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1477Svarajya Siddhih of Gangadharendra Sarasvati—Attaining Self-Dominion 5Prabuddha Bharata or Awakened India 117 (7): 377-9. 2012.Translation and Annotation of 'Svarajya Siddhi' of Gangadharendra Saraswvati from the nineteenth century. This text is considered one of the five Siddhi texts, the other four being Naishkarmya Siddhi, Advaita Siddhi, Ishta Siddhi, and Brahma Siddhi. These texts have a very great value in Advaita Vedanta.
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1123‘Vedanta Brain and Islam Body’: Dr A P J Abdul KalamPrabuddha Bharata or Awakened India 120 (10): 597-605. 2015.A brief life sketch of Dr A P J Abdul Kalam
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935Tripura UpanishadPrabuddha Bharata or Awakened India 121 (1): 1-8. 2016.Tripura Upanishad is a minor Shakta or Tantra Upanishad explaining the structure of and meditation on Sri Chakra or Sri Yantra—a diagrammatic representation of the universe through nine interlocking triangles coming out of a central point. To date, there are two English translations of this Upanishad. The first and the earliest, by A G Krishna Warrier done in 1967, is a verse translation and because of the obvious constraints of such translation, fails to explain the intricacies and implied mea…Read more
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679Unpublished Lecture of Swami Vivekananda at the Barber’s—Vedanta The SoulPrabuddha Bharata or Awakened India 120 (7): 477-484. 2015.A new finding of lecture by Swami Vivekananda.
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632The Story of Shyampukur BatiPrabuddha Bharata or Awakened India 116 (5). 2011.The history of the house in Shyampukur, Kolkata, India, where Sri Ramakrishna lived for sometime when he was ailing. And the history of the place till the present-day, when it is a branch centre of the Ramakrishna Math.
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622The Phalaharini KaliPrabuddha Bharata or Awakened India 121 (1): 9-22. 2016.An interpretation of Kali and the explanation of the absence of a Devil in Hinduism or Sanatana Dharma. This paper shows how there is no 'dichotomy of divinity' in Hinduism. The social, cultural, and spiritual implication of the iconography of Kali is also discussed in the light of women and gender studies.
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600Phalaharini Kali Hindu Vishva Malayalam September-October 2016Hindu Vishva 32 (5/6). 2016.This article discusses the implications of the symbology of Kali from a different and fresh perspective and positions the worship of Kali in the bigger picture of the divinisation of everything in Sanatana Dharma. It also discusses the needless marginalisation of so-called 'ugly' and 'terrible' and how these prejudices have to be overcome to realise the Divinity innate in all.
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475Svarajya Siddhih of Gangadharendra Sarasvati—Attaining Self-Dominion 6Prabuddha Bharata or Awakened India 117 (9): 474-6. 2012.Translation and Annotation of 'Svarajya Siddhi' of Gangadharendra Sarasvati from the nineteenth century. This text is considered one of the five Siddhi texts, the other four being Naishkarmya Siddhi, Advaita Siddhi, Ishta Siddhi, and Brahma Siddhi. These texts have a very great value in Advaita Vedanta.
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474Vivekananda's rereading of VedantaPrabuddha Bharata or Awakened India 118 (1): 141-148. 2013.An analysis of Swami Vivekananda's retelling of Vedanta
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469Vivekananda's Concept of ReligionPrabuddha Bharata or Awakened India 119 (1): 101-110. 2014.Analysing the concept of religion according to Swami Vivekananda.
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455Forerunners of Malayalam LiteraturePrabuddha Bharata or Awakened India 115 (9): 525-529. 2010.A brief survey of the pioneers of Malayalam literature.
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452This paper follows Francois Laruelle’s non-philosophy and his non-religion and non-theology to suggest anon-philosophical approach to the sociology of religious pluralism. The entanglements of experiences of the religious end-user are analysed vis-a-vis Laruelle’s thought and a dogma free inclusive approach to religion is envisaged.
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409Svarajya Siddhi of Gangadharendra Saraswati-Attaining Self-Dominion 9Prabuddha Bharata or Awakened India 118 (12): 615-618. 2012.Translation and Annotation of 'Svarajya Siddhi' of Gangadharendra Saraswvati from the nineteenth century. This text is considered one of the five Siddhi texts, the other four being Naishkarmya Siddhi, Advaita Siddhi, Ishta Siddhi, and Brahma Siddhi. These texts have a very great value in Advaita Vedanta.
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376Svarajya Siddhih of Gangadharendra Saraswati-Attaining Self Dominion 19Prabuddha Bharata or Awakened India 121 (2): 330-332. 2016.Translation and Annotation of 'Svarajya Siddhi' of Gangadharendra Sarasvati from the nineteenth century. This text is considered one of the five Siddhi texts, the other four being Naishkarmya Siddhi, Advaita Siddhi, Ishta Siddhi, and Brahma Siddhi. These texts have a very great value in Advaita Vedanta.
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302Svarajya Siddhi of Gangadharendra Saraswati-Attaining Self-Dominion 12Prabuddha Bharata or Awakened India 118 (4): 306-309. 2013.Translation and Annotation of 'Svarajya Siddhi' of Gangadharendra Sarasvati from the nineteenth century. This text is considered one of the five Siddhi texts, the other four being Naishkarmya Siddhi, Advaita Siddhi, Ishta Siddhi, and Brahma Siddhi. These texts have a very great value in Advaita Vedanta.
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298Aging: The Indian ContextPrabuddha Bharata or Awakened India 114 (4): 273-278. 2009.Old age in the Indian context and facing it through Ayurveda.
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293Svarajya Siddhih of Gangadharendra Sarasvati—Attaining Self-dominion 1Prabuddha Bharata or Awakened India 117 (3): 161-3. 2012.Translation and Annotation of 'Svarajya Siddhi' of Gangadharendra Sarasvati from the nineteenth century. This text is considered one of the five Siddhi texts, the other four being Naishkarmya Siddhi, Advaita Siddhi, Ishta Siddhi, and Brahma Siddhi. These texts have a very great value in Advaita Vedanta.
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286Book Review Sir John Woodroffe, Tantra and Bengal: An Indian Soul in a European Body? by Kathleen Taylor (review)Prabuddha Bharata or Awakened India 120 (3): 294-5. 2015.The result of the doctoral work of the author, this volume reflects well her painstaking eff orts of the investigative trail into the life of Sir John Woodroffe. This book gives a concise yet overall view of the large and multifarious canvas of the personality that Woodroffe was. Including rare photographs, facsimiles of letters and notes, an elaborate bibliography and index, this book fills a void by fulfilling the long-felt need of a good biography of a soul, who preferred to remain anonymous …Read more
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281Book Review Jivanmukti Viveka of Vidyaranya by Swami Harshananda (review)Prabuddha Bharata or Awakened India 115 (9): 551. 2010.This book is a new translation of Jivanmukti Viveka by Vidyaranya by Swami Harshananda, Ramakrishna Math, Bangalore. This translation is lucid and helps one to understand clearly the various subtle nuances of the original Sanskrit text. The original translation was into Kannada, which has been translated into English by H Ramachandra Swamy.
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273Svarajya Siddhi of Gangadharendra Saraswati-Attaining Self Dominion 16Prabuddha Bharata or Awakened India 118 (10): 596-599. 2013.Translation and Annotation of 'Svarajya Siddhi' of Gangadharendra Sarasvati from the nineteenth century. This text is considered one of the five Siddhi texts, the other four being Naishkarmya Siddhi, Advaita Siddhi, Ishta Siddhi, and Brahma Siddhi. These texts have a very great value in Advaita Vedanta.
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269Svarajya Siddhih of Gangadharendra Sarasvati-Attaining Self Dominion 10Prabuddha Bharata or Awakened India 118 (2): 210-213. 2013.Translation and Annotation of 'Svarajya Siddhi' of Gangadharendra Sarasvati from the nineteenth century. This text is considered one of the five Siddhi texts, the other four being Naishkarmya Siddhi, Advaita Siddhi, Ishta Siddhi, and Brahma Siddhi. These texts have a very great value in Advaita Vedanta.
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267Review The Gathering of Intentions Indian Philosophy Blog May 2017 (review)Indian Philosophy Blog 5. 2017.This book could be seen as a novel method of tracing the history of a scripture. Jacob P. Dalton does this by “tracing the vicissitudes of a single ritual system—that of the Gathering of Intentions Sutra (Dgongs pa ’dus pa’i mdo)—from its ninth-century origins to the present day” (xv). This tantra is referred to as the “root tantra” and is vital for understanding the history of Tibetan Buddhism, particularly the Nyingma school. This book is divided into seven chapters focusing on the various for…Read more
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263Book Review God Without Being by Jean-Luc Marion (review)Prabuddha Bharata or Awakened India 120 (2): 246-7. 2015.Marion explores the possibility of a God who would not be, who would not have a being. He sees God in agape, Christian charity, or love and obviates the need for imagining or positing the existence or being of God. Th e second edition and a translation of the original French, this book is a volume in the series Religion and Postmodernism brought out by the University of Chicago Press.
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260Vivekadisha: Knowledge in All DirectionsPrabuddha Bharata or Awakened India 115 (10): 570-575. 2010.A brief summary of the ICT based education conducted by the Ramakrishna Mission Vivekananda University.
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260Young IndiaPrabuddha Bharata or Awakened India 117 (1): 43-47. 2012.A study of the Indian youth from a sociological perspective analysing the present-day trends of youth psychology and their attitudes.
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257Book Review The Brahma Kumaris as a 'Reflexive Tradition' by John Walliss (review)Prabuddha Bharata or Awakened India 114 (4): 303-4. 2009.Review of the book 'The Brahma Kumaris as a Reflexive Tradition' by John Wallis published by Motilal Banarsidass.
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256Book Review Postcolonial Reason and Its Critique edited by Purushottama Bilimoria and Dina Al-Kassim (review)Prabuddha Bharata or Awakened India 119 (12): 695-6. 2014.Gayatri Chakravorty Spivak asked a question in 1988: ‘Can the Subaltern Speak?’ That question was the expression of a lifetime of observation of the marginalised and witnessing of attempts to civilise the ‘aborigine’. Eventually, this question led to A Critique of Postcolonial Reason: Toward a History of the Vanishing Present (CPR) in 1999. A seminal work, this book unsettled and reoriented the thoughts of scholars, brought up new questions and insights, and the very construct of civilisation an…Read more
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253Book Review Srimad Bhagavata: Condensed in the Poet's Own Words by Pandit A M Srinivasachariar (review)Prabuddha Bharata or Awakened India 115 (6): 406. 2010.Book review of 'Srimad Bhagavata—Condensed in the Poet's Words' by A M Srinivasachariar. In this book, the Sanskrit Bhagavata verses have been condensed without using any words other those of the original. This has been translated into English by V Raghavan. This book enables one to have an idea of the main content of the lengthier original text.
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251Svarajya Siddhih of Gangadharendra Sarasvati—Attaining Self-dominion 4Prabuddha Bharata or Awakened India 117 (6): 326-30. 2012.Translation and Annotation of 'Svarajya Siddhi' of Gangadharendra Sarasvati from the nineteenth century. This text is considered one of the five Siddhi texts, the other four being Naishkarmya Siddhi, Advaita Siddhi, Ishta Siddhi, and Brahma Siddhi. These texts have a very great value in Advaita Vedanta.
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248Book Review The Journal of Oriental Research, Madras, 2010-2012 edited by Dr V Kameswari, Dr K S Balasubramanian, and Dr T V VasudevaPrabuddha Bharata or Awakened India 119 (8): 504. 2014.The Journal of Oriental Research was started in 1927 by Prof. S Kuppuswami Sastri, who was also the founder of the Kuppuswami Sastri Research Institute. Originally an annual journal, its regularity has been disturbed due to financial difficulties. Th e present issue comprises volumes eighty-three to eighty-four and has been funded by the Dr V Raghavan Memorial Endowment.
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