Hinduism is among the oldest world religions. Here at the Hinduism-section of Holybooks.com, we aim at presenting the original works that lay the foundations of Hinduism. While we have the main Vedas, Upanishads, The Mahabharata in several translations we also present more recent commentaries, anthologies, and entirely new branches of Hinduism such as modern days Hinduistic mysticism.
Parables Of Rama By Swami Rama Tirtha is here presented in the fourth revised and enlarged version. The special feature of the speeches and writings of Swami Rama Tirtha is that in order … Read more and download PDF
Dialogues from Upanishads or Knowledge of Self) by Swami Sivananda was published in 1936. The books focuses on dialogues from the Upanishads which deals with Jnana or Knowledge of the … Read more and download PDF
Stories of Indian Saints Volume I+II (in one book) is the translation of the Indian classic by Mahapati’s Marathi, Bhaktavihaya. Mahipati was a Brahman born in Ahmednagar in 1715. He … Read more and download PDF
Life and Teachings of Tukaram, written J. Nelson Fraser and J.F. Edwards was initially published in India in 1922. Saint Tukaram (believed born in 1577) was brought up as a farmer … Read more and download PDF
Concentration and Meditation was written by Swami Paramananda (1884–1940) and published in the USA in 1912. He was a practitioner and teacher of Vedanta. He was a pupil of the better … Read more and download PDF
That Compassionate Touch. Ma Anandamayee was initially known as a strange village girl in what was then East Bengal (now Bangladesh), She grew up to be known as the miraculously compassionate Mata Anandamayee … Read more and download PDF
Invading the Sacred. The relations between the academic community and the Hindu community in North America have been characterized by a sharp debate. It was prompted by the reservations expressed by … Read more and download PDF
Sri Ram Charita Manas (the Ramayana of Goswami Tulasidas) is an epic Indian poem. It was composed by the 16th-century Indian poet, Goswami Tulsidas. Thus is enjoys a unique place among the … Read more and download PDF
Jnaneshvar – The Life and Works of the Celebrated Thirteenth Century Indian Mystic-Poet is posted here with permission from the author Swami Abhayananda. Other books and articles by Swami Abhayananda may be … Read more and download PDF