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Karma Yoga: Yoga of Action, Based on the Teachings of Sri Swami Satchidananda
This text on Karma Yoga (Yoga of Action) was assembled from the transcribed talks of Sri Gurudev (Spiritual Master) Sri Swami Satchidananda and from…
Micro Finance and Poverty
Contents: Preface. Contributors. I. Micro finance in promoting weaker sections: 1. Micro finance in economic empowerment of weaker sections/S.K. Panda. 2. Micro credit SHGs…
Of Deregulation and Central Bank Autonomy : Essays on Economic Issues in Bangladesh
Contents: Preface. 1. Twin challenges. 2. Our concerns. 3. Bangladesh scenario. 4. Central bank and development. 5. Export –led growth strategy. 6. On the…
Globalization and the Indian Economy: Roadmap to a Convertible Rupee
Contents: I. The global monetary system: 1. Gold standard to globalization. 2. Genesis of philosophy of globalization. 3. Financing globalization. 4. US capital market:…
Development Globalization and Women : Revisiting the Issues
The dominant development model, primarily conceived as a West-centric enterprise to modernize the post-colonial societies, did not realize the promised utopia of improved quality…
Socio-Economic Impacts of Informal Sector Economy
Contents: Preface. 1. Introduction. 2. Characteristics and growth of urban informal sector in India and West Bengal. 3. Nature, magnitude and causes of growth…
Buddhism
Representations of Marriage and Beyond: An Investigation of Early Buddhist Textual Traditions (c. Sixth Century BCE to Fifth Century BCE)
At the core of the social world of Buddhism was the alternative system of salvation provided by the Buddha. Representations of Marriage and Beyond…
The Provisional and the Final Meaning, from The Pinnacle of the Great Expanse
From the Preface: As the ninth vehicle of the Nine Ways of Bön, Dzogchen meditation is the most important spiritual practice in the Yungdrung…
An Introduction to Buddhist Philosophy : Vijnanavada and Madhyamika
Contents: Preface. 1. Introduction to Vijnanavada. 2. Vijnanavada and Bodhicitta. 3. Sankara on Vijnanavada. 4. The concept of Sunyata as depicted in the Astasahasrikaprajnaparamita….
Tibet’s Great Yogi Milarepa : A Biography from the Tibetan Jetsun-Kahbum
"The teachings of the late Lama Kazi Dawa-Samdup, the Tibetan guru, have been culled and presented for western world. It also aims at fostering…
Buddhism the Religion of Mohenjodaro Harappa Cities
Contents: Foreword. 1. Discovery of India. 2. Buddhism Hijacked by Hinduism. 3. Indian Assura Civilization before the Aryan Intruders. 4. Siddhartha Initiated by a…
Luminous Bliss: A Religious History of Pure Land Literature in Tibet
With an annotated English translation and critical analysis of the Orgyan-gling gold manuscript of the short SukhÄvativyÅ«ha-sÅ«tra Pure Land Buddhism as a whole has…