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Virtue, Success, Pleasure and Liberation Four Aims of Life in the Tradition of Ancient India

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Einband

Taschenbuch

Erscheinungsdatum

17.01.2000

Verlag

Inner Traditions Bear and Company

Seitenzahl

192

Maße (L/B/H)

22,7/15,2/1,3 cm

Gewicht

308 g

Sprache

Englisch

ISBN

978-0-89281-218-9

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"Offer[s] us an abundance of excellent advice about how to understand life and to live well."--Collin Cleary, Tyr, August 2002

Produktdetails

Einband

Taschenbuch

Erscheinungsdatum

17.01.2000

Verlag

Inner Traditions Bear and Company

Seitenzahl

192

Maße (L/B/H)

22,7/15,2/1,3 cm

Gewicht

308 g

Sprache

Englisch

ISBN

978-0-89281-218-9

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Libri GmbH
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DE

Email: gpsr@libri.de

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  • Produktbild: Virtue, Success, Pleasure and Liberation

  • Note from the Publisher

    Introduction by Robert Lawlor

    Part One

    1. The Historical Background
    History and Legend
    The Birth of a Civilization
    Sanskrit

    2. The Bases of Social Order
    The Cycles
    The Origin of the Ages, the Races, and the Castes
    Elements of Social Order
    The Castes
    Occupation, Heredity, Environment
    The Four Tyrannies
    Race and Racism
    Duties and Privileges
    Caste and Marriage
    Caste and Diet
    Caste and Conquest
    The Outcastes
    Protection of Less Advanced Races

    Part Two

    3. The Nature of the World
    The Nature of the World
    Creation and Perception
    Matter, the Stars, and Life

    4. The Four Aims of Life
    The Four "Aims of Life" (Purusharthas)
    Action (Karma)

    5. The First Aim of Life
    Dharma: Duty, Virtue - Self-realization on the Moral Plane
    Ethics
    Moral Purity, Ritual Purity, and Untouchability
    The Three Debts of Man
    The Role of Women
    Population Control

    6. The Second Aim of Life
    Artha: Material Goods, Wealth, Success, Power - Self-realization on the Social Level
    Material Goods
    The Acquisition and Use of Wealth

    7. The Third Aim of Life
    Kama: Pleasure, Sexuality, Enjoyment - Self-realization on the Sensual Level
    Pleasure
    Pleasure and the Other Aims of Life
    Pleasure and Liberation
    Pleasure, the Individual, and Society
    The Forms of Erotic Realization
    Erotic Arts and Techniques

    8. The Fourth Aim of Life
    Moksha: Liberation - Self-realization on the Spiritual Plane
    Liberation
    Degrees of Divine Union
    Transcendent Reality
    Qualifications
    The Paths of Liberation
    Samadhi

    9. The Four Stages of Life
    The First Stage of Life: The Quest for Knowledge (Brahmacharya)
    The Second Stage of Life: Family Life (Grihastha)
    The Third Stage of Life: Retreat into the Forest (Vana Prastha)
    The Fourth Stage of Life: Renunciation (Sannyasa)

    10. Conclusions
    Hindu Society in the Modern World

    Appendix 1 - The Thirty-Two Sciences

    Appendix 2 - The Sixty-Four Arts


    Sources

    Index