Krishna: The Beautiful Legend of God

Author: none
Publisher: Penguin UK
ISBN: 0141913371
Category : Religion
Languages : en
Pages : 608

Book Description
The Purana is one of the two most important and popular Hindu texts, the other being the Ramayana. It is part of the popular tradition, rather than a literary classic like the Upanishads or the Gita. It tells the story of the god Krishna, the supreme godhead of the Hindus and worshipped by them for over two and a half millennia. The most popular stories about him occur in this, the 10th book, which is the climax of the epic. The stories relate to Krishna's childhood and adolescence in the forests of Vrindavan among the herdspeople, delightful tales which lie behind much of Hindu art, appearing in painting, temple sculpture, drama, dance and song.

Krishna: the Beautiful Legend of God

Author:
Publisher: National Geographic Books
ISBN: 0140447997
Category : Religion
Languages : en
Pages : 0

Book Description
The Beautiful Legend of God contains the tenth and most significant book in the popular Indian epic Srimad Bhagavata Purana, which is the principal source for the story of Krishna, worshipped by many Hindus as the Supreme Being. Devoted to Krishna’s miraculous incarnation, this collection of sacred tales recounts his childhood and adolescence in the forests of Vrindavan: playing with his friends, dallying amorously with cowherd maidens, and stealing butter to feed the monkeys. Krishna emerges from these episodes as an immediately engaging figure, and the stories have inspired generations of artists, musicians, poets, sculptors, and dramatists. They also contain valuable insights into Hindu views on such matters as creation, cosmography, and the history of the subcontinent. Making its first appearance as a Penguin Classic, this edition of The Beautiful Legend of God includes an introduction, glossary of Sanskrit terms, pronunciation guide and bibliography. For more than seventy years, Penguin has been the leading publisher of classic literature in the English-speaking world. With more than 1,700 titles, Penguin Classics represents a global bookshelf of the best works throughout history and across genres and disciplines. Readers trust the series to provide authoritative texts enhanced by introductions and notes by distinguished scholars and contemporary authors, as well as up-to-date translations by award-winning translators.

Krishna

Author: Edwin F. Bryant
Publisher: Oxford University Press
ISBN: 0199724318
Category : Religion
Languages : en
Pages : 590

Book Description
In the West Krishna is primarily known as the speaker of the Bhagavad Gita. But it is the stories of Krishna's childhood and his later exploits that have provided some of the most important and widespread sources of religious narrative in the Hindu religious landscape. This volume brings together new translations of representative samples of Krishna religious literature from a variety of genres -- classical, popular, regional, sectarian, poetic, literary, and philosophical.

Bhagavata Purana

Author: Ramesh Menon
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Puranas
Languages : en
Pages : 1492

Book Description
Even after he has composed the awesome Mahabharata, the Maharishi Vyasa finds no peace. Narada Muni says to him, Ordinary men will be delighted by your work, but what about the Sages of heaven and earth? You have described the human life, its strife and its ends, but you have not yet described the Lord himself. You must turn your great gift to that task; only then will you find peace. Veda Vyasa composes the Bhagavata Purana, in eighteen thousand slokas and twelve kandas. He teaches it to his illumined son Suka, who narrates the Secret Purana to Yudhishtira s heir, King Parikshit, on the banks of the Ganga. The Bhagavata Purana is a living embodiment of the Lord Narayana and claims to bestow moksha merely by being heard. Just before Krishna, the Avatara, leaves the world, Uddhava says to him, leave us a tangible form, Lord, in which we can find you, touch you, and be near you. Krishna enters the Bhagavata Purana with all of his being. This book is a full literary rendering of the Bhagavata Purana, bringing all the wonder, wisdom and grace of the Book of God to the modern reader.

Bhakti Yoga

Author: Edwin F. Bryant
Publisher: North Point Press
ISBN: 0374714398
Category : Religion
Languages : en
Pages : 465

Book Description
From the author of what has become the standard edition of The Yoga Sutras of Patañjali, an exploration of probably the most significant tradition in Hinduism, along with a rendering of key texts and parables from that tradition Bhakti Yoga explores one of the eight “limbs” of yoga. In the simplest terms, bhakti yoga is the practice of devotion, which is the essential heart of yoga and of Hinduism in general. In recent times, the term has come to be used in a rather simplistic way to refer to the increasingly popular practice of kirtan, or chanting in a group or at large gatherings. But bhakti yoga is far more complex and ancient than today’s growing kirtan audiences are aware, and embraces many strands and practices. Edwin F. Bryant focuses on one famous and important school of bhakti and explores it in depth to show what bhakti is and how it is expressed. And he supplies his own renderings of central texts from that tradition in the form of “tales and teachings” from an important work called the Bhagavata Purana, or “The Beautiful Legend of God.” This clarifying work establishes a baseline for understanding, and will be welcomed by all serious students of the spiritual heritage of India.

Suns of God

Author: Acharya S
Publisher: Adventures Unlimited Press
ISBN: 9781931882316
Category : Buddha (The concept)
Languages : en
Pages : 666

Book Description
Unlike many modern historians, Perry was a diffusionist who believed that modern civilization began in Egypt and was spread via ships to Indonesia, the Pacific Islands, and even to North America. Perry traces the origin of megalithic culture starting in Egypt, and then across the Pacific. Searching for gold, obsidian, and pearls, they travelled across the Pacific to the American Southwest and Mexico.

Krishna

Author: D. Anand
Publisher: Abhinav Publications
ISBN: 9788170172802
Category : Religion
Languages : en
Pages : 240

Book Description
On Krishna (Hindu deity).

Chandra and Tara: Genesis of Chandravansh

Author: H. S. Singh
Publisher: Partridge Publishing
ISBN: 1543701604
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 293

Book Description
This stunning epic-like fiction book covers a story of Chandra and Tara, whose descendants ruled India. Buddha, the son of Chandra and Tara, was a progenitor of Chandravanshi kings. Except for a few, most of the kings mentioned in the oldest book, Rigveda were their descendants. The story of Tarawife of Brihaspati who eloped with Chandra and conceived his seed to produce progenitor of Chandravansh, who ruled India for thousands of yearsis interesting to the readers. Pururava, son of Buddha and Ila and the first Chandravanshi, emerged as the most powerful king at Pratisthan who protected Devas from Asuras. This is a story of courage, adventure, and the bravery of Vaivaswat Manuthe creator of Aryavart, giver of social and religious lawsthe Manusmriti, and his journey to establish the kingdoms of the Aryans to spread the Vedic culture. The authors pure intention is to present an image of prehistory in a form of a fictional story. The Puranic facts are not distorted, but the gaps are logically dramatized so that the readers develop an imagination of a branch of the Aryans world that existed after the great flood.

Gita Govinda

Author: Jayadeva
Publisher: NYU Press
ISBN: 0814740790
Category : Literary Collections
Languages : en
Pages : 260

Book Description
Jayadeva’s Gitagovínda is a lyrical account of the illicit springtime love affair of Krishna and Radha, a god and goddess manifesting on earth as a cowherd and milkmaid for the sake of relishing the sweet miseries and rapturous delights of erotic love. The narrative framing their bucolic songs was composed under royal patronage in northeastern India in the twelfth century. It was to be performed for connoisseurs of poetry and the erotic arts, for aesthetes and voluptuaries who, while sensually engaged, were at the same time devoted to Krishna as Lord of the Universe. The text at once celebrates the vicissitudes of carnal love and the transports of religious devotion, merging and reconciling those realms of emotion and experience. Erotic and religious sensibilities serve, and are served by, the pleasures of poetry. In the centuries following its composition, the courtly text became a vastly popular inspirational hymnal. Jayadeva's songs continue to be sung throughout India in fervent devotional adoration of Krishna.

Ashtavakra - The Vedic Sage

Author: Gopish Gopalkrishna
Publisher: White Falcon Publishing
ISBN: 9389530881
Category : Social Science
Languages : en
Pages : 16

Book Description
Who was the creator of Ashtavakra Gita? What is Yudhishtra’s Curse on Womanhood? How first Naga Prathistta was created? Why Hanuman turned red? These are the few exciting tales you will read in this book along with other stories. Bharat (India) is the beautiful country with full of wonders and surprises. This country has many religion, languages, festival, states, and unusual tales as well. This book is the collection of 22 unusual tales and first book of the series “The unusual tales of country called Bharat”. All these stories are different and not related to each other, hence readers will get to know new tales in every chapter. There is always something special about short stories, especially mythological as it always sticks to the traditional rules of the craft. These stories are vibrant and for all ages from children to grandparents. This book is an effort to reach out to more readers and spread the stories of the great land Bharat.