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Zusatztext 73371597 Informationen zum Autor Linda Egenes is the author of more than five hundred articles and five books about the benefits of meditation, yoga, and healthy living. With Kumuda Reddy, M.D., she co-authored three books on Maharishi Ayurveda for children and families, as well as All Love Flows to the Self: Eternal Stories from the Upanishads . A practitioner of the Transcendental Meditation technique since 1971 and certified teacher since 1975, Linda is adjunct associate professor of writing at Maharishi University of Management in Fairfield, Iowa, where she lives with her husband, Sanskrit scholar and author Thomas Egenes, Ph.D. Kumuda Reddy, M.D ., a former faculty member and anesthesiologist at Albany Medical College, practiced Western medicine in the United States for more than twenty-five years. After receiving her training in Maharishi Ayurveda, she dedicated herself to bringing its medical and wellness knowledge into her private practice. Dr. Reddy has co-authored eight books on Maharishi Ãyurveda and a series of children's stories called the Timeless Wisdom Series , based on traditional Indian tales that she first heard as a child. Dr. Reddy and her husband, Dr. Janardhan Reddy, divide their time between the U.S. and India. Klappentext A delightfully straightforward and lyrical retelling of the ancient Indian epic of loyalty, betrayal, redemption, and insight into the true nature of life -- one of history's most sacred ethical works, rendered with completeness and sterling accuracy for the modern reader. Here is one of the world's most hallowed works of sacred literature, the grand, sweeping epic of the divine bowman and warrior Rama and his struggles with evil, power, duplicity, and avarice. The Ramayana is one of the foundations of world literature and one of humanity's most ancient and treasured ethical and spiritual works. Includes an introduction by scholar Michael Sternfeld. one Bla Kn.da Childhood Chapter 1 King Dasharatha's Joy O Ayodhy! Architects designed you to be beautiful, gracious, and strong. Untouched by enemies, invincible behind towering gates with a wide moat circling your waist, your brave and noble warriors could find their target through sound alone. O Ayodhy, delight to the senses! Melodies of poets, singers, and musicians echoed through your markets where merchants from faraway kingdoms traded their wares in peace. Trumpets, bugles, flutes, conches, and gongs sweetened the air with music. Mansions lined your wide, straight streets, their high-arched porches streaming with flags and banners, ringed by gardens of sweet-smelling flowers. An array of palaces adorned you like a string of pearls, their walls set with precious gems and their high domes towering like mountain peaks. Mango groves and tall trees girded your edges like a sash. The chanting of sages and pandits learned in the four Vedas blessed your people, who shimmered with gold and jeweled ornaments like the sun. Truthful, brave, and contented, no one lived in poverty, and all lived happily with their families. Elephants, camels, horses, cattle, and mules lightened the work. Rice was plentiful and the water pure. Your generous and truth-loving people lived long lives, revered by their children and grandchildren. Like great sages, they were pure and chaste, clear-minded, self-controlled, and only did what was right. All your people were blessed with beauty and riches. And all these noble people of Ayodhy were devoted to their nobl...
