Hinduism: The Essential Readings

Hinduism: The Essential Readings is a compact but comprehensive collection of readings spanning the entire history of Hinduism, including both classic texts and non-traditional voices. No reader on the market will have the chronological, topical, and authorial breadth of this volume.

Inhaltsverzeichnis

• Hinduism: The Primary Sources


• Contents


• 1. Vedas


• Rgveda 1.1.1 - Invocation of Agni


• Rgveda 3.62.12 - Gayatri Mantra


• Rgveda 7.59.12 - Maha-mrtyunjaya


• Rgveda 10.90 - Purusa-sukta (Hymn of the Cosmic Man)


• Rgveda 10.129 - Nasadiya Sukta


• Rgveda 10.121 - Hiranyagarbha Prajapatya


• Sri Sukta


• 2. Upanisads


• Brhadaranyaka Upanisad 3.6 and 3.8 - Gargi / Yajñavalkya


• Brhadaranyaka Upanisad 4.4.1-7


• Chandogya Upani?ad 4.4 - Satyak?ma J?b?la


• Ch?ndogya Upanisad 6 - tat tvam asi


• Taittiriya Upanisad 1.11 - Graduation Speech


• Isa Upanisad


• Katha Upanisad 1.1-1.29 - Dialogue with Death


• Aruni Upanisad


• 3. Mahabharata


• Game of Dice, Draupadi, and Bhima's oath


• Yaksa Questions to Yudhisthira


• Bhishma's Teachings on Dharma


• Ekalavya


• Duryodhana and Arjuna Approach Krishna for help


• 4. Bhagavad Gita


• Chapter 2.11-2.30 - Immortality of the Self


• Chapter 2.47-48, 3.3-35 - Action is better than Inaction


• Chapter 6.4-6.32 - Dhyana - The Yoga of Royal Knowledge


• Chapter 9 - Complete - Bhakti - The Yoga of Devotion


• Chapter 11.9-11.55 - Cosmic form


• Chapter 15 - Complete - The Yoga of the Supreme Spirit


• Chapter 18.64-18.73 - The Final Teaching


• 5. Ramayana


• Opening section - Description of Rama


• Rama and Sita's wedding


• The golden deer


• Hanuman's jump and meeting Sita


• Battle with description of the Rakshasas


• The Fire Ordeal


• 6. Dharmasatras


• Caste - Manusmriti 1.87-91; 8.410-20; 9.149-57


• Lifecycle Rites - Manusmriti 2.29-35; 3.1-4; 6.2-4; 6.94-6


• Household Life - Manusmriti 3.55-9; 3.99-106; 5.58-63


• Wandering Ascetic - Manusmriti 6.33-60


• 7. Siva Purana


• The Lingam of Light - Chapter 7.1-33


• Daksa and Sati Episode - Chapter 26.1-18; 29. 1-11; 29.51-64; 30. 1-8


• Parvati Revealed to be Sati Reborn, A Dream Predicts Her Future - Chapter 8.45-56; 9.21-35


• Ganesha's Birth, Parvati Angered By His Beheading, Shiva Gives Him New Life - Chapter 13.14-39; 17.4-11; 17.46-59


• 8. Devi Mahatmya


• Frame Story 1.27-44


• The Goddess slays Mahisa the Buffalo 2.1-34, 3.20-41


• The Birth of Kali 7.1-14, 8.39-62


• 9. Visnu Purana


• Narasimha Episode


• The Four Yugas and the Kali Yuga


• 10. Bhagavata Purana


• Churning of the Ocean 8.7.1-15 and 8.1-9


• Krishna and Yashoda 10.8.32-45


• Krishna Lifts the Mountain


• 11. Vedanta


• Shankara on How to Enlighten a Pupil 1.1-6, 9-19


• Ramanuja's Vedarthasamgraha (Selection)


• Madhva's Mayavadahandana (Selection)


• Jiva Gosvami's Tattvasandarbha 12-18


• 12. Samkhya


• Samkhyakarika of Isvarakrsna (Selection)


• 13. Yoga


• Yoga Sutras of Patanjali (Selection)


• Hatha Yoga Pradipika Chapter 1 - Asanas


• 14. Tantra


• Pancaratra: Manual for ritual - Daily duties of an adept (Chapter 40, vs. 1-29)


• The Wedding of Siva and the Goddess in the Kulalikamnaya Verses 1-33


• Kularnava Tantra (Selections)


• The Aphorisms of Shiva (Selections)


• Vijnanabhairava Verses 34-39, 46-55


• 15. Bhakti Poetry


• Nayanmars (Selections)


• Bhakti and passion - Tirupp?vai 22-30


• Tiruvaymoli 5.2.1-11


• Mahadeviyakka: Forbidden Love - 328// Love in Separation - 79// Love in Union -68


• Allama Prabhu: Rejection of social structure - 213// Union - 972// Realization - 959


• Kabir: Poems 4, 10, 30, 75, 84


• Narasinha Mehta (Selections)


• Ravidas: AG 29, 19, 3


• Chaitanya (Selections)


• Surdas: Themes of childhood and love - S9 NPS 733, S33 NPS 1094, S105 NPS 2522


• Mirabai: Princess of the Rathores/ Mira's beautiful of her bhajans/Melting into God


• Tulsidas Retells Rama and Sita's Wedding / Hanuman Chalisa


• Tukaram's Story: Tuka's Story// Tuka the Transgressor// Against Pandits// Listen to Me// Power of the Name


• Ramprasad Sen (Selections)


• Kamalakanta Bhattacarya (Selections)


• Ram Basu (Selections)


• Manikkavacar: The Hundred Verses/ The Grinding Song


• Namdev: Relinquish your Brahmanical pride


• 16. Modern Hinduism


• Rammohun Roy: Anti-Sati Writings - Address to Lord William Bentinck


• Dayananda Saraswati: Marriage and Niyoga


• Ishvarchandra Vidyasagar: A Defense of Widow Marriage


• Sri Ramakrishna Paramahamsa (Selections)


• Swami Vivekananda (Response to Welcome and Address at Final Session)


• Rabindranath Tagore (Gitanjali 19, 26, 30, 35, 72)


• Mohandas K. Gandhi (Gospel of Selfless Action-Selections)


• B.R. Ambedkar (A portion of Caste and Class and Sections X and XVII)


• A Vindication of Caste by Mahatma Gandhi// Varna versus Caste (Appendix I)


• A Reply to the Mahatma by Dr. B.R. Ambedkar (Appendix II) - Section I, IX-XI


• V.D. Savarkar: Hindutva (Selection)


• Keshab Chunder Sen (Selection)


• 17. Contemporary Hinduism


• Swaminarayan: Selections from Vachanamrut, Shikshapatri, and Pramukh Swami Maharaj


• Sri Aurobindo (Selections)


• Ramana Maharshi: Selections from The Eightfold Path of Yoga


• Hira Bansode's "Slave// Arun Kamble's "Speech"// Waman Nimbalkar's "Caste"// Narayan Surve's "For I Am Brahma"


• Daya Pawar's "We are not your monkeys"


• Swami Prabhupada: Rama as a Child// The Beauty of Krishna// Sita's Parents Mourn Her Departure


• Ammachi (Selections from Swami Amritaswarupananda's Biography of Ammachi)


• Gudipati Venkata Chalam, Savitri: Pauranika Natikalu (Selection)


• Anantanand Rambachan: Selection from The Advaita Worldview


• Amar Chitra Katha (Selections)

Über den Autor / die Autorin

Dr. Ravi M. Gupta is the Charles Redd Professor of Religious Studies and Department Head of History at Utah State University. Ravi completed his doctoral degree at Oxford University and subsequently taught at the University of Florida, Centre College, and the College of William and Mary. He is the author, co-author, or editor of five books, including an abridged translation of the Bhagavata Purana (with Kenneth Valpey). Ravi has received four teaching awards, four research fellowships, and a book award. He is a Permanent Research Fellow of the Oxford Centre for Hindu Studies and a former president of the Society for Hindu Christian Studies. He lectures widely on topics related to Vaishnava Hinduism, Vedanta philosophy, and interfaith dialogue.

Dr. Jeffery D. Long is the Carl W. Zeigler Professor of Religion, Philosophy, and Asian Studies at Elizabethtown College, in Elizabethtown, Pennsylvania. He received his PhD from the University of Chicago Divinity School in the year 2000. He is the author, editor, or co-editor of eleven books, including Hinduism in America: A Convergence of Worlds, which won an award in 2022. He has also received an award from the International Ahimsa Foundation and an award for Research Excellence from Elizabethtown College. He has spoken three times at the United Nations and appears in documentaries for PBS and the History Channel.

Produktdetails

• Autoren: Ravi M. Gupta, Ravi M. (Department Head and Charles Redd P Gupta, Ravi M. (Department Head and Charles Redd Professor Gupta, Jeffery D. Long, Jeffery D. (Carl W. Zeigler Professor of Religion Long, Long Jeffery D.
• Verlag: Oxford University Press
• Sprache: Englisch
• Produktform: Taschenbuch
• Erschienen: 14.07.2025
• EAN: 9780190922443
• ISBN: 978-0-19-092244-3
• Seiten: 448
• Themen: Geisteswissenschaften, Kunst, Musik > Religion/Theologie > Weitere Religionen; RELIGION / Hinduism / Sacred Writings, RELIGION / Hinduism / History, History of Religion, Hinduism, Hindu Sacred Texts, Hinduism: sacred texts and revered writings