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With his vow to remain truth­ful at all times, Harischandra successfully faced the rigorous challenge posed by Vishwamitra. Though a king, he sacrificed everything he had at the altar of truth, including his kingdom, and even his wife and son. He took so lowly a job as that of the guard at burning-ground;...

Più di ogni altro libro finora pubblicato sull’argomento, quest’opera illumina sulla pratica della meditazione, particolarmente come essa viene intesa nel mondo indù e come può essere messa in atto nella trasposizione occidentale. La meditazione conduce, forse più rapidamente, a un vasto schiudersi...

Swami Kriyananda ebbe la benedizione di lavorare personalmente con Yogananda mentre il grande Guru scriveva la sua ispirata interpretazione e, dopo aver trascorso un’intera vita in sintonia con la sua coscienza, ha magistralmente completato questo opus magnum. 552 pagine. «Questo libro monumentale,...

Rudra Puja has been practised in India since the beginning of time. Shiva means Auspicious. Rudra is a synonym for Shiva that means ‘Destroyer of Evil'. Puja means that which is born of fullness.The Vedic scriptures hail the Rudram chants as a method to remove sufferings, attain desires and...

Providing an explanation of the practical and philosophical foundations of Raja Yoga, The Yoga Sūtras of Patañjali is arguably the most important text on Yogic philosophy. The Yoga Sūtras of Patañjali is widely regarded as the most authoritative text on yoga. It comprises a collection...

All the literature of the world is puny and insignificant in front of the Bhagwat Gita- once remarked the famous American writer and philosopher, H.D.Thoreau. This book is an outcome of a deep study of the Gita over a long period and broadly covers the main teachings enshrined in the scripture. In fact,Gita...

This unique book in English explains in great detail the ancient technique of Yoga based entirely on the philosophy and teaching of the Upanishads. All aspects of Yoga have been elaborately dealt with in this book, and all its terms with their subtle meaning have been explained. The uniqueness...

Seven centuries ago Saint Dnyaneshwar wrote a commentary on Gita called Bhavarthadeepika, now popularly known as Dnyaneshwari after its author. He wrote it on the instructions of his Guru Nivruttinath who wanted to bring to the common man the Vedanta philosophy of Upanishads, hitherto available to...

Explanation of Swami Vivekananda about Ashtanga Yoga and Patanjali's yoga aphorisms.    Since the dawn of history, various extraordinary phenomena have been recorded as happening amongst human beings. Witnesses are not wanting in modern times to attest to the fact of such events, even in societies...

The Bhagavad Gita is often referred to as the Hindu Bible. It contains the deep spiritual insights and valuable religious teachings of the Vedas and the Upanishads. The original author Vedavyasa expounds on those teachings to tailor them to a very specific problem: how to dispel the warrior Arjuna’s...

This Holy Book titled ‘Upanishads Dedicated to Lord Ram’ is a unique, rare and an excellent presentation in English language of all the Upanishads dedicated to Lord Ram. These Upanishads are the following: (i) Ram Purva Tapini Upanishad, (ii) Ram Uttar Tapini Upanishad, (iii) Ram Rahasya...

The Bhagavad Gita for Daily Living is Easwaran's verse-by-verse commentary on the Bhagavad Gita. Easwaran’s translation of the Bhagavad Gita is the best-selling English edition in the US. In this verse-by-verse commentary, Easwaran brings the Gita’s teachings into our own lives. Full of...

The author of this book is a scientist-biologist who dedicated his life to studying non-material forms of life in the universe and has published many books on the methodology of spiritual self-development. Being a theorist and practitioner, he has attained direct knowledge of the Creator in His Abode....

Bhagavad Gita for Dummies – A book Every Human should Read! This Book explains Bhagavad Gita (Sacred Text) given by Supreme God as Summary in English. The Human (Arjuna) had lot of Questions to Supreme God (Krishna) and he got answers from God for all those. Most of the time to understand...