A practical approach to the path and practice of meditation. Included in this study are meditations the swami directed during his scriptural classes, an examination of the four yogas, and a discussion on their culmination in the realization of the non-dual Brahman.
The experiences of a seeker after truth and practical suggestions for spiritual aspirants are very clearly presented in this volume.
Meditations and quotations drawn from a wide range of scriptures. A detailed and systematic account of spiritual life is given in the Introduction.
Meditation is central to all spiritual life, whatever be the religion one follows. Swami Ritajananda, who had wide experience with spiritual seekers both in India and abroad, has very clearly set forth the principles and practice of meditation. The part played by the guru and the mantra are lucidly ...
A practical guide to the theory and practice of meditation as taught by senior monks of the Ramakrishna Order. The subjects covered include ways to calm the mind, japa, and methods of integrating spiritual ideals into one's daily living.
A book on how to quieten and concentrate the mind, with many practical hints.
A salient thought, some poetry, a lesson, and a prayer for every day of the year.
We suffer from diseases that afflict our body, mind, and psyche. How these afflictions can be treated and how we can be made whole in body, mind and spirit is explained in this book.
No one can remain even for a moment without activity, but usually actions that lead to complications and misery. Swami Paramananda explains what right action is and how it can solve our problems.
A comprehensive collection of essays on different techniques of meditation, including those found in various scriptures, such as the Bhagavata, the Yoga Vashishtha, the Yoga Aphorisms of Patanjali, and the writings of Vivekananda, as well as in the Islamic and Christian traditions. General advice ...
The central idea which has inspired all the essays is the author's faith in the potential divinity of all men. Even, as Swami Vivekananda had said, if this potential divinity can be actualized in sizeable number of men, society can be transgormed. To help the individual to transform himself, the ...
The simple question, 'How we know?' is one of the toughest problems that have confronted the human mind. This book presents to modern thinkers the Vedantic approach to this universal problem. It dwells on different types of knowledge, from sensory experience to the transcendental perception of the ...
What you really want is to have experience of Oneness where you are no longer bound to the world of the many. The world of the many in itself is nothing; you want to go beyond itand make yourself one with the Onewhich is at the heart of everything and is the root of everything. The world is based ...
So, then, as time goes on, you recognize the presence of the Spirit in every being, including yourself. Your mind has quieted down. You have become free of the bondages of the body and the mind, and therefore you have become aware of the presense of this undivided, infinite Soirit everywhere, ...
These eleven lectures explain the various disciplines that an aspirant must undergo for the attainment of liberation.