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1. The Upanishads, 2nd Edition
Author: by Eknath Easwaran
Nilgiri Press
English
384 pages
Easwaran’s best-selling translation of the ancient wisdom texts called the Upanishads is reliable, readable, and profound. In the Upanishads, illumined sages share flashes of insight, the results of their investigation into consciousness itself. In extraordinary visions, they have direct experience of a transcendent Reality which is the essence, or Self, of each created being.
They teach that each of us, each Self, is eternal, deathless, one with the power that created the universe. Easwaran’s translation of the principal Upanishads and five others includes an overview of the cultural and historical setting, with chapter introductions, notes, and a Sanskrit glossary.
But it is Easwaran’s understanding of the wisdom of the Upanishads that makes this edition truly outstanding. Each sage, each Upanishad, appeals in a different way to the reader’s head and heart. In the end, Easwaran writes, The Upanishads are part of India’s precious legacy, not just to Hinduism but to humanity, and in that spirit they are offered here.
2. The Ascending Goddess: The Untold Story of the Lotus of Fiery Love (Sacred Wisdom)
Author: by Zinovia Dushkova
English
123 pages
5604489018
Is God a Woman?Unveiling our forgotten history, Zinovia Dushkova, Ph.D., continues to reveal sacred texts that have been immortalized in the secret depositories of Shambhala. This time her new award-winning work represents a synthesis from the pages of the Book of Dzyan and the Book of Fiery Destinies, which tell about the creation of our world by Woman the Goddess Lakshmi, who is known in Gnostic Christianity as Sophia, the bride of Christ.
Elucidating the path of Lakshmi on the Earth, The Ascending Goddess will help you understand in a new way the spiritual path which every woman is destined to traverse, along with the rest of our planet’s humanity. A 2020 Nautilus Award Winner, this book will fundamentally change your attitude towards so-called wrathful Deities and will also tell you about the structure of the Hierarchy of Light, revealing the secret purpose for the descent of the Supreme Gods from the Heavens and their lives among ordinary people even today!
Another divine masterpiece!!! Such beautiful messages delivered in such an artistic way. Peachy, Amazon Reviewer A wonderful deeply insightful spiritual book, full of Love, wisdom and mysticism. Lalal, Amazon Reviewer I urge you to read the book and explore the story of Lakshmi Russ, Amazon Reviewer Buy this book now to read about Woman like no one else has ever written!
3. Kundalini Exposed: Disclosing the Cosmic Mystery of Kundalini. The Ultimate Guide to Kundalini Yoga, Kundalini Awakening, Rising, and Reposing on its Hidden Throne. (Real Yoga)
Author: by SantataGamana
English
163 pages
1984171429
Kundalini has been one of the most mysterious and well-kept secrets in the history of spirituality.Not anymore. Forget all Kundalini books. Most of them are either very abstract, occult, esoteric, with hidden information to not enrage the Masters or very Goddess, physically focused, Westernized Yoga.Not this one.
No compromises with any guru, organization or tradition. No secrets held back. No dogmas or elaborated rhetoric masquerading as true knowledge.No agenda.No BS. No Kundalini questions shall remain unanswered. Not only for high initiates or members of hidden societies.It is for you.
In simple and modern language. What you will find in the book:Rare Kundalini wisdom not found anywhere else. Disclosing the different levels of Kundalini awakening, its journey, and relation to Consciousness and Being. Know why awakening the Kundalini is of utter importance.
Explanations on how to awaken it, raise it, and melt it into descending to its final reposing place. Real and direct first-hand knowledgenot from reading books or hearing stories. Suggestions for a powerful yet simple Kundalini Yoga routine. Straightforward practical instructions only.
4. Sovereign Self: Claim Your Inner Joy and Freedom with the Empowering Wisdom of the Vedas, Upanishads, and Bhagavad Gita
Author: by Acharya Shunya
English
448 pages
1683645812
Unshackle your mind and claim your spiritual birthright of freedom, wholeness, and joy through the perennial wisdom of ancient yogaThere’s a reason that the Vedas, a 5,000-year-old collection of celebrated verses from ancient India, have given rise to several world religions and influenced Western thinkers from Emerson to Ram Dassthey provide us with a uniquely accessible and effective path to liberation and sovereignty.
With Sovereign Self, Acharya Shunya shares a groundbreaking guide to the wisdom of these classic texts so that each of us may emancipate ourselves from restrictive belief systems and discover our true naturethat which is always whole, joyful, and free.
As the first female lineage holder in a 2,000-year-old line of spiritual teachers, Shunya provides a rare opportunity to receive these authentic teachings from a genuine Vedic masterone with a distinctly down-to-earth, feminine flavor who never lets us forget that our humanity is to be embodied and enjoyed.
5. Apprenticed To A Himalayan Master: A Yogi's Autobiography
Author: by Sri M
8191009609
Magenta Press
English
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6. The Principal Upanishads: Edited with Introduction, Text, Translation and Notes (English, Sanskrit and Sanskrit Edition)
Author: by S. Radhakrishnan
8172231245
958 pages
9788172231248
The Upanisads are ancient philosophical texts that form the basis of the Hindu religion. The Hindus believe that these ancient works reveal the truth of the ultimate reality, and the path to moksha , or salvation. There are more than 200 Upanishads.
Dr. Radhakrishnan wrote many books on Indian Philosophy to enlighten the people, especially the Westerners, on India s rich traditions and philosophy. The Principal Upanisads was first published by him in the year 1953. Here, he translates the meaning and the gist of the Upanisads in English, in order to make this knowledge easily accessible to the West.
In the preface to the book, Dr. Radhakrishnan points out the significance and the value of the Upanisads. Even if they seem insignificant or unimportant in the modern world, they still deserve to be studied as a memorial of India s past, and as the foundation of the lives and the beliefs of millions of people in the earlier ages.
Dr. Radhakrishnan asks the readers not to judge these valuable philosophical texts based on modern standards, but to make an attempt to understand and appreciate them based on the values and the standards of the time when they were written, and were the most applicable.
7. When Love Comes to Light: Bringing Wisdom from the Bhagavad Gita to Modern Life
Author: by Richard Freeman
English
312 pages
1611808170
Eminent yoga teachers Richard Freeman and Mary Taylor explore essential lessons from The Bhagavad Gita to reveal a practical guide for living in today’s complex world. The Bhagavad Gita is one of the most influential and widely recognized ancient texts in Indian epic literature.
Through the telling of the story and its many different philosophical teachings, the text provides deep insight into how to meet life’s inevitable challenges while remaining open, clear, and compassionate. It offers modern day wisdom seekers a framework for understanding our core beliefs and who we really are-revealing the fact that healthy relationships to others and the world are essential to living a full, compassionate, balanced life.
Richard Freeman and Mary Taylor, both deeply respected yogic teachers, offer a practical, immediately relevant interpretation that emphasizes self-reflection and waking up in our modern world. Following the traditional sequence of teachings in The Bhagavad Gita-from its opening scene in which Arjuna finds himself in the middle of a battlefield, hesitating and trapped between opposing sides, torn by his dharma and confused by the various paths of action he might choose in the process of awakening-Freeman and Taylor interweave insight into how these classic teachings are relevant for modern readers struggling with what it means to live responsibly in the twenty-first century.
8. The Lost Art of Scripture: Rescuing the Sacred Texts
Author: by Karen Armstrong
Anchor (October 20, 2020)
English
624 pages
A NEW YORK TIMES NOTABLE BOOKONE OF THE CHRISTIAN SCIENCE MONITOR’S BEST BOOKS OF THE YEARThe significance of scripture may not be immediately obvious in our secular world, but its misunderstanding is perhaps the root cause of many of today’s controversies.
The sacred texts have been co-opted by fundamentalists, who insist that they must be taken literally, and by others who interpret scripture to bolster their own prejudices. These texts are seen to prescribe ethical norms and codes of behavior that are divinely ordained: they are believed to contain eternal truths.
But as Karen Armstrong shows in this chronicle of the development and significance of major religions, such a narrow, peculiar reading of scripture is a relatively recent, modern phenomenon. For most of their history, the world’s religious traditions have regarded these texts as tools that enable the individual to connect with the divine, to experience a different level of consciousness, and to help them engage with the world in more meaningful and compassionate ways.
9. The Upanishads: Breath from the Eternal
Author: by Swami Prabhavanada
0451528484
Signet
English
The Wisdom of the Hindu Mystics The principal texts selected and translated from the original Sanskrit, Upanishad means “sitting near devotedly”, which conjures images of the contemplating student listening with rapt attention to the teachings of a spiritual master. These are widely considered to be philosophical and spiritual meditations of the highest order.
10. The Two Hands of God: The Myths of Polarity
Author: by Alan Watts
English
304 pages
1608686868
The forgotten book on world mythology by Alan Watts Alan Watts is today remembered as a trailblazing interpreter of Eastern philosophy, but The Two Hands of God reveals a different side of his multifaceted genius. In this ambitious work, Watts takes readers on a fascinating journey through the mythology of China, Egypt, India, the Middle East, and medieval Europe.
His theme is the human experience of polarity, a condition in which opposing qualities define and complement each other. Light cannot exist without darkness, good cannot exist without evil, and male cannot exist without female. Chinese philosophy expresses this idea of universal polarity with the concepts of yin and yang, while other cultures express it through the symbolic language of myth, literature, and art.
Watts illustrates the way great sages and artists across time have seen beyond the apparent duality of the universe to find a deeper unity that transcends and embraces everything.
11. Tantra: The Supreme Understanding
Author: by Osho
B0711WYJCH
June 6, 2017
English
Tantra is freedom; freedom from all mind-constructs, from all mind-games; freedom from all structures; freedom from the other. Tantra is space to be. Tantra is liberation, a total orgasm of the whole being. Osho The tradition of Tantra or Tantric Buddhism is known to have existed in India as early as the 5th century AD.
In this all-time bestseller, using the contemporary idiom and his own unique blend of wisdom and humor, Osho talks about the mystical insights found in the ancient Tantric writings. He also explores many significant Tantric meditation techniques, demonstrating how they are as relevant to the modern-day seeker as they were to those in earlier times.
No matter how complex, obscure, or mystical the subject, Osho always brings his uniquely refreshing perspectiveintroducing the most difficult concepts to the widest possible audience with irreverent wit and thought-provoking inspiration.
12. Bhagavad Gita, The Holy Book of Hindus: Original Sanskrit Text with English Translation & Transliteration [ A Classic of Indian Spirituality ] (1)
Author: by Sushma
English
204 pages
1945739363
Bhagavad Gita – ‘The Song of God’- is collection of 700 verses from the great epic Mahabharata, composed millenniums ago by Veda Vyasa, a prehistoric sage of India. It is set in the narrative framework of a dialogue that takes place in the middle of a battle field between prince Arjuna, and his guide and charioteer Lord Krishna.
The Bhagavad Gita is a synthesis and compendium of Hindu spiritual ideas on Dharma, Bhakti, Karma, Moksha, Raja Yoga etc. Alongside Ramayana, the Bhagavad Gits is an important Hindu Scripture and is counted amongst the classics of Indian spirituality. This edition contains the Sanskrit verses of the Bhagavad Gita, and their simple English Translation, and also Transliteration of the Sanskrit verses-so that the original text can be read in English, even without knowing the Devanagari script.
The Translation is presented in a simple running style, unencumbered of any burdensome commentaries to dig through.
13. The Upanishads (Penguin Classics)
Author: by Anonymous
Penguin Classics
English
144 pages
The Upanishads, the earliest of which were composed in Sanskrit between 800 and 400 bce by sages and poets, form part of the Vedas – the sacred and ancient scriptures that are the basis of the Hindu religion. Each Upanishad, or lesson, takes up a theme ranging from the attainment of spiritual bliss to karma and rebirth, and collectively they are meditations on life, death and immortality.
The essence of their teachings is that truth can by reached by faith rather than by thought, and that the spirit of God is within each of us – we need not fear death as we carry within us the promise of eternal life.
For more than seventy years, Penguin has been the leading publisher of classic literature in the English-speaking world. With more than 1,700 titles, Penguin Classics represents a global bookshelf of the best works throughout history and across genres and disciplines. Readers trust the series to provide authoritative texts enhanced by introductions and notes by distinguished scholars and contemporary authors, as well as up-to-date translations by award-winning translators.
14. Essence of the Upanishads: A Key to Indian Spirituality (Wisdom of India Book 1)
Author: by Eknath Easwaran
B00BSEQOR0
Nilgiri Press
July 1, 2010
The Katha Upanishad embraces the key ideas of Indian mysticism in a mythic story we can all relate to the quest of a young hero, Nachiketa, who ventures into the land of death in search of immortality. But the insights of the Katha are scattered, hard to understand.
Easwaran presents them systematically, and practically, as a way to explore deeper and deeper levels of personality, and to answer the age-old question, Who am I? Easwaran grew up in India, learned Sanskrit from a young age, and became a professor of English literature before coming to the West.
His translation of The Upanishads is the best-selling edition in English. For students of philosophy and of Indian spirituality, and readers of wisdom literature everywhere, Easwaran’s interpretation of this classic helps us in our own quest into the meaning of our lives.
15. The Upanishads: A New Translation by Vernon Katz and Thomas Egenes (Tarcher Cornerstone Editions)
Author: by Vernon Katz
TarcherPerigee
English
208 pages
This new translation of The Upanishads is at once delightfully simple and rigorously learned, providing today’s readers with an accurate, accessible rendering of the core work of ancient Indian philosophy. The Upanishads are often considered the most important literature from ancient India.
Yet many academic translators fail to capture the work’s philosophical and spiritual subtlety, while others convey its poetry at the cost of literal meaning. This new translation by Vernon Katz and Thomas Egenes fills the need for an Upanishads that is clear, simple, and insightful yet remains faithful to the original Sanskrit.
As Western Sanskrit scholars who have spent their lives immersed in meditative practice, Katz and Egenes offer a unique perspective in penetrating the depths of Eastern wisdom and expressing these insights in modern yet poetic language. Their historical introduction is suited to newcomers and experienced readers alike, providing the perfect entry to this unparalleled work.
16. Enlightenment Without God (Mandukya Upanishad)
Author: by Swami Rama
Himalayan Institute Press
English
103 pages
It is a common misconception that a spiritual seeker must have faith in a god or divine entity to achieve self-realization. When one understands the teachings of the Upanishads, enlightenment is possible here and now without the word God. The Mandukya Upanishad is for those students who want to practice spirituality without resorting to unnecessary abstract concepts.
The Mandukya Upanishad provides a comprehensive map for the inward journey that shows the individual the way from the mundane to the eternal. It describes this state as the ultimate reality and the goal of human existence. When one understands the teachings of the Upanishads, then one realizes that life itself is a sort of worship that can shine on the altar of infinity.
From Chapter 1, Awakening
