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- Publisher : Yoga Publication Trust
- by : Bihar School of Yoga
- Cover : Paperback
- Language : English
- Edition : 2015
- Pages : 25
- Weight : 150 gm.
- Size : 8.6 x 0.2 x 5.6 inches
- ISBN-13: 9788100000263
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About the Book: Destinys Child
Destinys Child is the eighteenth in the series of Satyam Tales depicting the
life and teachings of our guru, Sri Swami Satyananda Saraswati. Through the
medium of these simple narratives, we hear the voice of Sri Swamiji inspiring
all, irrespective of age.Vidhatri, a guardian angel, is having trouble guiding
the destinies of her wards. She learns from her peers that children only need
the right opportunities and guidance in life. From then on it is their self-
effort that carries them through. Vidhatri puts her lesson into practice with
her new ward, a little girl named Aishwarya, and watches with great
satisfaction her destiny unfold in a marvellous manner.This story is a
delightful read for children, adults and old alike. It is an invaluable message
for those engaged in the world and for those seeking the spirit. This journey
is your journey, these challenges are your challenges, and this victory is your
victory. It is a story that will touch your heart, give you joy, hope, conviction
and, above all, faith. Yes, you too can realize your destiny like Vidhatris
child.
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- Publisher : Yoga Publication Trust
- by : Swami Niranjanananda Saraswati
- Cover : Paperback
- Language : English
- Edition : 2014
- Pages : 120
- Weight : 120 gm.
- Size : 8.6 x 0.4 x 5.6 inches
- ISBN-10: 9381620954
- ISBN-13: 978-9381620953
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Specification:
- Publisher : Yoga Publication Trust
- by : Bihar School of Yoga
- Cover : Paperback
- Language : Hindi
- Edition : 2014
- Pages : 14
- Weight : 1550 gm.
- ISBN-13: 9788100000262
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Specification:
- Publisher : Yoga Publication Trust
- by : Swami Niranjanananda Saraswati
- Cover : Paperback
- Language : Hindi
- Edition : 2003
- Pages : 38
- Weight : 250 gm.
- Size : 5.5 x 0.4 x 8.5 inches
- ISBN-10: 9381620679
- ISBN-13: 978-9381620670
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Specification:
- Publisher : Yoga Publication Trust
- by : Swami Niranjanananda Saraswati
- Cover : Paperback
- Language : Hindi
- Edition : 2003
- Pages : 38
- Weight : 250 gm.
- Size : 5.5 x 0.4 x 8.5 inches
- ISBN-10: 9381620679
- ISBN-13: 978-9381620670
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Specification:
- Publisher : Yoga Publication Trust
- by : Swami Satyananda Saraswati
- Cover : Paperback
- Language : English
- Edition : 2012
- Pages : 401
- Weight : 550 gm.
- Size : 8.5 x 5.5 x 0.8 inches
- ISBN-10: 8186336745
- ISBN-13: 978-818633674
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About the Book: Bhakti Yoga Sagar (Vol-1) "Bhakti will be the science of
the twenty-four century, thenspiritual discipline will be known as a science
of life." After five years of intensive sadhana, Swami SatyanandaSaraswati
emerged from seclusion in November 1994. Thousands ofspiritual seekers
from all over the world travelled to Rikhia,India, to be in his presence and to
hear him speak on bhakti.Bhakti Yoga Sagar Volume I presents a selection of
SwamiSatyanandas talks and answers to questions during that time.
Topicsinclude spiritual life, developing ones relationship with God,
thescience of bhakti, sannyasa, his mission, projects in the localvillages and
the direction of yoga in the 21st century. Theserevelations from a spiritual
master have the power to transformones life. Includes 16 colour
photographs. About the Author: Swami Satyananda Swami Satyananda was
born at Almora, Uttar Pradesh, in 1923. In1943 he met Swarmi Sivananda in
Rishikesh, where he lived as asannyasin for the next 12 years. Swami
Satyananda founded theInternational Yoga Fellowship in 1956 and the Bihar
School of Yogain 1963. Over the next 20 years he toured internationally
andauthored over 80 books. In 1984 he founded Sivananda Math,
aCharitable institutions for aiding rural development, and the YogaResearch
Foundation. In 1988 he adopted kshetra sannyasa andsettled in Rikhia,
Jharkhand, where he now lives as a paramahamsasannyasin.
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- Publisher : Yoga Publication Trust
- by : Swami Satyananda Saraswati
- Cover : Paperback
- Language : Hindi
- Edition : 2008
- Pages : 375
- Weight : 450 gm.
- Size : 8.5 x 5.5 x 0.8 inches
- ISBN-10: 8186336400
- ISBN-13: 978-8186336403
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Specification:
- Publisher : Yoga Publication Trust
- by : Swami Niranjanananda Saraswati
- Cover : Paperback
- Language : English
- Edition : 2017
- Pages : 90
- Weight : 450 gm.
- Size : 8.5 x 5.5 x 0.2 inches
- ISBN-10: 8186921834
- ISBN-13: 978-8186921838
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Specification:
- Publisher : Yoga Publication Trust
- by : Swami Niranjanananda Saraswati
- Cover : Paperback
- Language : Hindi
- Edition : 2012
- Pages : 86
- Weight : 360 gm.
- ISBN-10: 9381620229
- ISBN-13: 978-9381620229
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Specification:
- Publisher : Yoga Publication Trust
- by : Swami Satyanand Saraswati
- Cover : Paperback
- Language : Hindi
- Edition : 2013
- Pages : 274
- Weight : 1 kg.
- Size : 22 x 29 cm
- ISBN-10: 8186336753
- ISBN-13: 978-8186336755
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Specification:
- Publisher : Kaivalyadhama
- by : Dr. G. Ramakrishna
- Cover : Paperback
- Language : English
- Edition : 1999
- Pages : 176
- Weight : 360 gm.
- ISBN-10: 8189485288
- ISBN-13: 978-8189485283
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Specification:
- Publisher : Kaivalyadhama
- by : Dr. D. R. Vaze
- Cover : Paperback
- Language : (Marathi)
- Edition : 1932
- Pages : 106
- Weight : 360gm.
- ISBN-10: 8189485555
- ISBN-13: 978-8189485559
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Specification:
- Publisher : Kaivalyadhama
- by : D. R. Vazea
- Cover : Paperback
- Language : English
- Edition : 2009
- Pages : 75
- Weight : 180gm.
- ISBN-10: 8189485547
- ISBN-13: 978-8189485542
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Brand New International Paper-back Edition Same as per description, **Economy edition, May have been printed in Asia with cover stating Not for sale in US. Legal to use despite any disclaimer on cover. Save Money. Contact us for any queries. Best Customer Support! All Orders shipped with Tracking Number
Specification:
- Publisher : Kaivalyadhama
- by : Dr. M. L. Gharote & Dr. V. A. Bedekar
- Cover : Paperback
- Language : English
- Edition : 2010
- Pages : 182
- Weight : 360gm.
- Size : 8.9 x 7.6 x 0.7 inches
- ISBN-10: 818948558X
- ISBN-13: 978-8189485580
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Language: (English Translation Only) Pages: 194 Preface A critical edition of Brhadyogi-Yajnavalkya-Smrti prepared by Swami Kuvalayananda and Pandit Raghunathshastri Kokaje was for the first time published in 1951 by the Kaivalyadhama S. M. Y. M. Samiti, Lonavla. The entire text was in Sanskrit. In 1976 a revised edition was published by the Kaivalyadhama S. M. Y. M. Samiti which was also in Sanskrit. Looking to the importance of this text in the evolution and history of the developments in Yoga and the interest of the people in general in the study of Yoga, we had promised at the time of publication of the revised second edition that the English edition of the text would soon be brought out. We are happy to fulfill our promise by presenting to the readers this English edition of the Brhadyogi-Yajnyavalkya Smrti. This edition has been made more useful not only by mere translation but also by addition of Glossary of important terms, index and a reproduction of the original article by Swami Kuvalayananda and Raghunathshastri Kokaje, the editors of the Sanskrit critical edition, high - lighting the circumstances behind the search of the manuscript, salient features, controversy on the originality raised by Shri P. C. Diwanji and clear-cut reply to the objections raised. We hope that the readers will appreciate our efforts. CONTENTS PrefaceIII Chapterwise ContestsIV-IX IntroductionX-XVI Translation1-95 Glossary96-133 The Real One (Yogayajnavalkyasmrti)134-167 Index168-178 First Chapter1-5 Description of Yajnavalkya - Questions of Rsi - Promise of reply by Yajnavalkya - Purpose of knowledge of Arsachanda etc. - Negligible result due to the ignorance about Arsachanda etc. - Dignity of the knower of Arsachanda etc. - Characteristics of Arsaka - Etymology of Chanda and pada - Characteristics of Daivata - Characteristics of application - Characteristic
Specification:
- Publisher : Sri Ramanasramam
- by : Saint Ribhu/Translated by Dr.Lingeswar Rao and Dr.Anil Sharma with support from T.Venkateswar Rao
- Cover : Paperback
- Language : English
- Edition : 2012
- Pages : 738
- Weight : 750gm.
- Size : 8.6 x 5.6 x 1 inches
- ISBN-10: 8182880882
- ISBN-13: 978-8182880887
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Is there a book while reading which,the reader feels increasingly drawn towards his own self even if it is the very first spiritual book that he reads? The Ribhu Gita is one such. There is no greater testimony to the unique value of Ribhu Gita than the fact that Bhagavan Ramana himself told one of his little educated devotees,Sampurnamma;It does not matter if you donn't understand the book.Just go through it ,it will be of immense benefit to you; Bhagavan would then often say that the recitation of Ribhu Gita is as good as Samadhi and would himself take part in the recitation. So,let us read,chant and be absorbed in His Grace.
Editorial Reviews
Shivarahasya Purana (Sanskrit: ; IAST: iva rahasya pur a) is one of the 'Shaiva Upapuranas' or ancillary Purana regarding Shiva and Shaivite worship and is also considered 'Indian epic poetry' (Sanskrit: Itih sa).Its origins are acclaimed to be over 7000 years old.It is one of the first few works of the acclaimed Saint Ribhu, who was taught by Shiva himself. The Ribhu Gita (Sanskrit: ; IAST: bhug t ) is an acclaimed advaita, monist and/or nondual song at the heart of this Purana. --Wikipedia
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- Publisher : Sri Ramanasramam
- by : Sri Ramana Maharshi and N.R.Narayana Aiyer
- Cover : Paperback
- Language : English
- Edition : 2012
- Pages : 77
- Weight : 310gm.
- Size : 21.3 x 14 x 1.3 cm
- ISBN-10: 8182881528
- ISBN-13: 978-8182881525
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It helps a sadhaka to conduct self-enquiry as taught by Ramana Maharshi being a manual of maha yoga. It makes one adept in gaining atma vidya or self-knowledge adopting easy means. It guides one to make an inward journey.
The slim book is indeed a gem,a boon for sadhakas of self-enquiry as taught by Bhagavan Ramana.Written in 1962 by a devotee who was for many years in the Presence of Ramana and earnestly practiced his teachings,this book a first-class sadhakas' manual,anticipates every question that is apt to arise in the mind of the practicant and answers them all in Bhagavan's own words,mostly culled from Talks with Sri Ramana Maharshi. Every sentence in this book,written in an utterly,simple,direct,clear,unpretentious language,comes out of the author's own sadhana and experience of Bhagavan's teaching.After reading this hard-to-put down down book..the reader is sure to be convinced that Atma Vidya,Self knowledge,as Ramana has assured us is easy indeed easy.However Ramana has stipulated ..One has to go Inward and investigate the source of I with a pure mind. This book tells us in Bhagavan's words how to purify and thus still our mind s the inevitable prelude to the dawn of Self Realization and how the obstacle of vasanas can surely be surmounted by sashaka's sincere,meticulous, sadhana which
Specification:
- Publisher : Sri Ramanasramam
- by : Arthur Osborne
- Cover : Paperback
- Language : English
- Edition : 2002
- Pages : 211
- Weight : 470gm.
- Size : 14 x 1.5 x 21.5 cm
- ISBN-10: 8188018155
- ISBN-13: 978-8188018154
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It brings forth the teachings of Ramana Maharshi through a selection from his dialogues amd written works. In other words, it is a compendium of the sage’s instructions.
About the Author
Arthur Osborne (1906-70) was one of the most well known of the devotees of Raman Maharshi.He is particularly well known for his work as founder Editor of THE MOUNTAIN PATH,the spiritual journal published bySRI RAMANASRAMAM.He was it's Editor till1970.An Oxford graduate in history,he was on the faculty of Chulalongkon University in Bangkok,Siam.He was interned for sometime in the 1940's by the Japanese (during came to India in 1945--straight to World War II).After release and evacuation in 1945,he came to India--straight to the Ashram of Maharshi.His family members were living there ,already.He sought refuge at the feet of Maharshi and became an ardent devotee.So did the family members. Author Osborne is the Editor of The Collected Works of Ramana Maharshi.Another popular work of his is Ramana Maharshi and the Path of Self-knowledge.He has many other works to his credit.
Specification:
- Publisher : Sri Ramanasramam
- by : Sri Ramanasraman
- Cover : Paperback
- Language : English
- Edition : 2004
- Pages : 96
- Weight : 520gm.
- ISBN-10: 8182880181
- ISBN-13: 978-8182880184
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Through the story of cow Lakshmi, it showcases the fact that even animals could attain moksha with their devotion to Sri Ramana Maharshi. The sage cultivated a unique bonding with different animals and he was very compassionate to them. Lakshmi got complete release by the sage’s grace.
Specification:
- Publisher : Sri Ramanasramam
- by : Sri Muruganar and Prof K. Swaminathan (Translator)
- Cover : Paperback
- Language : English
- Edition : 1990
- Pages : 252
- Weight : 520gm.
- Size : 22.6 x 14.7 x 1.8 cm
- ISBN-10: 8182880815
- ISBN-13: 978-8182880818
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This book focuses the light on what the Maharshi said regardless of when or why he said it, and the sayings are strung together in amanner which is intellectually satisfing.
Specification:
- Publisher : Sri Ramanasramam
- by : Ramana Maharshi
- Cover : Paperback
- Language : English
- Edition : 2002
- Pages : 318
- Weight : 600gm.
- Size : 7.6 x 6.4 x 5.4 inches
- ISBN-10: 8188018066
- ISBN-13: 978-8188018062
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This work contains all the inspired compositons of Bhagavan Sri Ramana Maharshi, in poetry and prose, along with translations from the Advaitic texts that he considered to be the most direct teachings for the attainment of the Supreme State of Realization. Altogether they represent a clear, direct guide for seekers of truth, whether they follow the path of Bhakti (devotion) or Jnana (knowledge).
The Thirteenth Edition has just been released.A few additions of prominent disciples have been added but most of the pages still remain Arthur Osborne's. Ramana was a silent Teacher, if there was one. It would be more appropriate to call him the Silent One, for teaching denotes duality, the teacher and taught, while Ramana was, as a devotee wrote, the Pure Non-dual Essence. His most direct and profound teaching was transmitted in silence. However, how many were there that could immediately hear or experience the unspoken, the unwritten word? Devotees and visitors asked questions and out of his boundless compassion Bhagavan answered them in his own inimitable way, as the following excerpts will show. It was in 1911 that the first westerner, Frank Humphreys, then a policeman stationed in India, discovered Sri Ramana and wrote articles about him which were first published in The International Psychic Gazette in 1913. However, Sri Ramana only became relatively well known in and out of India after 1934 when Paul Brunton, having first visited Sri Ramana in January 1931, published the book A Search in Secret India, which became very popular. Resulting visitors included Paramahansa Yogananda, Somerset Maugham (whose 1944 novel The Razor's Edge models its spiritual guru after Sri Ramana), Mercedes de Acosta, Julian P. Johnson, and Arthur Osborne. Sri Ramana's relative fame spread throughout the 1940s. However, even as his fame spread, Sri Ramana was noted for his belief in the power of silence and his relatively sparse use of speech, as well as his lack of concern for fame or criticism.His lifestyle remained that of a renunciate. This work contains almost everything written by Bhagavan Sri Ramana Maharshi. His inspired compositions, and a number of translations from ancient Advaitic texts, representing the essence of his teachings. They fall into two categories--those which exemplify the path of surrender through love and devotion to the Divine, and those which are more doctrinal. The first group includes the Five Hymns to Sri Arunachala of which the first poem, The Marital Garland Of Letters "is among the most profound and moving poems in any language" and expresses the attitude of the soul aspiring for union with God. Sri Bhagavan has affirmed that seekers who study these works are certain to attain the bliss of liberation.
Editorial Reviews
The words of this sage still flame out in my memory like beacon of lights. "I pluck golden fruit from rare meetings with wise men" wrote Trans-Atlantic Emerson in his diary, and it is certain that I plucked whole basketfuls during my meetings with this man. Our best Philosophers of Europe could not hold a candle to him... --Paul Brunton in his famous book :In Search Of Secret India
About the Author
Sri Ramana Maharshi (December 30, 1879- April 14, 1950), born Venkataraman Iyer, was an Indian sage. He was born to a Tamil-speaking Brahmin family in Tiruchuzhi, Tamil Nadu. After having attained liberation at the age of 16, he left home for Arunachala, a mountain considered sacred by Hindus, at Tiruvannamalai, and lived there for the rest of his life. Arunachala is located in Tamil Nadu, South India. Although born a Brahmin, after having attained moksha he declared himself an "Atiasrami", a Sastraic state of unattachment to anything in life and beyond all caste restrictions.Sri Ramana maintained that the purest form of his teachings was the powerful silence which radiated from his presence and quieted the minds of those attuned to it. He gave verbal teachings only for the benefit of those who could not understand his silence.His verbal teachings were said to flow from his direct experience of Consciousness (Atman) as the only existing reality. When asked for advice, he recommended self-enquiry as the fastest path to moksha. Though his primary teaching is associated with Non-dualism, Advaita Vedanta, and Jnana yoga, he recommended Bhakti to those he saw were fit for it, and gave his approval to a variety of paths and practices. Family Background Sri Ramana was born in a village called Tiruchuli near Madurai in Tamil Nadu, South India on Arudra Darshanam day, into an orthodox Hindu Tamil (Iyer) family, the second of four children of Sundaram Iyer (1845-1892) and Azhagammal (?-1922), and named Venkataraman at birth. His siblings were Nagaswamy (1877-1900), Nagasundaram (1886-1953) and sister Alamelu (1891/92-1953). Venkataraman's father was a respected pleader.[6] [edit] Childhood Venkataraman seemed a normal child with no apparent signs of future greatness. He was popular, good at sports, very intelligent but lazy at school, indulged in an average amount of mischief, and showed little religious interest. He did have a few unusual traits. When he slept, he went into such a deep state of unconsciousness that his friends could physically assault his body without waking him up. He also had an extraordinary amount of luck. In team games, whichever side he played for always won. This earned him the nickname 'Tangakai', which means 'golden hand'[7]. When Venkataraman was about 11, his father sent him to live with his paternal uncle Subbaiyar in Dindigul because he wanted his sons to be educated in English so they would be eligible to enter government service and only Tamil was taught at the village school in Tiruchuzhi. In 1891, when his uncle was transferred to Madurai, Venkataraman and his older brother Nagaswami moved with him.
Specification:
- Publisher : Sri Ramanasramam
- by : Arthur Osborne & Prof. G.V. Kulkarni
- Cover : Paperback
- Language : English
- Edition : 2012
- Pages : 340
- Weight : 550gm.
- Size : 8.5 x 5.5 x 0.9 inches
- ISBN-10: 8182881587
- ISBN-13: 978-8182881587
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Bhagavan would quote and comment on the Bhagavad Gita when speaking to devotees. Among the many references to the Gita in the Ashram literature, the following is characteristic of Bhagavan's insight in to this great scripture.
The Bhagavad Gita is an episode in one of India's two great epic poems,the Mahabharata.This is a vast work,many times longer than the Homeric poems.It contains a wealth of mythology and much religious and ethical teaching but is mainly centred around the quarrel between the Pandavas and Kauravas culminating in the battle of Kurukshetra. The book has Sanskrit Text,English Transliteration and English Translation.
About the Author
Arthur Osborne (1906 1970) was an English writer on spirituality and mysticism, and an influential disciple and biographer of Ramana Maharshi. When one of Osborne's books, Ramana Maharshi and The Path of Self Knowledge, was first published in 1954, it contained a foreword from Sarvepalli Radhakrishnan, at that time vice president of India.[1] From 1964, Osborne served as the founding editor of Mountain Path, a journal published by Ramanasramam, the ashram founded by the devotees of Ramana Maharshi. Osborne has also been a biographer of Shirdi Sai Baba, another saint-fakir, who lived a humble life in a masjid at Shirdi. During his life time Ramana Maharshi directed several disciples to go to Shirdi as Sai Baba was their guru. Prominent among them was B.V.Narasimha Swami who was also a biographer of Ramana Maharshi and spent a considerable time at Ramana Ashram at the lotus feet of Ramana Maharshi. .
Specification:
- Publisher : Sri Ramanasramam
- by : Munagala Venkataramana
- Cover : Hardcover
- Language : English
- Edition : 2003
- Pages : 724
- Weight : 980gm.
- Size : 8.9 x 5.8 x 1.4 inches
- ISBN-10: 8188018082
- ISBN-13: 978-8188018086
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Sri Ramana Maharshi’s teaching – self-enquiry – is the core of this work. Sri Ramana gave answers to many a question from his devotees and visitors reflecting his philosophy and teaching. He did even answer questions from various other faiths with warmth and compassion, typical to his core nature.
Editorial Reviews
This is not a book to be lightly read and laid aside;it is bound to prove to be an unfailing guide to increasing numbers of pilgrims to the Light Everlasting.Despite the fact that the great Sage of Arunachala taught for the most part through silence,he did instruct through speech also,and that too,lucidly,without baffling and beclouding the minds of his listeners.One would wish that every word that he uttered had been preserved for posterity.But we have to be thankful for what little of the utterances has been put on record.Sri Ramana's central teachng is:Self-inquiry.Instead of wanting to know this and that,seek to know the Self.Ask'Who Am I?' instead of asking about hundred other things.Self-inquiry ought to be the easiest of all tasks.But it seems to be the most difficult because we have become strangers to our Self.What one has to do is simple..to abide as the Self.This is the ultimate truth.This is one's eternal,natural,inherent state.Sri Ramana's teachings found in the "Talks"will bring hope to everyone.No one need think that he is beyond the pale of redemption. --Dr..T.M.P.Mahadevan
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- Publisher : Sri Ramanasramam
- by : S. S. Cohen
- Cover : Paperback
- Language : English
- Edition : 1872
- Pages : 498
- Weight : 700gm.
- Size : 8.4 x 5.5 x 1.3 inches
- ISBN-10: 818288070X
- ISBN-13: 978-8182880702
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What distinguishes the Bhagavata Purana is not only its exhaustive account of the life the Lord's fullest manifestation on earth as Sri Krishna Avatara, but His fulles teaching to His beloved disciple Uddhava on the eve of His withdrawal from the world, which sometimes goes by the name of Uddhava Gita. This teaching, notwithstanding what the historians say of its age and authorship, is regarded by many as a development and an elucidation the instructions He had given to Arjuna on the battlefield of Kurukshetra and form the celebrated Bhagavad Gita.
Specification:
- Publisher : Sri Ramanasramam
- by : K. Lakshmana Sarma
- Cover : Paperback
- Language : English
- Edition : 2006
- Pages : 333
- Weight : 540gm.
- Size : 8.4 x 5.5 x 0.8 inches
- ISBN-10: 8182880580
- ISBN-13: 978-8182880580
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This Sanskrit composition provides an identity to Vedantic/Upanishadic teachings and their path to self-realization as expounded by Sri Shankara with Sri Ramana Maharshi’s teachings and realization.
Sri Ramana Paravidyopanishad is Vedanta Saram,the Supreme Science of the Self as taught by Sri Ramana Maharshi.It contains the Sanskrit text,English translation and commentary. It is a poetic work in Sanskrit containing of 701 Verses composed in metifluous Upajati Metre. Translated by a close devotee of almost the same age of the Maharshi,this English version is a must for every student of Sri Ramana Maharshi s teachings. May the community of Sadhakas be enlightened by going thrugh this exalted work and understanding and practising the Teachings contained in it.The Author Sarma s Translations and explanations,which are short and to the point,will enable the readers to comprehend fully the teachings. Talking of Sri Ramana Maharshi the famous author British Paul Brunton has the following to say: The words of this Sage still flame out in my memory like beacon lights. I pluck golden fruit from rare meetings with wise men, wrote trans-Atlantic Emerson in his diary,and it is certain that I plucked whole basketfuls during my talks with this man.Our best philosophers could not hold a candle to him....