Vedanta Catalog Newsletter November, 2022
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Here is the ultimate coffee table book for the holidays. Shakti: An Exploration of the Divine Feminine An incredible, large coffee table book fully
illustrated in color on the Divine Feminine found in Hinduism.(new stock due in about 8 days) She is benevolent and nurturing, yet fierce and terrible, a warrior and a lover. She creates and gives life, is death personified, and the one who grants eternal salvation. She is the ultimate form of reality, the cosmos. The Goddess inspires deep devotion and it is not surprising to see Her being worshipped and revered across homes in India. Shakti delves into this rich tradition of
the Divine Feminine as as She is represented across India and the subcontinent. In Shakti, encounter the Goddess in all Her glory and numerous forms. Dive deep into Her fascinating mythology and rituals. Unravel the philosophy behind Her worship and Her adaptation within many belief systems. - 392 pages, large coffee-table book, 9.5x11x1 inches $35.00
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ANOTHER ULTIMATE COFFEE BOOK FOR THE HOLIDAYS |
The Illustrated Mahabharata - The Definitive Guide to India's Greatest Epic Here's another beautiful coffee-table book on the the Mahabharata. (New stock due in about 8 days). The Illustrated Mahabharata follows the tale as it unfolds through 18 episodes, alongside stunning
photographs, paintings, sculptures, and historical artifacts. Discover the principal characters of the Mahabharata and their family trees, and understand key moments - from the birth of Pandavas and Kauravas to the death of the elders.The book includes over 500 images - paintings, photographs and sculptures - 512 pages, Large deluxe volume, 10x12x1.5 inches in size $50.00
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Guru to the World: The Life and Legacy of Vivekananda 539 pages, US Hardback $39.95 Unlike our other books on Swami Vivekananda, this one was written not by a monastic, but by an historian at Oxford University, and published by Harvard University Press. It is both a biography and history of Swami Vivekananda. The author discovered Vivekananda while reading Life of Vivekananda by Roman Rolland. She was shocked to discover in her research that while Vivekananda is well-known in India, he's hardly known in the West.
The author writes well and approaches Vivekananda with respect and admiration, but she might not exactly a devotee. It's good to read
outside books for a deeper and different view of Swami Vivekananda. In the preface, she concludes,
"it has been a rare honor - and the most invigorating intellectual experience of my life - to have written a book that I hope will engage people's emotions, intellect, and political sensibilities. All I can say is that I have striven to bring some balance to our historical understanding of Global Vedanta and the extraordinary people who engaged in a rare, difficult and sometimes confusing
attempt to build bridges across cultural divides."
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See lecture of of the author at the Vedanta Society of New York (above picture from the video is Swami Sarvapriyananda, the head of the New York Center introducing the speaker). |
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Sri Ramakrishna and His Gospel By Swami Bhuteshananda
Volume 1: 616 pages Indian hardback $15.95 Volume 2: 552 pages Indian hardback, $15.95 Volume 3: 559 pages Indian hardback $21.95 3-Volume Set: $44.95 This series of books by Swami Bhuteshananda is a collection of the author's classes on the Gospel of Sri Ramakrishna while he was president of the Ramakrishna Order. The three books are taken from classes where the swami brings out the thought proving deeper dimensions of the simple homely utterances of the great prophet Sri Ramakrishna.
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What We're Reading Now in the Hollywood Monastery 6 nights a week, we read out loud an inspiring book in the living room for 15 minutes. You might like to consider reading books you find inspiring out loud with your friends and family. Somehow the book becomes more alive and interesting that
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With the Swamis in America and India by Swami Atulananda (Gurudas Maharaj) 347 pages, Indian paperback $9.95 The author was a disciple of Swami Abhedananda, was greatly inspired by Swami Turiyananda, especially when he lived with him at Shanti Ashrama, and had brief but intense association with Swami Vivekananda. In the book the author describes the early days of Shanti Ashrama living with Swami
Turiyananda. The rest of the book is from his letters where he describes living in India and association with the disciples of Sri Ramakrishna. |
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