Paperback: 344 pages Dimensions: 21,6 X14 cm
ISBN: 81-7224-746-X
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"[This
book] provides a key to Hindu symbolism and its deep
implications that makes it come alive with universal
meaning."
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David Frawley (Vamadeva Shastri), President, American
Vedic Institute
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Swami
Kriyananda brings order to the vast array of symbols ands
imagery in Hinduism and brings forth the underlying teachings
from which these symbols arise, truths inherent in all religions,
and their essential purpose: direct inner experience of God.
Hinduism
is a robust, joyful religion, amazingly in step with the most
advanced thinking of modern times. It is in love with life,
deeply human as well as humane, delightfully aware of your
personal life needs. The teaching in this book is no abstraction:
It is down-to-earth and pressingly immediate.
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"…
a superb job not only in deepening our understanding
and appreciation of the Hindu religion, but of encouraging
us to expand our awareness to include an appreciation
of truth in all religions."
-Yoga International
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Some
Excerpts from the book:
"The
essential truth in all religions, like the central point of
a circle, is one. The path inward to that center is the Way
of Awakening in every religion. The Ways of Belief are like
lines radiating outward from that center. No two of these
lines are parallel; each radiates out in a different direction.
The longer these lines, moreover, the more widely separated
they become from one another. The circle is a necessary concept
for understanding the universe. And there would be no circle
and no center, were there but one straight line.
"In
silent communion with God, there no longer remains Christianity,
Judaism, Islam or Hinduism, as such, for in soul consciousness
the mind ceases to think at all. There remains what Paramhansa
Yogananda described as "wistful yearning." With
this recognition there dawns an appreciation of religious
differences, not a wish to negate them.
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