The Wisdom of Hinduism

By Julian Bound

THE WISDOM OF HINDUISM

Happiness, Courage, Love, Meditation, Life, Karma, Compassion, Peace, Reincarnation and Being, for inspiration, inner happiness and comfort for the soul.

With Hinduism bringing peace to an estimated 1.1 billion devotees worldwide making up 15% of the world's population, the quotes found within this book can be seen as a path towards the comfort and solace a soul often seeks within today's busy world.

ABOUT THE AUTHOR

Born in England, Julian is a documentary photographer, film maker and author. With photographic work featured on the BBC news, his photographs have been published in National Geographic, New Scientist and the international press. His work focuses on the social documentary of world culture, religion and traditions, with time spent studying meditation with the Buddhist monks of Tibet and Northern Thailand and spiritual teachers of India's Himalaya region.

Present for the Nepal earthquakes of 2015 he documented the disaster for eighteen months whilst working as an emergency deployment photographer for various NGO and international embassies in conjunction with the United Nations.

The author of novels 'The Geisha and the Monk', 'Subway of Light' and 'Life's Heart Eternal', when not on the road in Asia, Julian is based in the UK.

• Language: English
• Publisher: Julian Bound
• Release date: Feb 7, 2020
• ISBN: 9781393831327

Julian Bound

Born in the UK, Julian Bound is a documentary photographer, film maker and author. Featured on the BBC news, National Geographic and in the international press, his work focuses on the social documentary of world culture, religion and traditions, spending time studying meditation with the Buddhist monks of Tibet and Northern Thailand and with spiritual teachers of India’s Himalaya region. His photography work includes documenting the child soldiers of the Burmese Karen National Liberation Army, the Arab Spring of 2011, Cairo, Egypt, and the Thailand political uprisings of 2009 and 2014 in Bangkok. With portraiture of His Holiness the 14th Dalai Lama, Julian has photographed the Tibetan refugee camps of Nepal and India. His other projects include the road working gypsies of India, the Dharavi slums of Mumbai, the rail track slums of Jakarta and the sulphur miners at work in the active volcanoes of Eastern Java, Indonesia. Present for the Nepal earthquakes of 2015, he documented the disaster whilst working as an emergency deployment photographer for various NGO and international embassies in conjunction with the United Nations. Julian has published  photography books of settings across the world, including portraiture work, and city guides, and has also published several poetry books, including ‘Haiku, a Journey Through the Deepest Emotions’, Julian is also the author of  the novels ‘The Geisha and the Monk’, ‘Subway of Light’ and ‘Life’s Heart Eternal’.

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Foreword

Hinduism’s wide array of philosophies, concepts and rituals are often referred to as the ‘eternal way’ or ‘laws of the eternal’ by over one billion followers.

With the majority of Hindus residing in India, Nepal and Bali, Indonesia, all follow Hinduism’s core belief systems of attaining the correct aims of human existence. This is found in the ethical ensemble of ‘Karma’ - action, intent and consequences, ‘Dharma’ – duties and moralities, ‘Kama’ – passion and wanton desires, ‘Moksha’ – freedom and salvation of the soul, and ‘Samsara’, the transmigration and karmic cycle of rebirth. These virtuous codes of conduct are found throughout Hindu scriptures, most notably in the epic poem of the Mahabharata.

One of two Sanskrit classics of ancient India, alongside the Ramayana, the Mahabharata consists of over 200,000 individual lines of verse and so exceeding its counterpart of the Ramayana by four times. An expansive account of the fates of the princes of Kaurava and Pāṇḍava, one of the Mahabharata’s principle works is that of the Bhagavad Gita.

The sixth book of the Mahabharata, The Bhagavad Gita’s 700 verse Hindu scripture is a chronicled dialogue between the Pandava prince Arjuna and his guide Lord Krishna.

Set within the arena of battle, Arjuna is advised by Lord Krishna to realise his duty as a warrior and inaugurate Dharma’s moral responsibilities.

Adhering to Lord Krishna’s words of council, the Prince Arjuna learns the ways of the Gods and