{"title":"Philosophy","description":"","products":[{"product_id":"destination-moksha-a-journey-through-yoga-vaasishta","title":"Destination Moksha","description":"\u003cp style=\"text-align: left;\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003eCan anyone dispute that humans flounder in the muck of the fickle, irksome life? Hence, will they not be interested in leading a contented, sans souci life? Contextually, can one curb one’s craze to peruse parables, anecdotes, and stories woven within stories?\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"text-align: left;\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003eSuppose one wishes to have all the answers to the above in a single stroke. Then, one can savour this book, a storied Spiritual Coup based on the Yoga Vaasishta. Turn the pages enjoyingly, and say bye to life’s torments.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"text-align: left;\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003eIn a departure from the available primarily word-by-word Yoga Vaasishta translations, the present delineation selects a story demonstrative of each section’s quintessence. It also employs a novel, vivifying classroom interaction, with the students’ questions and the teacher’s clarifications. This book provides a window to the intriguing moments and enduring imageries as:\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"text-align: left;\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003e“Time and changes are all conceptions brought about by imagination in the absolute consciousness. Don’t we sometimes experience a moment as a hundred years in the dream?”\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"text-align: left;\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003e“Like a pair of birds, they glided in the air. The dancing planetary and stellar constellations looked like a sea roiling with the wavy undulations.”\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"text-align: left;\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003e“She acquired extraordinary yogic powers; she could contract her body to an atom, enabling her to fly. She could even enter the stones and elements, shedding her form to masquerade as others.”\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"text-align: left;\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003e“Men can be conquered even by children if bound by affinities. Haven’t you seen a mirror losing its faculty of reflection when water spreads inside?”\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"text-align: left;\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003e“He could envision himself lying dead. He saw his body lying inert as Jiva had escaped the lump of flesh and taken to the burial place, tainted by the grime of fat. It was made into ash by the igniting fire in the pyre there.”\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"text-align: left;\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003eAbout the Author:\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"text-align: left;\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003eAfter spending much time in the financial sector, Iswardas eventually became a bank's CEO. Even while serving the bank, he did not forget to carry on, sans fanfare, his passions like philanthropy, travelling, writing, etc.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"text-align: left;\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003eNow acting as a freelance advisor to a few corporates\/groups, he uses his free time to engage in the above activities with greater zeal.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"text-align: left;\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003eThus, he continues to participate in the working of a few organizations by contributing to their altruistic activities.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"text-align: left;\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003eSimultaneously with this has been his fascination with visiting far-off, exotic, and remote places and countries and meeting people of varied cultures and traditions.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"text-align: left;\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003eAdded to all the above has been his unbounded enthusiasm for pursuing his foremost interest-writing.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"text-align: left;\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003eAs a corollary, the lasting impressions created by the myriad experiences and situations encountered during these activities appear to have transcended his chronicles like the mirror reflections with great verve.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"text-align: left;\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003eA mention of his accidental but tutored dive into the vast ocean of Vedanta and like philosophies about some time back would be contextually relevant here. This unremitting venture has enabled him to delve into their deeper recesses and catch a glimpse of the arcane, latent import of a few priceless pearls of wisdom. No wonder this rare insight has also transfused ineluctably to some of his latest didactic narratives.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Iswardas","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46573040238731,"sku":null,"price":400.0,"currency_code":"INR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0739\/8244\/3659\/files\/Destination_Moksha_A_Journey_through_Yoga_Vaasishta_by_Iswardas.png?v=1776168546"},{"product_id":"the-nath-yogis-the-earrings-of-immortality","title":"The Nath Yogis","description":"\u003cp style=\"text-align: left;\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003eThis book looks at the elusive Nath Yogis from the early medieval period until the present. We begin by delving into the tantric traditions in the Indus Valley Civilisation from which the Naths emerged, as well as some of the traditions of renunciation, as seen by some early Vedic texts and some forerunners of the Naths like the Pasupata and Kapalika ascetic orders.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"text-align: left;\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003eWe will also look at the esoteric practices of the 84 Siddhas, from the writings of the great Sahajiya mystic Sarapa and the Hevajra Tantra. The mystical physiology of Matsyendra Nath, the mentor of Gorakh Nath will be looked at as well as the mysterious Yogini cult. The legends, philosophy and teachings of Guru Gorakhnath will be examined in detail as well as the impact they had on later mystics like Guru Nanak Dev and Kabir, as seen from a detailed study of the Janam Sakhis. We will also look at the interaction between the Naths and Sufis, focusing on the writings of three prominent Sufis.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"text-align: center;\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"text-align: left;\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003eP. RAJIVE MCMULLEN was born in Mussoorie, Uttarakhand. His father, Dr. C. O. McMullen is a sociolgist who has written and edited books on Sikhism. His mother Catherine McMullen was a public health nurse in the Himalayas. He attended Woodstock International School and spent time in Punjab where his father was teaching. He graduated in History from the University of Toronto and later post graduated in South Asian Studies from the same institution. He studied Sikhism with the world renowned historian Dr. W. H. McLeod with whom he developed an interest in the sect of Nath Yogis.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"text-align: left;\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003eHe returned to India and spent several years living with the Nath Yogis, attending Kumbha Melas and going on pilgrimage sites. For more than 20 years, he has been Assistant Professor of History at Baring Union Christian College located in rural Punjab. He appeared in, and was involved in the making of two documentary films in collaboration with the Granada Centre for Visual Anthropology at Manchester University entitled, The Lover and the Beloved - A Journey into Tantra and The One and the Many.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"P. 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It is therefore considered as the most influential doctrine of the post-Vedic period. The evidence lies in the fact that the dominant Hindu scriptures such as the Svetasvatara Upanishad, Mahabharata, Bhagavatpurana, and Bhagavadgita show a keen interest in the Sankhya philosophy and devote sizable space to its discussion in their respective narratives. Besides, the chief Sankhya tenets pervade Buddhism, Jainism, Shaivism, and Shaktism (Tantrism) etc.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"text-align: left;\"\u003eThe book formulates questions based on the fundamental principles of the Sankhya philosophy and explicates the evolution of the cosmic elements or tattvas in lucid answers. In the process, it illustrates the ontology of the Sankhya metaphysics in comparison with and contrast to the metaphysics of the proximal Indic spiritual systems. The extensive answers simultaneously point out ambiguities in the existing commentarial literature and advance exhaustive explanations to them. The readers would acquire from this book the necessary knowledge of the Sankhya philosophy needed for the complete comprehension of the complex Sankhya scriptures.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ccenter\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/center\u003e\u003ccenter\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/center\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"text-align: left;\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003eSUKHBIR SINGH worked until recently as Professor and Dean in the School of Buddhist Studies, Philosophy, and Comparative Religions at Nalanda University, Rajgir (India). At Nalanda, he lectured on the Sankhya Philosophy, Vedanta, Shaivism, Tantrism, Kundalini Yoga, Patanjali Yoga, Hatha Yoga, and History and Philosophy of Yoga. This book is based on his those experiences. He has also published books on a wide variety of interdisciplinary subjects and his scholarly articles have appeared in many international Journals.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ccenter\u003e\u003cb\u003eForeword\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/center\u003e\u003ccenter\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/center\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"text-align: left;\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003eI am delighted to be writing the preface to this book by Dr Sukhbir Singh on the school of Indian philosophy known as Sankhya, which rescues this school of philosophy from comparative neglect.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"text-align: left;\"\u003eIn order to appreciate the significance of Sankhya as a school of Indian thought, one needs to become aware of a striking feature of our daily existence. Our life is lived constantly, if not consciously, on two planes simultaneously the material and the immaterial. As you are reading this book, for instance, you are probably doing so sitting in a chair which is a material object. But the book is conveying ideas to you which are immaterial. Only a little effort is required to see that this binary of the material and the immaterial runs not just through us but through the entire cosmos. All the experiences we have in life can be reduced to this distinction between the material and the immaterial.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"text-align: left;\"\u003eIt is a striking feature of this distinction, between the material and the immaterial that these two dimensions are radically opposed to each other. The immaterial is inert while the material possesses consciousness, and yet pervade our life in equal measure.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ccenter\u003e\u003cb\u003eIntroduction\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/center\u003e\u003ccenter\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/center\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"text-align: left;\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\"There is no knowledge like Sankhya, no power like Yoga\" (Bhishma in the \"Shantiparva\" of the Mahabharata).\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"text-align: left;\"\u003eThe Hindus firmly believe in the immortality of the soul, impermanence of the world, retribution of the karmas, and suffering as the persistent condition of life in the phenomenal world. The karmic reprisal and the perpetuation of sorrows in life are inextricably intertwined: \"As you sow, so shall you reap.\" The virtuous karmas fetch reward and the vicious punishment by the irreversible karmic law of nature. The noble karmas done as an ordained duty, without the expectation of any material reward, mitigate the sorrows of the mundane life. But it is difficult to do good karmas all the while unless one has a strong will and a sharp sense of right and wrong. The attribute of the distinctive perception dawns with the attainment of knowledge by the study of the holy books, listening to the utterances of the enlightened seers, and keeping company with the noble persons. The knowledge thus obtained induces clarity in the cognition of real and unreal, permanent and impermanent, timeless and temporal, and natural and supernatural. This discriminatory sense fosters the ultimate awareness of distinction between the soul and the matter. The person thus enlightened attains eternal freedom from pain and suffering here and hereafter. He or she rises above the selfish karmas and acts selflessly in the interest of the entire humanity, without any desire for recompense. This is precisely the objective of the major philosophic and spiritual disciplines in Hinduism. The Sankhya philosophy of Sage Kapila is no exception in this regard even though it makes a radical departure from the Vedic ways of salvation.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Sukhbir Singh","offers":[{"title":"paperback","offer_id":46573056917643,"sku":null,"price":600.0,"currency_code":"INR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0739\/8244\/3659\/files\/The_Sankhya_Philosophy_of_Sage_Kapila_What_One_Should_Know_By_Sukhbir_Singh.jpg?v=1776168559"},{"product_id":"indian-realism","title":"Indian Realism","description":"\u003cp style=\"text-align: left;\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003eThis book is an attempt at a reconstruction of the YOgacara subjective idealism and an exhaustive criticism of it by different schools of Indian realism. The exposition of the doctrine is based on the works of Santaraksita and Kamalasila and the critics of Vijnanavada. Generally the exposition and criticism of the doctrine by every eminent thinker have been given separately. Most of the critics give a fair and impartial account of Vijnanavada and contribute to the clarification of the idealist position. The author has dealt with the controversy between subjective idealism and realism in Indian thought and tried to give a fairly full account of the arguments by which Indian realists seek to establish the reality of the external world.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003eIncidentally the Yogacara subjective idealism has been compared with the idealism of Berkeley and the sensationalism of Hume and the resemblances and differences between them have been briefly noted. A striking feature of the book is that the parallel arguments of many contemporary realists have been quoted simply to indicate that the philosophical genius of a particular type is apt to move in the same groove, irrespective of the soil it thrives in.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Jadunath Sinha","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46573073531019,"sku":null,"price":695.0,"currency_code":"INR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0739\/8244\/3659\/files\/518JCQSSZvL.jpg?v=1776168569"},{"product_id":"ऋण-कृत्वा-चार्वाक-दर्शन-की-सेहज-यात्रा","title":"ऋण कृत्वा- Rinam Kritva","description":"\u003cp style=\"text-align: left;\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003eचार्वाक धर्म को कोयल की कूक में, मोर के रंग-बिरंगे पंखों में, गन्ने की मिठास में, प्रकृति के सौन्दर्य में, आम लोगों की ख़ुशी में, मनुष्य की मानवता में, समाज की नैतिक-व्यवस्था में, पंचमहाव्रत के पालन आदि में देखते हैं। इनके अनुसार धर्म वैयक्तिक-नैतिकता, सामाजिक- व्यवस्था, संगतता, मानवीय सहानुभूति एवं आपसी प्रेम में निहित है। परलोकवादी- आध्यात्मिकता प्रत्यक्षवादिता के प्रतिकूल होने के कारण आडम्बर एवं मिथ्याचार है। लौकिक स्तर पर विश्व के प्रति आत्मीयता का विकास एवं विस्तार चार्वाक दर्शन का धार्मिक तथा आध्यात्मिक अभीष्ट है । इस प्रकार ईश्वरवादी तथा परलोकवादी हुए बिना भी मनुष्य धार्मिक एवं आध्यात्मिक उत्कर्ष को पा सकता है। यही चार्वाक दर्शन का 'लौकिक-अध्यात्मवाद' है।...\" इसी पुस्तक से\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003eप्रो. (डॉ.) राज कुमार सिन्हा का जन्म दिनांक जून 1960 ई. को मीर टोला, बनगाँव रोड सहरसा, बिहार में हुआ। वर्तमान में आप बी. एन. मंडल विश्वविद्यालय, मधेपुरा के अधीन एस. एन. एस. आर. के. एस. कॉलेज, सहरसा के दर्शनशास्त्र विभाग में 'एसोसिएट प्रोफ़ेसर' के पद पर कार्यरत हैं ।\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003eआपको 2009 ई. में एल. एन. एम. विश्वविद्यालय, दरभंगा द्वारा पी.एच डी. 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Veeranna presents a hold and comprehensive chronicle of Indian thought from cosmic evolution and the hardy of life to the rise of rational critique in modern times. Originally written in Telugu and now translated into English lucidfe, this book traces the philosophical undercurrents that shaped India's civilisation and cultural heritage.\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"text-align: left;\"\u003eDr. Veeranna meticulously examines the currents of materialism, idealism, and spiritualism as they emerged in diverse schools of Indian philosophy from the Charvakas and Buddhists to the Vedantic triumvirate of Shankara, Ramanuja, and Madhva. Alongside these systems, the work engages with the Bhakti movements, the rationalist voices of Vemana, Phule, Periyar, and Ambedkar, MN Roy and the intellectual revolutions that challenged orthodoxy and caste.\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"text-align: left;\"\u003eThis book is not a reverential retelling but a reasoned critique that questions the ideological foundations of tradition. With clarity and courage, Veeranna distinguishes between progressive inquiry and obscurantist revivalism, exposing the philosophical stagnation often masquerading as spiritual truth. His commitment to rationalism, humanism, and scientific thought radiates through every page. Bhaskar Sur's sharp and thoughtful foreword adds further depth, making this work compelling for scholars, reformers and anyone with a questioning mind. It is an accessible introduction to India's rich intellectual past and a call for a new philosophical revolution grounded in reason, equality, and freedom.\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"text-align: left;\"\u003eThis is a timely and indispensable work that compels us to rethink what it means to philosophise in and about India.\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"text-align: left;\"\u003eDR. GUMMA VEERANNA has authored more than 20 books in Telugu on rationalism and humanism. 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Whatever notice has been taken of the Pancaratra literature by some eminent scholars both in the east and in the west, is not adequate.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"text-align: left;\"\u003eIt is generally supposed that the Pancaratra teaching is more inclined towards Ramanujacarya's Vigistadvaita than to Sankaratarya's Advaita. It is the main contention of the present author in this study that it is a superficial understanding of the Pancaratra that has led to this misconception. He is of the firm opinion that in spite of some of the doctrines which are suggestive of the Vigistadvaita Philosophy, there is an overwhelming evidence in the texts which convincingly indicates the basic advaitic position of the Pancaratra school.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"text-align: left;\"\u003eProfessor Siddheshwar Rameshwar Bhatt, Chairman, ICPR, is an eminent philosopher and Sanskritist, He was General President of Indian Philosophical Congress and Akhil Bharatiya Darshan Parishad (All India Philosophy Association). He retired as Professor and Head, and Coordinator of UGC Special Assistance Programme, Department of Philosophy, University of Delhi, Delhi. For some time he was Professor and Head, Department of Philosophy, M.S. University, Vadodara.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"text-align: left;\"\u003eHe has authored and edited 21 books and has more than 200 published research papers to his credit. 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