Hinduism: The Essential Readings

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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.

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• 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)