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  • India's Mithila Painting

    Edición de Paula Richman, David L. Szanton ...
    Series series Global South Asia
    A woman's art form transforms from home to high artSince at least the fifteenth century, Hindu women in the Mithila region of northern India have been painting images of deities, flora and fauna symbolizing fertility and prosperity, and floor designs that sacralize sites for ritual within their homes. Their artwork remained ephemeral since its plant-based colors faded over time. In response to an ... Leer más

    $58.99 USD

  • Performing the Ramayana Tradition

    Enactments, Interpretations, and Arguments

    Edición de Paula Richman, Rustom Bharucha ...
    The Ramayana, one of the two pre-eminent Hindu epics, has played a foundational role in many aspects of India's arts and social norms. For centuries, people learned this narrative by watching, listening, and participating in enactments of it. Although the Ramayana's first extant telling in Sanskrit dates back to ancient times, the story has continued to be retold and rethought through the ... Leer más

    $42.99 USD

  • The Crisis of Secularism in India

    de Shabnum Tejani, Paula Richman ...
    While secularism has been integral to India’s democracy for more than fifty years, its uses and limits are now being debated anew. Signs of a crisis in the relations between state, society, and religion include the violence directed against Muslims in Gujarat in 2002 and the precarious situation of India’s minority religious groups more generally; the existence of personal laws that vary by ... Leer más

    $28.99 USD

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  • Buddhism

    A Concise Introduction

    de Huston Smith, Philip Novak ...
    A concise and up-to-date guide to the history, teachings, and practice of Buddhism by two luminaries in the field of world religions. ... Leer más

    $6.99 USD

  • Identity and Violence

    The Illusion of Destiny

    de Amartya Sen ...
    Series series Issues of Our Time
    “One of the few world intellectuals on whom we may rely to make sense out of our existential confusion.”—Nadine GordimerIn this sweeping philosophical work, Amartya Sen proposes that the murderous violence that has riven our society is driven as much by confusion as by inescapable hatred. Challenging the reductionist division of people by race, religion, and class, Sen presents an inspiring vision ... Leer más

    $11.69 USD

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  • Yoga: Discipline of Freedom

    The Yoga Sutra Attributed to Patanjali

    de Barbara Stoler Miller ...
    Dating from about the third century A.D., the Yoga Sutra distills the essence of the physical and spiritual discipline of yoga into fewer than two hundred brief aphorisms. It is the core text for any study of meditative practice, revered for centuries for its brilliant analysis of mental states and of the process by which inner liberation is achieved. Yet its difficulties are legendary, and until ... Leer más

    $8.99 USD

  • Human Rights and Responsibilities in the World Religions

    de Joseph Runzo, Arvind Sharma, Nancy M. Martin ...
    Series series Library of Global Ethics & Religion
    This volume outlines the approaches to human rights and responsibilities within the different world religions. Featuring contributions from over 15 scholars, the book covers such key issues as women's rights, the role of international law, and responsibility for the environment. It also includes a "Universal Declaration of Human Rights by the World's Religions", presented at the third Parliament ... Leer más

    $33.00 USD

  • The Four Noble Truths

    de His Holiness the Dalai Lama ...
    This book contains the essential guide to some of the central Buddhist teachings based on the recent UK lectures by his holiness.This volume includes:-‘The Four Noble truths’, one of the most central tenets of Tibetan Buddhism.The need to balance spiritual and material values.‘Compassion, the Basis for Human Happiness’ ... Leer más

    $11.99 USD

  • Religion and Human Rights

    An Introduction

    Edición de John Witte, Jr., M. Christian Green ...
    The relationship between religion and human rights is both complex and inextricable. While most of the world's religions have supported violence, repression, and prejudice, each has also played a crucial role in the modern struggle for universal human rights. Most importantly, religions provide the essential sources and scales of dignity and responsibility, shame and respect, restraint and regret, ... Leer más

    $43.19 USD

  • Karma

    What It Is, What It Isn't, Why It Matters

    de Traleg Kyabgon ...
    A master of Tibetan Buddhism cuts through prevalent misconceptions around karma and rebirth to get to the root cause of our suffering—and how we can end itThe Buddha’s teaching on karma (literally, “action”) is nothing other than his compassionate explanation of the way things are: our thoughts and actions determine our future, and therefore we ourselves are largely responsible for the way our ... Leer más

    $12.99 USD

  • Sikh Nationalism and Identity in a Global Age

    de Giorgio Shani ...
    Series series Routledge Advances in South Asian Studies
    Sikh Nationalism and Identity in a Global Age examines the construction of a Sikh national identity in post-colonial India and the diaspora and explores the reasons for the failure of the movement for an independent Sikh state: Khalistan. Based on a decade of research, it is argued that the failure of the movement to bring about a sovereign, Sikh state should not be interpreted as resulting from ... Leer más

    $68.99 USD

  • The Dhammapada

    Verses on the Way

    de Buddha, Glenn Wallis ...
    Series series Modern Library Classics
    Trembling and quivering is the mind,Difficult to guard and hard to restrain.The person of wisdom sets it straight,As a fletcher does an arrow.The Dhammapada introduced the actual utterances of the Buddha nearly twenty-five hundred years ago, when the master teacher emerged from his long silence to illuminate for his followers the substance of humankind’s deepest and most abiding concerns. The ... Leer más

    $8.99 USD