Verlag: Brand: Vedanta Press- Advaita Ashrama, 1953
ISBN 10: 8185301166 ISBN 13: 9788185301167
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Softcover. Zustand: Good. This book is about the practice of Raja Yoga. The method has been called the soul of all the yogas. The emphsis here in on the control of the mind through concentration and meditation. Raja yoga is also called the yoga of meditation. It is regarded as the psychological way to union with God. Rousing the Kundalini is the one and only way to attain Divine Wisdom. The rousing may come in various ways: through love for God, through the mercy of perfected sages, or through the power of the analytic will of the philosopher. Wherever there was any manifestation of what is ordinarily called supernatural power or wisdom, there a little current of Kundalini must have found its way into the Sushumna. Only, in the vast majority of such cases, the people had ignorantly stumbled on some practice which set free a minute portion of the coiled-up Kundalini. All worship, consciously or unconsciously, leads to this end. The man who thinks that he is receiving response to his prayers does not know that the fulfillment comes from his own nature, that he has succeeded by the mental attitude of prayer in waking up a bit of this infinite power which is coiled up within himself. Thus, what people ignorantly worship under various names, through fear and tribulation, the Yogi declares to the world to be the real power coiled up in every being, the Mother of eternal happiness, if we but know how to approach her. And Raja Yoga is the science of religion, the rationale of all worship, all prayers, forms, ceremonies, and miracles.
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Verlag: Brand: Vedanta Press n Bookshop, 1945
ISBN 10: 0874810434 ISBN 13: 9780874810431
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Softcover. Zustand: Good. 4. Our translation of the Bhagavad Gita uses the beauty of verse to express the highest truths of Vedanta. Includes an introduction to the Gita, and a study of non-violence versus the need to fight a just war.How Swami Prabhavananda's translation came about in the swami's own words: Once I was away for a rest in Palm Springs I had a Gita translation with me. When I read the twelfth chapter, I felt that the meaning had not been brought out; I saw deeper meaning in it. So I started to translate, and then Chris helped me.I translated and Chris edited. When Peggy Kiskadden came, she read what we had done and could not understand it. Then we went to Aldous. Chris read aloud, and Aldous listened. Aldous said, No, that is not right yet. Forget that Krishna is speaking to the Hindus in Sanskrit. Forget that this is a translation. Think that Krishna is speaking to an American audience in English. Then Aldous told Chris which style to use for verse. Chris rewrote the whole eleventh chapter of the Gita following Tennyson, I think. He produced the book in a week He was inspired.
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Verlag: Brand: Vedanta Press, 2000
ISBN 10: 087481054X ISBN 13: 9780874810547
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Softcover. Zustand: Good. 2nd. LOVE has a divine essence, We experience this to some degree in all our human relationships since the love that we feel for one another is actually the attraction of God dwelling within. This love can lead us to God-realization, for, as the ancient sage Narada teaches, God is love.Narada's Bhakti Sutras are the most important Hindu text on the path of love, or Bhakti-Yoga. By directing our passions towards God, we discover that it is possible to have a relationship with God. The relationship deepens until finally we realize that we are never separate from God -- our true, divine nature is simply waiting to be revealed.
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Verlag: Brand: Vedanta Press (RK Math), 2009
ISBN 10: 8171204201 ISBN 13: 9788171204205
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Softcover. Zustand: Good. 1000 verses in praise of Vishnu with Shankara\x27s commenetaryWith text in Devanagari, transliteration and commentary of Sri Sankaracharya translated into English.
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Verlag: Brand: Vedanta Press n Bookshop, 1999
ISBN 10: 0874813735 ISBN 13: 9780874813739
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Softcover. Zustand: New. A concise, and delightful introduction to Vedanta, the philosophical backbone of Hinduism.Written with verve and charm by a Western nun for a Western audience, this brief book gives a comprehensive overview of Vedanta philosophy while emphasizing its practical Western application.
Verlag: Brand: Vedanta Press Bookshop, 2008
ISBN 10: 8185301131 ISBN 13: 9788185301136
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Softcover. Zustand: Good. The Astavakra Samhita or The Astavakra Gita, as it is sometimes called, is a treatise on Advaita Vedanta that is ascribed to the sage Astavakra. The book consists of a dialogue between Astavakra and his disciple Janaka. The book is regarded as a classic text on monistic Vedanta. Includes original Sanskrit, text with word-for-word translation, English rendering, comments, and index.
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Verlag: Brand: Vedanta Press n Bookshop, 1976
ISBN 10: 0916356558 ISBN 13: 9780916356552
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Hardcover. Zustand: Good. First Edition. From the Table of Contents:Part One: Preliminaries-Hymns and Prayers,- Conducted Meditations,.Part II- Methods of Meditation - The Four States of Human Experience, - Work and Meditation, - The Search for God, - Worshiping God Through Symbols, - Prayers and Meditations, - Karma Yoga as Preparatory to the Practice of Meditation, - God realization through Bhakti Yoga, - Realization of the Non-dual Brahman.
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Verlag: Brand: Vedanta Press, 1953
ISBN 10: 0874810418 ISBN 13: 9780874810417
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Softcover. Zustand: Good. A major work on the practice of yoga and meditation. Through these ancietn aphorisms, you will learn how to control your mind and achieve inner peace. Although these methods were taught over 2,000 years ago, they are as alive and effective as they have ever been. This translation draws from the inspired commentary of both Swami Prabhavananda and Christopher Isherwood.
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Verlag: Brand: Vedanta Press Bookshop, 1945
ISBN 10: 8171203299 ISBN 13: 9788171203291
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Softcover. Zustand: New. Revised. The Narada Sutras are famous in India as the scripture that explains the easiest approach to God through love. With Sanskrit text, word by word meaning, English rendering of the text and elaborate explanatory and critical notes.
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Verlag: Brand: Vedanta Press (Ramakrishna Math), 2007
ISBN 10: 8178231115 ISBN 13: 9788178231112
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Softcover. Zustand: Good. Abstruse ideas in religion and philosophy are more appealing when expressed as stories and told as parables. This complete collection of stories shows the power of the Indian saint Ramakrishna and his ability to express powerful ideas in simple ways.
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Verlag: Brand: Vedanta Press Bookshop, 1987
ISBN 10: 8171202446 ISBN 13: 9788171202447
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Softcover. Zustand: Good. First Edition. Saundaryalahari is one of the most popular Sanskrit poems in India and deals with Sakti worship. The first 41 verses are the source of various mantras and deal chiefly with Sri Chakra. The mantra of Tripurasundary is also dealt with. The 59 verses that follow give a description of the form of the Devi utilizing most of the forms of speech known to Sanskrit poetics. The subject matter of this book is highly technical and deal with matters that get little publicity. The mantras and ways of worship need to be learned by a competent student from a competent teacher who is a Sampradayavit. Sanskrit text with transliteration. The translation and notes are based on Lakshmidara's commentary.
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Verlag: Brand: Vedanta Press - (Advaita Ashrama), 2010
ISBN 10: 817505199X ISBN 13: 9788175051997
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Hardcover. Zustand: New. First Edition. A verse-by-verse translation with Sanskrit in Devanagri, transliteration, and commentary. Based on classes given by the author while visiting the Vedanta Centre in Japan. The author, Swami Bhuteshananda, was the 12th President of the Ramakrishna Math and Ramakrishna Mission. He was greatly was loved and respected for his saintly personality, his profound scholarship, and his lucid exposition of the scriptures. He visited the Vedanta Centre of Japan ten times, staying there for about 75 Japanese students of Vedanta. Many of them who attended his classes all the years, later taped, transcribed, and sent the scripts to Belur Math.The swami initially rejected the idea of bringing the title out in a book form, for he felt that the lectures were superficial. Impressed by reading the lectures in Vedanta, many, however, persisted in their request to publish them as a book.
Verlag: Brand: Vedanta Press n Bookshop, 1979
ISBN 10: 0874810221 ISBN 13: 9780874810226
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Softcover. Zustand: Good. 3rd. Product Description Note: This book has been reprinted in a new edition. Enter into the search engine 0874810353 for the latest version. The edition on this page is out of print. The Spiritual Heritage of India is a brief history of the philosophy of a country that has never distinguished philosophy from religion. The account extends from centuries of which there is no historical record to the recent Sri Ramakrishna revival of the ancient Vedanta. This book brings together in one volume the spiritual magnificence of the sacred books such as the Vedas, the Upanishads, and the Bhagavad Gita, three ancient Indian scriptures which are the foundation of the Hindu spiritual heritage. In connection with each of the subjects taken up the author supplies sufficient quotation from the texts concerned, as incidental illustration and sometimes also as appended passages, to give body and force to the exposition. His approach is clear and practical, and at the same time profound and richly poetic.This book takes the reader on a journey through the wisdom enshrined in these celebrated classics. This book is both an excellent introduction for readers who are coming to the subject for the first time, and a series of meditations for those who already know it well. The author has ably entered into these ancient Indian treasure-houses of spirituality and offer their ancient wisdom to the modern spiritual seeker. About the Author Swami Prabhavananda was one of the pioneer swamis sent to America by the direct disciples of Ramakrishna to build on the work started by Swami Vivekananda at the turn of the century.The swami was born in India on December 26, 1893. In 1914, after graduating from Calcutta University, he joined the Ramakrishna Order of India and was initiated by Swami Brahmananda, a direct disciple of Sri Ramakrishna.In 1923, Swami Prabhavananda came to the United States. After two years as assistant minister of the Vedanta Society of San Francisco, he established the Vedanta Society of Portland. In December 1929, he came to Los Angeles where he founded the Vedanta Society of Southern California the following year.Under the able care of the swami, the Society grew into one of the largest Vedanta Societies in the West, with monasteries in Hollywood and Trabuco Canyon and convents in Hollywood and Santa Barbara.
Verlag: Brand: Vedanta Press n Bookshop, 1980
ISBN 10: 0874810027 ISBN 13: 9780874810028
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Hardcover. Zustand: Good. Revised. The Sermon on the Mount represents the essence of both Christ's teachings and the teachings of Vedanta. Christ said, Blessed are the pure in heart, for they shall see God. The kingdom of God is within. Be ye perfect.; Theologians are apt to explain away these teachings, but we believe Christ meant what he said. Read in this book how Vedanta goes to the heart of Christ's teachings.
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Verlag: Brand: Vedanta Press - Sri Ramakrishna Math, 1991
ISBN 10: 8171204058 ISBN 13: 9788171204052
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Softcover. Zustand: New. Sanskrit verse work, with English translation on the non-dualistic (Advaita) Vedanta approach to self-realization. Of special note, Swami Turiyananda was a disciple of Sri Ramakrishna. His translation is from transcribed notes taken by Ida Ansell, an American devotee who attended the swami's classes at the turn of the century.
Verlag: Brand: Vedanta Press Bookshop, 1941
ISBN 10: 8171200591 ISBN 13: 9788171200597
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Softcover. Zustand: New. First, 19th printing. A major work of Shankara that gives a concise survey of Vedanta. With Devanagri text and English translation with explanatory notes. With Ramatirtha's glossary Includes index to slokas.The author has closely followed the commentary of Ramatirtha.
Verlag: Brand: Vedanta Press Bookshop, 1994
ISBN 10: 8171206506 ISBN 13: 9788171206506
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Softcover. Zustand: Good. This edition is no longer available. PLEASE ORDER ISBN # 9788178236803.
Verlag: Brand: Vedanta Press Bookshop, 1979
ISBN 10: 0874810353 ISBN 13: 9780874810356
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Softcover. Zustand: New. 2nd. A clear summary of Indian philosophy and religion. This selection gives excerpts from the scriptures that best explain the philosophy. Included are discussions on The Bhagavad Gita: The Song of God, How To Know God: The Yoga Aphorisms of Patanjali, The Upanishads: Breath of the Eternal. There are also chapters on the Vedas, Tantras, and other scriptures and famous teachers of India.
Verlag: Brand: Vedanta Press n Bookshop, 1956
ISBN 10: 8178233150 ISBN 13: 9788178233154
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Softcover. Zustand: New. The Srimad Bhagavatam is one of the most popular scriptures in India, and one of the most important, next to the Upanishads and Bhagavad Gita. This version focuses primarily on the teachings of Krishna, and the generally more interesting portions of the book. The translation's aim is to be true to the spirit of the original Sanskrit and be easily readable.
Verlag: Brand: Vedanta Press Bookshop, 1958
ISBN 10: 8175050179 ISBN 13: 9788175050174
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Hardcover. Zustand: New. First Edition. Volume 2 of a two-volume set. Volume Two covers the Aitareya, Mundaka, Mandukya, Karika and Prasna Upanishad. Each verse has the Devanagri Sanskrit, with English translation and commentary, with further commentary by Sankaraca. Also included is an Index to texts in Devanagri Sanskrit.
Verlag: Brand: Vedanta Press n Bookshop, 1965
ISBN 10: 087481037X ISBN 13: 9780874810370
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Softcover. Zustand: New. This biography of Ramakrishna was written for the West by one of England's most talented authors. The writing is beautiful in itself, but the story of a most unusual man with unheard of spiritual yearning is what this book is really about.Excerpt: "This is the story of a phenomenon. I will begin by calling him simply that, rather than "holy man,""mystic,"or "saint"; all emotive words with mixed associations which may attract some readers, repel others."A phenomenon is always a fact, an object of experience. That is how I shall try to approach Ramakrishna . . . I only ask you to approach Ramakrishna with the same open-minded curiosity you might feel for any highly unusual human being."
Verlag: Brand: Vedanta Press, 1978
ISBN 10: 0874810345 ISBN 13: 9780874810349
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Hardcover. Zustand: New. 3rd. A classic text on the path to God through knowledge. The basic teaching is that God alone is the all-pervading reality; the individual soul is none other than the universal soul.According to Shankara, it is the ignorance of our real nature that causes suffering and pain. The desire for happiness is essentially a longing to awaken to who and what we truly are.Through the path of self-knowledge, Shankara clearly teaches how to awaken from ignornce created by the mind, and abide in the peace of our true nature.
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Verlag: Brand: Vedanta Press n Bookshop, 2004
ISBN 10: 8178231468 ISBN 13: 9788178231464
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Zustand: very good.