The Complete Works of Sister Nivedita (Vol.2)

In these five volumes, comprising the illuminating lectures, writings, articles, books, and epistles etc., of the author, we find her marvellous intellect, her lyrical powers of expression, the intensity with which she held her beliefs and convictions, her capacity to see the soul of things straightaway, and above all, her love for India that overflowed all bounds. Her deep study of Indian literature, combined with her keen intellect and comprehensive mind, helped her to understand India as a whole. This work stands as, perhaps, the best appraisal of India by a Western mind. CONTENTS The Web of Indian Life I. The Setting of the Warp ... ... 1 II. The Eastern Mother ... ... ... 16 III. Of the Hindu Woman as Wife ... ... 27 IV. Love Strong as Death ... ... ... 41 V. The Place of Woman in the National Life ... 52 VI. The Immediate Problems of the Oriental Woman 70 VII. The Indian Sagas ... ... ... 86 VIII. Noblesse Oblige: A Study of Indian Caste ... 105 IX. The Synthesis of Indian Thought ... 124 X. The Oriental Experience ... ... ... 152 XI. The Wheel of Birth and Death ... ... 161 XII. The Story of the Great God: Shiva or Mahadeva 173 XIII. The Gospel of the Blessed One ... ... 186 XIV. Islam in India ... ... ... 200 XV. An Indian Pilgrimage ... ... ... 215 XVI. On the Loom of Time ... ... ... 230 Appendix ... ... ... ... 252 An Indian Study of Love and Death An Office for the Dead ... ... ... 257 Meditations of the Soul ... ... ... ... 262 Of Love ... ... ... ... ... ... 266 Of the Inner Perception ... ... ... 267 Of Peace ... ... ... ... ... ... 269 Of Triumphant Union ... ... ... 270 The Communion of the Soul with the Beloved ... 271 A Litany of Love: Invocation ... ... 275 Some Hindu Rites for the Honoured Dead ... 277 The Beloved ... ... ... ... ... 285 Play ... ... ... ... ... ... 286 Death ... ... ... ... ... 289 Studies from an Eastern Home I. Life in the Hindu Quarter of Calcutta ... 293 II. Our Zenana Terrace ... ... ... 300 III. The Hindu Widow and the Zenana ... ... 304 IV. The Sacred Year ... ... ... ... 311 V. Dol-Jatra ... ... ... ... 316 VI. Janmashtami: The Day of the Great Birth ... 320 VII. The Saraswati Puja ... ... 325 VIII. The Durga Puja ... ... ... ... 331 IX. The Festival of Ras ... ... ... 336 X. The Plague ... ... ... 340 XI. The Mediaeval University of India ... ... 348 XII. An Old Collegiate Village ... ... ... 352 XIII. The Holy City ... ... ... ... 358 XIV. Chitore ... ... ... ... 361 XV. An Indian Amulet ... ... ... 364 XVI. Gopaler-Ma: The Mother of the Christ-Child ... 369 XVII. The Indian Ash, or Tree of Healing ... ... 373 XVIII. The Dread Seven ... ... ... ... 381 XIX. The Kashmir Shawl ... ... ... 387 XX. The Ship of Flowers ... ... ... 393 Lectures and Articles Vedanta Missionary Work: Wimbledon (London) ... 399 Influence of the Spiritual Thoughts of India in England 406 The Birthday Festival of Sri Ramakrishna ... ... 411 Amarnath ... ... ... ... ... 416 The Sociological Aspect of the Vedanta Philosophy ... 422 Kali, and Her Worship ... ... ... 429 Kali Worship ... ... ... ... 444 New Interpretations of Life in India India Has No Apology to Make How and Why I Adopted the Hindu Religion Indian Women as They Strike an English Woman An Open Letter to Hindu Women Islam in Asia Beauties of Islam Synthesis of Ideals Etiquette, Eastern and Western Hinduism and the Modern Transition Appendix I The Education of Hindu Women and Their Ideals ... 505 Indian Womanhood ... ... ... ... 507 Family Life and Nationality in India ... ... 508 Appendix II List of Lectures Delivered by Sister Nivedita Abroad

Author / contributor: Sister Nivedita

Binding: Deluxe (Hardbound)