All About Hinduism

All About Hinduism

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Book Specification

Item Code: NAM179
Author: Swami Sivananda
Publisher: THE DIVINE LIFE SOCIETY
Language: English
Edition: 2018
ISBN: 8170520479
Pages: 311
Cover: Paperback
Other Details 8.5 inch x 5.5 inch
Weight 350 gm

Book Description

About the Author

Born on the 8th September, 1887, in the illustrious family of Sage Appayya Dikshitar and several other renowned saints and savants, Sri Swami Sivananda had a natural flair for a life devoted to the study and practice of Vedanta. Added to this was an inborn eagerness to serve all and an innate feeling of unity with all mankind.

His passion for service drew him to the medical career; and soon he gravitated to where he thought that his service was most needed. Malaya claimed him. He had earlier been editing a health and wrote extensively on health problems. He discovered that people needed right knowledge most of all; dissemination of that knowledge he espoused as his own mission.

It was divine dispensation and the blessing of God upon mankind that the doctor of body and mind renounced his career and took to a life of renunciation to qualify for ministering to this soul of man. He settled down at Rishikesh in 1924, practised intense austerities and shone as a great Yogi, saint, sage and Jivanmukta.

In 1932 Swami Sivananda started the Sivanadashram. In 1936 was born The Divine Life Society. In 1948 the Yoga-Vedanta Forest Academy was organised. Dissemination of spiritual knowledge and training of people in Yoga and Vedanta were their aim and object. In 1950 Swamiji undertook a lightning tour of India and Ceylon. In 1953 Swamiji convened a ‘World Parliament of Religions’. Swamiji is the author of over 300 volumes and has disciples all over the world, belonging to all nationalities, religions and creeds. To read Swamiji’s works is to drink at the Fountain of Wisdom Supreme. On 14th July, 1963 Swamiji entered Maasamadhi.

Contents

Publishers' Note 6
Universal Prayers 7
1 Hindu Religion
Purpose of Religion 17
Distinguishing Features of Hinduism 17
The Glory of Vedanta and Yoga 19
Emphasis on Practice 20
Who is a Hindu? 21
Origin and Significance of the Term 22
The Spiritual Soil of India 23
The Facts of History 25
Reasons for Survival of the Hindu Religion 26
Its Future 26
2 Hindu Scriptures
Sanskrit Literature 28
The Scriptures 28
The Secular Writings 51
Conclusion 52
3 Hindu Dharma
Definition of Dharma 54
The Sole Authority of the Vedas 56
The Changing Dharma 56
Dharma in Other Zreligions 57
Benefits of the Practice Dharma 57
kinds of Dharma 58
Sanatana Dharma 59
Samanya Dharma 60
Varnasrama Dharma 66
Yuga Dharma 77
Conclusion 78
4 Hindu Ethics
Conduct and Character 80
Ethics or the Science of Conduct 80
Ethics, Spirituality and Religion 81
Benefits of the Practice of Ethics 81
Ethical Codes in Hinduism 82
The Foundational Principles of Hindu Ethics 83
Service As Worship 84
Ethical Culture or the Process of Purification 85
Philosophy of Right and Wrong 86
Yogic Gardening 90
Conclusion 91
5 Hindu Tenets
The Law of Karma 92
The Doctrine of Reincarnation 98
The Concept of nAvatara 102
6 Hindu Rituals
Sandhyopasana 104
The Ten Scriptural Samskaras 109
The Pancha Mahayajnas 113
Sraaddha and Tarpana 116
Pitripaksa and Mahalaya Amavasya 118
Navaratri or the Nine-day Worship of Devi 120
7 Hindu Worship
Worship or Upasana 125
Benefits of Worship 125
Saguna-Upasana and Nirguna-Upasana 127
The Bhavas in Bhakti Yoga 128
The Philosophy and Significance of Idol-worship 132
From Ritualistic Bhakti to Para-Bhakti 141
The Glory Hindu Philosophy and Hindu Mode of Worship 142
Conclusion 144
8 Hindu Yoga
The Four paths 146
Karma Yoga 146
Bhakti Yoga 148
Raja Yoga 149
Jnana Yoga 152
The Yoga of Synthesis 154
9 Hindu Theology
Theological Classifications 157
The Vaishnavas 158
The Saivas 163
The Saktas 164
Miscellaneous 164
The Arya Samajists and the Brahma Samajists 165
Sadhus and Sannyasins 165
10 Hindu Mythology and Symbols
Hindu Mythology 171
Hindu Symbols 173
Conclusion 183
11 Hindu Philosophy-I (The Shad-Darsanas)
Philosophy-Its Origin and Its Limitations 184
The Orthodox and the Heterodox Systems of Indian Philosophy 186
The Shad-Darsanas or the Six Orthodox Schools 186
The Nyaya 190
The Vaiseshika 196
The Sankhya 217
The Yoga of Synthesis 217
The Purva Mimamsa 225
The Vedanta Philosophy 230
12 Hindu Philosophy-II (The Schools of Vedanta)
Introduction 236
The Advaita Philosophy of Sri Sankara 239
The Visishtadvaita Philosophy of Sri Ramanuja 243
The Dvaita Philososphy of Sri Madhvacharya 249
The Dvaitadvaita Philosophy of Sri Nimbarka 255
The Suddhadvaita Philosophy of Sri Vallabha 261
The Achintya Bhedabheda Philosophy of Sri Chaitanya 269
13 Hindu Philosophy-III (Saiva Siddhanta and Saktaism
The Saiva Siddhanta Philosophy 275
The Sakti Yoga Philosophy 279
14 Epilogue
Unity-The Need of the Hour 289
Who is Qualified to Religion Effciently 290
Education and Nation-Building 291
Call for Consolidation of the Nation 295
Appendice
I The Siva-Linga 297
II Indian Culture Based on the Bhagavad-Gita 300

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