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The Upanishads are a collection of texts that contain some of the central philosophical concepts of Hinduism. They are based on principles like samsara, brahman, atman, karma, dharma and moksha and form the core of Indian philosophy. This version is an English translation by Swami Paramananda as part of his mission to spread the eastern teachings of Hinduism to the Western world. Easy to understand and simply written, the thought behind this text...
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This book will help you understand how a Vedic birth chart is the key to tapping into your
personal cosmic frequency. A Vedic birth chart is a language that explains the harmonic
frequency that is embedded within our earthly bodies. Your Vedic birth chart is your
karmic code or, light matrix, that identifies you as a unique intersection of the cosmos with
individualized form. I will show you the building blocks of this so that when we arrive...
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This sanskrit glossary contains full translations and explanations of many of the most commonly used spiritual sanskrit terms, and will help students of the Bhagavad Gita, the Upanishads, the Yoga Sutras of Patanjali, and other indian scriptures and philosophical works to expand their vocabularies to include the sanskrit terms contained in them, and gain a fuller understanding in their studies.
If you are reading the writings of Swami Sivananda you...
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The Bhagavad Gita has been, chanted and read in homes and workplaces. Children and families love to recite it, during festivals and gatherings. It is the discourse, that instructs man, to realign himself to his duty and responsibility. It is the scripture, that creates a strong foundation for implicit faith and concordant action in day-to-day life.
How may we read the Gita? Its verses are, written in a meter known as Anushtup Chhanda consisting of...
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El "Bhagavad Gita", también conocido como "La canción del Señor", es una de las escrituras espirituales y religiosas más importantes del mundo. En los dieciocho capítulos de este poema didáctico hindú, integrado en la extensa epopeya del "Mahabharata", se sintetizan las principales filosofías y doctrinas religiosas nacidas de los Vedas. En sus páginas encontrarás las enseñanzas que el sabio Krishna, personificación de la divinidad, transmite...
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El Bhagavad Gita es como una embarcación que lleva al hombre de su voluntario estado de esclavitud a la libertad que es su propia naturaleza. Establece para el ser humano disciplinas y deberes que están a salvo de la corrupción de las tendencias e impulsos que lo atan a la inexorable rueda de nacimientos y muertes.
Durante miles de años los manuscritos de El Bhagavd Gita fueron conservados en los archivos de conventos budistas en los Himalayas....
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"La naturaleza de nuestro ser no es diferente de la de un Buda. La diferencia reside en que un Buda es consciente de esa naturaleza, mientras que el hombre apegado a lo terrenal no lo es, por culpa de la ilusión del ego, del yo".
El libro tibetano de los muertos (Bardo- Thodol) puede ser estudiado por cualquiera, incluso está especialmente concebido para quien no tiene tiempo ni posibilidad de emprender un largo estudio y un entrenamiento espiritual...
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"What is right?...It becomes necessary to realize that state which will enable us to assess the various conditions and determine what is right. That state is one only." Setting the tone in his preface, the Tamil author of the 19th century text Ellam Ondre establishes that his goal is to present practical Advaita; that is, to elucidate the steps on the path to Liberation, a state of consciousness that in turn affects all aspects of our life and our...
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The Heart Wisdom series aims to make the teachings of Ringu Tulku Rinpoche available to a wider audience, by bringing his oral teachings to the written page.
This volume is a commentary by Ringu Tulku on a text by the great 19th Century Tibetan Lama and teacher, Patrul Rinpoche, called 'Victory over the Maras.' It looks at what the maras are: all the obstacles, hindrances and set-backs that occur in our lives. They are listed and described-including...
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The world we live in today is fast-paced and ever-changing. With technological advancements and a constant influx of information, it becomes increasingly important to introduce younger generations to the timeless teachings of ancient scriptures. One such scripture that holds profound wisdom and has the power to transform lives is the Bhagavad Gita.The Bhagavad Gita as a timeless scripture for personal growth and enlightenmentThe Bhagavad Gita, often...
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The world we live in today is fast-paced and ever-changing. With technological advancements and a constant influx of information, it becomes increasingly important to introduce younger generations to the timeless teachings of ancient scriptures. One such scripture that holds profound wisdom and has the power to transform lives is the Bhagavad Gita.The Bhagavad Gita as a timeless scripture for personal growth and enlightenmentThe Bhagavad Gita, often...
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Singing and Dancing Are the Voice of the Law introduces us to one of the great works of Zen literature, "The Song of Zazen." Zen teacher Busshō Lahn illuminates Hakuin's enigmatic poem in plain language, unpacking it and applying it to contemporary life. His book offers a wealth of information on the context and content of this eighteenth-century work, clearly evoking its themes of abiding wisdom, meditation, compassionate self-regard, and our own...
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This is The Bodhisambhara Shastra ("Treatise on the Provisions for Enlightenment"), written by Arya Nagarjuna, the early Indian monk (ca 2nd c.) who is one of the most famous figures in the history of Indian Mahayana Buddhism. This work describes the essential prerequisites for achieving the complete enlightenment of a Buddha, while also describing the most important practices to be, undertaken by bodhisattvas.
The text is, accompanied here by an...
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This is Tripitaka Master Paramartha's earliest (ca 550 ce) complete edition of The Ratnavali, one of Arya Nagarjuna's most important works. In its five 100-verse chapters, Nagarjuna presents both abstruse teachings and practical advice to lay and monastic practitioners while also describing in considerable detail the short-term and long-term terrains of the Bodhisattva Path.
This very early edition is particularly useful in shedding light on difficult...
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This text is a translation of chapters 17-30 of Arya Nagarjuna's immense "Exegesis on the Great Perfection of Wisdom Sutra" (Mahaprajnaparamita-upadesa). It is a free-standing section of that commentary exclusively devoted to analyzing and explaining the various levels of practice of the bodhisattva's six perfections.
In it, Nagarjuna sets forth numerous stories, analogies, and analyses as he reveals the deepest meaning of giving, moral virtue, patience,...
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This ancient text represents one of yoga's most influential and important works. Dating back to India of the second century B.C., the yoga sutras constitute a complete manual for the study and practice of the philosophical system. The sutras, or threads, are aphorisms of wisdom that offer guidelines to living a meaningful and purposeful life. This volume explains the eight limbs of the discipline: restraint, observances, posture, breath control, withdrawal...
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The Bhagavad Gita opens with a crisis - Prince Arjuna despairs on the battlefield, unsure if he should fight his kinsmen in a dreadful war. For Easwaran, the Gita's epic battle represents the war in our own hearts and Arjuna's anguish reflects the human condition: torn between opposing forces, confused about how to live. Sri Krishna's timeless guidance, Easwaran argues, can shed light on our dilemmas today. Placing the Gita's teachings in a modern...
19) The Dhammapada
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Dhammapada means "the path of dharma," the path of truth, harmony, and righteousness. Eknath Easwaran's translation of this essential Buddhist text, based on the oldest version, consists of 423 short verses gathered by the Buddha's direct disciples after his death and organized by theme: anger, thought, joy, pleasure, and others. The Buddha's timeless teachings take the form of vivid metaphors from everyday life and are well served by Easwaran's lucid...
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The 112 Meditations from the Book of Divine Wisdom is a translation of the meditations from the Vijnana Bhairava Tantra, a revered 8th century text from the Shaivite Tantric tradition of Kashmir, India. It has been rendered into English with commentary and guided practices by Lee Lyon, a teacher of meditation to more than ten thousand people worldwide, who has studied and taught this text for over forty years.
Although written over a thousand years...
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