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A Hindu Theology Of Liberation - Not-Two Is Not One

by Anantanand Rambachan

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 Discusses Hindu Advaita Vedanta as a philosophy of social justice for the modern world.
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Meditation And The Classroom - Contemplative Pedagogy For Religious Studies

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 Focuses on using meditation in education and how it can enhance teaching and learning.
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The Buddhist World Of Southeast Asia - Second Edition

by Donald K. Swearer

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 An account of the Theravada Buddhist thought and practice in the Southeast Asian societies of Thailand, Myanmar (Burma), Laos, Cambodia, and Sri Lanka.
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The Buddhist World Of Southeast Asia - Second Edition

by Donald K. Swearer

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 An account of the Theravada Buddhist thought and practice in the Southeast Asian societies of Thailand, Myanmar (Burma), Laos, Cambodia, and Sri Lanka.
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The Advaita Worldview - God, World, And Humanity

by Anantanand Rambachan

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 A fresh interpretation of Hindu tradition focusing on the nature of God, the value of the world, and the measure of liberation.
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Samadhi - The Numinous And Cessative In Indo-Tibetan Yoga

by Stuart Ray Sarbacker

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 Explores yoga and meditation in Eastern religions, this book incorporates psychological and social aspects of these practices.
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Indian Critiques Of Gandhi

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 Too many books on Gandhi give the impression that he was a solitary hero who had no critics or allies. This text places Gandhi in context, that is, the context of his contemporaries and peers in the struggle for Indian independence, adding new insights and raising new questions.
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Hindu Bioethics For The Twenty-First Century

by S. Cromwell Crawford

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 Explores contemporary controversies in bioethics from a Hindu perspective.
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Yoga And Psychology - Language, Memory, And Mysticism

by Harold Coward

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 Explores the influence of yoga in the seminal Indian philosophy of Bhartrhari and in the Western psychology of Freud, Jung, and the transpersonalists, providing unique insights into the differences between Eastern and Western concepts of human nature.
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A Buddhist History Of The West - Studies In Lack

by David R. Loy

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 A Buddhist interpretation of Western history that shows civilization shaped by the self's desire for groundedness.
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The Spiritual Roots Of Restorative Justice

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 Explores the concept of Restorative Justice in diverse spiritual traditions.
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Dattatreya: The Immortal Guru, Yogin, And Avatara - A Study Of The Transformative And Inclusive Character Of A Multi-Faceted Hindu Deity

by Antonio Rigopoulos

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 Presents the multi-faceted Hindu deity Dattatreya from his Puranic emergence to modern times.
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The Truth Of Broken Symbols

by Robert Cummings Neville

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 This book provides a cross-cultural analysis of how religious symbols function from a theological and philosophical perspective.
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India'S Agony Over Religion

by Gerald James Larson

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 Presents the contemporary religious crisis in India, providing historical perspective and focusing on the crises in Punjab, Kashmir, and Ayodhya.
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America'S Alternative Religions

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 This is a source of reliable information on the most important new and alternative religions covering history, theology, impact on the culture, and current status. It includes a chapter on the Branch Davidians.
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Prophetic Wisdom - Engaged Buddhism''S Struggle For Social Justice And Complete Liberation

by Charles R. Strain

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 Shows how Engaged Buddhists can expand their understanding of the causes of collective suffering and develop nonviolent means for social transformation through a dialectic of love, power, and justice.Classical Buddhism lacked an understanding of systemic injustice and its contribution to collective suffering. Despite the teaching of impermanence, classical Buddhist schools viewed social institutions as given and offered no path to social transformation. Today, Buddhists are shaped by multiple religious and secular traditions, including those stemming from the Hebrew prophets. The prophetic tradition offers a socially and religiously powerful concept-the concept of justice-that reconfigures the Buddhist dharma.In a time of unparalleled peril, Buddhists are challenged as never before to turn wisdom into strategic action to foster systemic social change. Compassion is not enough. Prophetic Wisdom shows how Engaged Buddhists can expand their understanding of the causes of collective suffering and develop nonviolent means for social transformation through a dialectic of love, power, and justice. It concludes by confronting the poison of racism in the American body politic.
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Wonder In South Asia - Histories, Aesthetics, Ethics

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 A comparative study of wonder in South Asian religions.The experience of wonder-encompassing awe, bewilderment, curiosity, excitement, fear, dread, mystery, perplexity, reverence, surprise, and supplication-and the ineffable quality of that which is wondrous have been entwined in religion and human experience. Yet strangely, wonder in non-western societies, including South Asia, has rarely been acknowledged or understood. This groundbreaking volume brings together historians and ethnographers of South Asia, including leading and emerging scholars, to consider the place and meaning of wonder in such varied joyful, tense, and creative sites and moments as Sufi music performances in Gujarat, Tamil graveyard processions, trans women''s charitable practices, Kipling''s Orientalist tales, village Kuchipudi dance performances, and Rajasthani healing shrines. Offering a synthetic and scholarly reading of wonder that speaks to the political, aesthetic, and ethical worlds of South Asia, these essays redefine the nature and meaning of wonder and its worlds. Taken together, they provide an invaluable research tool for those in the fields of Asian religion, religion in context, and South Asian religions in particular.
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Musicology Of Religion - Theories, Methods, And Directions

by Guy L. Beck

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 Spearheads a new field for the combined study of religion and music, drawing upon theories and methods of the social sciences, ethnomusicology, philosophy, theology, liturgical studies, and cognitive studies.
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Sound Of Vultures' Wings - The Tibetan Buddhist Chöd Ritual Practice Of The Female Buddha Machik Labdrön

by Jeffrey W. Cupchik

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 Explores the music of the Tibetan Chöd tradition.The Sound of Vultures'' Wings offers the first in-depth exploration of the music of the Tibetan Chöd tradition, which is based on the liturgical song-poems of the twelfth-century Tibetan female ascetic Machik Labdrön (1055-1153). Chöd is a musical-meditative Vajrayna method for cutting off the root of suffering, our mistaken view of a self. The Chöd practitioner applies the antidote to self-cherishing by developing bodhicitta (altruistic awakening mind) and the antidote to self-grasping through the realization of the ultimate nature of reality: the correct view of emptiness. Chöd is regarded by many Tibetan Lamas as one of the most effective Buddhist practices for spiritual and social transformation. Jeffrey W. Cupchik details the significance of the complex, interwoven performative aspects of this meditative ritual and explains how its practice can bring about experiences of insight and inner transformation. In doing so, he undoes the notion of meditation being exclusively an experience of silence and stillness.
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Word, Chant, And Song - Spiritual Transformation In Hinduism, Buddhism, Islam, And Sikhism

by Harold Coward

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 An accessible introduction to the centrality of word, chant, and song in the Hindu, Buddhist, Islamic, and Sikh traditions.In academic religious studies and musicology, little attention has been given to chanted word, hymns, and songs, yet these are often the key spiritual practices for lay devotees. To address this gap in knowledge, Harold Coward presents a thematic study of sacred sound as it functions in word, chant, and song for devotees in the Hindu, Buddhist, Islamic, and Sikh traditions. Each chapter begins with a brief introduction of a particular tradition''s word/scripture, followed by case studies showcasing the diversity of understanding and the range of chant and song in devotee practice, and concludes with a brief illustration of new trends in music and chant within the tradition. Written in a style that will appeal to both scholars and lay readers, technical terms are clearly explained and case studies explicitly include devotees'' personal experiences of songs and chants in public and private religious ritual.
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Rules And Regulations Of Brahmanical Asceticism

by Patrick Olivelle

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 This translation of a twelfth-century Sanskrit text is the most comprehensive presentation of Hindu ascetic practices available in English. It is also the clearest.Rules and Regulations of Brahmanical Asceticism is the critical edition and translation of a twelfth-century Sanskrit text written by Yadava Prakasaa, whose life and activities are of historical interest because, according to tradition, he was the teacher of the great Vais''n''ava theologian Ramanuja.This text is the oldest and most comprehensive example of medieval Sanskrit literature devoted to examining the duties of ascetics. Yadava Prakasaa is the only one who explicitly examines the thorny question of whether asceticism is a legitimate way of life for Brahmins. His topics include the people qualified to become ascetics; the rite for becoming an ascetic; the clothes and belongings of an ascetic; techniques of meditation; daily routines such as bathing, divine worship, and begging; proper conduct and etiquette; the manner of wandering; residence during the rains; expiatory penances; and the funeral.In his introduction, Patrick Olivelle examines the place of Yadava''s text within the literary and institutional history of Brahman''ical asceticism. He discusses the origins of asceticism in India; its incorporation into the Brahman''ical mainstream; and its variations within Hindu sects, as well as in Buddhist and Jain traditions.
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Religious Understandings Of A Good Death In Hospice Palliative Care

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 Explores how religious understandings of death are experienced in hospice care.Winner of the 2012 AJN (American Journal of Nursing) Book of the Year Award in the Hospice and Palliative Care category In the 1960s, English physician and committed Christian Cicely Saunders introduced a new way of treating the terminally ill that she called "hospice care." Emphasizing a holistic and compassionate approach, her model led to the rapid growth of a worldwide hospice movement. Aspects of the early hospice model that stressed attention to the religious dimensions of death and dying, while still recognized and practiced, have developed outside the purview of academic inquiry and consideration. Meanwhile, global migration and multicultural diversification in the West have dramatically altered the profile of contemporary hospice care. In response to these developments, this volume is the first to critically explore how religious understandings of death are manifested and experienced in palliative care settings.Contributors discuss how a "good death" is conceived within the major religious traditions of Christianity, Islam, Hinduism, Judaism, Buddhism, Chinese religion, and Aboriginal spirituality. A variety of real-world examples are presented in case studies of a Buddhist hospice center in Thailand, Ugandan approaches to dying with HIV/AIDS, Punjabi extended-family hospice care, and pediatric palliative care. The work sheds new light on the significance of religious belief and practice at the end of life, at the many forms religious understanding can take, and at the spiritual pain that so often accompanies the physical pain of the dying person.
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Buddhist World Of Southeast Asia - Second Edition

by Donald K. Swearer

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 An account of the Theravada Buddhist thought and practice in the Southeast Asian societies of Thailand, Myanmar (Burma), Laos, Cambodia, and Sri Lanka.
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Meditation And The Classroom - Contemplative Pedagogy For Religious Studies

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 Focuses on using meditation in education and how it can enhance teaching and learning.
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