The Spiritual Heritage of India: A Clear Summary of Indian Philosophy and Religion - Softcover

Swami Prabhavananda

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0874810353 ISBN 13: 9780874810356

Publisher: Vedanta Press & Bookshop, 1979

Synopsis

A clear summary of Indian philosophy and religion. This selection gives excerpts from the scriptures that best explain the philosophy. Included are discussions on The Bhagavad Gita: The Song of God, How To Know God: The Yoga Aphorisms of Patanjali, The Upanishads: Breath of the Eternal. There are also chapters on the Vedas, Tantras, and other scriptures and famous teachers of India.

About this title

About the Author:

For over 50 years, Swami Prabhavananda was the founder and until his passing the head of the Vedanta Society of Southern California. He wrote numerous books on Vedanta - a branch of Hinduism - including The Song of God: The Bhagavad Gita and

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"Around the middle of this century, Arnold Toynbee predicted that at its close, the world would still be dominated by the West, but that in the 21st century, India will conquer her conquerors (culturally, not politically)...

"His prediction provides an exceptionally forceful rationale, if one were needed, for reissuing the book at hand. For The Spiritual Heritage of India is one of the most useful summaries in print of the tradition Toynbee saw as destined to figure prominently in the -- From the foreword by Huston Smith, author of The World's Religions

About this edition

• Publisher: Vedanta Press & Bookshop
• Publication date: 1979
• ISBN 10: 0874810353
• ISBN 13: 9780874810356
• Binding: Paperback
• Edition number: 2
• Number of pages: 374