Books are available directly from the publishers or from distributors such as: 1) South Asia Books, P.O. Box 502, Columbia, MO 65205 (phone 314-474-0166); 2) Nataraj Books, P.O. Box 5076, Springfield, VA 22150 (phone 703-455-4996); 3) Treasures of the Heart, 1834 Ocean Street, Santa Cruz, CA 95060 (phone: 408-458-9654, e-mail: ramama@cruzio.com); 4) Hindu Heritage Books, 1085 Bathurst Street, Toronto M5R 3G8, Canada (phone: 416-532-2560). Titles especially recommended are marked with an asterisk. Those quoted from in How to Become a Hindu are marked with two asterisks.

SACRED LITERATURE

*Hume, Robert Ernest, The Thirteen Principal Upanishads. Oxford: O. Univ. Press, 1958.

*Mascaro, Juan, The Upanishads (selections). Narmondsworth: Penguin Books, 1965.

*Natarajan, B. (tr.), Tirumantiram, A Tamil Scriptural Classic by Tirumular. Madras: Sri Ramakrishna Math, 1991.

*Panikkar, Raimon, The Vedic Experience. Delhi: Motilal Banarsidass, 1989.

*Subramuniyaswami, Sivaya, Weaver's Wisdom (English trans. of Tirukural). Himalayan Academy, 1999.

SOURCEBOOKS ON HINDUISM

Arunachalam, M., Peeps into the Cultural Heritage of Hinduism. Tirupanandal: Kasi Mutt, 1987.

*Dye, Joseph M., Ways To Siva -- Life and Ritual in Hindu India. Philadelphia: Philadelphia Museum of Art, 1980.

*Klostermaier, Klaus K., A Survey of Hinduism. Albany: State Univ. of N.Y., 1998.

*Navaratnam, K., Studies in Hinduism. Jaffna: Maheswary Navaratnam, 1963.

*Radhakrishnan, S., The Hindu View of Life. New York: Macmillan, 1975.

Singh, Dr. Karan, Essays on Hinduism. Delhi: Ratna Sagar, 1990.

Sivananda, Swami, All About Hinduism. Sivanandanagar: The Divine Life Society, 1988.

*Subramuniyaswami, Sivaya, Dancing with Siva. Kapaa, HI: Himalayan Academy, 1997.

*Subramuniyaswami, Sivaya, Loving Ganesha. Kapaa, HI: Himalayan Academy, 2000.

CULTURE AND WORSHIP

Barth, Auguste, The Religion of India. London: Kegan Paul, 1921.

**Huyler, Stephen P., Meeting God. New Haven: Yale University Press, 1999.

Pandey, Raj Bali, Hindu Samskaras. Delhi: Motilal Banarsidass, 1969.

*Subramuniyaswami, Sivaya, Living with Siva. Kapaa, HI: Himalayan Academy, 1991.

PERIODICALS, ETC.

*Chari, Seshadri, (ed.), Organiser (weekly journal), New Delhi: Hemandas Motwani for Bharat Prakashan.

*Ramachandran, T.R., Tattvaloka, Bangalore: Sri Abhinava Vidyateertha Mahaswamigal Education Trust, bimonthly.

**Subramuniyaswami, Sivaya, Hinduism Today (bimonthly magazine), Kapaa, HI: Himalayan Academy.

CONVERSION

**Frawley, David (Vamadeva Shastri), How I Became a Hindu. New Delhi: Voice of India, 2000.

**Goel, Sita Ram, How I Became a Hindu. New Delhi: Voice of India, 1982.

HINDU NAMES

**Gandhi, Maneka, The Penguin Book of Hindu Names. New Delhi: Penguin Books India, 1989.

*Pandya, Meenal A. and Pandya-Bhanot, Rashmee, Pick a Pretty Indian Name for Your Baby. Wellesley: Meera Publications, 1991.

INTERNET RESOURCES

http://www.kabalarians.com/gkh/yourbaby.htm
Kabalarian Philosophy website on the importance of the name, including a list of over 400,000 Hindu baby names.

http://www.hindunet.org/baby_names/
Hindu Students' Council website including lists of Hindu baby names.

http://www.rajiv.org/iu/hindunam.txt
Website with a list of Hindu names.

http://www.indiaexpress.com/specials/babynames/
India Express Network website with lists of Indian names of the Hindu, Sikh, Buddhist and Jain traditions.

http://members.tripod.com/~VishnuMavuram/names.html
Vishnu Mavuram's website with an interactive Hindu names list.

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How to Become a Hindu online

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Himalayan Academy Publications, modern Hindu texts by Satguru Sivaya Subramuniyaswami and other authors, as well as many other resources.

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Himalayan Academy's home page, including information about studying with Satguru Bodhinatha Veylanswami, the living Satguru of the lineage, successor of Satguru Sivaya Subramuniyaswami

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A Daily Chronicle of Kauai's Hindu Monastery -- news, events, audio talks, inspirational writings and imagery from the monastic center on the island of Kauai, Hawaii, USA.

http://www.hindu.org/
Hindu Resources Online, a vast collection of Hindu and Hindu-related websites and other Hindu religious/cultural resources available on the Internet.

http://www.flash.net/~dshanmug/
SHIVA, Saivite Hindu Information for the Visually Assisted, Hindu mystical books, magazines and lessons transcribed into English Braille and large print.

http://www.hindu.org/hhe/
Hindu Heritage Endowment, a multi-million dollar endowment for the promotion and preservation of charitable Hindu institutions worldwide.