Specification:
- Publisher : Vakils Feffer & Simons
- by : Geeta Maini
- Cover : Paperback
- Language : English
- Edition : 2007
- Pages : 213
- Weight : 750gm.
- Size : 9.1 x 8.2 x 0.4 inches
- ISBN-10: 8187111879
- ISBN-13: 978-8187111870
Description:
Canada based author, Geeta Maini, shares her passion for cooking and her favourite recipes. In Khana Sutra, she provides step-by-step instructions to create a meal you will relish and your guests will remember. From traditional Punjabi meals out of her family kitchen in Kenya to innovative feasts created from her exploration of world cuisines and fusion – in this unusual cookbook, Geeta Maini shares years of study in kitchens spread across four continents. Explaining in detail the spices used in Indian cooking, Geeta has also created menus to help plan everyday meals and special celebrations. The book is recommended for those who seek adventure in the kitchen, and who love the flavours of India.
Editorial Reviews
Review 1 (3900 characters maximum): "All too few people have the talent and passion for cuisine that Geeta Maini has.Every class that Geeta has taught here at Le Chef Complet has been an absolute pleasure,not only for her students,but for everybody involved. From the frshness and quality of the ingredients she chooses,to how she makes each and every flavour work together,all of Geeta's wonderful dishes are an expression of the care and love that she has for her craft --Patrck Plunkett,President,Le Chef Complet,Burlington/Canada
Specification:
- Publisher : Vakils Feffer & Simons
- by : Chandrika
- Cover : Paperback
- Language : English
- Edition : 2008
- Pages : 239
- Weight : 450gm.
- Size : 8.9 x 5.9 x 0.6 inches
- ISBN-13: 978-8184620016
- ASIN: 8184620012
Description:
Adi Sankara’s Bhaja Govindam is a little collection of thirty-one verses in Sanskrit by the saint and scholar Adi Sankaracharya and his disciples. Also known as Moha Mudgara or The End of Illusion, the verses look at the eternal question of man’s quest for happiness in a world that is transient and filled with delusions. Sankara in clear and lucid language, (probably the simplest Sanskrit text available) speaks of man’s weaknesses – lust, anger, greed and attachment – and the steps needed to overcome them. Our present translation includes stories from the vast repertoire of wisdom literature across a wide spectrum of spiritual traditions. It also contains an exhaustive biography of Adi Sankara himself, his contribution to Hinduism and a chapter on the relevance of Bhaja Govindam today.
Editorial Reviews
"In his short life of thirty-two years Sankara achieved that union of age and saint,of wisdom and kindliness,which characterizes the loftiest type of man produced in India." --Will Durant/American Philosopher "Sri Sankara has packed into the Bhaja Govindam song,the substance of all the Vedantic works that he wrote and he has set the truth of the union of devotion and knowledge to melodious music which delights every year." --Sri C.Rajagopalachari/Author of amazon best sellers like Ramayana&Mahabharata. It is impossible to read Sankara's writings,packed as they are with serious and subtle thinking,without being conscious that one is in contact with a mind of very fine penetration and profound spirituality...The rays of his genius have illumined the dark places of thought and soothed the sorrows of the most forlorn heart.He is a philospher and a poet,a savant and a saint,a mystic and a religious reformer.There have been few minds more universal than this." --Dr.Radhakrishnan Sri Sankara has packed into the Bhaja Govindam song,the substance of all the Vedantic works that he wrote and he has set the truth of the union of devotion and knowledge to melodious music which delights every ear." --Sri C.Rajagopalachari/Author of amazon best sellers like Ramayana&Mahabharata.
In the depths of all of us there is a secret longing,a silent impulse,a soaring ambition to do something beautifully great,spectacularly noble,and surely endearing.This is a divine summon from the deeper pressure in us,to take off from the decaying levels of mediocrity into voiceless heights of spontaneity and perfection.We must hark to these indisputable intimations divine-too sacred to ignore,too cruel,if we should reject." -Swami Chinmayananda. Some are asleep and do not wish to be woken up, Others even though asleep,think or pretend to be awake. Some who really want to wake up from their state of ignorance can be awakened by others. A journey of thousand miles begins with the first step. Once we begin,we shall reach the final destination sooner or later. Most of us only have a problem of starting: Thereafter we are pushed forward, Willingly or unwillingly. Our own thoughts will not allow us tosit quietly. -Swami Tejomayananda. The works of the great Spiritual Masters are a perennial source of knowledge, inspiration and joy.This book falls into the same category. --Inspirations From Great Masters
"Sri Sankara has packed into the Bhaja Govindam song,the substance of all the Vedantic works that he wrote and he has set the truth of the union of devotion and knowledge to melodious music which delights every year." --Sri C.Rajagopalachari/Author of amazon best sellers like Ramayana&Mahabharata.
About the Author
About the Author: The book s translation and commentary is by Chandrika. She is the author of another translation, Srimad Rajchandraji s Atma Siddhi, In Search of the Soul.She is a seeker who believes that in the sacred literature of the world lies the answer to many of the problems that baffle modern man. She writes with humility and faith, hoping that the texts she comments about touches a chord in her reader, with the same resonance with which it has touched her.
Specification:
- Publisher : Vakils Feffer & Simons
- by : Tarla Dalal
- Cover : Paperback
- Language : English
- Edition : 2008
- Pages : 179
- Weight : 360gm.
- Size : 8.8 x 6.8 x 0.4 inches
- ISBN-10: 8184620055
- ISBN-13: 978-8184620054
Description:
A demand for the Hindi translation of The Pleasures of Vegetarian Cooking motivated the author to bring out Aatithya.
Specification:
- Publisher : Vakils Feffer & Simons
- by : Tarla Dalal
- Cover : Paperback
- Language : Hindi
- Edition : 2008
- Pages : 184
- Weight : 360gm.
- Size : 9.1 x 6.9 x 0.4 inches
- ISBN-10: 8184620063
- ISBN-13: 978-8184620061
Description:
Tarla Dalal is a widely admired connoisseur in the field of vegetarian cooking. With a flair for creativity, she has worked to create a wealth of recipes, skillfully blending the flavours of the Orient with the quick methods of the west. Her first title, The Pleasures of Vegetarian Cooking, sold a record 1,50,000 copies, and since then, there has been no looking back.‘
A demand for the Hindi translation of The Delights of Vegetarian Cooking motivated the author to bring out Aaswadan.
Specification:
- Publisher : Zen Publications
- by : Ramesh S. Balsekar
- Cover : Paperback
- Language : English
- Edition : 1997
- Pages : 430
- Weight : 550gm.
- Size : 8.5 x 5.5 x 0.9 inches
- ISBN-13: 978-8188071203
- ASIN: 818807120X
Description:
‘“The created object cannot possibly know the creator Subjectivity.” Consciousness is all there is. So “who” is to know or seek “what”? All there is is the impersonal functioning of Consciousness, or God, reflecting within Itself the totality of manifestation. Live life making decisions and accepting the consequences as if you have free will--knowing it is Consciousness seeking, doing, living, deciding...
Ramesh Balsekar is an awakened sage whose long life has been devoted to Ramana Maharshi and whose final Guru was Nisargadatta Maharaj. He perfectly reflects both as and West-born and raised in Bombay, India, thinking and speaking in English, student of Sanskrit and translator of the Bhagavad Gita, intimately familiar with the Taoist and Chan classics as well as the new paradigm (Consciousness is all there is) which has emerged from quantum mechanics. Poignantly clear and precise and delightfully humorous, his teaching makes life simple.
Specification:
- Publisher : Zen Publications
- by : Vassant Shirvaikar
- Cover : Paperback
- Language : English
- Edition : 2014
- Pages : 198
- Weight : 330gm.
- Size : 5.5 x 2 x 8.5 inches
- ISBN-13: 978-9384363208
- ASIN: 9384363200
Description:
‘YogirajShri Shankar Maharaj was a Siddha yogi, a compassionate and unusual Guru not bound by rules or convention. He was bent and deformed in body, and usually appeared to be half-witted and inebriated from the brandy he drank. However when situation demanded, he would use his yogic powers to appear like a child to some, a tall muscular yogi to others, and even as Lord Shiva and Lord Hanuman to some others.
Shri Shankar Maharaj belonged to the NathPanth though he never wore the traditional attire of the sect. Maharaj spoke with a lisp and preferred not to preach himself, using instead disciples like TaisahebMehendale and SardarMirikar to spread the message of Dnyaneshwari, a commentary on the Bhagavad Gita by Sage Dnyaneshwar – a work that was very dear to Maharaj.
Maharaj extended his abundant grace to the rich and poor alike and was loved by all. Also his teachings were not limited to the Hindu tradition. In fact, he taught Muslims like Khansaheb the true meaning of Islam and induced them to do daily namaz. His contemporaries – Chile Maharaj of Kolhapur, known as the avatar of Lord Dattatreya, Fakir Baba, well-known sage from Maharashtra, and HazratBabajan, the renowned lady Sufi sage from Pune – considered him as their spiritual ‘brother’.
When Maharaj took samadhi in 1947 in Pune he was about 150 years of age. To this day hundreds of devotees visit his samadhi located on Pune-Satara road.
Yogiraj chronicles the life and teachings of this spiritual giant in the words of some of his most prominent disciples.
Specification:
- Publisher : Zen Publications
- by : Muktha Manu & Peter Berking
- Cover : Paperback
- Language : English
- Edition : 2013
- Pages : xv, 167p.
- Weight : 300gm.
- Size : 9 x 6 x 0.4 inches
- ISBN-13: 978-9382788010
- ASIN: 9382788018
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‘Bhagavan Sri Ramana Maharshi and the Holy Hill of Arunachala are the names given to that Ultimate Truth which is beyond all names and forms. The identity of these two forms as the one Ultimate Truth, the Self, leads us to call Bhagavan ‘Arunachala-Ramana’. He realized not only Arunachala, but every being and everything as His own Self. Arunachala-Ramana had no merely localised experience of ‘I’ as the body-mind complex; He realized the ‘I’ as this universal, all-pervading Self.
The name and form of Arunachala-Ramana is the entry door to realization of this universal, all-pervading Self for spiritual seekers. He has appeared as the Guru to guide them on this journey to the ultimate fulfilment of one’s life to realize the Self.
Those who worship the Holy Hill of Arunachala by per-forming Giripradakshina receive blessings to accelerate reaching their goal to merge with that Self into which Arunachala-Ramana has merged. Arunachala-Ramana has said time again that the Holy Hill of Arunachala waits to respond eagerly and tenderly to even the devotee’s weakest yearning to fulfill the Ultimate Goal of Life.
As Arunachala-Ramana said, He has not gone anywhere, but dwells in devotees’ hearts, and is eternally there as the Self.
Specification:
- Publisher : Zen Publications
- by : Karl Renz
- Cover : Paperback
- Language : English
- Edition : 2013
- Pages : 219
- Weight : 300gm.
- Size : 6 x 0.8 x 9 inches
- ISBN-13: 978-9382788041
- ASIN: 9382788042
Description:
‘Decoding Karl is akin to understanding electricity: simply cannot be done. Its effects, though, may be felt and described. That’s what you may encounter here in Worry And Be Happy.
It’s the welcome release from needing any release which makes Karl’s display of ‘the audacity of hopelessness’ in this book so enchanting and endearing.
If you believe you have ‘made it spiritually’ it may be worthwhile to test your ‘understanding’ through an encounter with Karl. Honestly though, in such a situation, he is not the kind of guy you would particuiarly enjoy meeting! In the now overcrowded world of sagely Advaita gurus dishing out profound insights into our real nature, Karl stands out as a sore thumb. Like a drunken Kung-Fu master, Karl, in his crazy off-balance style, mocks and punctures the validity of these insights - displaying unshakable balance!
With sparkling and soothing humour, Karl mesmerizingly rips through anything and everything that can be ripped through, to the mixed dismay and wonder of onlookers. And underlining it all is an unmistakable unshakability. In fact, it is this effortless unshakability which manifests through Karl that draws seasoned seekers to him. They flock to him either through resignation or a renewed desire for a breakthrough. Thankfully, once there, neither seems to matter!
Specification:
- Publisher : Zen Publications
- by : Ramesh S. Balsekar
- Cover : Paperback
- Language : English
- Edition : 1999
- Pages : 225
- Weight : 300gm.
- Size : 5.5 x 5 x 5.5 inches
- ISBN-13: 978-8188071210
- ASIN: 8188071218
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‘Consciousness is all there is. So “who” is to know or seek “what”? All there is is the impersonal functioning of Consciousness, or God, reflecting within It self the totality of manifestation. Live life making decision and accepting the consequences as if you have free will -- knowing it is Consciousness seeking, doing, living deciding...
Ramesh Balsekar is an awakened sage whose long life has been devoted to Ramana Maharshi and whose final Guru was Nisargadatta Maharaj. He perfectly reflets both East and West-born and raised in Bombay, India, thinking and speaking in English, student of Sanskrit and translator of the Bhagavad Gita, intimately familiar with the Taoist and Chan classics as well as the new paradigm (Consciousness is all there is) which has emerged from quantum mechanics. Poignantly clear and precise and delightfully, humorous, his teaching makes life simple.
Specification:
- Publisher : Zen Publications
- by : Ramesh S. Balsekar
- Cover : Paperback
- Language : English
- Edition : 2001
- Pages : 30
- Weight : 50gm.
- Size : 5.5 x 5 x 5.5 inches
- ISBN-13: 978-8188071050
- ASIN: 8188071056
Description:
‘A perspective, in the light of the teaching of Ramesh S. Balsekar.
Specification:
- Publisher : Zen Publications
- by : Shakuntala Hawoldar
- Cover : Paperback
- Language : English
- Edition : 2013
- Pages : 493
- Weight : 670gm.
- Size : 8.9 x 6 x 1.5 inches
- ISBN-13: 978-9382788805
- ASIN: 9382788808
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‘Shakuntala Hawoldars writings are poignant renderings of human struggles and sufferings in a world dominated by power, ignorance, inequality, misfortunes and psychological frailties. Her rich vocabulary and her choice of syntax mesmerize the reader in a no-mind land where self-inquiry takes over your imagination. The light of hope for a better world and a better life is kindled if you allow yourself to be carried away by her writings and Being which is poured willingly on to every page. Imbued with a sincerity that rises like a fountain of water and falling into flames. The heart expands. It becomes light and fire. The womans heart is revealed, totally naked, in her poems. But a heart that wants to transfigure. Hers is the search for the Absolute. Malcolm de Chazal, acclaimed Mauritian writer and poet, in Advance newspaper Work of a rare genius: rare because non-alcoholic and sober, un-subjected to the tragic trickery of life and cheerful... A fascinating and intriguing balance of the Male and the Female. The latter enables clarity of vision and easy and pellucid flow of mysticism. Swami Venkatesenanda, disciple of Swami Sivananda and founder of the Divine Life Society, Mauritius
Specification:
- Publisher : Zen Publications
- by : Karl Renz
- Cover : Paperback
- Language : English
- Edition : 2013
- Pages : 215
- Weight : 300gm.
- Size : 5.9 x 0.6 x 8.9 inches
- ISBN-10: 9382788026
- ISBN-13: 978-9382788027
Description:
‘Extreme’- that’s how seasoned Advaita buffs would term the Karl Renz brand of Advaita, suggesting compromise as an option. However the option of compromising or not itself gets burnt out in the untamed fire of Karl’s living words.
‘I would rather kill myself than bullshit myself,’ says Karl, scoffing at requests to be ‘nice’ or ‘accommodating’ to listeners gasping for survival. By neither confirming nor destroying core ideas of mind, no-mind, presence, absence, real, unreal, he ends up mesmerising the intellect. ‘Oxy-moron’ Karl merrily hums his song of irrelevance without intention of teaching, sharing or clarifying - whatever. Care-freeness itself in action.
Paradoxes unlimited, neti-neti: negation-negation, then negation of the negator and finally negation of negation itself. In that, there is no ‘finally’. This seemingly is the melody of Karl’s ‘Song of Irrelevance - meditation of what you are’.
I don’t talk to ‘you’, he says. Relevance seekers can eat their hearts out. Irrelevance of irrelevance pervades here - with the flavourless flavour of nobody needing to grasp anything! And the effect? Smiles and chuckles unlimlted!
Welcome to this menu of ‘indigestible’ talks - an assortment of talks from Coimbatore, India and Koh Samui, Thailand. You may savour them, even chew on them, but digesting them could be hazardous. . . . they could well end up digesting you!
Specification:
- Publisher : Zen Publications
- by : Ramesh S. Balsekar
- Cover : Paperback
- Language : English
- Edition : 2006
- Pages : 86
- Weight : 120gm.
- Size : 8 x 5.5 x 0.2 inches
- ISBN-10: 8188071269
- ISBN-13: 978-8188071265
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You cannot have an ‘ego’ because you are the ego: Consciousness identified with a name and form as a separate entity. The sage responds to his name being called; therefore, the sage has an ego. The ordinary man also responds to his name being called. What is the difference between the ego of the sage and the ego of the ordinary man? That is the core question. The answer is that in the ego of the sage the sense of personal doership has been totally annihilated: he knows that he is only a psychosomatic apparatus through which the Primal Energy functions and brings about whatever is supposed to happen according to the Cosmic Law. The ego of the ordinary man is impregnated with the sense of personal doership. The ego of the sage is totally free from the burden of pride and arrogance for his good actions and guilt and shame for his bad actions, whereas the ego of the ordinary man carries the burden of guilt and shame for his own actions and a heavier burden of hatred for the others for their actions which have hurt him. In the words of Ramana Maharshi, the ego of the sage is like “the remnants of a burnt rope.”
Specification:
- Publisher : Zen Publications
- by : Dwaraknath Reddy
- Cover : Paperback
- Language : English
- Edition : 2013
- Pages : 166
- Weight : 260gm.
- Size : 6.9 x 0.5 x 8.3 inches
- ISBN-10: 9382788050
- ISBN-13: 978-9382788058
Description:
The approach is both scholarly and mystic. Pages soaked with fundamental upanishadic ideas regarding mind. Consciousness, ego, along with concepts of Relativity and quantum physics… scintillating lines… Clarity of vision of author's flight on two wings of reason and intuition." -- Swami Jitatmananda, Renowned International Vedantic Teacher, Sri Ramakrishna Mission, Rajkot. All science is disciplined observation leavened by insight. Beginning with particular experience and common sense. Science arrives at general and uncommon sense. In this sense, everyone is a scientist. But most of the time we do not proceed far enough, nor do we bring the discipline on to much of our experience. In these musings Sri Dwaraknath Reddy has given us a chance to share his experience and he invites us to analyse our own. -- Dr. E.C.G. Sudarshan, Reputed Maths-Science professor, University of Texas, Austin, USA
Specification:
- Publisher : Zen Publications
- by : Francis J. Padinjarekara
- Cover : Paperback
- Language : English
- Edition : 2010
- Pages : 324
- Weight : 450gm.
- Size : 8.1 x 5.1 x 0.9 inches
- ISBN-13: 978-8191022902
- ASIN: 8191022907
Description:
Whether your life is running smoothly or you are in the midst of major changes -- this book is for you.
The deep understanding of human nature, the warmth and compassion of the author, Francis J. Padinjarekara, shine out from every page and every story he tells.
These stories are challenging. Intriguing, amusing and transforming. They show a path towards personal growth and self-realisation without judgments or do’s and don’ts.
Those who are familiar with the stories and writings of ANTHONY DE MELLO, will recognize in these pages, a depth wisdom and lightness that make THIS BOOK a continuation of his INSPIRATIONAL teachings. This could be a thoughtful gift for friends and a valuable beside companion.
One of the visitors asked: “How is it, that in the same circumstances of life, some people live a constricted existence limited mostly to their work and family, while others enjoy far richer lives?”
“Birds soar high and far in freedom as their wings make it possible,” the sage replied/ “Life shrinks or expands in proportion to one’s awareness.”
Specification:
- Publisher : Zen Publications
- by : Ramesh S. Balsekar
- Cover : Paperback
- Language : English
- Edition : 2000
- Pages : 84
- Weight : 90gm.
- Size : 6.3 x 4.5 x 0.2 inches
- ISBN-13: 978-8188071098
- ASIN: 8188071099
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Ramesh S. Balsekar is one of the most profound spiritual Masters of this Age. He is both a brilliant writer and a captivating speaker. Shortly, after retiring as the President of the Bank of India, he met the sage Nisargadatta Maharaj and began translating for Maharaj’s daily morning talks. It was not long before Ramesh too experienced the Ultimate Understanding. He is therefore a wonderful blend of East and West, spiritual and material. His compassion and gently humor infuse the Teaching with an energy that can only be described as uniquely Ramesh.
Many spiritual veterans will warn you against the dangerous Karl since he ruthlessly bulldozes any and every truth you may want to cozy up to. Relentlessly kicking the knower where it hurts most-at the core of knowingness itself - Karl precipitates an existential crisis. So, dont be surprised if Karls prattle, bereft of prescription or intent, abruptly stops you dead in your tracks only to, in the words of the Sage Jnaneshwar, 'see yourself without the aid of a mirror!'
Specification:
- Publisher : Zen Publications
- by : Karl Renz
- Cover : Paperback
- Language : English
- Edition : 2014
- Pages : 256
- Weight : 390gm.
- Size : 6 x 0.6 x 9 inches
- ISBN-13: 978-9384363192
- ASIN: 9384363197
Description:
The truth which can be spoken is, for sure, not the truth. Truth is never beautiful and beauty is never true. Thats the first premise in Tao, says Karl. For someone who summarily dismisses any possibility of anyone ever knowing truth, its a wonder that this guy Karl is still in business-seasoned seekers forever longing to listen to him and not getting enough of it!
I am just answering unnecessary questions with unnecessary answers, 'I cannot give you anything nor can I take anything away from you, he says. Its perhaps the un-self-consciousness of his utterances, delivered with electric, unaffected ease that buries the listeners intellect and most cherished concepts into a quicksand of spontaneous laughter. Seriousness gets challenged here-seriously!
Many spiritual veterans will warn you against the dangerous Karl since he ruthlessly bulldozes any and every truth you may want to cozy up to. Relentlessly kicking the knower where it hurts most-at the core of knowingness itself - Karl precipitates an existential crisis. So, dont be surprised if Karls prattle, bereft of prescription or intent, abruptly stops you dead in your tracks only to, in the words of the Sage Jnaneshwar, 'see yourself without the aid of a mirror!'
Specification:
- Publisher : Zen Publications
- by : Ed Nathanson
- Cover : Paperback
- Language : English
- Edition : 1999
- Pages : 190
- Weight : 500gm.
- Size :
- ISBN-13: 978-8188071043
- ASIN: 8188071048
Description:
The Knight Writings chronicles the internal struggle of a spiritual journey -- the personal battle to bring the principles of truth and love to places locked inside by fear.
The knights of old provide a model for this struggle. These are not the knights of storybooks and fantasy but the knights who preceded the romantic figures remembered by history.
This book asks its readers to look closely at their personal and spiritual beliefs and the gap between them. It proposes that spiritual truths cannot truly be known prior to the acceptance of oneself personally.
Not for the spiritually squeamish, the knight’s path to God passes through the most distressing territory of all -- the ego. Despite the difficulty of this course, readers may find that this is the only way to make something that doesn’t exist disappear.
Specification:
- Publisher : Zen Publications
- by : Ramesh S. Balsekar
- Cover : Paperback
- Language : English
- Edition : 1999
- Pages : 52
- Weight : 180gm.
- Size : 8.3 x 5.1 x 1.2 inches
- ISBN-13: 978-8188071630
- ASIN: 8188071633
Description:
Ramesh S. Balsekar was one of the most profound spiritual Masters of this Age. He was both a brilliant writer and a captivating speaker. Shortly after retiring as the President of the Bank of India, he met the sage Nisargadatta Maharaj and began translating for Maharaj’s daily morning talks. It was not long before Ramesh too experienced the Ultimate Understanding. He was therefore a wonderful blend of East and West, spiritual and material. His compassion and gentle humor infuse the Teaching with an energy that can only be described as being uniquely Ramesh.
Specification:
- Publisher : Zen Publications
- by : Muktha Manu & Peter Berking
- Cover : Paperback
- Language : English
- Edition : 2013
- Pages : xiii, 220p.
- Weight : 360gm.
- Size : 9 x 6 x 0.5 inches
- ISBN-13: 978-9382788034
- ASIN: 9382788034
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The Holy Hill of Arunachala is one of the oldest and most sacred holy places in India. Lord Shiva, the very embodiment of wisdom, out of His supreme compassion and to bless the world, manifested in the form of the Holy Hill. This led devotees to start the practice of Giripradakshina, walking around the Holy Hill as an act of reverence and worship.
Devotees who come from far and wide together to worship the Swayambhu lingam thus understand that they are not doing Giripradakshina around an ordinary hill of rocks and mud, but to Lord Arunachala Himself. It is one of the most important forms of worship of Lord Shiva and, in fact, one of the most efficacious forms of sadhana.
Giripradakshina has been practiced since time immemorial by saints, sages, devotees, and siddhas. Authoritative references to this fact are found in the Vedas, Puranas, Stotras, and devotional hymns. The importance of Giripradakshina and the benefits that accrue from it have been proclaimed by Lord Shiva Himself. He is ever ready to grant the prayers of devotees who go around the Hill, remembering its nature and seeking its blessings.
Bhagavan Ramana declared that the holy Hill of Arunachala is the heart of the earth, the spiritual centre of the world. He expressed His adoration in action, by doing Pradakshina to the Sacred Hill countless times. While emphasizing the importance of Self-enquiry, Bhagavan Sri Ramana taught His devotees the importance of Giripradakshina by His own example.
Let us humbly Pray to Arunachala Ramana to Grace us with the strength to do the circumambulation of the Holy Hill of Arunachala with devotion.
Specification:
- Publisher : Zen Publications
- by : Dr. Vassant Shirvaikar
- Cover : Paperback
- Language : English
- Edition : 2013
- Pages : xliv, 348p.
- Weight : 450gm.
- Size : 5.9 x 1 x 8.9 inches
- ISBN-10: 9382788085
- ISBN-13: 978-9382788089
Description:
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 only Sanskrit- knowing pundits. Since then Dnyaneshwari has been a timeless spiritual guide providing solace to the rustic folk as well as the educated elite. It is considered by many as one of the most important guides for spiritual aspirants seeking Self-Realization and moksha, offering them a choice of four spiritual paths depending upon their individual makeup,
Onyaneshwar Maharaj naturally composed this work in contemporary Marathi in the traditional ovi style verse. To this day, melodious singing of these verses can be heard in Indian villages.
Dnyaneshwar Maharaj, taking into account that the reader would most probably be a rustic farmer or a villager, has used numerous similes and examples from nature and day-to-day life to explain the Gita shlokas. In this translation, meant for today’s well-educated reader, all superfluous similes and examples have been omitted to ensure a smooth flow of philosophical thought without digression. In addition, while maintaining the original order of the numbered verses the text has been paragraphed for a group of consecutive verses dealing with the topic under discussion providing headings and sub-headings to the paragraphs thus making the text easily tractable, permitting a convenient back-reference for a given topic.
Dnyaneshwari is not a book just to be read and kept aside. It is a guide, loaded with eternal wisdom, to be read over and over again - and each reading brings out an entirely fresh take on life.
Specification:
- Publisher : Zen Publications
- by : Babaji
- Cover : Paperback
- Language : English
- Edition : 2008
- Pages : 124
- Weight : 240gm.
- Size : 4.8 x 0.7 x 7.1 inches
- ISBN-10: 8188071358
- ISBN-13: 978-8188071357
Description:
H. H. Babaji, as He is fondly addressed by his disciples all around the world, spends most of His time in seclusion in His gufa (cave) in the Himalayas. He is the last in a lineage of great Tantric Gurus whose paramparas 9traditions) are handed down through the generations by word of mouth. Babaji is one of the few living Himalayan Masters who still carries on the Guru-shishya tradition. He has spent many decades studying various religious, philosophical texts and scriptures, is fluent in several Indian and foreign languages; and unlike many other men of the cloth, is an accomplished academician as well. The Essence Of The Brahmasutras is the result of Babaji’s desire ti simplify the complex scriptures and texts so that everyone may enjoy these pearls of wisdom. His vast repertoire of knowledge, rare wisdom and refreshing insights coupled with His mastery over language make this book a rare treat for the uninitiated as well as the experienced reader. This is the first in a series of four books.
The others that will follow are based on the Upanisads, the Vedas and the Bhagavad Gita.
Specification:
- Publisher : Zen Publications
- by : Ramesh S. Balsekar
- Cover : Paperback
- Language : English
- Edition : 1999
- Pages : 86
- Weight : 150gm.
- Size : 6.3 x 4.5 x 0.2 inches
- ISBN-10: 8188071102
- ISBN-13: 978-8188071104
Description:
RAMESH BALSEKAR was one of the most profound spiritual Masters of this Age. He was both a brilliant writer and a captivating speaker. Shortly after retiring as the President of the Bank of India, he met the sage Nisargadatta Maharaj and began translating for Maharaj’s daily morning talks. It was not long before Ramesh too experienced the Ultimate Understanding. He was therefore a wonderful blend of East and West, spiritual and material. His compassion and gentle humour infused the Teaching with an energy that can only be described as being uniquely Ramesh.
Specification:
- Publisher : Zen Publications
- by : Ramesh S. Balsekar
- Cover : Paperback
- Language : English
- Edition : 2006
- Pages : 80
- Weight : 150gm.
- Size : 8.3 x 5.1 x 1.2 inches
- ISBN-10: 8188071285
- ISBN-13: 978-8188071289
Description:
Ashtavakra Says: • You are not the body which is composed of the five elements. You are that Consciousness which has provided the inert body with the sentience that makes the senses function I regard to their objects. It is sentience which makes the psychosomatic apparatus work as a unit. • Anticipating the query from his intelligent disciple, the guru tells him further, “You” are not the physical organism but Consciousness which works not as someone in charge of the operations of the physical organism but merely as the witness of the operations.
• You have wrongly identified yourself as the individual, as the doer of all actions that take place through the physical organism, and thereby unnecessarily assume the responsibility for the actions which take place, and thus assume the bondage from which you are seeking liberation.
• The witness cannot be the doer, and you are therefore not the doer. With this understanding, you can detach yourself from the wrong identification with the body. And when you do this, you will automatically assume your true position as the witness and remain relaxed (because there is not the tension of responsibility for the actions) in consciousness, as consciousness.
• The state of being disidentified from the body is the state of witnessing (when the individual “me” is not present). And this state of detached witnessing is indeed the state of liberation. This is what the Self-realized guru means when he says that when you remain relaxed in Consciousness (without identification with the body), the state of liberation is sudden and immediate.
The words “remain relaxed in Consciousness” from the very basis of the Ashtavakra teaching.