Someone you love is dying. Or you have been given a diagnosis. Or you are sitting at a deathbed with no idea what to do, what to say, or whether any of it matters. Forty-Nine Days was written for that moment, and for the preparation that must begin long before the crisis arrives.Drawing on more than two decades of practice inside four Buddhist traditions, this book brings together what the traditions have learned about dying with what contemporary neuroscience is only beginning to ...

The lake has several ghats. You have to go in.In 1886, the Bengali mystic Sri Ramakrishna claimed to have verified something extraordinary: that practising Islam, Christianity, and multiple Hindu paths each led him to the same luminous encounter with the divine. His conclusion -- যত মত, তত পথ, joto mot, toto path, as many opinions, so many paths -- is one of the most quietly radical statements in the history of comparative religion. It is also an empirical...

The Still and the Clear is an account of twenty years spent practicing across Theravāda, Zen, Chan, Tibetan Vajrayāna, Jōdo Shinshū, and Shambhala traditions, from the borān kammaṭṭhāna lineage preserved by the UK Samatha Trust to Mahasi noting, koan practice, and Dzogchen recognition.This is not a comparative religion textbook, and it doesn't claim that all paths lead to the same place. Instead, it asks a narrower and more useful question: when you actually sit down and p...

This book is an account of solo journeys to Sri Lanka by the two authors.Chetan visited Sri Lanka in December 2023, and experienced its amazing food, culture and in particular the tea and coffee plantations.Joy visited Sri Lanka a few times between 2015 and 2021, mainly for exploring the Buddhist and other archeological heritage of Sri Lanka in what is called the cultural triangle, consisting of Anuradhapura, Polonnaruwa, Dambulla and Kandy.

Delhi has been conquered, rebuilt, and renamed more times than almost any city on earth. From the Pandava capital of Indraprastha to the Red Fort of the Mughals to the grand boulevards of the British, each ruler who came to Delhi left behind a city of their own — layer upon layer, dynasty upon dynasty, stone upon stone. Today, those layers survive as at least seven or eight distinct historical cities, buried within the sprawling modern metropolis.This book is your guide to finding ...

Patents are a key component of intellectual property and vital to the process of innovation. They serve multiple uses. One is to reward inventors and motivate them to create inventing for the betterment of society, inculcating a culture of innovation. Another is to protect inventors from getting their ideas stolen and profited from by unscrupulous people.In this book we introduce the laws related to patents and Intellectual property in India, as well as an overview of patenting and ...

Self-publishing is getting common nowadays due to the low upfront costs for authors and accessibility of digital technologies and web-based publishing software. In countries like India, authors are increasingly using self-publishing tools as they are becoming more widely available in English as well as regional languages. Moreover, the platforms to sell the books that are self-published are also becoming more easily accessible and affordable.In this book, we discuss the steps for an...

Property is often the largest investment in an Indian family's life, yet most people navigate buying, selling, inheriting, and disputing property with little understanding of the law. This book changes that.Written in clear, accessible language, Introduction to Property Law in India covers everything you need to know: the Transfer of Property Act 1882, sale, mortgage, lease, exchange and gift of property, the Indian Succession Act 1925, wills and probate, RERA, land acquis...

Patents are a key component of intellectual property and vital to the process of innovation. They serve multiple uses. One is to reward inventors and motivate them to create inventing for the betterment of society, inculcating a culture of innovation. Another is to protect inventors from getting their ideas stolen and profited from by unscrupulous people.In this book we introduce the laws related to patents and Intellectual property in India, as well as an overview of patenting and...

Abuse of senior citizens is often an unspoken issue in India. Compared to other kinds of abuse, senior citizen abuse is unique in the fact that it often happens within the same household in which the senior citizens are staying, the abusers are family members on whom the person is dependent and most often the abuses go unreported.Even though traditionally Indian culture promotes respect for senior citizens, with the changing lifestyles and moving away from joint families and even n...

Abuse of senior citizens is often an unspoken issue in India. Compared to other kinds of abuse, senior citizen abuse is unique in the fact that it often happens within the same household in which the senior citizens are staying, the abusers are family members on whom the person is dependent and most often the abuses go unreported.Even though traditionally Indian culture promotes respect for senior citizens, with the changing lifestyles and moving away from joint families and even nu...

A fall. A forgotten prescription. A parent who seems a little lost in a conversation they would once have led. Suddenly, the roles have shifted—and you are the one who needs to figure out what to do next.For millions of adult children across India, this moment arrives without warning and without a roadmap. The joint family structures that once distributed this responsibility have, in many homes, given way to nuclear households, distant cities, and the relentless demands of modern l...