Maanas - Spirituality and Human Values

Maanas - Spirituality and Human Values


Chapters include:


1.   THE SELF (svayam)

2. MEMORY

3. FORGETTING

4. SILENCE

5. VACATION

6. AHIMSA

7. LEFTOVERS

8. MOTHERLY INSTINCT

9. SHAME

10. SHAKTI (POWER)

11. COMPASSION

12. LAXMI (the goddess of wealth)

13. PEACE

14. CRAVING (trishna)

15. DELUSION

16. SLEEP

17. FAITH

18. KSHUDHA (hunger)

19. CONTENTMENT

20. SHADOW

21. LIVELIHOOD (vritti)

22. MAYA

23. PRAMAD (remissness)

24. BHOGA (enjoying worldly pleasures     

          and suffering for bad deeds)

25. BHAVANA

26. UPASANA (worship)

27. REFULGENCE

28. EDUCATION AND RELIGION

29. EDUCATING CHILDREN ABOUT OUR CULTURE

30. EDUCATION OF THE MIND

31. THE GOAL OF EDUCATION

32. NO KNOWLEDGE WITHOUT THE

         GURU

33. KARMA AND DHARMA - I

34. KARMA AND DHARMA - II

35. RELIGION AND SCIENCE

36. MOKSHA

37. SYSTEM OR ORDER OF LIFE

38. THE SEQUENCE OF THE

         CREATION

39. THE COVERINGS

40. DARSHAN (PERCEIVING)

41. THE MOTHER

42. MARYADA

43. SWEETNESS

44. THE LIGHT

45. PURUSHA

46. THE TEMPLE

47. INDEPENDENT (FREE)

         THINKING

48. FALSEHOOD : A MASK

49. THE VANITY OF INTELLECT

50. YOU MAY CALL IT LOVE OR 

          BHAKTI

51. THE PATH OF RELIGION

52. INSIDE THE MIND

53. THE DEBT OF FOREFATHERS

54. AWARENESS OF SAMSKARAS

55. MUSIC

56. THE WORD AND THE LETTER

         (varna)

57.   CASTE OR RACE

58. EYES – THE LANGUAGE OF THE

         MIND

59. THE VALUE OF TIME

60. SEWA (serving others)