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Banaras
CITY OF LIGHT
Written by Diana L. Eck


Format: eBook
On Sale: June 5, 2013
Price: $17.99

The sacred city of Banāras on the River Ganges is one of the oldest living cities in the world—as old as Jerusalem, Athens, and Peking. It is the place where Shiva, the Lord of All, is said to have made his permanent home since the dawn of creation. There are few... Read more >
American Veda
American Veda
Written by Philip Goldberg
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ISBN: 9780385521352
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American Veda
From Emerson and the Beatles to Yoga and Meditation How Indian Spirituality Changed the West
Written by Philip Goldberg


Format: Trade Paperback, 416 pages
On Sale: May 14, 2013
Price: $15.00

In February 1968 the Beatles went to India for an extended stay with their new guru, Maharishi Mahesh Yogi. It may have been the most momentous spiritual retreat since Jesus spent those forty days in the wilderness.
 
With these words, Philip Goldberg begins his monumental work, American Veda, a fascinating look... Read more >
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India
India
Written by Diana L Eck
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ISBN: 9780385531924
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India
A Sacred Geography
Written by Diana L Eck


Format: Trade Paperback, 576 pages
On Sale: March 26, 2013
Price: $16.00

A spiritual history of the world's most religiously complex and diverse society, from one of Harvard's most respected scholars.

India: A Sacred Geography is the culmination of more than a decade's work from the renowned Harvard scholar Diana L. Eck. The book explores the sacred places of India, taking the reader on... Read more >
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The Age of Kali
The Age of Kali
Written by William Dalrymple
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ISBN: 9780307948908
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The Age of Kali

Written by William Dalrymple


Format: Trade Paperback, 400 pages
On Sale: October 2, 2012
Price: $16.00

From the author of The Last Mughal and Nine Lives: the classic stories he gathered during the ten years he spent journeying across the Indian subcontinent, from Sri Lanka and southern India to the North West Frontier of Pakistan. As he searched for evidence of Kali Yug, the “age of darkness&rdquo... Read more >
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The Age of Kali
The Age of Kali
Written by William Dalrymple
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ISBN: 9780307948939
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The Age of Kali

Written by William Dalrymple


Format: eBook, 400 pages
On Sale: October 2, 2012
Price: $11.99

From the author of The Last Mughal and Nine Lives: the classic stories he gathered during the ten years he spent journeying across the Indian subcontinent, from Sri Lanka and southern India to the North West Frontier of Pakistan. As he searched for evidence of Kali Yug, the “age of darkness&rdquo... Read more >
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Sadhana
Sadhana
Written by Rabindranath Tagore
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ISBN: 9780307823328
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Sadhana

Written by Rabindranath Tagore


Format: eBook, 144 pages
On Sale: July 18, 2012
Price: $8.99

Written by Nobel Prize Laureate Rabindranath Tagore and available in paperback for the first time, Sadhana is a profound, highly accessible introduction to India’s ancient spiritual heritage.

Few figures in history have been as important as Rabindranath Tagore in bringing Indian philosophy and spiritual teachings to the West. Although he was... Read more >
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Original Yoga
Original Yoga
Written by Richard Rosen
Format: Trade Paperback
ISBN: 9781590308134
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Original Yoga
Rediscovering Traditional Practices of Hatha Yoga
Written by Richard Rosen


Format: Trade Paperback, 320 pages
On Sale: May 1, 2012
Price: $24.95

Part history, part philosophy, part yoga instruction manual, this book clears up some of the confusion and misconceptions about the development of yoga, both traditional and modern. Richard Rosen draws from ancient yoga manuals, which combine philosophy with postures and meditations, to show how traditional practice compares with what we do... Read more >
India
India
Written by Diana L Eck
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ISBN: 9780385531917
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India
A Sacred Geography
Written by Diana L Eck


Format: eBook, 576 pages
On Sale: March 27, 2012
Price: $11.99

In India: A Sacred Geography, renowned Harvard scholar Diana Eck offers an extraordinary spiritual journey through the pilgrimage places of the world's most religiously vibrant culture and reveals that it is, in fact, through these sacred pilgrimages that India’s very sense of nation has emerged.
 
No matter where one goes... Read more >
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The Mirror of Yoga
The Mirror of Yoga
Written by Richard Freeman
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ISBN: 9781590309445
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The Mirror of Yoga
Awakening the Intelligence of Body and Mind
Written by Richard Freeman


Format: Trade Paperback, 256 pages
On Sale: March 13, 2012
Price: $18.95

The world of yoga is astonishingly rich in its array of schools and practices. Yet as diverse as they seem, they share a common aim: the discovery of the essence of existence that can be found at the core of our being, and the liberation that comes from that discovery. With... Read more >
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The Simple Guide to Attending Hindu Ceremonies

Written by Akasha Lonsdale


Format: eBook
On Sale: September 20, 2011
Price: $4.99

In today’s multicultural society we are increasingly likely to meet and become friends with people from different religious backgrounds, and to find ourselves attending an unfamiliar ceremony. When this happens, there can be few of us who know exactly what to expect, or are confident about how to behave. This chapter... Read more >
The Bhagavad-Gita
The Bhagavad-Gita
Written by Georg Feuerstein, Translated by Brenda Feuerstein
Format: Hardcover
ISBN: 9781590308936
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The Bhagavad-Gita
A New Translation
Written by Georg Feuerstein
Translated by Brenda Feuerstein


Format: Hardcover, 464 pages
On Sale: September 13, 2011
Price: $39.95

The seven hundred verses of the Bhagavad-Gita have, for more than two millennia, served as a guide to liberation through a life of knowledge, devotion, and action without attachment to results. The influence of this most renowned of all the Hindu scriptures has spread far beyond its religion of origin to... Read more >
The Way to God
Selected Writings from Mahatma Gandhi
Written by Mahatma Gandhi
Edited by M. S. Deshpande
Foreword by Arun Gandhi
Introduction by Michael N. Nagler


Format: eBook, 104 pages
On Sale: July 26, 2011
Price: $12.95

Mahatma Gandhi became famous as the leader of the Indian independence movement, but he called himself “a man of God disguised as a politician.” The Way to God demonstrates his enduring significance as a spiritual leader whose ideas offer insight and solace to seekers of every practice and persuasion. Collecting many... Read more >
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The Real Is Unknowable, The Knowable Is Unreal

Written by Robert Powell


Format: eBook, 160 pages
On Sale: July 12, 2011
Price: $12.95

Wisdom is to reject conventional wisdom about almost everything.Thus begins Robert Powell's inquiry into the nature of Totality and the unreality of all else. This small but profound book is divided into three parts. In the first, Reflections, Robert Powell comments on some of humankind's most timeless puzzles and questions: Does... Read more >
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The Ultimate Medicine
Dialogues with a Realized Master
Written by Sri Nisargadatta Maharaj
Edited by Robert Powell
Foreword by Peter Madill, M.D.


Format: eBook, 224 pages
On Sale: July 12, 2011
Price: $15.95

The Ultimate Medicine is not for those who like their spirituality watered down, but for serious students searching for awareness. Sri Nisargadatta Maharaj (1897-1981) lived and taught in a small apartment in the slums of Bombay. A realized master of the Tantric Nath lineage, he supported himself and his family by... Read more >
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The Path of Yoga
The Path of Yoga
Written by Georg Feuerstein
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ISBN: 9781590308837
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The Path of Yoga
An Essential Guide to Its Principles and Practices
Written by Georg Feuerstein


Format: Trade Paperback, 192 pages
On Sale: March 22, 2011
Price: $17.95

This overview of the essentials of Yoga is meant to both broaden and deepen the understanding of beginning students. It covers all the basic elements of this ancient discipline and philosophy of India—including Yoga poses, diet, breath control, meditation, mantras, Kundalini energy, and more. It also includes newly translated excerpts from... Read more >
The Hindu Tradition
The Hindu Tradition
Edited by Ainslie T. Embree and William Theodore de Bary
Format: eBook
ISBN: 9780307779090
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The Hindu Tradition
Readings in Oriental Thought
Edited by Ainslie T. Embree and William Theodore de Bary


Format: eBook, 384 pages
On Sale: March 9, 2011
Price: $7.99

This book, compiled from basic Hindu writings, is an exploration of the essential meaning of the Hindu tradition, the way of thinking and acting that has dominated life in India for the last three thousand years. Selections from religious, literary and philosophic works are preceded by introductory material that summarizes historical... Read more >
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The Encyclopedia of Yoga and Tantra
The Encyclopedia of Yoga and Tantra
Written by Georg Feuerstein
Format: Hardcover
ISBN: 9781590308790
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The Encyclopedia of Yoga and Tantra

Written by Georg Feuerstein


Format: Hardcover, 416 pages
On Sale: March 8, 2011
Price: $39.95

The ever-increasing popularity of Yoga and related practices makes a desktop reference like this indispensible. With over twenty-five hundred entries and extensive illustrations, it combines comprehensiveness with accessibility. The book is arranged and written in a manner that will inform rather than overwhelm the lay reader, while at the same time... Read more >
American Veda
American Veda
Written by Philip Goldberg
Format: Hardcover
ISBN: 9780385521345
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American Veda
From Emerson and the Beatles to Yoga and Meditation How Indian Spirituality Changed the West
Written by Philip Goldberg


Format: Hardcover, 416 pages
On Sale: November 2, 2010
Price: $26.00

In February 1968 the Beatles went to India for an extended stay with their new guru, Maharishi Mahesh Yogi. It may have been the most momentous spiritual retreat since Jesus spent those forty days in the wilderness.
 
With these words, Philip Goldberg begins his monumental work, American Veda, a fascinating look... Read more >
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American Veda
American Veda
Written by Philip Goldberg
Format: eBook
ISBN: 9780307719614
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American Veda
From Emerson and the Beatles to Yoga and Meditation How Indian Spirituality Changed the West
Written by Philip Goldberg


Format: eBook, 288 pages
On Sale: November 2, 2010
Price: $11.99

In February 1968 the Beatles went to India for an extended stay with their new guru, Maharishi Mahesh Yogi. It may have been the most momentous spiritual retreat since Jesus spent those forty days in the wilderness.
 
With these words, Philip Goldberg begins his monumental work, American Veda, a fascinating look... Read more >
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The Mirror of Yoga
The Mirror of Yoga
Written by Richard Freeman
Format: Hardcover
ISBN: 9781590307953
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The Mirror of Yoga
Awakening the Intelligence of Body and Mind
Written by Richard Freeman


Format: Hardcover, 256 pages
On Sale: September 14, 2010
Price: $24.95

The world of yoga is astonishingly rich in its array of schools and practices. Yet, as diverse as they seem, they share a common aim: the discovery of the essence of existence that can be found at the core of our being, and the liberation that comes from that discovery. With... Read more >
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The Truth About the Gita
The Truth About the Gita
Written by V. R. Narla
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ISBN: 9781616141837
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The Truth About the Gita
A Closer Look at Hindu Scripture
Written by V. R. Narla


Format: Trade Paperback, 231 pages
On Sale: July 27, 2010
Price: $18.00

The Bhagavad Gita is one of the most famous works of Hindu scripture. Among faithful Hindus it is ranked in importance alongside the Vedas and the Upanishads as a key sacred text. The work has been widely translated, with the result that its fame extends well beyond India.

Considering the popularity... Read more >
The Bhagavad Gita According to Gandhi

Written by Mahatma Gandhi


Format: eBook, 248 pages
On Sale: June 15, 2010
Price: $9.95

The Bhagavad Gita, also called The Song of the Lord, is a 700-line section of a much longer Sanskrit war epic, the Mahabharata, about the legendary conflict between two branches of an Indian ruling family. Framed as a conversation between Krishna, an incarnation of the god Vishnu, and a general of... Read more >
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The Way to God
The Way to God
Written by Mahatma Gandhi, Edited by M. S. Deshpande, Foreword by Arun Gandhi, Introduction by Michael N. Nagler
Format: Trade Paperback
ISBN: 9781556437847
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The Way to God
Selected Writings from Mahatma Gandhi
Written by Mahatma Gandhi
Edited by M. S. Deshpande
Foreword by Arun Gandhi
Introduction by Michael N. Nagler


Format: Trade Paperback, 104 pages
On Sale: March 17, 2009
Price: $12.95

Mahatma Gandhi became famous as the leader of the Indian independence movement, but he called himself “a man of God disguised as a politician.” The Way to God demonstrates his enduring significance as a spiritual leader whose ideas offer insight and solace to seekers of every practice and persuasion. Collecting many... Read more >
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Hinduism - Simple Guides
Hinduism - Simple Guides
Written by Venika Mehra Kingsland
Format: Trade Paperback
ISBN: 9781857334371
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Hinduism - Simple Guides

Written by Venika Mehra Kingsland


Format: Trade Paperback, 144 pages
On Sale: January 15, 2008
Price: $10.95

THIS BOOK WILL HELP YOU

• to appreciate the principal religion of the Indian subcontinent that has no recognized leader or founder

• to understand what it means to be a Hindu

• to recognize the key deities, and the holidays and festivals of the Hindu year

• to avoid faux pas in conversation, in... Read more >
Bhagavad Gita
Bhagavad Gita
Written by Stephen Mitchell
Format: eBook
ISBN: 9780307419897
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Bhagavad Gita
A New Translation
Written by Stephen Mitchell


Format: eBook, 224 pages
On Sale: December 18, 2007
Price: $12.99

Stephen Mitchell is widely known for his ability to make ancient masterpieces thrillingly new, to step in where many have tried before and create versions that are definitive for our time. His celebrated version of the Tao Te Ching is the most popular edition in print, and his translations of Jesus... Read more >
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