Swami Rama: 20 books

Book cover of Life Here and Hereafter

Life Here and Hereafter

Kathopanishad

by Swami Rama
Language: English
Release Date: March 1, 2018

"What exists after death? Explain it to me," insists the young student Nachiketa as he puzzles over the supreme mystery in the Kathopanishad. Swami Rama's penetrating commentary on the ensuing dialogue between Nachiketa and Yama, King of Death, reveals a clear, profound philosophy of death...
Book cover of In Woods of God Realization
by Swami Rama Tirtha
Language: English
Release Date: December 4, 2017

Swami Rama Tirtha also known as Swami Ram, was an Indian teacher of the Hindu philosophy of Vedanta. He was among the first notable teachers of Hinduism to lecture in the United States, travelling there in 1902, preceded by Swami Vivekananda in 1893 and followed by Paramahansa Yogananda in 1920. During...
Book cover of 調息‧呼吸的科學:想要調控自己的身心,先從控制呼吸開始
by 斯瓦米‧拉瑪(Swami Rama),魯道夫‧巴倫坦(Rudolph Ballentine),艾倫.海姆斯(Alan Hymes)
Language: Chinese
Release Date: February 27, 2018

匯集東西方觀點── 有關呼吸的鼻子與胸腹腔解剖生理學、瑜伽能量學、調息法 揭露如何運用呼吸來調節生命能量的祕密   呼吸不只是單純的生理現象 呼吸的節奏及速度,反映著一個人的身心狀態; 若能調控呼吸,就能改變人生。   ◎「呼吸」不值得注意嗎? 情緒、身體及呼吸之間的關係本質為何? 呼吸是否與心念有任何的互動關係? 我們是否能藉由改變呼吸模式,來改變情緒與生理狀態? 「呼吸」實則扮演著整合人類生命各層次的角色, 若能對「呼吸」有著徹底的了解, 將能擴展我們對身心的覺察及調控力。   ◎****呼吸是身體與心念之間的連結   斯瓦米‧拉瑪與兩位美國知名醫師,分別從東方與西方的觀點,對「呼吸」進行全面的審視,包括胸腔與腹部的物理運動、呼吸道的生理與解剖學、各式呼吸習慣的生理與心理作用、鼻子構造與呼吸氣流的關係、呼吸氣流與神經系統活動的複雜模式、瑜伽觀點中潛藏在身心背後的載具「氣」(prana)等,說明了呼吸對生理健康及高階意識狀態的重要性。斯瓦米‧拉瑪也在本書中分享喜馬拉雅瑜伽士所練習的調息法,讓讀者可以立即從中受益。   不論是幫助釋放食物中的能量、影響心肺系統的功能,或是改變自主神經系統、情緒狀態等,呼吸在維繫人體器官的完整運作中,扮演著關鍵的角色。呼吸是所有生理活動的基本,並因為它碰觸到人體眾多層面的運作,我們可以透過它來觀察與操控這些層面。   受傷時的哭泣、驚嚇時的喘氣,以及憤怒時呼吸的顫抖等,都是我們所熟知的情緒如何影響呼吸的情況。瑜伽士認為,呼吸與心念之間存在著對等的關係,若某種心念狀態會造成某種呼吸模式,那麼藉由有意識的採用該呼吸模式,即可喚起相對應的心念狀態。如果我們改變呼吸模式,就能改變個性;當我們的心念受到干擾時,呼吸就會變調,會變淺、變快且不均勻。   呼吸與心相互依存,掌控呼吸,心就會開始變得專一;假使呼吸不規則或斷斷續續,則心就會散亂。能控制呼吸與「氣」的人,就能控制住他的心;能控制心的人,就能控制住他的呼吸。調息能幫助練習者控制「氣」,進而達到更高層次的靈性修持。   本書將呼吸理論知識視為可被應用的個人成長工具,詳實描述了一系列實用的練習與技巧,以便讀者可有系統地控制呼吸及「氣」生命能量。這些練習都有助於擴展對呼吸的覺察,並以有益的呼吸方式來取代無意識的呼吸習慣。由於呼吸是身體與心念之間的連結,因此也可以被用來介入身體與心念的運作,隨著我們對呼吸的覺察及控制,這種介入將可以深化生理與心理的改變。     作者/譯者簡介 作者簡介 斯瓦米‧拉瑪(Swami...
Book cover of In Woods of God Realization
by Swami Rama Tirtha
Language: English
Release Date: December 4, 2017

Swami Rama Tirtha also known as Swami Ram, was an Indian teacher of the Hindu philosophy of Vedanta. He was among the first notable teachers of Hinduism to lecture in the United States, travelling there in 1902, preceded by Swami Vivekananda in 1893 and followed by Paramahansa Yogananda in 1920. During...
Book cover of In Woods of God Realization
by Swami Rama Tirtha
Language: English
Release Date: December 4, 2017

Swami Rama Tirtha also known as Swami Ram, was an Indian teacher of the Hindu philosophy of Vedanta. He was among the first notable teachers of Hinduism to lecture in the United States, travelling there in 1902, preceded by Swami Vivekananda in 1893 and followed by Paramahansa Yogananda in 1920. During...
Book cover of In Woods of God Realization
by Swami Rama Tirtha
Language: English
Release Date: December 4, 2017

Swami Rama Tirtha also known as Swami Ram, was an Indian teacher of the Hindu philosophy of Vedanta. He was among the first notable teachers of Hinduism to lecture in the United States, travelling there in 1902, preceded by Swami Vivekananda in 1893 and followed by Paramahansa Yogananda in 1920. During...
Book cover of Living with the Himalayan Masters
by Swami Rama
Language: English
Release Date: January 1, 2010

In this inspirational collection of stories, Swami Rama relates his experiences with the great teachers who guided his life, including Tagore, Mahatma Gandhi, Sri Aurobindo, and Ramana Maharshi. This book documents Swami Rama’s spiritual quest, which showed him that direct experience is the source of real knowledge.
Book cover of Love Whispers
by Swami Rama
Language: English
Release Date: March 1, 2018

Great poets and mystics throughout history have written about their visions and personal experiences of the Divine. Love Whispers is a collection of such writings, including poems, prose, and dialogues that exude the aroma of spiritual beauty through their words. For many years, Sri Swami Rama kept...
Book cover of Yoga and Psychotherapy

Yoga and Psychotherapy

The Evolution of Consciousness

by Swami Rama, Rudolph Ballentine, Swami Ajaya
Language: English
Release Date: February 8, 2007

For thousands of years, yoga has offered what Western therapists seek to provide today: a way to achieve the total health of body, mind, emotions, and spirit. Yoga & Psychotherapy is an in-depth analysis of Western and Eastern models of the mind and their differing perspectives on such functions...
Book cover of Book of Wisdom

Book of Wisdom

Ishopanishad

by Swami Rama
Language: English
Release Date: March 1, 2018

The Ishopanishad is considered to be the foundation stone of Upanishadic knowledge. It is said that the answer to all the important questions of life are to be found in this short Upanishad. It is an ideal book of Vedanta philosophy. Book of Wisdom is Swami Rama's commentary on these sacred scriptures...
Book cover of Love and Family Life
by Swami Rama
Language: English
Release Date: March 1, 2018

When we love, we can see the Self of all in the faces of those we love. We can remove the limitations of our own egotism. Those who accept this challenge can achieve profound levels of wisdom, serenity, joy, and gratitude. The path of spirituality develops as you learn to love and continually expand...
Book cover of Freedom From the Bondage of Karma
by Swami Rama
Language: English
Release Date: March 1, 2018

In the eight lectures included in this volume, Swami Rama offers a series of perspectives on man's most significant responsibility—that of self-understanding. Analyzing the mechanisms of karma and the functioning of mind, Swamiji demonstrates the kind of self-study each student of life must undertake to gain liberation and attain freedom from the bondage of karma.
Book cover of Wisdom of the Ancient Sages

Wisdom of the Ancient Sages

Mundaka Upanishad

by Swami Rama
Language: English
Release Date: March 1, 2018

In Wisdom of the Ancient Sages, Swami Rama shares with the modern world the powerful and inspiring teachings of one of the worlds greatest spiritual texts: the Mundaka Upanishad. This beautiful translation and commentary affirms human nature as peaceful, creative, and transcendent. Its message will assist anyone who seeks to walk the path of personal and spiritual development.
Book cover of 業力:掙脫心的束縛
by 斯瓦米‧拉瑪(Swami Rama)
Language: Chinese
Release Date: June 3, 2019

印度瑜伽大師-斯瓦米‧拉瑪 帶你認識業力繩索的源頭 ** ** 透過靜坐,學習****控制心的所有面向, 同時在世間實踐無執之道, 就能獲得解脫。 ** ** ‧希求行動成果的自私欲望,就是一切痛苦的根源。 ‧所謂無執之道,就是善巧無私且帶著愛地執行行動,並放下對行動成果的執著。 ‧一個能因為放下行動成果而感受愉悅的人,才可能證得圓滿。   何謂「業」   「業」(Karma,或音譯卡瑪),也就是「實行(doing)與存在(being)的行動」,經常被比喻為由眾多繩線串成的繩索,用以形容自身被困在業繩的綑綁中,被生命的痛苦以及經歷輪迴轉世的必然性所折磨。   業力是我們內在完美正義法則的展現,它是宇宙法則在人類小宇宙中的投射,並不包含武斷或懲罰的意味;這是宇宙通用的保證,保證每一個行為的結果最終都會回到其來源。因此,沒有任何一件事情的發生是偶然的。這並不是一種宿命的概念,因為無論發生何事,都是我們先前選擇和行動的結果,也是為了完成個人經驗的必然。   業繩的繩線,就是行動、想法、欲望,以及深藏於潛意識心中的隱伏人格傾向。在這些構成「業」的各種面向作用下,心一直處於持續被煽動、不斷向外尋求撫慰的狀態,結果讓許多物質、想法、幻想和享樂爭相奪取了人心的注意,於是人們變成了這些東西的奴隸。只要心依然處於這種分心與渙散的狀態,我們就喪失從業力中解脫的希望。   我們身上已然發生的事情,是過去行動的實現;未來的一切也同樣會是目前行動的結果。先前行動所創造的業無法被改變,但是我們有能力決定未來的業。   獲得智慧,從痛苦的束縛中解脫的三個原則:   1.放棄行動的成果。 2.善巧地履行責任,讓完成責任成為行動的唯一理由。 3.放下自我享受的欲望。唯有放棄對享受標的物的自私欲求,我們才可能獲得自由。我們必須學習放棄對自私享受的渴求,並開始無私地為了他人執行行動。   無執是愛的最高形式   我們必須把自己當成這個人世間暫居的旅客,了解我們只是暫時借用這個身體、這些經驗,以及這些物質,它們並不屬於我們。我們的目的並不是去占有這些東西,而是為了超越而來使用它們。我們的行動不是個人的擁有物,我們不需要對它們產生執著。   帶著愛、耐心和勇氣善巧地行動。為他人無私地做一些事情就是真愛,懷抱愛去執行你的職責。學習活在人世間卻保持超然,學習這個道理:人世間的所有東西都為你所用,卻永遠不屬於你。   無執就是愛的最高形式,當我們透過培育無執,來讓心與終極至善連結時,我們就可以藉由無一例外地愛所有人,來獲得快樂。藉由奉獻出行動成果以及否定私我感,一個人可以實現生命的真實目的。如果不擺脫利用行動來滿足私慾的精神,我們就無法真正享受生命。圍繞在我們周圍的世界,就是一個至喜的阿特曼,而我們來到這世間的目的,就是為了享受這份無上的喜悅。但由於我們一直被自己那貪圖享樂的自私感受所束縛,所以我們看不出它豐富與真實的原貌。生命本身無需被改變;需要改變的是我們的態度。   本書簡介   為了展示每個人都必須透過研讀自我,來為自己解開束縛,斯瓦米‧拉瑪在書中分析了業的架構和心的作用,並說明自我解脫的三個重要的階段。   首先,斯瓦米‧拉瑪明確地告訴我們,祈求得到我們各種行動的「結果」或「成果」的那個欲望,就是我們被俘虜為奴的根源。因此,我們必須培育自己練習無執,並為他人福祉供奉出我們行動的成果。無論行動的善惡,都會讓我們形同奴隸般受困;我們必須學習無私地在人間生活。   第二個被揭示的自我開悟必經階段,就是意識心和潛意識心的淨化,淨化那些欲望、念頭以及習性,這些東西有如黑幕遮蔽了我們,使我們無法觸及真理。心被幻象所蒙蔽,只要我們依然把非真誤以為真、把非永恆視為永恆,我們就不可能得到真正的自由。為了幫助求道者可以開始實踐自我淨化和明辨真偽的人生任務,斯瓦米‧拉瑪也為我們介紹了瑜伽的技巧。   最後,斯瓦米‧拉瑪告訴我們,只有當一個人可以超越心的限制,到達至高的超意識境界,也就是所謂的三摩地,那寧靜之境,一個人才能夠真正證得業力解脫。唯有透過靜坐的練習到達此境後,真理的尋求者才能獲得至上本我的直覺覺知,並且通往自由。那是得以完全無私執行行動的自由,那是真愛的自由。     作者/譯者簡介 【作者簡介】 斯瓦米**‧拉瑪(Swami...
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