The Essentials of World Religions
Trilochan Shastry
Jan 2026 · Penguin Random House Audio · Narrated by Debajit Saikia
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It may be the twenty-first century but religious tensions and conflicts continue all across the world. Even today, religion continues to play an unparalleled role in the lives of individuals and nations with people and leaders pitting one religious identity against another. But the question that needs to be asked is this: are all religions fundamentally different from each other?What if we go back to the source texts of all great religions of the world? What will we find?Will we find a mountain of differences or a sea of harmony? This book addresses this question and is sure to surprise you with its findings.
It may be the twenty-first century but religious tensions and conflicts continue all across the world. Even today, religion continues to play an unparalleled role in the lives of individuals and nations with people and leaders pitting one religious identity against another. But the question that ...
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Trilochan Sastry is Professor at IIM Bangalore and a former Dean. He did his B Tech from IIT Delhi, MBA from IIM Ahmedabad and Ph D from MIT. He is the founder of ADR, an NGO that works on Electoral and Political reforms and also of CCD and Farmveda that work with tens of thousands of small farmers. He has received various Awards for his academic work and for his work in society. He has been interested in Hinduism since early adolescence and has lived in monasteries, studied the sacred texts, attended classes from various teachers and visited various pilgrimage sites.
Trilochan Sastry is Professor at IIM Bangalore and a former Dean. He did his B Tech from IIT Delhi, MBA from IIM Ahmedabad and Ph D from MIT. He is the founder of ADR, an NGO that works on Electoral and Political reforms and also of CCD and Farmveda that work with tens of thousands of small farme...
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