NISARGADATTA MAHARAJ
      The Nectar of Immortality
Sri Nisargadatta Maharaj's Discourses on the Eternal - Edited by Robert Powell

"If one obtains and relishes the nectar of the Lord's feet, the charan-amrita, the mind can be conquered. This means that the mind will no longer hold sway over us; its mastery imposed on us from childhood will no longer oppress us... But how can such a state be attained? Only if one totally accepts the knowledge "I am" as oneself with full conviction and faith and firmly believes in the dictum I am that by I know "I am". This knowledge "I am" is the charan-amrita. Why is it called amrita - the nectar? Because... by drinking nectar, one becomes immortal. Thus, a true devotee, by abiding in the knowledge "I am" transcends the experience of death and attains immortality."

"There are no conditions to fulfill. There is nothing to be done, nothing to be given up. Just look and remember, whatever you perceive is not you, nor yours. It is there in the field of your consciousness, but you are not the field and its content, nor the knower of the field. It is your idea that you have to do things that entangle you in the results of your efforts. The motive, the desire, the failure to achieve, the sense of frustration - all this holds you back. Simply look at whatever happens and know that you are beyond it."

Nisargadatta Maharaj is an inspiring example of an ordinary family man who attained complete realisation of the Infinite. Living the absolute non-duality of Being in every moment, he taught that true freedom is a possibility for every one of us. Even on the written page, Nisargadatta's words carry a special potency. They subtly push us beyond the ego to our original, pristine and blissful Self, to the rediscovery of Oneness and authentic liberation in our Source.
192 pages - 13,00 Euros - weight: 300 g

 NISARGADATTA MAHARAJ
      I Am That
Talks with Sri Nisargadatta Maharaj
Compiled and translated by Maurice Frydman

This is a modern spiritual classic. Maharaj's teaching is considered by many as the direct path to the pathless goal of Self-realisation. I am That preserves Nisargadatta's dialogues with seekers who came to him from around the world seeking guidance in destroying false identities. The sage's concern was with the ending of human suffering. It was his mission to guide the individual to an understanding of his true nature and the timelessness of being. He taught that mind must recognise and penetrate its own state of being, not being this or that, here or there, then or now, but just a timeless being.

"The real does not die, the unreal never lived. Once you know that death only happens to the body and not to you, you just watch your body falling off, like a discarded garment. The real you is timeless and beyond birth and death. The body will survive as long as it is needed. It is not important that it should live long."

550 pages - 24,00 Euros - weight: 670 g

 NISARGADATTA MAHARAJ
      Consciousness and the Absolute
Edited by Jean Dunn

The final talks of Nisargadatta Maharaj given in 1980 - 1981. Maharaj in this last volume is more direct and piercing than ever.

"Now I rarely speak, and when I speak, rarely does anyone understand. You might collect a lot of words, but will they remain with you? You are bereft of words and the meaning of words, you are not a personality."

118 pages - 6,00 Euros - weight: 180 g

 SIDDHARAMESHWAR MAHARAJ
      Master Key to Self-Realisation - Amrut Laya, 'The Stateless State'
Discourses on Dasbodh 

Siddharameshwar Maharaj, the master of Nisargadatta Maharaj and Ranjit Maharaj changed his own master's traditional way of teaching through meditation (Pipilika Marg) called the ant's way into the bird's way (Vihangam Marg), which uses thinking to overcome ignorance. He preached the more direct Bird's Way in very simple and lucid language. Siddharameshwar Maharaj also wanted the understanding of Final Reality to be accessible to all, so he refused to use complicated or technical language and used examples taken from daily life. He taught that the sat-chit-ananda stage (the source of knowledge or consciousness) is still an illusion. Reality is beyond both ignorance and knowledge. He first taught by way of knowledge and then told his disciples to renounce the world, because renunciation without knowledge has no value. Finally, he told them to renounce the renunciation because that is also ego based. This teaching enabled them to understand that the world starts from 'zero' (knowledge) and ends in 'zero', so when it is nothing, what is there to renounce? One then re-enters the illusory world convinced that it is nothing but 'zero'.

Written in the 17th century by Swami Samarth Ramdas, Dasbodh captures the essence of Upanishadic thought: the Reality of the all-pervading oneness. The essential merit of Amrut Laya lies in the fact that Siddharameshwar Maharaj interpreted the seemingly esoteric and abstract teachings of Dasbodh in a lucid manner to facilitate understanding by even those without formal education. This book is ideally aimed at the seeker, who having tired of the transience of this phenomenal existence, strives to know the original cause of his creation.
200 pages - 8,45 Euros - weight: 265 g

 SIDDHARAMESHWAR MAHARAJ
      Amrut Laya Volume II
The Spiritual Science of Self-Knowledge

This volume is a companion to the first volume entitled Amrut Laya - The Stateless State. That first volume contains the the great work of distinction written by Shri Satguru Siddharameshwar Maharaj entitled The Master Key to Self Realization as well as the transcribed notes from 50 lectures given by Shri Satguru Siddharameshwar Maharaj on various themes from Dasbodh.
This second volume of Amrut Laya contains transcribed notes of 88 additional lectures. This text is a great treasure-house of Spiritual Enlightenment and "Knowledge of Self" that has been imparted by Shri Satguru Siddharameshwar Maharaj. In this book, he elaborates on various spiritual principles that are presented in selections from three main classic texts : Dasbodh, Yogavasishtha and Eknathi Bhagawat. He gives detailes explanations of many principles of Vedantic philosophy in a clear, simple language. Most importantly he describes the nature of the Self (Atman), Brahman, dispels Ignorance with Knowledge (Jnana), and then tells us to cast off even that Knowledge. He directs the reader to that indescibable Parabrahman wihch is our True Form (Swaroopa).

"Spiritual science (Adhyatma) is the science where the Self (Parabrahman) is considered to be first, and foremost. A yogi is one who acquires that which is relevant, that which is essential, the Truth. One who has washed off the dirt of illusion (Maya), and has become peacefully steady in the Self after attaining the clean and pure Truth, is a 'Saint'. Only the Saints have given up this material world and regard it as a mere illusion. This world is a battlefield where a struggle for survival goes on perpetually. A Saint is the one who chooses not to reside in this battlefield of the objective world."

151 pages - 8,45 Euros - weight: 265 g

 RANJIT MAHARAJ
      Understanding Is realizing
Master Strokes of Shri Ranjit Maharaj's Teachings

"Never worry for anything, whatever state you are in. It is only a bodily or mind's affair. You are stateless. All these states come and go. You are always He. Never accept anything less. What is there to prove, zero is always zero. You are untouchable. Forget everything and you are He at this very moment. There is nothing to leave and nothing to take. You are Self without self. There is only Oneness in the world. There is no duality. Everybody is He, so why worry."

This small book is a collection of Ranjit Maharaj's invaluable words, which are simple, straight forward and penetrate the heart of the sincere seeker of Reality. The teaching of Maharaj, like that of his master, Siddharameshwar Maharaj, is based on a simple and direct transmission of knowledge. He insists that what you see, perceive, think and feel is not true, because it is impermanent. By accepting this Truth through understanding, you discover who you really are, the eternal Reality, That which lies beyond all knowledge and ignorance. The book also contains many photos of both Ranjit and Siddharameshwar Maharaj.
80 pages - 4,25 Euros - weight: 100 g

 RANJIT MAHARAJ
      Illusion versus Reality
Dialogues with Shri Ranjit Maharaj on the Stateless State

"Death is to the body. You are not the body. What comes must go, but you are ever there. Electricity doesn't worry if a bulb goes off. Put in another bulb and you get the light. You are everywhere. You are the source of everything. How can you die? Master makes you He (the Reality), no death for you. I still go ahead and say this is a dead body at the moment.Power is connected, it speaks. In a fraction of a second power can be disconnected.Be He, that's the main point."

Since 1996, Ranjit Maharaj has been invited to Europe and America to answer seekers' questions about Reality. This book is a compilation of dialogues on the 'Stateless State' which took place in various countries.
Ranjit Maharaj met his master, Siddharameshwar Maharaj at the age of 12. His teaching, given in the spirit of his master's, makes no concession for the ego and aims only at pure Self-knowledge and freedom.
220 pages- 8,45 Euros - weight: 325 g

 RANJIT MAHARAJ
      Illusion versus Reality - Part 2
Dialogues with Shri Ranjit Maharaj on the Stateless State

"One who goes to the depth of the ocean gets the pearl. Go to the depth of yourself and He remains (the Reality). One who gets the understanding doesn't feel anything. Whatever happens, let it happen, it's okay."

Ranjit Maharaj was born in Bombay on January 4th 1913. In 1924, at the age of 12, he met his master Siddharameshwar Maharaj, a great unknown master of the age. Ranjit Maharaj only began teaching in 1983 at the age of 70 when increasing numbers of seekers kept showing up at his door. The teaching of Ranjit Maharaj is in the continuity of his master's, with no concession for the ego and aiming only at pure self knowledge and freedom. This book gives a straight forward and comprehensive knowledge of the Reality in the form of questions and answers which took place in Bombay and Europe from February 15th, 1999 until July 26th, 2000, less than four months before he passed away.
215 pages - 8,45 Euros - weight: 270 g

 J. KRISHNAMURTI
      The Future is Now
Last Talks in India

When Krishnamurti went to India in November 1985, he was in his ninety first year and showing signs of weakness. He had returned, in the words of one of his followers, 'to say good-bye'. He gave public talks and took part in discussions with various people, however with all the vigor and passionate concern of the previous sixty years. This book contains all these talks and discussions which took place at two of his schools - Rajghat in Varanasi and Rishi Valley - and at Madras.
152 pages - 6,00 Euros - weight: 325 g

 J. KRISHNAMURTI
      Truth and Actuality

"The mutation in consciousness is the ending of time, which is the ending of the 'me' which has been produced through time. Can this take place? Or is it just a theory like any other?"

In this book Krishnamurti takes up anew the central questions of Truth, the possibility of realising it, and the problems of everyday living. He considers the relation between truth; reality as it appears to our consciousness; and the actuality in which we live and which we perceive with our senses.
171 pages - 7,50 Euros - weight: 140 g

 J. KRISHNAMURTI
      Last Talks at Saanen 1985
With photographs by Mark Edwards

"When you begin to be aware choicelessly of your self-interest, to stay with it, to study it, to learn about it, to observe all the intricacies of it, then you can find out for yourself where it is necessary and where it is completely unnecessary."

This book is a commemoration of Krishnamurti's last talks at Saanen, after twenty five years of holding summer gatherings there. It contains five talks and three Questions and Answers, as well as many photos of Krishnamurti taken during his last summer in Saanen, 1985. He died on February 17th, 1986.
160 pages - 8,00 Euros - weight: 635 g

 SAYINGS OF J. KRISHNAMURTI
Compiled by Susunaga Weeraperuma

"Receptivity is the capacity to be open, without condemnation or justification, to what is; and it is that from which you try to escape through prayer."

Susunaga is well known for his work on J. Krishnamurti. Sayings of J. Krishnamurti is like a beautiful garland of many fragrant flowers. it comprises carefully selected quotations from Krishnamurti's talks on a wide range of spiritual and philosophical topics. At the end of each quotation, a indication of its source is given. This compilation forms the quintessence of J. Krishnamurti's message.
225 pages - 5,00 Euros - weight: 280 g

 RAMAKRISHNA
      A Portrait of Sri Ramakrishna
A Translation of the Bengali Biography by Akshay Kumar Sen, a direct disciple of Sri Ramakrishna

The author was the witness to many episodes in Sri Ramakrishna's life. He includes the personal experiences events that he witnessed as well as accounts given by relatives, neighbors and people known to Sri Ramakrishna. His style of writing , relating an event in the Master's life and then giving a devotional and philosophical interpretation to it, makes this book unique and gives the reader an opportunity to become completely absorbed in that moment of the Master's life. Every aspect of Ramakrishna's life is described - the man and his divinity.
Akshay Kumar Sen (1854-1923), an intimate disciple of Sri Ramakrishna (1836-1886), was blessed by both Sri Sarada Devi and Swami Vivekananda to create this masterpiece.
888 pages - 23,00 Euros - weight: 1290 g

 SWAMI CHIDANANDA
      Ponder These Truths
Early Morning Meditation Talks

The reading of the words of modern saints such as Ramakrishna, Vivekananda or Ramana Maharshi awakened in Swami Chidananda the aspiration for a spiritual life. In 1943 he joined the Divine Life Society of Sivananda, who sent him to teach in the West in 1959. In 1963 he succeeded to Swami Sivananda at the head of the Divine Life Society. Early morning group meditation was an integral part of life at Sivananda Ashram. Having noticed the special quality of these talks, the ashram residents decided to publish them in order to make them available to those who did not reside there. This volume contains a selection of 75 talks given between 1987 and 1990. The style was purposefully kept as close to the spoken words of Swami Chidananda.
377 pages - 5,00 Euros - weight: 455 g

 SWAMI RAMA TIRTHA
      In Woods of God-Realization
The Complete works of Swami Rama Tirtha - Volume 1

"Once the Sun shines in the horizon of our consciousness, once we wake up to the true nature of things, all causations and laws begin to revolve round as planets and satellites, nay, they approach us even as children do their mother at the dinner."

Swami Rama Tirtha, who was Poonjaji's uncle, was a mathematician who became a remarkable poet and saint of India. He traveled extensively in America and Japan speaking to those who came to him. He drowned in the Ganga at the age of 33. This book is a compilation of lectures given in America and Japan in the early 1900's.
Volume 1 - 352 pages - 5,00 Euros - weight: 405 g

 SWAMI RAMA TIRTHA
      Songs of Enlightenment
Poems by Swami Rama Tirtha

This book presents the Urdu and Persian poems of the great yogi, Swami Rama Tirtha, who restated the Upanishadic wisdom in modern terms on the basis of his own personal experience. All his poems are an expression of his spiritual enlightenment. Full of mystical and philosophical insights, these poems provide inspiring texts for meditation for those seeking a deeper solution to the problems of life.
261 pages - 17,00 Euros - weight: 405 g

 SWAMI RAMDAS
      Servant of God
Sayings of a Self-Realised Sage
Compiled by Susunaga Weeraperuma

Never before have all the various facets of the teachings of Swami Ramdas (1884-1963) been brought together in one comprehensive volume. This book is collection of extracts from the writings of Ramdas that are arranged under 101 chapter headings. The first chapter is a long detailed account that is replete with fascinating anecdotes about this saint.
257 pages - 8,00 Euros - weight: 440 g

 SWAMI SIVANANDA
      Lives Of Saints

The sketches being presented here come from the pen of a spiritual personality, thus giving them a distinctive spiritual perspective. Swami Sivananda, settled in Rishikesh (northern India) on the bank of the holy river Ganges to practise intense austerities. He became the inspiring figure of the Divine Life Society whose role is the dissemination of spiritual knowledge and the training of people in Yoga and Vedanta.
In his introduction he says : "Saints, to whatever clime they may belong, have left their footprints on the sands of time, so that others, who are true and faithful, may follow their tracks in search of the Eternal truth. Their lives have ever remained an inspiration to us. Their glory has ever been green in our memory. Their teaching have ever flowed with the tide of life. may they inspire us and guide us for ever!"

The 13 sections present :
- Saints of Ancient Times (Maharshi Vyasa, Sage Yajnavalkya, Dattatreya,...),
- The Prophets (Zoroaster, Buddha, Confucius,...),
- The Acharyas (Sankara, Ramananda, Gauranga,...)
- The Saivita Acharyas of Tamil Nadu (Sundaramurti, Manickavasagar,...)
- The Alwars or Vaishnava Mystics of South India (Periyalwar, Andal, Saint Alavandar,...)
- Saints of Maharashtra (Samartha Ramdas, Ekanath, Tukaram, Jnanadev,...)
- Saints of North India (Kabir, Milarepa of Tibet, Saint Haridas,...)
- Saints of South India (Kanak Das, Vidyaranya, Thiruvalluvar,...)
- Women Saints (Mira Bai, Muktabai, Rabia,...)
- Sufi Saints (Jalal-ud-din Rumi, Bulla Shah,...)
- Christian Mystics (Saint Augustine, Saint Francis Xavier,...)
- The Sikh Gurus (Guru Nanak, Guru Har Govind, Guru Govind Singh,...)
- Saints of Recent Times (Swami Dayananda Saraswati, Ramakrishna, Swami Rama Tirtha, Ramana Maharshi,...)
511 pages - 8,00 Euros - weight: 540 g

 SWAMI SIVANANDA
      May I Answer That?

Question : What is God ?
Answer : If I give you a good slap on your face, who knows that slap ? That knower (Vetta), that knowing subject is God.

Before he became Swami Sivananda, he worked as a doctor in Malaysia. His constant contact with human suffering made him turn to the life of wandering sannyasi in search of the meaning of life. He ended up in Rishikesh, where he met his Guru and engaged in austere spiritual practices. Keen to share his wisdom with seeking souls, Sivananda founded the Divine Life Society and started writing. This book is a compilation of over 250 questions and answers about a very wide range of subjects.
216 pages - 4,00 Euros - weight: 235 g

 SWAMI VIVEKANANDA
      Vedanta - Voice of Freedom
Edited and Introduction by Swami Chetanananda
Foreword by Christopher Isherwood - Preface by Huston Smith

Swami Chetanananda's compilation of a selection from eight volumes of Swami Vivekananda's lectures, writings and letters is a useful and valuable introduction to Vedanta presented by one who experienced it. After a thorough definition of Vedanta, the reader will find introductions to various yogas (karma, jnana, bhakti and raja).
328 pages - 8,00 Euros - weight: 505 g

 SHREE MA - THE GURU AND THE GODDESS
By Swami Satyananda Saraswati

Shree Ma comes from the lineage of Ramakrishna and she is an inspiration for thousands of spiritual seekers throughout the world. This book contains what is considered in India, to be three of the most important works for study and sadhana (spiritual practice) and they are part of the practices in her ashrams. The first, a translation of Kasyapa Sutras, appeals to both Jnanis and Bhaktas. The second is a Sanskrit text and translation of the Guru Gita, an inspirational devotional song to in praise of the Guru (spiritual teacher). The third is a Sanskrit text and translation of the Lalita Trisati Stotram, a definition of Sri Vidya and other texts. All aim to build up the intellectual understanding as a foundation to devotional practices.
275 pages - 5,00 Euros - weight: 415 g

 VIMALA THAKAR
      Insights into the Bhagavad Gita

"In order to remain in the state of non-duality, in order to remain merged in the supreme Cosmic intelligence, as a drop of water remains merged in the ocean, it is necessary to educate ourselves not to be harassed and tortured by the thought process. "

Vimala Thakar gave a series of inspired talks on the Bhagavad Gita to a group of yoga teachers, in three separate seminars, during 1992 and 1993 while she was visiting Italy. To her the Bhagavad Gita is very sacred because it deals with the organic wholeness of Life; and the inbuilt complexity of Life. It affirms the interplay between the microcosm and macrocosm and persuades us to remain united with the ultimate reality, not only to intellectual understanding, but through everything that we do, at every moment. Thus, the deepest spiritual insight concerning the Bhagavad Gita are presented, herein, into the words full of clarity and compassion.
374 pages - 12,00 Euros - weight: 690 g

 VIMALA THAKAR
      On An Eternal Voyage

"To respond to every thing around me is fulfillment. To walk austerely through pain and pleasure, beauty and ugliness, joy and sadness of life, is living in silence. The spontaneous movement of silence is meditation."

This book tells us how Vimala Thakar set upon an inward journey to freedom. It also contains the verbatim report of some of her talks with J. Krishnamurti concerning human transformation. After 8 years work in the land-gift-mission in India, Vimala Thakar set out to speak about the necessity of total inward revolution.
69 pages - 4,00 Euros - weight: 120 g

 VIMALA THAKAR
      Totality in Essence
A Unique Contribution to Yogic Science

This book is a compilation of nine talks and one question-and-answer session conducted by Vimala Thakar in Ceylon between February 24th and March 11th, 1971.

"Sir, do not let God be a concept and theory to be imprisoned in the pages of the books and in the images and idols of temples and churches. Let him become the reality of life. He is the substance. The invisible, the unmanifest is the substance, the visible and the known is only the shadow. This is the conceptualisation and ideation of the reality that has made man fight."

132 pages - 4,00 Euros - weight: 135 g

 VIMALA THAKAR
      Why Meditation?
Five Talks delivered at the Blaisdell Institute, Claremont University, California 1974

This is a collection of five talks providing the reader with the true perspective of the total life necessary for a religious inquiry rooted in an understanding of the reality on the physical, the verbal and the mental levels. Sensitivity and attention are essential to avoid the pitfalls of the human mind.

"Meditation is a state of the total being where there is no movement at all, no movement of the mind, the conscious, the subconscious, the unconscious. It is a state of motionlessness. It is a dimension of life that is beyond the field of energy and motion."
82 pages - 4,00 Euros - weight: 105 g