Showing posts with label Kolkata. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Kolkata. Show all posts
Saturday, December 31, 2011
Monday, September 19, 2011
Vajrayogini Yantra Inlay Pendant with a Pair of Eyes - Sterling Silver
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- Buy Buddhist Jewelry: Pendants, Necklaces & Bracelets | ExoticIndia
- Sterling Silver
Product Description
Dimensions: 1.1" Height
1.0 Width
1.0 Width
24 K Gold Plated Shree Baglamukhi Yantra Religious Pendant
Product Description
24 K. Gold Plated Brass Yantra Pendent. Contains one side Yantra image and other side Diety's image.
Approximately Size: Diameter 1 1/6"
Approximately Size: Diameter 1 1/6"
Sunday, September 18, 2011
Sakti: The Power in Tantra
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Gives a clear view of the profound depths of tantric wisdom and leads the reader step-by-step to the deepest levels of authentic tantric doctrine.
Mahanirvana Tantra: Tantra of the Great Liberation (Forgotten Books)
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Tantra, tantricism or tantrism is any of several esoteric traditions rooted in the religions of India. It exists in Hindu, Bonpo, Buddhist, and Jain forms. Tantra in its various forms has existed in South Asia, China, Japan, Tibet, Korea, Cambodia, Burma, Indonesia and Mongolia. David Gordon White, while cautioning against attempting a rigorous definition of what is a protean practice. (Quote from wikipedia.org)
About the Author
Alexandre Koyre (1892 - 1964)
Alexandre Koyre (August 29, 1892, Taganrog - April 28, 1964, Paris), sometimes anglicised as Alexander Koire, was a French philosopher of Russian origin who wrote on history and the philosophy of science.
Koyre was born in the city of Taganrog on 29 August 1892 into a Russian family of Jewish origin. His original name was - Alexandr Vladimirovich Koyrakskiy. In Russia he studied in Tiflis and Odessa, before pursuing his studies abroad.
In Gottingen, Germany (1908-1911) he studied under Edmund Husserl and David Hilbert. Husserl did not approve of Koyre's dissertation, whereupon Koyre left for Paris, to study from 1912 under Bergson, Brunschvig, Lalande, Delbos and Picavet. After Husserl's Cartesian Meditations, a series of lectures given in Paris and one of the more important of Husserl's later works, Koyre met with him repeatedly and influenced his understanding of Galileo.
In 1914 he joined the Foreign Legion in France as soon as the war broke out, and in 1916 volunteered in a Russian regiment fighting on the Russian front, following a cooperation agreement between the French and Russian governments.
In Paris Koyre taught from 1922 at the Ecole Pratique des Hautes Etudes (EPHE), and became a colleague of Alexandre Kojeve, who eventually replaced him as le
About the Author
Alexandre Koyre (1892 - 1964)
Alexandre Koyre (August 29, 1892, Taganrog - April 28, 1964, Paris), sometimes anglicised as Alexander Koire, was a French philosopher of Russian origin who wrote on history and the philosophy of science.
Koyre was born in the city of Taganrog on 29 August 1892 into a Russian family of Jewish origin. His original name was - Alexandr Vladimirovich Koyrakskiy. In Russia he studied in Tiflis and Odessa, before pursuing his studies abroad.
In Gottingen, Germany (1908-1911) he studied under Edmund Husserl and David Hilbert. Husserl did not approve of Koyre's dissertation, whereupon Koyre left for Paris, to study from 1912 under Bergson, Brunschvig, Lalande, Delbos and Picavet. After Husserl's Cartesian Meditations, a series of lectures given in Paris and one of the more important of Husserl's later works, Koyre met with him repeatedly and influenced his understanding of Galileo.
In 1914 he joined the Foreign Legion in France as soon as the war broke out, and in 1916 volunteered in a Russian regiment fighting on the Russian front, following a cooperation agreement between the French and Russian governments.
In Paris Koyre taught from 1922 at the Ecole Pratique des Hautes Etudes (EPHE), and became a colleague of Alexandre Kojeve, who eventually replaced him as le
Cosmic Order and Cultural Astronomy: Sacred Cities of India (Planet Earth & Cultural Understanding)
Review
Working together with the author over the last fifteen years, I realised the comprehensiveness and interrelatedness of geography in shaping and creating the sacredscapes and ritualscapes that have now considered as a way for new vision in the era of New Age. The results presented here are based on co-sharing and deeper interaction that were presented in several papers during last two decades, however the essays are updated, revised and expanded with a fresh writ of integrity, harmony, cultural astronomical reflections, and profusely illustrated design and figures to which Rana Singh is a master craftsman. In the UN International Year of Astronomy (2009) this book will serve as sparking star for new thoughts from India --Prof. John McKim Malville, Emeritus Professor, Astrophysics & Planetary Sciences, University of Colorado, Boulder, U.S.A
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Throughout the Indian subcontinent there are territories and areas wherein culture, geography, and the archetypal cosmos interact with each other to create a sacredscape that is infused with meaning, cultural performances and transcendent power. These sacred sites possess extensive mythological associations where believed that spirit can cross between different realms. In a broad perspective such studies falls within the realm of cultural astronomy, which has two broad areas, viz. archaeoastronomy, concerned with the study of the use of astronomy and its role in ancient cultures and civilizations; and ethnoastronomy that studies the use of astronomy and its role in contemporary cultures. The seven essays in this volume deals with the critical appraisal of studying cultural astronomy and cosmic order and its implications in India, illustrated with case studies like heritagescape of Khajuraho, where stone speaks; manescape of Gaya, where manes come and bless the devotees; Deviscape of Vindhyachal, where goddess resorts; Shivascape of Kashi, where Shiva dances in making order; Shaktiscape of Kashi, that possesses the spatial ordering of goddesses; and Naturscape of Chitrakut, where mother earth blesses.
Friday, September 16, 2011
Sri Vidya
Editorial Reviews
Sri Vidya contains the discourses given by Amma during a six-day meditation retreat in her Penusila Ashram. During this retreat, Amma focused on various topics significant in the ancient tradition of Sri Vidya, the art and science of merging in the eternal radiance of Divine Mother's supreme consciousness. From this Book: "The literal meaning of the name Khadgamala is "sword" plus "garland." Khadga is kanti, radiance, effulgence. Mala is curves, strands, waves of that effulgence. When we put these two words together, what do we get? The names of the energies in the Sri Chakra. They are like waves and curves around the Sri Yantra. The names in the Khadgamala Stotram extolling the supreme Goddess are not ordinary names. They are powerful mantras--they are kanti chaitanya rupa, effulgent embodiments of divine awareness. The Khadgamala is a beautiful garland of names extolling the one supreme light!" "The fourth and most important action of this divine Sikha Devi chakra is that it helps the kundalini to ascend from chakra to chakra. There are many interconnections among the innumerable chakras in our body, and many hidden yogic secrets in Sri Vidya. Powerful bijakshara mantras are given to Sri Vidya practitioners so that they can enhance the chakras by concentrating on the sacred seed letters. When the kundalini reaches the ajna chakra with the help of the Sikha Devi chakra, the aspirant is completely aborbed in deep meditation and sees everything as universal light!"
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