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The Mayamata is a Vastusastra, that is to say a 'treatise on dwelling and as such it deals with all the facets of gods' temple dwellings, from the choice of a site to the iconography of temple walls. It contains many precise descriptions of villages and towns as of temples, houses, mansions and palaces. It gives indications for the selection of a proper orientation, of right dimension and of appropriate building materials. It intends to be a manual for the architect and a guide-book for the laym

This book deals with the Vedanta standpoint, according to which there are six sources of knowledge. The conceptions of these different kinds of knowledge, with all the arguments given by the Vedantins to prove their independence and ultimacy, are critically discussed here in the light of modern Western concepts and the attempt has been made to present the conclusions to students of Western Philosophy in a clear and lucid form.As the purpose of this work is to bring the problems, concepts and t

A book that goes right to the core of your abundance issues. A timeless jewel, full of insights for the Golden Age of Now. Abundance Through Reiki is a powerful, poetic evocation of true self and universal life force energy. At the heart of the book are the 42 steps from Core Self to Core Abundance, creating richness within and without. They are presented in detail in the form of two very different finely tuned 21-day abundance plans, taking you on an exploration of some of your belief patterns,

Separate chapters have been earmarked to exposition of Sankara''s major works like Vivekchoodamani and his seminal commentaries on the Gita, the Upanisads and the Brahma Sutras.

This book looks at the worries, struggles and travails of the common man.

It consists of a translation of two Sanskrit works published some years ago in the second volume of my series of Tantrik Texts, but hitherto un-translated.

Here one finds an embarrass de richesses in a comprehensive dictionary of technical expressions found in documents embracing nearly 2000 years in time and the entire Indian sub-continent in space and written in a variety of languages.

`Astro Equations For Specific Professions¿ Contains 18 chapters on varied professions like I.A.S., doctors, engineers, Lawyers, Journalists, teachers, Police Personnel, Industrialists, Scientists, Mathematicians, Consultants, Politicians, Players, Actors, Artists, Bank Personnel,C.As.

Related to profession, covering its every aspect, as far as possible, on the basis of authors¿ research based studies for the last many decades, supported by the abstracts from all the classical works.

Vol. II, Part I begins with an Introduction discussing the cult of Siva which is followed by such important topics as Siva, Lingas, Lingodbhavamurti, Chandrasekharamurti, Pasupatamurti and Raudrapasupatamurti,

In the course of its ritual performance, all these hymns, as an integral totality, have to be recited as indicated in this book.

It contains detailed information on over 100 essential oils, as well as over 100 illustrations and photographs.

No doubt hatha yoga enables you to maintain perfect health.

From the insights gained in the these two section of the work, he tested the hitherto doctrine on the origin of language in the final section.

Each one of the pithas is mentioned along with a particular form of the Goddess and that Siva associated with it.

This book is collection UG's words...undiluted, uninterrupted...culled out from his various talks and conversations.

This book is a compilation of some of his discourse delivered there.

The book is organized into six main sections, each covering a different aspect of Positive Psychology.

Study of Catuòhâsataka with commentaries, work on Måadhyamika Buddhism.

This is a clear and reliable translation, and elaborate introduction to Sankara''s life and thought, that makes this classic of Indian philosophy accessible to wider readership.

This book presents the historical account of its teachers. To make the reading easy and intelligible its technical terms are explained. The book also explains how Pratyabhijna system was formulated and developed by the great teachers. It contain also essence of Ksemaraja''s book Pratyabhijna-hrdaya which explains both the philiosophy and ways of Siva realisation and even a layman can understand what Pratyabhijna is. The book also presents a brief survey of the argument and explains the relevance of Pratyabhijna. The book contains a glossary of technical terms and bibliography to make the reading comprehensive.

The Yogasutra of Patanjali, constitutes one of the six Darsana of Ancient Indian Philosophy, the sole aim of which is to unravel the mysteries of yoga, give insights into its practices and lead the aspirant from the realization of the individual self to that of the supreme self. The book is divided into four chapters: Chapter-I expounds the grades of action necessary for restraining the exhibitive operations of the mind. Chapter-II deals with the gross impurities that have entered into our mind. Chapter-III pertains to the dissolutionary change of worldly life by taking recourse to Samyama. Chapter-IV explains the working of the three-fold action pertaining to the present, past and future. It reaches how the individual self attains release from the bondage of actions and is merged into Brahman.

Swami Radha is my guru. Though the stories she told me, I learned how life can be transformed and made purposeful through Kundalini Yoga. She was a wonderful storyteller, but always the stories reflected the wisdom she had gained from using the Kundalini system asa structure for self examination. For me, her stories had a higher purpose of challenging the conventional ideas and concepts of my upbringing, which I had never questioned. At the same timethey inspired me to think about alternative ways of responding.