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Format: Hardbound
Details: Hardbound, 500 pages, 14 colour photos, size 13 x 19.5 x 3 cm.
Publisher: The Bhaktivedanta Book Trust
Pub. Date: 2009
ISBN: 978-1-84599-071-8
Code: 6A-VEDA

Veda explores the secrets of spirituality found in the ancient writings of the East. Probing into topics such as the soul, karma, reincarnation, and meditation, this book will help awaken within you the spiritual insights great teachers have spoken of for thousands of years.

Veda is a compilation of lectures, writings, and conversations with A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada on the ancient teachings of the Vedas. There are also contemporary contributions from his prominent disciples, showing the relevance and practicality of ancient wisdom in modern times.

Contents:
A) An Introduction to Krsna Consciousness
1) What Is Bhakti-yoga, or Krsna Consciousness? (Srila Prabhupada)
2) Who is Krsna? (Srila Prabhupada)
3) Teachings of the Vedas (Srila Prabhupada)
4) The Six Benefits of Practicing Bhakti-yoga (Srila Prabhupada)
5) Understanding Ourselves: Who Am I? (Visakha devi dasi)
6) You Are Beyond This Body (A conversation between Srila Prabhupada and disciples)
7) On Seeking the Right Thing in the Wrong Place (A conversation between Srila Prabhupada and disciples)
8) People Must Know the Aim of Life (A conversation between Srila Prabhupada and Allen Ginsberg)
9) Hatha-yoga and the Bhagavad-gita (Satyaraja Dasa)

B) Karma & Reincarnation
1) Reincarnation Explained (Srila Prabhupada)
2) Do We Live More Than Once? (Jayadvaita Swami)
3) Do Bad Things Happen to Good People? (Ravindra Svarupa Dasa)
4) Fatalism & Real Free Will (A conversation between Srila Prabhupada and disciples)

C) Science and the Vedas
1) Do We Have to Believe Darwin? (A conversation with Srila Prabhupada)
2) Evolution in Fact and Fantasy (A conversation with Srila Prabhupada)
3) Modern Science: Simply Bluffing (A conversation between Srila Prabhupada and Dr. Thoudam Singh, Ph.D)
4) The Principle of Reincarnation (Bhaktisvarupa Damodara Swami)
5) The Science of Knowing God (Navini Syama Dasa)

D) The "Love Vacuum"
1) On Sex and Suffering (A conversation between Srila Prabhupada and disciples)
2) Immortal Longings (Ravindra Svarupa Dasa)
3) 4 No-Nonsense Facts of Life (Visakha devi dasi)
4) Liberation to a Higher Pleasure (Srila Prabhupada)
5) Krishna, Enchanter of the Soul (Srila Prabhupada)

E) Ancient Wisdom, Modern Times
1) Advice to the United Nations (A conversation between Srila Prabhupada and Mr. C. Hennis of the UN's International Labor Organization in Geneva)
2) The Failure of Liberation Movements (Hrdayananda Dasa Goswami)
3) A Formula for Peace (Srila Prabhupada)
4) Spiritual Advice to Businessmen (Srila Prabhupada)
5) Are You More than Green, Righteous, and Dead? (Jayadvaita Swami)

F) Spiritual Traditions & Teachers
1) The Four Noble Truths Of Buddhism (Satyaraja Dasa)
2) Krsna, Christos, Christ (A conversation between Srila Prabhupada and Father Emmanuel Jungclaussen)
3) "Thou Shalt Not Kill" or "Thou Shalt Not Murder"? (A conversation between Srila Prabhupada and Cardinal Jean Danielou)
4) Krsna Consciousness: Hindu Cult or Divine Culture? (Srila Prabhupada)
5) Yoga for the Modern Age (Srila Prabhupada)
6) The Gita Condensed (Kalakantha Dasa)

G) East-West Dialogues
1) Socrates
2) Plato
3) Origen
4) John Stuart Mill
5) Karl Marx
6) Sigmund Freud
7) Betting on God: Pascal's Wager and the Spoils of Faith (Satyaraja Dasa)

H) Vedic Paradigms for Daily Life
1) Dharma: Nature, Duty, and Divine Service (Garuda Dasa)
2) Finding Peace in Krishna's Service (A conversation between Srila Prabhupada and John Lennon)
3) How Work Can Be Worship (A conversation between Srila Prabhupada and disciples)
4) Taking to Krsna Consciousness (Srila Prabhupada)

J) Practicing Bhakti-yoga
1) A Practical Guide to Bhakti-yoga
2) Coming to Krsna: The Dream Songs & Krsna's Song (Tattvavit Dasa)
3) The Importance of Accepting a Spiritual Master (Srila Prabhupada)
4) On the Strength of Chanting Hare Krishna (A conversation between Srila Prabhupada and the Beatles)
5) Mantra Meditation
6) Toward a More Compassionate Diet: Meat and the Environment (Mukunda Goswami and Drutakarma Dasa)
7) From Vegetarianism to Spiritual Eating: When Does Food Become Prasada? (Sivarama Swami)