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  • A Storm of Songs

    India and the Idea of the Bhakti Movement

    by John Stratton Hawley ...
    India celebrates itself as a nation of unity in diversity, but where does that sense of unity come from? One important source is a widely-accepted narrative called the “bhakti movement.” Bhakti is the religion of the heart, of song, of common participation, of inner peace, of anguished protest. The idea known as the bhakti movement asserts that between 600 and 1600 CE, poet-saints sang bhakti from ... Read more

    $67.99 CAD

  • A Storm of Songs

    India and the Idea of the Bhakti Movement

    by John Stratton Hawley ...
    India celebrates itself as a nation of unity in diversity, but where does that sense of unity come from? One important source is a widely-accepted narrative called the “bhakti movement.” Bhakti is the religion of the heart, of song, of common participation, of inner peace, of anguished protest. The idea known as the bhakti movement asserts that between 600 and 1600 CE, poet-saints sang bhakti from ... Read more

    $67.99 CAD

  • The Memory of Love

    Surdas Sings to Krishna

    by John Stratton Hawley ...
    No Hindu god is closer to the soul of poetry than Krishna, and in North India no poet ever sang of Krishna more famously than SūrdD^=as-or Sūr, for short. He lived in the sixteenth century and became so influential that for centuries afterward aspiring Krishna poets signed their compositions orally with his name. This book takes us back to the source, offering a selection of Sūrdās's poems that ... Read more

    $31.99 CAD

  • Krishna’s Playground

    Vrindavan in the 21st Century

    by John Stratton Hawley ...
    This is a book about a deeply beloved place—many call it the spiritual capital of India. Located at a dramatic bend in the River Yamuna, a hundred miles from the center of Delhi, Vrindavan is the spot where the god Krishna is believed to have spent his childhood and youth. For Hindus it has always stood for youth writ large—a realm of love and beauty that enables one to retreat from the weight and ... Read more

    $32.99 CAD

  • The Life of Hinduism

    Edited by John Stratton Hawley, Vasudha Narayanan ...
    Series Book 3 - The Life of Religion
    The Life of Hinduism brings together a series of essays—many recognized as classics in the field—that present Hinduism as a vibrant, truly "lived" religion. Celebrating the diversity for which Hinduism is known, this volume begins its journey in the "new India" of Bangalore, India’s Silicon Valley, where global connections and local traditions rub shoulders daily. Readers are then offered a ... Read more

    $39.99 CAD

  • Sur’s Ocean

    Classic Hindi Poetry in Translation

    by Surdas ...
    Translated by John Stratton Hawley ...
    Series series Murty Classical Library of India
    “John Stratton Hawley miraculously manages to braid the charged erotic and divine qualities of Krishna, the many-named god, while introducing us—with subtle occasional rhyme—to a vividly particularized world of prayers and crocodile earrings, spiritual longing and love-struck bees.”—Forrest Gander, winner of the Pulitzer Prize for PoetryAn award-winning translation of Hindi verses composed by one ... Read more

    $22.99 CAD

  • Bhakti and Power

    Debating India's Religion of the Heart

    by K. Sivaramakrishnan, Padma Kaimal, Anand A. Yang ...
    Series series Global South Asia
    Bhakti, a term ubiquitous in the religious life of South Asia, has meanings that shift dramatically according to context and sentiment. Sometimes translated as “personal devotion,” bhakti nonetheless implies and fosters public interaction. It is often associated with the marginalized voices of women and lower castes, yet it has also played a role in perpetuating injustice. Barriers have been torn ... Read more

    $35.99 CAD

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  • Indian Philosophy

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    by Sue Hamilton ...
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    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

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  • Siddhartha

    by Hermann Hesse, Digital Fire ...
    Authored by Hermann Hesse, Siddhartha is one of the most influential spiritual works of the twentieth century. It is the story of a young man who decides to leave his wife and kids and embark on a journey of suffering and rejection to finally find peace within and attain salvation.The story revolves around a young man who leaves his home and family on a quest for the Truth. Embarking on a journey ... Read more

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  • Tibetan Buddhism

    A Very Short Introduction

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