Virtue, Success, Pleasure, and Liberation: The Four Aims of Life in the Tradition of Ancient India

by Alain Daniélou

What is the Nature of the social order that unquestionably produced one of the greatest and longest lasting civilizations known to humankind? Alain Daniélou, distinguished Orientalist, musicologist, and linguist, reveals the foundations of India's culture and the four aims of human life as they are viewed in the traditional Hindu society: virtue on a moral plane; success on the material and social planes; pleasure on a sensual plane; and liberation...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0892812184
• ISBN13: 9780892812189
• Release Date: August 1993
• Publisher: Inner Traditions International
• Length: 192 Pages
• Weight: 1.05 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.5" x 6.0" x 8.9"