describe meditation with fancy words and elegant expressions is like trying to describe the flavour of a ripe peach. Meditation, like the peach, must be experienced to be understood. Words can never suffice. Yet words of description and explanation are not useless. Words can tell you how to select the ripest fruit from a bushel of peaches. And words can tell you how to meditate, leading you to develop a powerful, rewarding practice. This book provides practical, methodical guidance for all who want to develop a powerful and rewarding practice of meditation. It begins with basic principles and proceeds step by step to more advanced topics while exploring a wide range of meditation techniques. Though the subject is vast attempt has been under to create a concise and user-friendly guidebook.
River of Gods
Author: Ian McDonald
Publisher: Prometheus Books
Published: 2009-09-18
Total Pages: 658
ISBN-13: 1591028116
DOWNLOAD EBOOKAs Mother India approaches her centenary, nine people are going about their business — a gangster, a cop, his wife, a politician, a stand-up comic, a set designer, a journalist, a scientist, and a dropout. And so is Aj — the waif, the mind-reader, the prophet — when she one day finds a man who wants to stay hidden. In the next few weeks, they will all be swept together to decide the fate of the nation. River of Gods teems with the life of a country choked with peoples and cultures — one and a half billion people, twelve semi-independent nations, nine million gods. Ian McDonald has written the great Indian novel of the new millennium, in which a war is fought, a love betrayed, a message from a different world decoded, as the great river Ganges flows on.
The Attacking Ocean
Author: Brian Fagan
Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing USA
Published: 2014-08-19
Total Pages: 289
ISBN-13: 1608196941
DOWNLOAD EBOOKA history of climate change describes the dramatic evolution and stabilization of the oceans before the rise of humans approximately 6,000 years ago, tracing a significant rise in global temperatures since 1860 and how a rising sea level is affecting world populations.
View from the Summit
Author: Edmund Hillary
Publisher: Simon and Schuster
Published: 2000-05
Total Pages: 324
ISBN-13: 0743400674
DOWNLOAD EBOOKIn a memoir by the first man to reach the peak of Everest, Hillary discusses the adventures that shaped his life, from the South Pole to the Ganges River.
Unruly Waters
Author: Sunil Amrith
Publisher: Basic Books
Published: 2018-12-11
Total Pages: 401
ISBN-13: 0465097731
DOWNLOAD EBOOKFrom a MacArthur "Genius," a bold new perspective on the history of Asia, highlighting the long quest to tame its waters Asia's history has been shaped by her waters. In Unruly Waters, historian Sunil Amrith reimagines Asia's history through the stories of its rains, rivers, coasts, and seas -- and of the weather-watchers and engineers, mapmakers and farmers who have sought to control them. Looking out from India, he shows how dreams and fears of water shaped visions of political independence and economic development, provoked efforts to reshape nature through dams and pumps, and unleashed powerful tensions within and between nations. Today, Asian nations are racing to construct hundreds of dams in the Himalayas, with dire environmental impacts; hundreds of millions crowd into coastal cities threatened by cyclones and storm surges. In an age of climate change, Unruly Waters is essential reading for anyone seeking to understand Asia's past and its future.
Living with the Himalayan Masters
Author: Swami Rama
Publisher: Himalayan Institute Press
Published: 1999
Total Pages: 488
ISBN-13: 0893891568
DOWNLOAD EBOOKInspirational stories of Swama Rama's experiences and lessons learned with the great teachers who guided his life including Mahatma Gandhi, Tagore, and more.
Roar of the Tigress
Author: Jiyu Kennett
Publisher:
Published: 2000
Total Pages: 342
ISBN-13:
DOWNLOAD EBOOKThis collection of oral teachings from one of the first Western women to be recognized as a Zen master, discusses the basic aspects of Soto Zen in a down-to-earth and practical manner. The book was transcribed from papers given during her lifetime.
Expect a Miracle
Author: Dan Wakefield
Publisher: Christian Large Print
Published: 1996-05-01
Total Pages: 460
ISBN-13: 9780802727022
DOWNLOAD EBOOKA collection of personal miracle stories shares the experiences of people from different religions and various walks of life, including an Irish factory worker, a Buddhist at Berkley,and a prisoner at Sing-Sing
