Prayer and Praying in Hinduism and Beyond
Published by Gyan Publishing House, 2026
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Language: ENGLISH. Our true identity is spiritual and not physical, i.e. we should not believe that we are only bodies, born to die and that death of the body is theendofus.We are "multidimensional spiritual beings". As such, prayer is natural, yet it is not necessarily something we just know how to do. We may see or hear many people complaining that they don’t know how to pray, or in-spite of all their efforts, they are not able to concentrate or make any progress in their prayer or sometimes feel praying dull and frustrated. The book explores these with six questions- ‘What’, ‘Why’, ‘How’, ‘Who’, ‘When’ and ‘Where’. Prayer is the ‘science’ of subject, covering ‘What’, and ‘Why’ aspects, whereas ‘Praying’ is the ‘art’ of the subject, covering ‘how’, ‘when’ and ‘where’ aspects. ‘Who’ falls in both categories? The book discusses each aspect in detail with necessary figures, tables and examples. It also gives a brief collection, along with their meanings and significances of prayers, including mantras, stotras, aartis, kirtans bhajans, and vandanas etc. of Hinduism and also prayers of other religions. It also emphasizes that we have to believe that prayer brings satisfaction and that we have to pray more from heart and less from mind.People doing meditation and other yogic activities will also be benefitted from this book. Sushil Kumar Srivastava a graduate mechanical engineer was a Member of Institution of Engineers, India and member of Fluid Power Society of India members of few committees of Inter Plant Steel Standards, India. After retirement from service he has authored about 17 books, including ‘Roles of Demons & Demonology in Hinduism and Beyond’, ‘Are You Religious or the Universe’, ‘Mindfulness’, ‘Meditation & Mental Wellbeing’, ‘Healing by Reprogramming of Instinctive Mind’, ‘Wonders of Prana Healing’, ‘Career Interviews’, ‘Career Counselling & Planning’, ‘Tribology in Industries’, ‘Maintenance Engineering (Principles, Practices & Management), and ‘Oils, Lubricants & Lubrication’, etc., all published by different publishers in India. Also, he has presented scores of articles/ papers on various topics in different forums. Preface and synopsis 11 1. What is Prayer and Praying 17 1.1 Why use the word ‘prayer’ in this book? 17 1.2 What is prayer/Praying 18 1.2.1 Sadhguru on prayer 23 1.2.2 Swamy Vivekanand on prayer 24 1.3 Prayer Vs Magic and Meditation 26 1.4 Prayer Vs Worship, Mantras and Stotras 29 1.4.1 Prayer differs from begging 34 1.5 Origin and Progression of Prayer/worship 35 1.6 Types of Prayer in Hinduism 37 1.6.1 Types of prayer according to Bhagwat Gita 37 1.6.2 Prayers according to Desired Outcome 38 1.6.3 Prayers Based on Sound 40 1.6.4 Formal and Informal prayers 40 1.6.5 Nava-Vidha Bhakti vide Vishnu Purana 41 1.6.6 Forms of ritualistic and ceremonial prayers (including worships) 42 1.7 Types of Prayers in Christianity 64 1.7.1 Seven Prayers specifically vide Bible 64 1.7.2 Few other types of prayer in Christianity 67 1.8 Prayers in Islam 70 1.8.1 Types of Prayer (Salat) in Islam 71 1.9 Prayer in Buddhism 72 1.10 Prayer in Sikhism 74 1.11 Idea of Religious Unity and Inter-religious praying 77 2. Why should we pray 83 2.1 Why should one pray 84 2.1.1 Spiritual significance of ‘why should we pray’ 85 2.2 Purpose of prayer 86 2.3 What are the benefits of prayer 88 2.3.1 Benefits of chanting mantra 90 2.4 Prayer reprograms our Instinctive mind 90 2.4.1 Use of prayer to stop negative thoughts 95 2.5 Power of prayer, Prayer Therapy and Prayer Healing 96 2.5.1 Steps for Prayer Healing 98 2.5.2 Prayer healing differs from Occult (Esoteric) healing 99 2.6 Prayer increases the efficacy of Chakras of our body 100 3. Who should we pray to, who should pray, and who should we pray for 103 3.1 Broad categorization of religions 103 3.2 Monotheism/Polytheism aspects of Hinduism 104 3.3 Devas (Gods/Goddesses/Deities) in Hinduism 106 3.3.1 Concept of 33 Koti (crores) Gods 110 3.3.2 Gods/deities with animal faces and divinity. …
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- Title
- Prayer and Praying in Hinduism and Beyond
- Author
- Sushil Kumar Srivastava
- Publisher
- Gyan Publishing House
- Publication year
- 2026
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- Paperback
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- 9374476355
- ISBN 13
- 9789374476352
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