Best history of hinduism books according to redditors
We found 5 Reddit comments discussing the best history of hinduism books. We ranked the 4 resulting products by number of redditors who mentioned them. Here are the top 20.
We found 5 Reddit comments discussing the best history of hinduism books. We ranked the 4 resulting products by number of redditors who mentioned them. Here are the top 20.
Vanamali’s Shiva: Stories and Teachings from the Shiva Mahapurana
That’s my favorite translation.
Other books about Lord Shiva I enjoyed are:
Lord Śiva’s Song: The Ishvara Gita
Dancing With Śiva
You can actually download this one and several other works from the Himalayan Academy . They are an organization based out of Hawaii. They follow a Śaiva sampradaya and actually have a lot of information for beginners.
I'm sorry the last 6 months have been so rough. Sounds like a very transformative time, and I hope it gets easier for you. It is true that a Guru will appear when you're ready, but I think the desire has to be very sincere. Not just a whim or something mixed in with a bunch of other desires, has to be like, a serious longing.
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It's possible to awaken the Guru inside of you, though. One book that has really helped me is "A Thousand Seeds of Joy: Teachings of Lakshmi and Saraswati" its full of wisdom and lessons on discovering the joy within, but just really helped me lighten up towards my own spiritual process. You have to be open to Eastern philosophy and Goddess wisdom though.
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The Complete Idiot's Guide to Hinduism, 2nd Edition
Crimes Against India: And the Need to Protect its Ancient Vedic Tradition: 1000 Years of Attacks Against Hinduism and What to do About it (Paperback – January 1, 2009 ) by Stephen Knapp (Author)
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