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  • Gandhi's Ascetic Activism

    Renunciation and Social Action

    by Veena R. Howard ...
    Discusses Gandhi's creative use of ascetic practice, particularly his practice of celibacy, for nonviolent activism.More than six decades after his death, Mohandas Gandhi continues to inspire those who seek political and social liberation through nonviolent means. Uniquely, Gandhi placed celibacy and other renunciatory disciplines at the center of his nonviolent political strategy, conducting ... Read more

    $35.09 USD

  • Beacons of Dharma

    Spiritual Exemplars for the Modern Age

    by Jeffery D. Long, Michael Reading, Rita Sherma, Priyanka Ramlakhan, Sreedevi Bringi, Suzanne Schier-Happell, Westin Harris, Veena Howard, Judith Simmer-Brown0, Tanya Storch1, Francesca Cassio2, Christopher Patrick Miller4, Nikky-Guninder Kaur Singh5, Kusumita P. Pedersen6, Nirinjan Kaur Khalsa-Baker7, Anne Vallely8 ...
    Series series Explorations in Indic Traditions: Theological, Ethical, and Philosophical
    Today’s globalized society faces some of humanity’s most unprecedented social and environmental challenges. Presenting new and insightful approaches to a range of these challenges, the timely volume before you draws upon individual cases of exemplary leadership from the world’s Dharma traditions—Hinduism, Sikhism, Jainism, and Buddhism. The volume's authors refer to such exemplary leaders as ... Read more

    $121.49 USD

  • Dharma

    The Hindu, Jain, Buddhist and Sikh Traditions of India

    Edited by Veena R. Howard ...
    Dharma is central to all the major religious traditions which originated on the Indian subcontinent. Such is its importance that these traditions cannot adequately be understood apart from it. Often translated as “ethics,” “religion,” “law,” or “social order,” dharma possesses elements of each of these but is not confined to any single category familiar to Western thought. Neither is it the ... Read more

    $28.19 USD

  • The Bloomsbury Research Handbook of Indian Philosophy and Gender

    Edited by Veena R. Howard ...
    Series series Bloomsbury Research Handbooks in Asian Philosophy
    'How do gender constructions transform religious experiences?' 'What is the role of bodily materiality in ethics and epistemology?' 'How does rethinking gender and sexuality force us to reconceptualise settled ontological frameworks?' This collection provides the first research resource to Indian philosophical gender issues, exploring a variety of texts and traditions from Indian philosophy where ... Read more

    $47.79 USD

  • Spirituality and Deep Connectedness

    Views on Being Fully Human

    by Fred Boehrer, Fran Grace, Wayne Shelton, Michael C. Brannigan, Daniel K. Hall-Flavin, Frank Bryce McCluskey, Veena R. Howard, Richard White ...
    What is spirituality? Does it enable us to be better persons? Is spirituality related to religion? These days, is it even relevant? On college campuses, does it promote student well-being? Does it further moral growth? Can spirituality make a difference in healthcare? What about social justice and service to the marginalized?This rich collection of essays by respected scholars and practitioners in ... Read more

    $93.19 USD

  • Gandhi's Global Legacy

    Moral Methods and Modern Challenges

    by Douglas Allen, Swasti Bhattacharyya, Shivani Bothra, Erica Chenoweth, Andrew Fiala, J. Ashley Foster, Sanjay Lal, Karline McLain, Joseph Prabhu, Cheyney Ryan, Amine Tais, Mary Elizabeth King, Debidatta Aurobinda Mahapatra, Makarand R. Paranjape, Gail M. Presbey, Jeffery D. Long, James M. Lawson ...
    Series series Studies in Comparative Philosophy and Religion
    While there has been sustained interest in Gandhi’s methods and continued academic inquiry, Gandhi's Global Legacy: Moral Methods and Modern Challenges is unique in bringing together an interdisciplinary group of scholars who analyze Gandhi’s tactics, moral methods, and philosophical principles, not just in the fields of social and political activism, but in the areas of philosophy, religion, ... Read more

    $105.29 USD

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    by Eknath Easwaran ...
    Series Book 1 - Easwaran's Classics of Indian Spirituality
    The Bhagavad Gita is the best known of all the Indian scriptures, and Eknath Easwaran’s best-selling translation is reliable, readable, and profound.Easwaran's 55-page introduction places the Bhagavad Gita in its historical setting, and brings out the universality and timelessness of its teachings. Chapter introductions clarify key concepts, and notes and a glossary explain Sanskrit terms.Easwaran ... Read more

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  • The Yoga Sutras of Patanjali: The Book of the Spiritual Man

    by Patañjali ...
    The Yoga Sutras of Patanjali: The Book of the Spiritual Man is a seminal text in the philosophical and spiritual landscape of India, intertwining metaphysical principles with practical guidance on the path of yoga. Written in a concise aphoristic style, it presents a systematic framework for understanding the intricacies of the mind and the nature of consciousness. Patañjali's work, composed in ... Read more

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  • Stray Birds

    by Rabindranath Tagore ...
    The poem Stray Birds by Rabindranath Tagore is a work of mythical realism that contrasts the natural with the artificial nature. Tagore uses imagery to show nature as something powerful and everlasting, necessary for all living beings. The poem discusses the past life of man being as one with nature as it was before society's focus shifted from nature to advancement. ... Read more

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  • Indian Philosophy

    A Very Short Introduction

    by Sue Hamilton ...
    Series series Very Short Introductions
    India has a long, rich, and diverse tradition of philosophical thought, spanning some two and a half millennia and encompassing several major religious traditions. This Very Short Introduction emphasizes the diversity of Indian thought, and is structured around six schools which have achieved classic status. Sue Hamilton explores how the traditions have attempted to understand the nature of ... Read more

    $7.99 USD

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  • Sikhism

    A Very Short Introduction

    by Eleanor Nesbitt ...
    Series series Very Short Introductions
    The Sikh religion has a following of over 20 million people worldwide. However,events such as the verbal and physical attacks on Sikhs just after September 11, where Sikhs were being mistaken for Muslims, suggest that the Sikh faith still remains mysterious to many. This Very Short Introduction introduces newcomers to the meaning of the Sikh religious tradition, its teachings, practices, rituals ... Read more

    $7.99 USD

  • The Making of Buddhist Modernism

    by David L. McMahan ...
    A great deal of Buddhist literature and scholarly writing about Buddhism of the past 150 years reflects, and indeed constructs, a historically unique modern Buddhism, even while purporting to represent ancient tradition, timeless teaching, or the "essentials" of Buddhism. This literature, Asian as well as Western, weaves together the strands of different traditions to create a novel hybrid that ... Read more

    $43.19 USD