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Kama

By Das Gurcharan

Kama

By Das Gurcharan

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A riveting account of love and desireIndia is the only civilization to elevate kama-desire and pleasure-to a goal of life. Kama is both cosmic and human energy, which animates life and holds it in place. Gurcharan Das weaves a compelling narrative soaked in philosophical, historical and literary ideas in the third volume of his trilogy on life's goals: India Unbound was the first, on artha, 'material well-being'; and The Difficulty of Being Good was the second, on dharma, 'moral well-being'. Here, in his magnificent prose, he examines how to cherish desire in order to live a rich, flourishing life, arguing that if dharma is a duty to another, kama is a duty to oneself. It sheds new light on love, marriage, family, adultery and jealousy as it wrestles with questions such as these: How to nurture desire without harming others or oneself? Are the erotic and the ascetic two aspects of our same human nature? What is the relationship between romantic love and bhakti, the love of god?
Product details
Number of Pages:
320
Release Date:
2018-08-21
Publication Date:
2018-08-21
Publisher:
Penguin Random House India Pvt. Ltd
Languages:
Original: English
ISBN10:
0670087378
ISBN13:
9780670087372
Weight:
839 g
Height:
156 cm
Width:
241 cm
Thickness:
48 cm
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