This companion volume focuses on the application and practical ramifications of Indian ethics. Here Indian dharma ethics is moved from its preeminent religious origins and classical metaethical proclivity to, what Kant would call, practi...Lasīt vairāk
Sādhus is a typology made in a photography studio, Denis Rouvre photographs the Sadhu people - a religious ascetic, mendicant or any holy person in Hinduism and Jainism who has renounced the worldly life....Lasīt vairāk
Since the earliest encounters between tantric traditions and Western scholars, the representation of tantra has typically emphasizd the antinomian, decadent aspects, which created a one-dimensional understanding, and hampered the study of the field....Lasīt vairāk
This volume is one of the first wide-ranging academic surveys of the major types and categories of Jain praxis. It covers a breadth of scholarly viewpoints that reflect both the variegation in terms of spiritual practices within the Jain tradition...Lasīt vairāk
This book is an analysis of the philosophical chapters of the Tattvarthadhigama (TA), a foundational text for the Jaina tradition and the first text that presented the Jaina worldview in a clear and systematic way. The book also includes th...Lasīt vairāk
(Izdošanas datums: 26-Nov-2024, Hardback, Izdevniecība: Princeton University Press, ISBN-13: 9780691199269)
The extraordinary multiplicity of religions and religious cultures in India, chronicled over two thousand yearsFrom its earliest recorded history, India was a place of remarkable and varied religious activity, ranging from elaborate...Lasīt vairāk
(Izdošanas datums: 02-Aug-2024, Paperback / softback, Izdevniecība: State University of New York Press, ISBN-13: 9781438496627)
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. What does it mean to be human? I, Y...Lasīt vairāk
Through an analysis of archaeological and literary data, this book explores two interrelated themes: the socio-economic and cultic processes that resulted in the decline of Indian Buddhism in its last strongholds Bihar and Bengal towards the end of t...Lasīt vairāk
The Jain community in India, though small in number, is very important in the economic and social life of the country. Jain history becomes more important when we find that the community anticipated new commercial practices adopted by European tra...Lasīt vairāk
(Izdošanas datums: 04-Jun-2024, Hardback, Izdevniecība: University of California Press, ISBN-13: 9780520414525)
Is a total renunciation of clothing a prerequisite to attaining spiritual liberation? In Gender and Salvation, Padmanabh S. Jaini brings to light previously untranslated texts centering on a centuries-old debate between the two principal Jaina...Lasīt vairāk
(Izdošanas datums: 01-Feb-2024, Hardback, Izdevniecība: State University of New York Press, ISBN-13: 9781438496610)
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. What does it mean to be human? I, Y...Lasīt vairāk
This book traces how and why Jain authors at different points in history rewrote the story of Rama and situates these texts within larger frameworks of South Asian religious history and literature. The book is a valuable contribution to the fields...Lasīt vairāk
Ramin Jahanbegloo develops the concept of compassion as a practical and ethical response to the problems of todays world. Examining the power of compassion through the lens of multiple world religions, he explores ahimsa in Buddhism, Jaini...Lasīt vairāk
Johannes Klatts (1852-1903) Jaina-Onomasticon, an 839 page long bio-bibliographical index of proper names of Jaina authors, sects, texts, and places, with excerpts of biographical information covering more than 2000 years, was published in 2019. The...Lasīt vairāk
Shrimad Rajchandra was a Jain mystic, poet and enlightened master from the 19th century. Nectar presents sixty-one letters written by Shrimad between 1889 and 1900. His words have been translated with the divine insights of Pujya Minalben Shah, whose...Lasīt vairāk
