Sunday, August 15, 2010

The Happy Marriage Mantra by Dr. Geeta Maheshwari




Book Summary
  
The institution of marriage is crumbling. Couples are finding it increasingly difficult to constructively handle the challenges it presents. They enter into marriage thinking it is a cakewalk and soon enough, get disillusioned. It requires some real thinking to understand what goes wrong and where.

When a marriage fails, everyone bears the brunt. It is not only the couple whose marriage has failed, but their families, the society and the world in general is at the receiving end of the bitter consequences. I feel that most problems in the world today are because of an unhappy marriage somewhere –
Reason enough to write this book!

Happiness in marriage is not something you will get on a platter. You should be willing to work on your marriage and invest your time and effort in it to make it happy. The Happy Marriage  helps you understand the meaning of marriage and gives practical tips on how to make it happy.

 Don’t opt for a suboptimal marriage or a divorce. Work on your marriage. It is the most important relationship of your life, and if you get it right, it becomes the most rewarding too. Wishing you good luck and happiness in your marriage, Always!

Waiting for your feedback:
thehappymarriagemantra@gmail.com


Marriage is a formal union of two people by which they become husband and wife. This dictionary definition of marriage sounds familiar, doesn’t it? Almost everyone has been or will go through this experience sometime, so why make a big deal out of it?

But Marriage is big deal. Despite discouraging statistics, people continue to marry and remarry hoping to get it right one last time. This only goes to show that the institution of marriage is very much here to stay, may be as long as the human race itself. So why ignore it? Why wait for a marriage to fall apart and only then do something about it? Why not prevent the damage?

The Happy Marriage Manta is the need of the hour. It gives simple, practical and common sense tips for making a marriage happy. The chapters are concise and make easy reading. This book will help individuals who decide to undertake the journey of marriage to:

  •  know the meaning of marriage
  •  take responsibility for creating happiness in their marriage
  •  prepare for marriage work
  •  understand what should and shouldn't be done in marriage, so that it is happy
  •  bust the myths and get real
  •  be happy and happily married
  •  
  • Book Content
    What is Marriage ?

    Stages of Marriage
    A to Z of Happy Marriage
          1.   Accept Your Partner ...
          2.   Believe in Your Partner’s Capabilities ...
          3.   Communication ...
          4.   Day Off Now and Then ...
          5.   Emotional Intimacy and Self-Esteem ...
          6.   Fight Fair ...
          7.   God and Spirituality ...
          8.   Household Chores ...
          9.   Intimacy and Sex ...
        10.   Joint Decisions ...
        11.   Kindness and Affection ...
        12.   Laugh Together ...
        13.   Mind Your Language ...
        14.   No Nagging ...
        15.   Optimistic Attitude ...
        16.   Patience ...
        17.   Quality Time ...
        18.   Respect Each Other ...
        19.   Sincerity ...
        20.   Trust One Another ...
        21.   Understanding ...
        22.   Validation ...
        23.   Willingness to Forgive ...
        24.   X-Factor ...
        25.   Youthfulness…
        26.   Zest and Zeal ...
        27.    Marriage Myths ...
        28.    10 Commandments of Marriage ... 

Saturday, August 14, 2010

Language and Truth in Buddhism


The book entitled: ‘Language and Truth in Buddhism’ highlights the role and status of Language in Buddhist Philosophy, ethical dimension of Buddhism, various logical, epistemological and ontological problems as embedded in Buddhism, Post-modernism and Buddhism, inter-cultural aspects of Buddhism and  also Buddhist Art. The volume, we believe, will open a vista to the future researchers in Buddhism, as it covers a wide range of Buddhist thought and literature enriched by the eminent scholars in this field.

 Contents

Preface                                                                                                            
        Editorial Note                                                                                      
        List of Contibutors                                                                              
  1.   N"ag"arjuna’s Treatment of Prat$ûtyasamutap"ada
         Prabhakar Mishra                                                                                      
  2.   World Peace and Buddhism 
        S.K. Pathak
                                                                                         
  3.   Buddhist Ontology of Person and the Problem of Removal of Pain   
(Apropos ®S"antideva’s Bodhicary"avat"ara 8: 101-3)                      
Pabitrakumar Roy                                                                              
  4.   Importance of Buddhist Meditation for World Peace
        Sukomal Chaudhuri                                                                            
  5.   Brahamavih"ara and the Modern Society
        Shyamali Sanyal                                                                                
  6.   Non-Violence-Buddhist Ecological Attitude                                                          
        M. Peter Amaladoss
                                                                           
  7.   Role of Pali Buddha-Vacana for World Peace
        Jayanti Chatterjee Sr                                                                         
  8.   Application of Buddha’s Ethics towards World  Peace
       
Priyadarsini Mitra                                                                                     
  9.   Understanding Du]hkha                                                                     
        Amal Kr. Harh
                                                                                   
10.   Eco-Sensitivity of Buddhism: An Observation                                                 
   Kanti Lal Das
                                                                                        
11.   Death Unveiled: The Buddhist and The Post-Modernist Approach    
   Debika Saha                                                                                          
12.   Chinese Buddhism A Synthesis of Two Different Cultures
        
Koushik Joardar                                                                                  
13.   Ecological Ethics: The Possibilities in Buddhism
        Laxmikanta Padhi                                                                             
14.   Situating Buddhism in the Context of the Present Changing World   
        Koushiki Das Gupta                                                                            
15.   Role of Human Mind in Bringing Peace in the World—
A Buddhist Outlook  Atashee Chatterjee (Sinha)                                                                
16.   Philosophy of Language in Buddhism
        Raghunath Ghosh                                                                                       
17.   Buddhist Art vis-«a-vis Buddhist Philosophy                                                           
      
 Manjulika Ghosh                                                                                     



Friday, August 13, 2010

Buddhist Psychology by Amal K. Barua


Mind is a problematic concept; sundry attempts have already been made from different view points to clear up the problem. However, in this book an endeavour has been made to deal with the problem from Buddhist point of view. An attempt has been made not only to show how Mind functions, rather the task is undertaken to reveal what Mind is. Of course, Mind is not a material object, it is a stream of consciousness, a flow of thought and the body which rooms it is, according to Buddha, an aggregate of four great elements.

Mind and Mental Factors have been dealt with the materials available in the early Buddhist texts. Herein different planes of consciousness have been exposed and also explained. In this connection a variety of views about mind of different schools of Buddhist Philosophy have also been discussed.

Factors are the properties or qualities of Mind, they are also in a sense psychic-atoms; they are fifty two in all, an exposition of all the factors have neither been done in conformity with theravada tradition.

Also an endeavour has been made to provide the reader with a critical study of views held by both Buddhist and Western psychologists about mind and its factors. The way of consciousness in Buddhist Psychology is a journey from ethical maxims to psychological principles. Other way Buddhist Psychology is said to be a meeting point between ethics on the one hand and psychology on the other.

Northern Book Centre, Publishers of Scholarly Reference Books & Booksellers

Northern Book Centre, a leading National Publisher of Books on variety of disciplines is privately owned by Mr. Pratap Vaish, dedicated to the dissemination of knowledge among students, academicians and intellecutals. Dedication, devotion, Discipline and integrity of his grandfather Late Shri Sultan Chandji, founder, Sultan Chand & Sons, educational Publishers, inspired Mr. Pratap Vaish to dedicate himself to the cause of education and society. Founded in 1865, with an eye on publishing scholarly books for academic excellence and since then the commitment to the quality has been kept despite of ups and downs spanning over 15 years.
 
Editorial

Well qualified: Dr. Arun Bala, Dr. Shubhra Vaish
So far, NBC has brought out 300 books on Economics, Commerce, Sociology, Anthrapology, Medicine, Education, Commerce, English, Literature, Biography, Psychology, Science and Environment etc. with an average of 18 to 20 books annually and its constituents and authors include Scholars, Researchers, Policy makers and Professionals.
At present NBC has a staff of 18 members who maintain a rigorous schedule and standard quality and contributes enormously to the growth of NBC.

Future Plans
To enter in the Medicine and Management books publishing. To launch e-books and d-books
 
About the Publisher
Mr. Pratap Vaish, born in 1946 to a family which owned commercial typesetting and printing in Delhi. He did his M.Tech. from IIT, Delhi. Initially worked for a private company as a Production Manager; shifted his profession from technical to the publishing.
With enormous experience in printing and typesetting led him to establish a publishing house in 1985. Since its inception, NBC Publication have grown from strength and is  dedicated  to the publishing profession and never looked backward.
Apart from publishing, he is also associated with several philanthropic and social service organisations and holds several popular academic as well as periodical publications including Social Work Today, Media and Society, School Councilors and Distance Education.
In recent past, there has been a tremendous change in the publishing industry in India. NBC has dedicated to the innovative and quality of work and captured the attention of Students, scholars and professionals. For further deails, please get in touch with us.
 
Northern Book Centre
Publishers of Scholarly Reference Books & Booksellers
4221/1 Daryaganj,
Ansari Road, New Delhi 110002
Phones : 23264519, 23271626, 23280295, 39541875;
Fax : 011-23252651
Mobile : 9810622267, 9312089080
E-mail : nbcnd@ndb.vsnl.net.in; nbcnd@bol.net.in; support@northernbook.com
Website : www.northernbook.com