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Title: The Essentials of Hinduism : A Comprehensive Overview of the World's Oldest Religion
Publisher: Viveka Press
Publication Date: 1994
Language: English
ISBN 10: 1884852025
ISBN 13: 9781884852022
Binding: Soft cover
Edition: First Edition.
Condition: Very Good
Weight: 0.818 pounds

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This book has been chosen by a great number of Hindus and Western students of Hinduism themselves, as the book that best explains the profound ideas of Hinduism in a clear, precise and easily understandable way, with many excellent analogies. The book covers the basis and goal of Hinduism, concepts of God; worship of God; guru and disciple relationship; mantras; the four yogas; creation and the three Gunas; different spiritual paths; moksha (liberation), the holy books, the doctrines of karma, predestination, and reincarnation; Hindu ethics; Indo-Aryans and their society; Hinduism as a way of life; role of food; and more. There are many illustrations.

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Swami Bhaskarananda was born in India and joined the Ramakrishna Order as a monk in 1958 after earning several university degrees. Before coming to Seattle in 1974, he was attached to the headquarters of the Order for 12 years. He has been President of the Vedanta Society of Western Washington in Seattle, an accredited branch of the Ramakrishna Order, since 1980. He is also the spiritual head of the Vedanta Societies in Hawaii and Vancouver, Canada. On invitation, the Swami has traveled extensively giving talks on Hinduism and other spiritual topics in the United States, Canada, Brazil, Argentina, Uruguay, England, France, Japan, Iceland and the Netherlands. He is a founding member and past President of the Interfaith Council of Washington State, as well as an Interfaith Partner in the Church Council of Greater Seattle. The Swami is the founder and editor-in-chief of the quarterly journal "Global Vedanta."

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