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Dharma

The Hindu, Jain, Buddhist and Sikh Traditions of India

Edited by Veena R. Howard ...

Dharma is central to all the major religious traditions which originated on the Indian subcontinent. Such is its importance that these traditions cannot adequately be understood apart from it. Often translated as “ethics,” “religion,” “law,” or “social order,” dharma possesses elements of each of these but is not confined to any single category familiar to Western thought. Neither is it the ... Read more

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Dharma is central to all the major religious traditions which originated on the Indian subcontinent. Such is its importance that these traditions cannot adequately be understood apart from it. Often translated as “ethics,” “religion,” “law,” or “social order,” dharma possesses elements of each of these but is not confined to any single category familiar to Western thought. Neither is it the
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Commencer le Voyage Intérieur

by Pujya Gurudevshri Rakeshbhai ...

Ce livre contient des perles immortelles de sagesse qui peuvent susciter un changement radical des perspectives de votre vie. À travers une série de 4 enseignements qui ébranleront vos fondements, Pujyashri Gurudev indique à quel endroit et la manière dont nous sommes victimes d'un système de fausses croyances, dont nous devenons des proies de nos propres concepts et conditionnement et surtout la ... Read more

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Ce livre contient des perles immortelles de sagesse qui peuvent susciter un changement radical des perspectives de votre vie. À travers une série de 4 enseignements qui ébranleront vos fondements, Pujyashri Gurudev indique à quel endroit et la manière dont nous sommes victimes d'un système de fausses croyances, dont nous devenons des proies de nos propres concepts et conditionnement et surtout la
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The Guide For The Perplexed

by Moses Maimonides ...

The Guide for the Perplexedby Moses Maimonides, M. Freidländer, tr.Maimonides' masterful summation of theology, natural philosophy and divine law.The Guide consists of three books. The first book deals with the nature of God, concluding that God cannot be described in positive terms. He uses this argument to systematically deconstruct the Islamic Kalam literalist school of thought, which ... Read more

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The Guide for the Perplexedby Moses Maimonides, M. Freidländer, tr.Maimonides' masterful summation of theology, natural philosophy and divine law.The Guide consists of three books. The first book deals with the nature of God, concluding that God cannot be described in positive terms. He uses this argument to systematically deconstruct the Islamic Kalam literalist school of thought, which
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Secrets of Jainism

by Snehadeep ...

This small book introduces its readers to Jainism. It explains the philosophy and principles to Jainism in a lucid style. It also shows how to apply the teachings of the enlightened ones in our daily times and thus finally achieve nirvana. ... Read more

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This small book introduces its readers to Jainism. It explains the philosophy and principles to Jainism in a lucid style. It also shows how to apply the teachings of the enlightened ones in our daily times and thus finally achieve nirvana.
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End of the Jews: Radical Breaks, Remakes and What Comes Next

by Dr. Dan Aviv ...

End of the Jews: Radical Breaks, Remakes and What Comes Next explores a pattern of crisis followed by a radical break and remake as a persistent phenomenon in Jewish history. The Jewish people have collectively braved many turning points over the past four millennia and, in each instance, did so by making a radical break from past forms of worship, notions of self and nation as well as sense of ... Read more

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End of the Jews: Radical Breaks, Remakes and What Comes Next explores a pattern of crisis followed by a radical break and remake as a persistent phenomenon in Jewish history. The Jewish people have collectively braved many turning points over the past four millennia and, in each instance, did so by making a radical break from past forms of worship, notions of self and nation as well as sense of
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Studies in Jaina History and Culture

Disputes and Dialogues

Edited by Peter Flügel ...

Series series Routledge Advances in Jaina Studies
The last ten years have seen interest in Jainism increasing, with this previously little-known Indian religion assuming a significant place in religious studies.Studies in Jaina History and Culture breaks new ground by investigating the doctrinal differences and debates amongst the Jains rather than presenting Jainism as a seamless whole whose doctrinal core has remained virtually unchanged ... Read more

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The last ten years have seen interest in Jainism increasing, with this previously little-known Indian religion assuming a significant place in religious studies.Studies in Jaina History and Culture breaks new ground by investigating the doctrinal differences and debates amongst the Jains rather than presenting Jainism as a seamless whole whose doctrinal core has remained virtually unchanged
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Sati Savitri

by Devdutt Pattanaik ...

Manu said that a woman’s dharma is to be mother, daughter, sister and wife in service of men, regardless of the caste. In modern times we call this patriarchy. In the Veda, the need to control and favour hierarchy, is an expression of an anxious mind. Hindu, Buddhist and Jain lore is full of tales where women do not let men define their dharma. In modern times we call this feminism. In the Veda, ... Read more

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Manu said that a woman’s dharma is to be mother, daughter, sister and wife in service of men, regardless of the caste. In modern times we call this patriarchy. In the Veda, the need to control and favour hierarchy, is an expression of an anxious mind. Hindu, Buddhist and Jain lore is full of tales where women do not let men define their dharma. In modern times we call this feminism. In the Veda,
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Hitasiksa Chatrisi

The secret of success

by Acharya Kalyanbodhi Suriji, Veer Vijayji ...

Knowledge plays an important role in making a human life happy and peaceful. In the absence of knowledge, the man would spend an unhappy life even if surrounded by all the pleasures of the world. “Hitāśikṣā-Chatrīśī” is a small but invaluable text which can spread the light of knowledge in anybody’s life. Since this is “Chatrīśī”, there are 36 stanzas in this creation. The first 18 verses have ... Read more

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Knowledge plays an important role in making a human life happy and peaceful. In the absence of knowledge, the man would spend an unhappy life even if surrounded by all the pleasures of the world. “Hitāśikṣā-Chatrīśī” is a small but invaluable text which can spread the light of knowledge in anybody’s life. Since this is “Chatrīśī”, there are 36 stanzas in this creation. The first 18 verses have
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Jaina Sutras, Part I

by Hermann Jacobi ...

Jaina Sutras, Part Iby Hermann JacobiPart One of the Hermann Jacobi translation of the Jaina Sutras. This volume includes the Akaranga and Kalpa Sutras, two of the most important Jain sacred texts.The Akaranga Sutra outlines rules for Jain monks. Most notably it describes steps which monks must take to avoid harming other living beings, including the microscopic life forms which the ancient Jains ... Read more

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Jaina Sutras, Part Iby Hermann JacobiPart One of the Hermann Jacobi translation of the Jaina Sutras. This volume includes the Akaranga and Kalpa Sutras, two of the most important Jain sacred texts.The Akaranga Sutra outlines rules for Jain monks. Most notably it describes steps which monks must take to avoid harming other living beings, including the microscopic life forms which the ancient Jains
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Classical Indian Philosophy

A history of philosophy without any gaps, Volume 5

by Peter Adamson, Jonardon Ganeri ...

Series series A History of Philosophy
Peter Adamson and Jonardon Ganeri present a lively introduction to one of the world's richest intellectual traditions: the philosophy of classical India. They begin with the earliest extant literature, the Vedas, and the explanatory works that these inspired, known as Upaniṣads. They also discuss other famous texts of classical Vedic culture, especially the Mahābhārata and its most notable section ... Read more

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Peter Adamson and Jonardon Ganeri present a lively introduction to one of the world's richest intellectual traditions: the philosophy of classical India. They begin with the earliest extant literature, the Vedas, and the explanatory works that these inspired, known as Upaniṣads. They also discuss other famous texts of classical Vedic culture, especially the Mahābhārata and its most notable section
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Our Unitarian Gospel

Explore the principles of faith, reason, and spiritual insight—Minot J. Savage’s guide to Unitarian thought illuminates modern spirituality.

by Minot J. Savage ...

Explore the thoughtful and compassionate teachings of Minot J. Savage in Our Unitarian Gospel, an audiobook that presents the core principles of Unitarian faith with clarity, warmth, and insight. Savage’s reflections guide listeners through a spiritual framework grounded in reason, morality, and humanistic values, making timeless truths accessible to modern audiences.The audiobook invites ... Read more

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Explore the thoughtful and compassionate teachings of Minot J. Savage in Our Unitarian Gospel, an audiobook that presents the core principles of Unitarian faith with clarity, warmth, and insight. Savage’s reflections guide listeners through a spiritual framework grounded in reason, morality, and humanistic values, making timeless truths accessible to modern audiences.The audiobook invites
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Jainism: A Guide for the Perplexed

by Dr Sherry Fohr ...

Series series Guides for the Perplexed
Jainism is arguably the most non-violent and austere religion in the world. While lay Jains attempt to never harm humans or animals, the strict non-violence followed by the highly revered monks and nuns also proscribes harm to any living being, even a microscopic organism. And while laywomen (and a few laymen) undergo long and difficult fasts, the longest being for one month, renouncers' ... Read more

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Jainism is arguably the most non-violent and austere religion in the world. While lay Jains attempt to never harm humans or animals, the strict non-violence followed by the highly revered monks and nuns also proscribes harm to any living being, even a microscopic organism. And while laywomen (and a few laymen) undergo long and difficult fasts, the longest being for one month, renouncers'
... Read more
Jainism

An Introduction

by Jeffery D. Long ...

Series series I.B.Tauris Introductions to Religion
Jainism evokes images of monks wearing face-masks to protect insects and mico-organisms from being inhaled. Or of Jains sweeping the ground in front of them to ensure that living creatures are not inadvertently crushed: a practice of non-violence so radical as to defy easy comprehension. Yet for all its apparent exoticism, Jainism is still little understood in the West. What is this mysterious ... Read more

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Jainism evokes images of monks wearing face-masks to protect insects and mico-organisms from being inhaled. Or of Jains sweeping the ground in front of them to ensure that living creatures are not inadvertently crushed: a practice of non-violence so radical as to defy easy comprehension. Yet for all its apparent exoticism, Jainism is still little understood in the West. What is this mysterious
... Read more
Jaina Sutras Part II

by Hermann Jacobi ...

Jaina Sutras, Part IIby Hermann JacobiPart Two of the Hermann Jacobi translation of the Jaina Sutras.As is the practice at this site, the typography of the original has been preserved as far as possible. This means that italics are used to indicate distinctions between consonants in transliterated Sanskrit and Prakrit. The system used is documented on the charts attached to the Sacred Books of the ... Read more

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Jaina Sutras, Part IIby Hermann JacobiPart Two of the Hermann Jacobi translation of the Jaina Sutras.As is the practice at this site, the typography of the original has been preserved as far as possible. This means that italics are used to indicate distinctions between consonants in transliterated Sanskrit and Prakrit. The system used is documented on the charts attached to the Sacred Books of the
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Early Asceticism in India

Ājīvikism and Jainism

by Piotr Balcerowicz ...

Series series Routledge Advances in Jaina Studies
Ājīvikism was once ranked one of the most important religions in India between the 4th and 2nd centuries BCE, after Buddhism, ‘Brahmanism’ and before Jainism, but is now a forgotten Indian religion. However, Jainism has remained an integral part of the religious landscape of South Asia, despite the common beginnings shared with Ājīvikism.By rediscovering, reconstructing, and examining the ... Read more

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Ājīvikism was once ranked one of the most important religions in India between the 4th and 2nd centuries BCE, after Buddhism, ‘Brahmanism’ and before Jainism, but is now a forgotten Indian religion. However, Jainism has remained an integral part of the religious landscape of South Asia, despite the common beginnings shared with Ājīvikism.By rediscovering, reconstructing, and examining the
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Une Vie Digne D’Etre Vécue

by Pujya Gurudevshri Rakeshbhai ...

Que signifie d'être vraiment vivant? Comment puis-je mener une vie pleine de sens? Est-il possible de s'élever au-dessus de la foire d'empoigne que cette vie est devenue? Une Vie Digne d’Etre Vécue répond à toutes les questions ci-dessus d'une manière unique, poignante et réaliste. Il saisit la sagesse de Éclairés et fournit des solutions rationnelles sur la façon de provoquer une révolution... ... Read more

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Que signifie d'être vraiment vivant? Comment puis-je mener une vie pleine de sens? Est-il possible de s'élever au-dessus de la foire d'empoigne que cette vie est devenue? Une Vie Digne d’Etre Vécue répond à toutes les questions ci-dessus d'une manière unique, poignante et réaliste. Il saisit la sagesse de Éclairés et fournit des solutions rationnelles sur la façon de provoquer une révolution...
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Living Jainism

An Ethical Science

by Aidan D. Rankin, Kanti V. Mardia ...

Living Jainism explores a system of thought that unites ethics with rational thought, in which each individual is his or her own guru and social conscience extends beyond human society to animals, plants and the whole of the natural world. The Jain Dharma is a humane and scientific spiritual pathway that has universal significance. With the re-emergence of India as a world power, Jain wisdom ... Read more

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Living Jainism explores a system of thought that unites ethics with rational thought, in which each individual is his or her own guru and social conscience extends beyond human society to animals, plants and the whole of the natural world. The Jain Dharma is a humane and scientific spiritual pathway that has universal significance. With the re-emergence of India as a world power, Jain wisdom
... Read more
The History of Vegetarianism and Cow-Veneration in India

by Ludwig Alsdorf ...

Series series Routledge Advances in Jaina Studies
For the first time, this influential study by Ludwig Alsdorf is made available to an English speaking audience, translated by Bal Patil. It focuses on two of the most pertinent issues in Indian religion, the history of vegetarianism and cow-veneration, and its historical approach remains relevant to this day.With reference to significant brahminical texts, such as key chapters of the Book of Manu, ... Read more

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For the first time, this influential study by Ludwig Alsdorf is made available to an English speaking audience, translated by Bal Patil. It focuses on two of the most pertinent issues in Indian religion, the history of vegetarianism and cow-veneration, and its historical approach remains relevant to this day.With reference to significant brahminical texts, such as key chapters of the Book of Manu,
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Indian Asceticism

Power, Violence, and Play

by Carl Olson ...

Throughout the history of Indian religions, the ascetic figure is most closely identified with power. A by-product of the ascetic path, power is displayed in the ability to fly, walk on water or through dense objects, read minds, discern the former lives of others, see into the future, harm others, or simply levitate one's body. These tales give rise to questions about how power and violence are ... Read more

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Throughout the history of Indian religions, the ascetic figure is most closely identified with power. A by-product of the ascetic path, power is displayed in the ability to fly, walk on water or through dense objects, read minds, discern the former lives of others, see into the future, harm others, or simply levitate one's body. These tales give rise to questions about how power and violence are
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Narrating Karma and Rebirth

Buddhist and Jain Multi-Life Stories

by Naomi Appleton ...

Buddhism and Jainism share the concepts of karma, rebirth, and the desirability of escaping from rebirth. The literature of both traditions contains many stories about past, and sometimes future, lives which reveal much about these foundational doctrines. Naomi Appleton carefully explores how multi-life stories served to construct, communicate, and challenge ideas about karma and rebirth within ... Read more

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Buddhism and Jainism share the concepts of karma, rebirth, and the desirability of escaping from rebirth. The literature of both traditions contains many stories about past, and sometimes future, lives which reveal much about these foundational doctrines. Naomi Appleton carefully explores how multi-life stories served to construct, communicate, and challenge ideas about karma and rebirth within
... Read more
A Life Worth Living

by Pujya Gurudevshri Rakeshbhai ...

What does it mean to be truly alive? How can I lead a meaningful life? Is it possible to rise above the rat race that life has become? A Life Worth Living responds to the above – in a unique, poignant and realistic way. It captures the wisdom of the Enlightened and provides rational solutions on how to bring about an inner revolution. Spirituality takes a leap from mere theory, to becoming useful ... Read more

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What does it mean to be truly alive? How can I lead a meaningful life? Is it possible to rise above the rat race that life has become? A Life Worth Living responds to the above – in a unique, poignant and realistic way. It captures the wisdom of the Enlightened and provides rational solutions on how to bring about an inner revolution. Spirituality takes a leap from mere theory, to becoming useful
... Read more
Der Koran (Kommentiert)

Erweiterte Ausgabe. Heilige Schrift des Islams in deutscher Übersetzung: 114 Suren über Offenbarung, Monotheismus, Recht und Barmherzigkeit

by Prophet Mohammed, Nora Clausen ...

Translated by Max Henning ...

Der Koran ist der zentrale Text des Islams: eine Sammlung von Offenbarungsworten in arabischer Sprache, gegliedert in Suren, die Theologie, Ethik, Recht, Gebet und Geschichtsdeutung miteinander verbinden. Sein Stil reicht von eindringlicher Prophetie und liturgischer Verdichtung bis zu paränetischer Mahnung und erzählerischer Rückschau. In seinem spätantiken Kontext tritt er in ein vielschichtiges ... Read more

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Der Koran ist der zentrale Text des Islams: eine Sammlung von Offenbarungsworten in arabischer Sprache, gegliedert in Suren, die Theologie, Ethik, Recht, Gebet und Geschichtsdeutung miteinander verbinden. Sein Stil reicht von eindringlicher Prophetie und liturgischer Verdichtung bis zu paränetischer Mahnung und erzählerischer Rückschau. In seinem spätantiken Kontext tritt er in ein vielschichtiges
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I, Yantra

Exploring Self and Selflessness in Ancient Indian Robot Tales

by Signe Cohen ...

Argues that ancient yantra (robot) tales reveal how their Hindu, Buddhist, and Jain authors thought about the nature of humanity and our role in a cosmos filled with divine and natural forces.Winner of the 2025 Award for Excellence in the Study of Religion: Textual Studies presented by the American Academy of ReligionWhat does it mean to be human? I, Yantra examines ancient Indian narratives about ... Read more

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Argues that ancient yantra (robot) tales reveal how their Hindu, Buddhist, and Jain authors thought about the nature of humanity and our role in a cosmos filled with divine and natural forces.Winner of the 2025 Award for Excellence in the Study of Religion: Textual Studies presented by the American Academy of ReligionWhat does it mean to be human? I, Yantra examines ancient Indian narratives about
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World Religions

The esential reference guide to the world’s major faiths

by Collins ...

A compact and informative guide to the key tenets, rituals and history of the world’s major faiths, now in a new easy-reference format.This is one of two titles in a Collins reference series based on Gem material. Collins Keys are essential illustrated guides to core subjects, providing authoritative, up-to-date information in an easy-to-access form.The place of religion in contemporary life has ... Read more

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A compact and informative guide to the key tenets, rituals and history of the world’s major faiths, now in a new easy-reference format.This is one of two titles in a Collins reference series based on Gem material. Collins Keys are essential illustrated guides to core subjects, providing authoritative, up-to-date information in an easy-to-access form.The place of religion in contemporary life has
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