Hinduism

In late 20th-century India, Christian-Hindu dialogue was forever transformed following the opening of Shantivanam, the first Christian ashram in th...

Taking its title from Karl Marx''s description of religion as the world''s logic in a popular form, this book explores the hidden logic behind po...

The first book to put the sacred and sensuous bronze statues from Indias Chola dynasty in social contextFrom the ninth through the thirteenth centu...

A comprehensive, yet entertaining introduction to Advaita, the non-dual philosophy which provides a completely reasonable explanation for who we ar...

At first sight the lives of hermits, living in solitude and committed to a life of prayer and contemplation seems to be a world apart of the active...

Renowned lecturer Mark W. Muesse brings readers into an encounter with the world''s oldest living religious tradition, known as Hinduism. Muesse''s...

The latest title in the Essential Wisdom Library, The Bhagavad Gita: The Song of God in Modern English brings the powerful Hindu epic to a new audi...

Despite the history that divides them, Hinduism and Orthodox Christianity have much in common. In The Human Icon, Christine Mangala Frost explores ...

A remarkable portrait of the Ganges, Indias most sacred and important river and a potent symbol across South Asia.Indisputably the single best text...

The Mahabharata, originally composed some two thousand years ago is an epic masterpiece, a hundred times more interesting than the Iliad and the Od...

Tantra occupies an odd position in Western understandings of Hindu spirituality. Its relationship to sex has made its name instantly recognizable, ...

Drawing on the original Sanskrit words of the great poet Valmiki, enhanced with tales from the oral tradition, Vanamali retells the complete Ramaya...

Why do Hindus revere the cow?Must Hindus be vegetarian? Hinduism is the world's oldest religion, yet the word 'Hindu' was never used before the 18t...

Easwarans best-selling translation of the ancient wisdom texts called the Upanishads is reliable, readable, and profound.In the Upanishads, illumin...