Early Indian Religious Thought

Contents: Part I. 1. Pre-Vedic religious thought. 2. The Vedas. 3. The Upanishads. 4. The Buddha and his teachings. 5. The Bhagavad-Gita. Part II. 1. Hinduism and the Buddha. 2. The word: Maya: Reality. 3. Reason: Buddhi: interpretations of some teachings. 4. God-conception. 5. Karma: Justice: Redemption. 5. Sin: Good and evil: Ethic and transcendental ethic. 6. Religion and the religions: World order: Nirvana: Love.

"The book is divided into two parts. The part deals with the pre-Vedic thought which contain Proto-Australoid beliefs, Mediterranean, Indus Valley culture, mother-Goddess figurine, tree worship, the Siva armlet, etc. The Vedas, Aryan entry, Brahma, Linga, Brahmanas, Aranyakas, India, Upanisads, Buddha, his teachings, Bhagavat Gita, Yoga teachings, Samkhyan viewer, etc. are some of topics discussed in the first part of the book.

The second part is about Hinduism, caste, Buddha, the eighth deliverance, season, and Buddhi, meditation, poet-seers of Re Veda, Yama, Karma, justice, sin, evil, religions, nirvana , love, sex and marriage, etc.

The contents of the book are so interesting and the language of the book is so simple that it will prove to be very useful and inadable for the invaders." (jacket)