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Let
there be peace and love among all beings of the universe. OM
Shanti, Shanti, Shanti.
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RAMANA
MAHARSHI
READ
AN EXCERPT
GURU
VACHAKA KOVAI | THE GARLAND OF
GURU'S
SAYINGS
By
Muruganar
Translated
by Dr T.V. Venkatasubramanian, Robert
Butler and David
Godman
Edited
and annotated by David
Godman
"That which is worth taking up is
the Self-enquiry that reveals the
knowledge of the Self; that which is worth
enjoying is the grandeur of the Self; that
which is worth renouncing is the ego-mind;
that in which it is worth taking refuge,
to eliminate sorrow completely, is one's
own source, the Heart.
That which should be attained is true
knowledge of the Self; that which the mind
should meditate upon is the feet of God;
that on which one should firmly depend is
satsang; that which should well up in the
Heart is peace."
Guru Vachaka Kovai is the most
authoritative collection of Ramana
Maharshi's spoken teachings. The first
Tamil edition of the book, published in
1939, was personally checked and revised
by Ramana Maharshi himself.
The 1,254 verses in this book, recorded by
Muruganar in the last decades of Ramana
Maharshi's life, cover the full spectrum
of his teachings. This new translation of
the entire work includes previously
unpublished explanatory notes by Muruganar
and supplementary teaching material by Sri
Ramana that illustrates or expands on the
words of the original text.
598 pages | 29,00 € | 1130 g
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RAMANA
MAHARSHI
PADAMALAI
| TEACHINGS OF SRI RAMANA
MAHARSHI
Recorded
in Tamil by Muruganar | First
English Translation
Translated
by Dr T.V. Venkatasubramanian, Robert
Butler and David
Godman
Edited
and annotated by David Godman
"What is always natural to everyone
is liberation, which is bliss. Bondage is
delusion of mind, a false sensation. The
ego alone is bondage, and one's own true
nature, free of the contagion of the ego,
is liberation. There is no greater
deception than believing that liberation,
which is ever present as one's own nature,
will be attained at some later stage. Even
the desire for liberation is the work of
delusion. Therefore, remain still."
Padamalai is a Tamil work
that contains almost 2,000 teaching
statements by Ramana Maharshi, none of
which has ever appeared in English before.
They were recorded by Muruganar, one of
Sri Ramana's foremost disciples, in
two-line couplets.
David Godman, who has written several
books on Ramana Maharshi and his
disciples, has edited this English edition
of Padamalai. He has arranged the
teachings by subject, and he has added
many supplementary quotations by Sri
Ramana that amplify or explain the subject
matter.
This is a completely new presentation of
Ramana Maharshi's teachings that contains
many statements and ideas by him that have
never appeared in any other book about
him.
396 pages | 22,00 € | 550 g
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RAMANA
MAHARSHI
HEART
IS THY NAME, OH
LORD
Moments
of Silence with Sri Ramana Maharshi
Foreword
by Vimala Thakar
The Maharshi, Bhagavan Sri Ramana was
drawn to Arunachala hill in his
seventeenth year, after a spiritually
awakening death experience. For the rest
of his life, till the body was shed fifty
years later, he never left his beloved
hill. People from far and near came to his
presence and were spiritually
enriched.
His divine presence continues to be felt
and his universal philosophy attracts an
ever-growing following.
This book is a selection of his teachings
arranged with beautiful full-page
photographs, and is intended to help the
mind turn inward and abide in deep Silence
awaiting each of us.
Oh
Arunachala! In Thee the picture of the
universe is formed,
has its stay, and is dissolved;
this is the sublime truth.
Thou art the inner Self, who dancest in
the Heart as 'I'.
'Heart' is Thy name, Oh
Lord!
108
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| 495 g
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RAMANA
MAHARSHI
ABSOLUTE
CONSCIOUSNESS
"The seen is not different from the
seer. What exists is the one Self, not the
seer and seen. The seen regarded as Self
is real."
This book contains some of the precious,
direct and profound teachings of Bhagavan
Sri Ramana Maharshi. The book is divided
into three parts. The first part contains
his main teaching, Nan Yar [Who
Am I?], the direct path and
consciousness. The second part concerns
the eternal, unlimited, unchanging
consciousness. The final part consists of
Self-enquiry, ego, mind, rebirth and other
subjects. Through Self-enquiry, one is
able to bypass the endless thought
pressures and remain in the the natural
state of happiness and Self-knowledge.
There are also about 50 photographs of
Bhagavan Ramana.
200 pages | 7,00 € | 255 g
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RAMANA
MAHARSHI 3
VOLUMES
THE
POWER OF THE PRESENCE | PART 1
***
temporarily unavailable
***
Transforming
encounters with Sri Ramana Maharshi
Edited
by David Godman
What was it like to live with and be
guided by Sri Ramana Maharshi, one of the
greatest sages that India has ever
produced? In Part One of this new
anthology eight devotees narrate their
personal stories that chronicle in detail
how Bhagavan's power and grace had
transformed their lives. The devotees are
Rangan, Sivaprakasam Pillai, Akhilandamma,
Sadhu Natanananda, N. R. Krishnamurti
Aiyer, Chalam, Souris and Swami
Madhavatirha. Most of these accounts have
never before appeared in English. This
book shows the many different
relationships Bhagavan had with devotees
who had widely differing backgrounds and
who in many cases surrendered their lives
to him.
"Going through these accounts again,
some of which I have not read for more
than tens years, I can only marvel at the
awesome, effortless power that flowed from
Bhagavan and transformed the lives and
hearts of those who were pulled into his
orbit. When I first came across some of
these stories, I felt as if I had
discovered buried treasure. Now, many
years later, I feel that the time is now
right to put this treasure into the public
domain so that everyone who feels drawn to
Sri Bhagavan can have a share in
it."
David
Godman
294 pages | 17,00 € | 425
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RAMANA
MAHARSHI
THE
POWER OF THE PRESENCE | PART 2
***
temporarily unavailable
***
Transforming
encounters with Sri Ramana Maharshi
Edited
by David Godman
In Part Two of this new anthology six
devotees narrate their lengthy
first-person accounts of how their lives
were transformed by Ramana Maharshi. The
devotees are Kunju Swami, Muruganar, T. P.
Ramachandra Iyer, Chhaganlal V. Yogi,
Lakshmana Swamy and Viswanatha Swami.
"I was a learned fool. My flawed
mind knew nothing till I came to dwell
with Him whose glance filled my heart with
the light of awareness. Dwelling in that
gracious state of peace, whose nature is
holy silence, so hard to gain and know, I
entered into union with the deathless sate
of knowledge of Reality."
Muruganar
269 pages | 17,00 € | 375
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RAMANA
MAHARSHI
THE
POWER OF THE PRESENCE | PART
3
Transforming
encounters with Sri Ramana Maharshi
Edited
by David Godman
In this third and final volume, David
Godman has included an anthology of the
lives and experiences of a number of
outstanding devotees of Ramana Maharshi
who never recorded their own stories.
These devotees include Ramanatha
Brahmachari, Mastan, Lakshmi the cow,
Echammal, Mudaliar Patti, Krishna Bhikshu,
Wolter Keers, G.V. Subbaramayya and Natesa
Iyer. They all exemplify the highest
quality of devotion to their Guru. Also
included is a chapter by Lakshman Sarma
that contains an excellent summary of many
aspects of Bhagavan's teachings. This text
is written in verse form and contains many
of Bhagavan's direct quotations.
"The transforming glance of the sage
of Arunachala penetrated my heart in a way
that I, a worthless soul without true
love, was redeemed completely. Through its
action I was transformed into the state of
Shiva."
Ramanatha
Brahmachari
346 pages | 17,00 € | 475
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RAMANA
MAHARSHI
SRI
RAMANA
DARSANAM
By
Sadhu Natanananda
Translated by Dr Venkatasubramanian |
Edited by David Godman
"When the glittering sun appears, no
stars are seen. Similarly, when my
godliness arose, no thought appeared."
Sadhu Natanananda was a
distinguished Tamil scholar and devotee
who first met Bhagavan in Skandashram. His
collection of dialogues with Bhagavan
– Upadesa Manjari in Tamil and
Spiritual Instructions in English
– has appeared in several editions of
Bhagavan's own Collected Works.
Sadhu Natanananda also edited Vichara
Sangraham
[Self-Enquiry] in both the
essays and question-and-answer formats.
Bhagavan also gave him the job of
arranging the verses of Guru Vachaka
Kovai, Muruganar's authoritative
compendium of Bhagavan's teachings.
This work, Sri Ramana Darsanam, is
a penetrating analysis of Bhagavan's life
and teachings, illustrated by many
quotations and stories that have never
appeared in English before. Also included
are two long poems that Natanananda wrote
in the 1950's which explain key points of
Bhagavan's teaching and give intimate
details of Natanananda's own inner
experiences.
146 pages | 11,50 € | 275
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RAMANA
MAHARSHI
RAMANA
PURANAM
Composed
by Sri Ramana Maharshi and Sri
Muruganar
Edited
and Translated by Dr
T.V. Venkatasubramanian, Robert
Butler and David
Godman
In the 1920's and 30's Muruganar wrote
Sri Ramana Sannidhi Murai, an
anthology of devotional poems in praise of
Bhagavan that was modelled on the
Tiruvachakam of Manikkavachagar.
While he was composing, in Bhagavan’s
presence, the poem that would eventually
be called Ramana Puranam, he took a
break to go out and think about the title.
When he returned to the hall, he was
astonished to discover that Bhagavan had
not only named the poem Ramana
Puranam by writing this title on every
page of the manuscript, he had also
completed it by composing and adding about
300 extra lines. In his contribution to
Ramana Puranam Bhagavan not only
continued with some of Muruganar’s
own devotional themes, he also expanded
the range of the work by including many
lines that summarised key aspects of his
own teachings, particularly ideas that he
had written about in Ulladu
Narpadu. This work, larger than any
of Bhagavan's other poetical works, has
languished in an undeserved obscurity for
many decades, accessible only to those few
who knew enough literary Tamil to read the
original.
104 pages | 11,50 € | 215
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RAMANA
MAHARSHI
THE
SHINING OF MY LORD
Selected Verses from Sri Ramana Jnana
Bodham and Other Muruganar Texts
Composed by Muruganar
Translated
by Dr T.V. Venkatasubramanian, Robert
Butler and David
Godman
Edited
and annotated by David Godman
When Muruganar passed away in 1973, the
task of preserving and organising the
approximately 20,000 verses of his that
had yet to be published fell to Sadhu Om,
his literary executor. Over the next
decade he edited this body of work,
eventually bringing it out in a series of
nine Tamil volumes entitled Sri Ramana
Jnana Bodham. This title can be
translated as The Experience of Jnana
Bestowed by Sri Ramana, or
Experiencing the Jnana that is Sri
Ramana.
Padamalai, a collection of
Bhagavan’s sayings recorded by
Muruganar, is the only substantial part of
Sri Ramana Jnana Bodham that has so
far appeared in English. It was published
in 2003 and is available above.
The Shining of my Lord is an
anthology of just over 1,000 Muruganar
verses that have primarily been taken from
the first eight volumes of Sri Ramana
Jnana Bodham. They have been selected,
translated and edited by T.V.
Venkatasubramanian and David Godman. The
book also includes a long introductory
biography that chronicles Muruganar’s
association with Sri Ramana Maharshi and
the literary works that were the fruit of
that relationship.
Unlike Padamalai, where the
emphasis is on recording Bhagavan’s
teachings, the theme of this new book is
the state of liberation that Sri Ramana
bestowed on Muruganar. In verse after
verse Muruganar attempts to describe the
state of the Self and the grace of his
Guru, Sri Ramana, which enabled him to
become established in it.
279 pages | 16,50 € | 515
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ANNAMALAI
SWAMI
FINAL
TALKS
Edited
by David Godman
"Forgetfulness or non-forgetfulness
is not a part of your destiny. It is
something you choose from moment to
moment. That is what Bhagavan [Ramana
Maharshi] said. He said that you have
the freedom either to identify with the
Self and have the understanding that the
body is performing its predestined
activities, animated and sustained by the
power of the Self, or you can identify
with the activities of the body and the
mind, and in doing so forget the Self. If
you choose the latter course, don't blame
God or God's will, or predestination. God
did not make you forget the Self. You
yourself are making that choice every
second of your life."
Annamalai Swami came to Ramana
Maharshi in 1928 and spent nearly all of
the following ten years serving him,
initially as his attendant, and
subsequently as the supervisor of all the
building projects that Sri Ramanasramam
undertook during this period.
In 1995, the year that Annamalai Swami
passed away at the age of eighty-nine,
audio recordings were made of the
dialogues that he held with those coming
to him for spiritual instructions between
March and October. This small, powerful
book is therefore an edited record of what
turned out to be the last six months of
Annamalai Swami's teaching career. His
teachings were uncompromising,
straightforward, and rarely deviated from
a solid core of advice that he himself had
been given by his own Guru. However, they
were delivered with a force and a gentle
humour that was irresistibly
attractive.
99 pages | 11,50 € | 240 g
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H. W.
L. POONJA
THE
TRUTH IS
This is a collection of spontaneous
discourses, from 1990 to 1996, between
Poonjaji and visitor's coming to him for
guidance. Through his responses, Poonja
reveals thousands of ways to help us
enquire into who we really are – pure
love and consciousness, the totality of
existence. Bringing our awareness into the
infinity of the moment, we are finally
ready to surrender to the wisdom of our
Truth.
Satguru is within your own Self and
nowhere else.
Your Satguru dwells in your heart
and in the heart of all beings.
Since you don't understand his
language,
by Grace he takes a form to point you
within.
The Maharshi often would say,
"The real Guru is within."
Question : Why am I so
insecure?
Papaji : Because you are depending
on something that is not secure itself and
therefore you cannot be happy!
553 pages | including 26
photographs | 29,00 € |
850 g
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H. W.
L. POONJA
WAKE
UP AND ROAR
"For an enlightened being there is no
consideration of past or future. No
consideration is given to the fruits of
action. Rather, action is taken in each
moment from Emptiness. The fruits will
take of themselves."
This book introduces to the world an
extraordinary development. Full awakening
is possible here and now for everybody,
regardless of background, practice or
personal circumstances. This possibility
is the teaching and transmission of Sri
H.W.L. Poonja. Inspired by his teacher,
Ramana Maharshi, Poonjaji leads one on to
the Source – the Self, through
conversations, in the form of questions
and answers. The approach is simple and
direct.
Many people have experienced glimpses of
the Truth through psychedelics or
meditating or unexpected moments of bliss.
Yet, because of incorrect understanding,
these moments usually get incorporated
into the ego as just another experience.
There is an unspoken belief that it is not
possible to be totally awakened in this
lifetime. Wake Up and Roar
announces the possibility of true freedom
now. No postponement or practice
necessary! This is Sri Poonjaji's gift to
the world.
''The Self contains everything.
There is nothing apart from it. This is
why you can call it Emptiness. There is
nothing beyond Emptiness.''
320 pages | including 25
photographs | 25,00 € |
630 g
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H. W.
L. POONJA
READ
AN EXCERPT
THE
FIRE OF FREEDOM
Satsang
with Papaji
Edited
by David Godman
"If someone tells you something, don't
accept it because no teaching has so far
touched the Truth. This much I will tell
you. No one ever spoke the Truth. No word
has ever been coined to present
it."
Sri H.W.L. Poonja, known in his later
years by the title 'Papaji', has been one
of the most influential spiritual figures
of modern times. A disciple of the great
South Indian Guru Sri Ramana Maharshi,
Papaji brought the teachings of his own
master to new generations of seekers in
the decades that followed Sri Ramana's
passing away in 1950.
After an incident-packed and peripatetic
life that took him all over the world,
Papaji finally settled down in Lucknow,
North India, where he gave daily satsangs
throughout the 1990's. His teaching,
succinctly and trenchantly expressed in
this completely new collection of teaching
dialogues between Papaji and visitors who
came to see him in Lucknow in the middle
of 1991. At that time only about fifteen
people would come each day, and all the
satsangs were held in the living room of
Papaji's house.
In these conversations Papaji explains the
practical teachings of his master, Ramana
Maharshi, in a simple and forceful way. As
he engages his visitors in discussions
about the nature of spiritual freedom and
the means by which it can be discovered,
he is always looking for an opportunity to
take his questioners back to the source of
their minds so that they can find out for
themselves, by direct experience, what he
is trying to show them.
"You have to wake up yourself; you
have to see for yourself. The senses are
not needed, nor are the eyes. The eyes
cannot see it; the mind cannot understand
it; the intellect cannot grasp it. None of
these will accompany you. You have to be
alone without these things. You have to
proceed alone. None of the five elements
will accompany you. You will go alone to
meet this situation, but what it is, no
one knows. "
291 pages | including 20 colour
photographs | 18,00 € |
445 g
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H. W.
L.
POONJA 3
VOLUMES
NOTHING
EVER HAPPENED
A
three-volume biography of Poonjaji
By
David Godman
"Nothing has ever happened. Nothing
has ever existed. The world never came
into existence or disappeared from it.
That place is my real home. It is where I
always am. One can say this with authority
only when one abides in that ultimate
Place."
A massive biography of Papaji, a disciple
of Ramana Maharshi and one of the most
influential advaitic teachers of modern
times. In addition to the biographical
narrative that spans more than eighty
years of his action-packed life, there are
teaching dialogues, extensive extracts
from Papaji's diaries and letters, along
with many accounts by devotees who were
utterly transformed by him.
The first volume covers the early years of
his life, his meeting with his master,
Ramana Maharshi, and other teachers as
well as his teaching and encounters with
South Indian devotees. The second volume
begins with his life in Rishikesh in the
60's and 70's. It moves on to his foreign
travels and has teachings dialogues that
took place in the 70's. The third volume
is about his meetings with devotees in the
70's and 80's. It contains numerous
extracts from his personal diaries and
detailed explanations about the
Guru-disciple relationship. In Sri
Poonja's presence and through his dynamic
transmissions, countless people have been
made aware of the impersonal reality that
underlies the world and all phenomenal
experiences. This is the definitive
account of Papaji's life.
1297 pages | 29,00 € | 2100
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H. W.
L. POONJA
PAPAJI
| INTERVIEWS
Edited by David Godman
Papaji: Interviews contains diverse
interviews that foreign devotees and
journalists had with Papaji between 1990
and 1993. All of them give an excellent
introduction to Papaji's teachings. The
book also contains a fifty page biography
of Papaji, contributed by the editor,
which focuses on Papaji's early life and
his relationship with Ramana Maharshi.
Question: Is there not something a
person can do in the way of spiritual
practice in order to prepare himself or
herself?
Papaji: This is postponement, no?
Postponement. One who says, "I have to
prepare myself" is deceiving himself,
fooling himself. Whatever can be done
tomorrow can also be done
today.
305 pages | 16,00 € | 400
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SIDDHARAMESHWAR
MAHARAJ
READ
AN EXCERPT
MASTER
OF SELF-REALIZATION |
ADHYATMADNYANACHA
YOGESHWAR
An
Ultimate Understanding
Transcribed,
edited and first published by Nisargadatta
Maharaj
"Every sentence in this book has the
potency of giving you the fruit of
Self-realisation. One who will read
regularly and ponder over these discourses
will himself become the channel for the
expression of the inherent spirit of these
words. Every line in this book has the
power to eradicate the reader's ignorance
about his true Self and bring forth the
true nature of his being."
-
from the preface written by Nisargadatta
Maharaj
This book is a collection of 130 talks
given by Siddharameshwar Maharaj over the
last 2 years of his life, recorded and
edited by Nisargadatta Maharaj and
originally published in two volumes in the
Marathi language in 1960 and 1961. After
40 years, the text was reprinted in 2000
at the insistence of Ranjit Maharaj and
was soon translated into English. It is
truly a modern day spiritual classic in
its own right. The teaching found here
helps the aspirant to form a solid
foundation for understanding the
fundamental principles of non-duality and
to realise his true nature. We have
Nisargadatta Maharaj to thank for this
powerful book of his master's teachings.
Together with the two volumes, this book
also contains Master Key to
Self-Realization, which was authored
by Siddharameshwar Maharaj in the form of
a methodical explanation of many
fundamental principles of advaita vedanta
and Self-realisation.
532 pages | 22,00 € | 600
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SIDDHARAMESHWAR
MAHARAJ
AMRUT
LAYA | VOLUME
1
The
Spiritual Science of Self-knowledge
The
Stateless State | Discourses on
Dasbodh
"Detachment is absence of even a
single desire. This leads to fearlessness.
Otherwise, there is no freedom from fear
for you. One should not depend on others,
as in the case where one thinks : "If I do
not get anything to eat I will die."
Desire for the bliss of the Self, is
desire for the bliss within. People who
hoard millions and then go about telling
others the knowledge of Reality do not do
good to themselves, instead they commit
fraud."
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 | 8,00 € | 265 g
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SIDDHARAMESHWAR
MAHARAJ
AMRUT
LAYA | VOLUME
2
The
Spiritual Science of Self-knowledge
The
Stateless State | Discourses on
Dasbodh
"All pride must vanish. "I am the
body, my wealth, my son, I am a person
with status, my wife, my relatives". So
long as all these ideas exist, there
cannot be real knowledge. After
realisation of the Self, the aspirant
regards his master as the greatest of all.
He feels that he belongs to the
master."
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 Siddharameshwar Maharaj
entitled Master Key to
Self-Realisation as well as the
transcribed notes from 50 lectures given
by 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 Siddharameshwar Maharaj. In
this book, he elaborates on various
spiritual principles that are presented in
selections from three main classic texts :
Dasbodh, Yoga Vasistha and
Eknathi Bhagawat. He gives details
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 indescribable Parabrahman
which is our true form.
"Spiritual knowledge, unsupported by
worship is baseless. If there is no
devotion, there is no knowledge. Devotion
is the mother of knowledge. Without the
master's grace, there is no knowledge.
When will the master's grace flow? Only
through steadfast devotion. Then, even mud
will turn into gold. The Satguru is your
protector. Why bother about others when
the Satguru is your guardian?"
151 pages | 8,00 € | 265 g
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RAMAKANT
MAHARAJ
READ
AN EXCERPT
SELFLESS
SELF
Talks with Sri Ramakant
Maharaj
"Invite your attention towards
yourself seriously and you will come to
know that there is no God except
yourself."
Sri Ramakant Maharaj is a direct disciple
of the late Nisargadatta Maharaj and spent
19 years with him. For over a decade at
the ashram in Nashik Road, Ramakant
Maharaj has been meeting with devotees
from around the world to clear their
doubts about Reality. His teachings are
radical and direct, cutting through all
the illusory layers of concepts until the
conviction "I am nothing" is firmly
established. From this, the true knowledge
"I am everything" naturally shines
forth.
"You have arrived. You have arrived
at the destination because you are Final
Truth, you are Ultimate Truth.
Unfortunately, you are not accepting the
Ultimate Truth, and that is the problem.
The same principle, the same thing is
being placed before you again and again,
in different words, different sentences,
using different stories, but the principle
is one. Except your Selfless Self, there
is no God, no Brahman, no Atman, no
Paramatman, no master. You are your own
master. You are your own Paramatman. But
since you are measuring yourself in the
body-form, you are unaware of your
Ultimate Truth. You have to stand on your
own feet. You are not handicapped. All
this body-knowledge has made you view
yourself as disabled, disadvantaged,
incapable. The master says: "You are not
disabled at all. You can walk using your
own legs. Remove these artificial limbs.
You have to learn to stand on your own two
feet." You must have courage! It is a lack
of courage and a lack of confidence that
leads to problems : "Oh I am weak." Jump
in and swim! This is the only way you can
be strong. The swimming teacher throws the
child into the water, and then, next
moment, he is swimming. His confidence
grows. The master is creating confidence
in you."
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RANJIT
MAHARAJ
YOU
ARE THE ONE IN ALL
An
Ancient Teaching of
Oneness
"Only the one who can mentally leave
everything can understand. The one who
holds on will never understand. The
serpent bites the one who holds it, not
the one who leaves it alone. All the
objects of the world bite you because you
hold on to them. A realised person leaves
things alone, so he is untouched. For him
there is no joy nor sorrow, no sin nor
virtue, nothing auspicious nor
inauspicious, no birth nor death, no
bondage nor liberation. He is the One in
many. He is everywhere; there is nothing
else other than him."
Ranjit Maharaj was born in Mumbai, India,
in 1913 and was a disciple of
Siddharameshwar Maharaj and co-disciple of
Nisargadatta Maharaj. He always
attributed his Self-realisation to the
greatness of his master. He began to teach
in 1983, and over the years, many seekers
came to his small room in Mumbai to have
him answer their many questions on
Reality.
Maharaj's teaching is direct and straight
to the point. As long as there is a sense
of duality, no happiness is possible.
Duality comes when you identify with the
body. The "I am the body" thought gives
birth to the ego, the self, which is an
isolated and separate entity perpetually
seeking security. There is a constant fear
of insecurity which is inbuilt in duality,
and so, true happiness can never be
attained until duality has been
rejected.
Prior to the "I am the body" thought, you
are "one without a second". In this
oneness state there is no fear, no
insecurity, no separateness, no isolation
and no duality. It is beyond consciousness
and unconsciousness. That is your true
nature. It is the Stateless State, the
embodiment of exceptional happiness and
peace. So, reject duality and accept
Oneness to experience ever-lasting
peace.
This book, rather than simply being a
collection of Maharaj's discourses, also
gives a glimpse of what it was like to be
with Maharaj each day. Maharaj left his
body in 2000 and his teachings live on in
the hearts and minds of his disciples
worldwide.
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RANJIT
MAHARAJ
ILLUSION
VERSUS REALITY | PART
1
Dialogues
with 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 [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."
Between 1996 and his demise in 2000,
Ranjit Maharaj was invited to Europe and
America several times 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.
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RANJIT
MAHARAJ
ILLUSION
VERSUS REALITY | PART
2
Dialogues
with 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 [Reality] remains.
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 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.
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ANANDAMAYI
MA
MATRI
DARSHAN
A photo-album about Shri Anandamayi
Ma
Once Paramahansa Yogananda asked
Anandamayi Ma to tell him something of her
life. Ma replied:
"Father, there is little to tell. My
consciousness has never associated itself
with this temporary body. Before I came on
this earth, Father, "I was the same". I
grew into womanhood, but still "I was the
same". When the family in which I had been
born made arrangements to have this body
married, "I was the same". And, Father, in
front of you now, "I am the same". Even
afterwards, though the dance of creation
changes around me in the hall of eternity,
"I shall be the same.""
The central theme of Anandamayi Ma's
teaching, in endless variations, is :
"The Supreme calling of every human
being is to aspire to
Self-realisation." Anandamayi Ma's
life was centered on God, and this
centeredness is felt through her words and
portraits.
This beautiful book contains 77 beautiful
photographs [in black & white and
in colour] of Ma throughout her life.
Each photograph includes quotes of her
teachings in English, German and
French.
171 pages | including 77 photographs |
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ANANDAMAYI
MA
LIFE
AND TEACHING OF SRI ANANDAMAYI
MA
By
Dr Alexander Lipski
"Seeing the radiant face of Anandamayi
Ma and hearing her laughter you guess that
she is an incarnation of joy. Touched by
the caress of her glance you know that her
heart is overflowing with love for all
beings. Listening to her teaching so
simple and clear you understand that she
is in possession of all wisdom. But one
cannot say whether it is joy, love or
wisdom that is the source of all this for
with her all three are inextricably and
indissolubly mingled one could not exist
without the others.
The joy which Anandamayi Ma lives is not
that which we know in worldly life, where
pleasure and pain, hope, regret and
disillusionment, attraction and repulsion
follow on each other's heels, born one of
another. Nor is it an egocentric calm of
stoic rigidity that erects around itself
an rampart of indifference. Hers is an
overflowing, irrepressible joy that
expresses itself in gaiety, that knows no
obstacles, because it is deeply rooted in
the Absolute, beyond the dualities of good
and evil, of ''I''and "not-I", of pleasant
and unpleasant, because its unshakeable
base is love and wisdom."
Dr Lipski spent time with Anandamayi Ma
[1896-1982] and is well acquainted
with her life and teaching. This book is
both an introduction and a deepening into
who she was.
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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.
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VIMALA
THAKAR
ON
AN ETERNAL VOYAGE
"To respond to every thing around me
is fulfilment. 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.
"Since childhood the Unknown has
haunted me. The known world has absolutely
no attraction for me. The visible and the
known were nothing more than the shadow of
the invisible; the shadow of the Unknown.
Some years ago my romance with the Unknown
came to an end. This book contains the
story of its abrupt end. The abrupt end
has meant the beginning of a new life.
This life seems to have no purpose; no
direction whatsoever; it has not indicated
any pattern yet. The only thing I can say
is - it is overwhelmingly fresh; it is
unbelievably new; the freshness and the
newness keep one ever alert, ever keen and
ever insecure. Though the journey has come
to an end, I have not arrived. Perhaps
there is nowhere to arrive. Perhaps there
is no static destination. It seems to me
that life is its own purpose; life is its
own direction. Life is dynamic and those
who live are on an eternal
voyage."
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Introduction
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KABIR
COUPLETS
FROM KABIR | KABIR
DOHE
Edited,
translated and compiled by G.N.
Das
Who
with love befriends you
Accept him with open arms
Who comes to you with crookedness
Keep him at arm's distance.
The
poems and songs of the fifteenth century
saint-poet Kabir, who belonged to both
Muslim and Hindu communities, are widely
read around the world and acknowledged for
their depth in truth, fervour and poetic
quality.
This book presents three hundred couplets
in rhymed English verse translation
besides a few lines in prose by G.N.
Das.
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THE
SONG OF
RIBHU
Translated
from the Original Tamil
Version
"Truth transcends all thought,
speech, and the printed word. It
transcends all ideas and even silence. It
is inconceivable, yet it alone is. As it
is the very being of all, it is known as
the Self. There are none who know it, and
there are none who do not know it. There
is nothing that is it, yet nothing that is
not it. Those who seek to realise it find
it abiding within themselves as the one
Self, free of a separate realiser, any
notion of an object realised, and all
dualism. The realisation of the Self, by
which is meant the absolute Reality, is a
matter of Self-knowledge. For those who
recognise the vital importance of
Self-realisation, this text was composed
in ancient times. It was intended, and
remains, as a sign pointing to the Truth
of the Self, as an explanation of what the
Self, the Absolute, truly is, and as an
aid to meditation for those who look to
their own being, or consciousness, to
awaken from the dream of illusion to the
ever-existent Reality."
The Tamil translation of the Ribhu
Gita was first published in 1885. The
final verse of each chapter of the Tamil
version differs dramatically from the
final verse of each chapter of the
Sanskrit version. While the Sanskrit
verses refer to Shiva, the Tamil version
specifies Nataraja, a specific form of
Shiva in dancing pose. Furthermore, the
Tamil version displays an evident focus on
summarising in the final verse of the
chapter essential points proclaimed in
each chapter.
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UDDHAVA
GITA
THE
LAST MESSAGE OF SRI
KRISHNA
By
Swami Madhavananda
Sri Krishna gives in this text His parting
instructions to His beloved devotee and
follower, Uddhava, shortly before His
departure from this world. These
teachings, which are in every way as
important as those of the Bhagavad
Gita, form the main part of the
eleventh book of the great Hindu
scripture, the Shrimad Bhagavatam.
Various instructions are given, but in and
through all, the necessity of seeing the
Lord in everything, plus living a life of
perfect self-surrender, and
non-attachment, are continuously
emphasised. In the end Sri Krishna says,
"I have explained to you, in a concise as
well as an analytic way, the essence of
the philosophy of Brahman, which is
unintelligible even to the gods."
Sri Ramakrishna always kept a copy of the
Bhagavatam in his room. He used to
say, "It is fried in the butter of
knowledge and soaked in the syrup of
love." The study of such a book cannot but
be of the greatest help to a seeker after
Truth.
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GAYATRI
THE
HIGHEST MEDITATION
By
Sadguru Sant
Keshavadas
In Yoga, the mantra is a mystical formula,
an incarnation, which aids the individual
to liberate the self and attain bliss and
ultimate fulfilment. This book describes
the Gayatri, the mantra which helps
the higher man to be born in us all. In
India, it is said that there is no greater
meditation than the Gayatri meditation.
Sant Keshavadas profoundly tells the
meaning and many facets [water rites,
sitting posture, time, atmosphere, breath
control, pronunciation of sacred
sounds] of this ancient meditation.
The sages of the Himalaya have
demonstrated to the world at large that
one can live a long life with perfect
health by meditating on the Gayatri
mantra.
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TRIPURA
RAHASYA
THE
MYSTERY BEYOND THE
TRINITY
Translated
into English by Swami Sri Ramananda
Saraswathi
"Unless a man live the ordinary life
and check every incident as the projection
of the Self, not swerving from the Self in
any circumstances, he cannot be said to be
free from the handicap of
ignorance."
Tripura Rahasya was considered by
Bhagavan Sri Ramana Maharshi as one of the
greatest works that expounded advaita
philosophy. Since he often regretted that
it was not available in English, his
disciple, Swami Sri Ramananda Saraswathi
took up the job of translating it in 1936
as a labour of love.
Tripura literally means the three cities.
They are the states – jagrat
[waking state] –
svapna [dream state] and
shushupti [deep sleep
state]. The undercurrent of
consciousness in all of them, remaining
unaffected, is metaphorically called the
Resident Mistress by name of Sri Tripura.
The procreative faculty generating new
beings and the link of altruistic love
connecting the offspring to the parent are
personified in the Mother; hence the
feminine termination of Tripura. "The way
to transcendence" signifies that interest
in Tripura purifies the mind and creates
the zeal for enquiry into the Truth.
As in many of the Great Indian texts, the
presentation is that of a dialogue between
master [Dattatreya] and disciple
[Parasurama]. The latter conveys
his doubts, one after another to his
master who responds patiently with clarity
and using as great a variety of
explanations as the quantity of doubts
thrown at him. Slowly but surely, He
destroys his disciple's every doubt and
misconceptions thus revealing the Truth
beyond all states: the Stateless
State.
Janaka reflected:
"As soon as I had decided on and
attempted to turn my mind inward, another
bright idea struck me : What confusion I
am in! Although I am always in the
perfection of bliss, what is it I want to
do? What more can I acquire? What do I
lack? When and whence can I get anything?
Even if there were anything new to be
gained, would it endure? How can I who am
infinite consciousness-bliss know
effort?
Individual bodies, their senses, minds,
etc., are similar to visions in a dream ;
they are projected from me. Control of one
mind leaves all other minds as they are.
So what is the use of controlling my mind?
Minds controlled or uncontrolled, appear
only to my mental eye."
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THE
ACARYA
SHANKARA
OF KALADI | A
STORY
By
Indusekhara Sastri
Madugula
"First, I am. Not the I that was
born, but the I that's always been. I am,
therefore I think, I act, I speak. And,
after I have thought enough and spoken
enough and acted enough, I still am, happy
without seeking to be, and blissful
without trying to be. There is no choice
but to be in the perennial present, the
pure consciousness, unchanging and
unchangeable, ageless, timeless, nameless,
formless."
This latest addition to Shankara
literature is totally different in
concept. It's not a biography; it's not
history; and it's not quite fiction. Yet
it is in some sense all these. It's based
solidly in tradition, and it is at the
same time just the kind of presentation
that makes the post-modern reader sit up
and take notice. It is philosophical, yet
never forbiddingly so. It reads more like
a story. The prose is simple, smooth, and
meditative. Padmapada, Shankara's senior
disciple, narrates the story in very human
terms. His intent is not to glorify his
master's life and work – for that is
hardly necessary – but to present him
as a friend of humankind, someone who is
needed generation after generation,
millennium after millennium. Humans have
not changed in terms of their strengths or
their weaknesses since the race evolved on
the planet, nor are they likely to morph
into saints any time soon. The prophets
help us cope with the trails and
tribulations of our daily lives and remind
us of our divine roots if we care to
listen. This book answers some of our
serious questions about life if you have
them read. If you don't, it will help you
formulate them. Coming up with the rights
questions, after all, is the first step
toward finding the right solutions.
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IN
SEARCH OF
DESTINY
BIOGRAPHY,
HISTORY & CULTURE AS TOLD THROUGH
VEDIC ASTROLOGY
By
Edith Hathaway
In Search of Destiny has been
called a "path breaker" among astrology
books. With original research and in-depth
coverage, the author combines
non-technical and technical material very
effectively in a compelling narrative. The
book contains a riveting choice of
biographies based on historical and
cultural events that illuminate both
individual and collective destinies.
There are many forces of destiny for us to
understand, and Vedic astrology – the
astrology of India – gives us one
tool. It is a great gift in revealing who
we are, and where we are in time. The next
task is accepting and working with those
factors. Knowing this and accepting this,
we move on to pursuing the destiny we were
meant to live, at the highest level –
as manifestations of the planetary lights,
the brightest of which are the Sun and the
Moon. Their light is reflected in each of
us.
When Vedic astrology is combined with
biography, history, politics, the arts and
culture, a key missing component is
provided to all of the above. In Search
of Destiny is for astrologers,
astrology students as well as for the
layperson. The only criterion is an
interest and openness to astrology. Find
out how the planets affect individuals and
whole nations and societies, and how the
chart of a national leader is never
separate from the nation ruled – for
as long as he or she is in power.
Thirty-one biographies of mostly
world-renowned individuals, some of which
have had a powerful impact on our history,
culture and/or politics, are thus
decrypted. An extensive glossary,
footnotes and index help the reader to
navigate through the wide-ranging
information provided in this book.
For the novice, Chapter 2 provides a
succinct summary of Vedic astrology and
philosophy. Vedic charts are presented in
both North and South Indian format, with
the lifetime planetary cycles of the
Vimshottari Dasha system – for which
Vedic astrology is so famous. Any
astrologer will benefit from the depth of
research done here, and the layperson will
find this a user-friendly book that
broadens the horizons.
Edith Hathaway is an international
consultant in practice since 1980, author,
teacher, and lecturer of Vedic astrology,
and among the few contemporary astrologers
trained and certified in systems of both
East and West. She was a founding member
of the American Council of Vedic Astrology
and has served as a faculty and board
member of both the American Council and
the American College of Vedic
Astrology.
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DRAVYAGUNA FOR WESTERNERS
AYURVEDIC
PHARMACOLOGY FOR WESTERN HERBS
|
1st EDITION
By
Vaidya Atreya Smith
Herbal medicine is the oldest form of
medicine used since mankind began to live
in communities. Interest in the science of
plants and their medicinal use is
expanding globally as people of all
nations seek alternatives to domination of
aggressive therapies. Ayurveda, the
indigenous medical system of India, offers
the most comprehensive vision of herbal
medicine in existence. The problem with
the use of medicinal herbs in Western
cultures is that herbs are no longer part
of a comprehensive medical system. In
Western cultures herbs are most often used
symptomatically as they are not part of a
system that understands the diagnosis and
pathology of disease causes. Thus, instead
of treating causal factors of disease,
herbal medicine in the West has become
symptomatic in both its approach and
application.
In Ayurveda, the science of herbal
medicine is called Dravya Guna
Shastra or the "science of the
attributes of substances". Unfortunately,
this science has been unavailable to the
vast majority of Westerns due to language,
terminology and culture. This textbook is
a bridge for the Western doctor,
herbalist, practitioner, or therapist to
the ancient science of herbal medicines in
Ayurveda. It is one of three textbooks
that form a series on the important
subjects of Ayurvedic diagnosis &
pathology, Ayurvedic treatments and
Ayurvedic medicines.
Vaidya Atreya Smith is the author of six
books published in nine different
languages and three textbooks on Ayurveda.
Since 1987 Atreya has studied with a
number of Indian professors of Ayurveda in
India and continues his studies with his
teachers in India to this day. In 2005 he
was awarded the title of 'Vaidya' from
Professor K.C. Chunekar of Varanasi which
translates as "a knower of classical
medical texts", commonly used instead of
the term 'doctor' for traditional
practitioners of Ayurvedic medicine in
India. He started the European Institute
of Vedic Studies in 1998 to promote the
knowledge of Ayurveda in Europe and offers
training programs for Ayurvedic
practitioners around the world by
e-learning since 2010.
EAN : 9782952080224
367 pages | A4 format textbook
[29,7 cm x 21 cm] | 115 herbal
photos in black & white | 19,95 € |
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