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Soft cover. Etat : Very Good. Here are four paperback books on Indian spirituality, mostly focusing on Hinduism , Vedanta, and Yoga. They are clean and presentable with modest signs of handling. ************************************************ TITLE : The Hindu Tradition - Readings in Oriental thought / EDITORS : Ainslie T. Embree and William Theodore De Bary / IMPRINT : Vintage Books (a Division of Random House) / PLACE : New York / DATE : (1972) / EDITION : Paperback Reprint : First Vintage Book Printing / STATUS : OP / PHYSICAL DETAILS : Mass Market Paperback; contains a Preface, an Introduction, selected bibliography, index; xv + 363 pages; approx. 4 1/4" x 7 1/4"; pictorial wraps, glued. CONDITION : VERY GOOD -- This is a previously owned book that displays near-negligible signs of handling. The binding is tight; no reading crease to spine; surface rub is minimal.Interior paper is toned, else unmarked. Book does not seem to have been read. /// Excerpted from the cover blurb: "This book, compiled from basic Hindu writings, is an exploration of the essential meaning of the Hindu tradition, the way of thinking and acting that has dominated life in India for the last three Thousand years. Selections from religious, Literary and philosophic works are preceded by introductory material that summarizes historical development and cultural movements." *********************************************** TITLE : Religious Education / AUTHOR : Swami Sivananda ( H. H. Sri Swami Sivananda Maharaj, 1887 - 1963) / IMPRINT : Divine Life Society - Yoga-Vedanta Forest Academy Press / PLACE : Sivanandanagar, Dt. Tehri-Garwhal, U.P. ,Himalayas, India / DATE : (1970) / EDITION : Second Edition (So Stated ) / STATUS : Still in print in India / PHYSICAL DETAILS : Has a halftone photo-portrait of Swami Sivananda; contains a Publisher's note and an Introduction by the author, Appendix - contains a few essays by various individuals; [xvi] + 367 pages; approx. 4 7/8" x 7 1/8"; plain card stock wraps with decorated dust-jacket which is attached to the book at the flaps. // CONDITION . VERY GOOD-- Previously owned. Binding is solid; there is a damp stain to the spine (somehow does not seem egregious), else the exterior is clean with near-negligible signs of handling (a small tear to the top front edge next to the spine); There are a few leaves about half-way through the book which are wrinkled - this seems to be a production effect, since there is hardly any sign that the books has been read; no marking - no writing, no underlining, no marginalia, no signatures. /// The author presents a full regimen of an Ashram - related educational system. It is quite detailed. ************************************************** TITLE : Loving God - Eighty Five Years under the Watchful Eye of the Lord / AUTHOR : N. Kasturi ( Narayana Kasturi, 1897 - 1987 ) / EDITOR : Snathana Sarathi / IMPRINT : Sri Sathya Sai Books & Publications / PLACE : Prasanthi Nilayam, Ananthapur, Dt., India / DATE : (1983 ) / EDITION : Second Edition (Published by the Author - so stated) / PRINTER : Navabharat Printers and Traders, Madras, India / DISTRIBUTION : Sathya Sri Book Center of America, Tustin, California / PHYSICAL DETAILS : Has two halftone photographs, one in color; 390 pages; approx. 4 7/8" x 7'; decorated wraps, glued. // CONDITION : VERY GOOD -- Previously owned. Clean and presentable with but modest signs of handling -creasing and slight darkening of spine- text block edges toned, else clean. The book seems to have been read , as there are a couple of yawns between leaves and a couple of dog-eared corner tips - else the interior is clean and free of marking. /// Narayana Kasturi was a devotee and sometime companion of Sai Baba. He was also the author of a biography of Sai Baba. This book is an autobiography of Kasturi, bit a great deal of it is about Sai Baba. **************************************************** SERIES : Maitres Spirituels (# 18) / TITLE : Ramakrishna et la vitalité de 'hindousisme / AUTHOR : Solange Lemaitre / IMPRINT : Éditions du Seuil / PLACE : Paris, France / DATE : (1963) / EDITION : Paperback Reprint / LANGUAGE : French / PHYSICAL DETAILS : Profusely illustrated with halftone photographs, including photographs of Sri Ramakrishna and other teachers in his lineage, including a few who were devotees of Ramakrishna; 192 pages (includes publisher's list); 4 3/4" x 7"; pictorial wraps, glued. // CONDITION : VERY GOOD -- Previously owned. Very good condition with but few signs of handling ( has an inked signature over a bit of penciling on the first page (an old price, perhaps), else the interior is clean and free of marking. /// Within this small paperback is a great deal of information - both about Sri Ramakrishna and his lineage, but also about the entire Hindu spiritual structure of which he was an important manifestation. Also has photographs of Sarada Devi, Keshub Chandra Sen, Mahendra nath Gupta Swami Brahmananda, Swami Shivdnanda, Swami Premdnanda, Swami Turiyánanda, Vivekananda and others.