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Vedanta for Beginners

The under-pinning of Indian philosophy shorn of abstruse jargon and written in simple, lucid style. A great book for beginners as well as a handy reference for one and all.

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How to Become a (Better) Hindu?

(A Guide for Seekers and Born Hindus)
Published by Himalayan Academy.

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A history-making manual, interreligious study and names list, with stories by Westerners who entered Hinduism and Hindus who deepened their faith.

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Autobiography of a Yogi

Autobiography of a Yogi is at once a delightful account of an exceptional life and a profound introduction to the ancient science of Yoga and its tradition of meditation. Clearly explaining the subtle but definite laws behind the natural events of everyday life as well as the extraordinary events considered miraculous, the author reveals the scientific foundation underlying the great religious paths of both East and West. His absorbing life story thus becomes the background for a penetrating and unforgettable look at the ultimate mysteries of human existence.

by Paramhansa Yogananda

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What is Hinduism?

Published by Himalayan Academy.

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Modern Adventures into a Profound Global Faith. A rare, inside look at the world's most venerable and vibrant religion, revealed in forty-six illustrated journeys into an intriguing realm of temples, Deities, yoga, philosophy, gurus, tolerance and family life. From the editors of Hinduism Today magazine.

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The Yoga of Meditation

A discursive analysis on the techniques of meditation and a comprehensive study on the science of meditation based on the Bhagavadgita and Patanjali's yoga system. A basis for all further thinking and study in the technique of meditation.

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The Yoga System

The technique of the practice of the yoga system of Patanjali, which goes into details of the psychological reprecussions and involvements during the attempt to concentrate the mind with a single attention. Provides the reader with the right orientation to the abtruse subject of yoga.

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An Introduction to the Philosophy of Yoga

A comprehensive study of the mechanics of yoga from its subjective, objective and transcendental aspects. A complete guidebook almost incomparable in its nature.

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Yoga as a Universal Science

An indepth study of the intricate involvements in the attempt to practice yoga. Includes aspects of philosophy, psychology sociology and the mystical features of yoga practice. This book has the power to reform and revitalise one's outlook to life in general.

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In the Light of Wisdom

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A masterful presentation of the essence of the philosophy, psychology and practice of yoga in a way that is especially helpful for the beginner on the path.

by Swami Krishnananda
Publication: Divine Life Society

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The Study and Practice of Yoga

This 2-volume series consists of 110 chapters. It is a monumental tome covering in detail every aspect of Patanjali's Yoga Sutras. Really a masterpiece of in depth analysis.

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Om Yoga: Its Theory and Practice

by Swami Nirmalananda Giri
Atma Jyoti Ashram Publication

A complete, in-depth book on the practice of Om Yoga Meditation, the most ancient and authentic method of meditation in Hinduism by Swami Nirmalananda Giri.

The chapters include the following:
• Why Yoga?
• The Word That Is God–what Om is and why it is used in meditation.
• Om Yoga Medition–the technique of meditation.
• Breath and Sound in Meditation
• Pointers For Successful Meditation
• Om Yoga–Ashtanga Yoga–the eight limbs of yoga as outlined by Patanjali.
• The Foundations of Yoga–about Yama and Niyama, the essential moral precepts of spiritual life.

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Yoga Meditation and Japa Sadhana

An easy and delightful introduction to the yoga of meditation. Highly clarifying and elucidatory, a favorite with everyone.

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The Philosophy, Psychology and Practice of Yoga

Series of lectures given by the author highlighting the most essential aspects of Yoga Sadhana and bringing Yoga Darsana (Patanjali's Yoga Sutras) to new life as a vibrant, living guide to spiritual practice.

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The Science of Pranayama

Pranayama is an important limb in the Yoga of meditation. It is equally necessary for all in their daily life, for good health, success and prosperity in every walk of life. How it is so, is explained in these pages.

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Practice of Karma Yoga

How to spiritualize ones activities. The doctrine of Karma and Reincarnation is also covered.

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Essence of Yoga

This book was chosen for being sent to every new member of the Divine Life Society on enrolment. It is, as it were, the 'Beginner's Guide to Divine Life'.

by Shri Swami Sivananda
Publication: Divine Life Society

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Easy Steps to Yoga

These Easy Steps to Yoga are laid out with a special view to enable the novice to ascend without much difficulty the heights of spiritual attainment.

by Shri Swami Sivananda
Publication: Divine Life Society

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Yoga's Forgotten Foundation

Twenty Timeless Keys to Your Divine Destiny

by Satguru Sivaya Subramuniyaswami
Publication: Himalayan Academy

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A must-read for serious yoga practitioners, meditators and anyone deeply involved with transformative spiritual life, Yoga's Forgotten Foundation delves into the integrated approach to yoga as taught by the great masters of India. It is a cogent reminder to those who want to start at the end of the spiritual path that there is an essential beginning, the neglect of which portends failure and disappointment. In 224 pages, with full-color Indian art, it explores the traditional foundation of yoga, twenty little-known guidelines on personal ethics, self-control and religious practice, called the yamas and niyamas.

The yamas and niyamas have been preserved through the centuries as the first and second stage of the eight-staged practice of yoga. They provide the essential foundation to support our yoga practice so that attainments in higher consciousness can be sustained.

The book begins with a forward by the author's spiritual successor, Satguru Bodhinatha Veylanswami, and takes the reader step by step through noninjury, truthfulness, nonstealing, sexual purity, patience, contentment and other facets of virtue. Grounded in a traditional Hindu point of view, yet admirably relevant to us all, the book discusses some of the toughest issues and challenges of modern life, including promiscuity, domestic abuse, child-rearing, overeating, gambling, vegetarianism, violence, injustice and pornography—relating them all to progress on the yoga path. It also explores the essential practices, including charity, worship, chanting mantras, austerity and scriptural study.

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Update o the Aryan Invasion Debate

Update on the Aryan Invasion Debate

By Koenraad Elst
Publication: Aditya Prakashan

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Until the mid-19th century, no Indian had ever heard of the notion that his ancestors could be Aryan invaders from Central Asia who had destroyed the native civilization and enslaved the native population. Neither had South-Indians ever dreamt that they were the rightful owners of the whole subcontinent, dispossessed by the Aryan invaders who had chased them from North India, turning it into Aryavarta, the land of the Aryans. Nor had the low-caste people heard that they were the original inhabitants of India, subdued by the Aryans and forced into the prisonhouse of caste which the conquerors imposed upon them as an early form of Apartheid. All these ideas had to be imported by European scholars and missionaries, who thought through the implications of the Aryan Invasion Theory (AM, the theory that the Indo-European (IE) language family had spread out from a given homeland, probably in Eastern Europe, and found a place in Western and Southern Europe and in India as cultural luggage of horse-borne invaders who subjugated the natives.

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Negationism in India

Concealing the record of Islam

By Koenraad Elst
Publication: The Voice Of India

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Negationism usually means the denial of the Nazi genocide of the Jews and Gypsies in World War 2. Less well-known is that India has its own brand of negationism. A section of the Indian intelligentsia is still trying to erase from the Hindus' memory the history of their persecution by the swordsmen of Islam. The number of victims of this persecution surpasses that of the Nazi crimes. The Islamic campaign to wipe out Paganism could not be equally thorough, but it has continued for centuries without any moral doubts arising in the minds of the persecutors and their chroniclers.

The Islamic reports on the massacres of Hindus, destruction of Hindu temples, the abduction of Hindu women and forced conversions, invariably express great glee and pride. They leave no doubt that the destruction of Paganism by every means, was considered the God-ordained duty of the Moslem community. Yet, today many Indian historians, journalists and politicians, deny that there ever was a Hindu-Moslem conflict. They shamelessly rewrite history and conjure up centuries of Hindu-Moslem amity; now a growing section of the public in India and the West only knows their negationist version of history. It is not a pleasant task to rudely shake people out of their delusions, especially if these have been wilfully created; but this essay does just that.

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Hinduism and the Clash of Civilizations

The need for a new Indic School of Thought

By David Frawley (Vamadeva Shastri)
Publication: American Institute of Vedic Studies

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In Hinduism and the Clash of Civilizations, Vamadeva calls for the Indian culture he loves to reassert itself against the failed ideologies of the West: state socialism and global capitalism. He lambastes the official intelligentsia of post-independence India for eschewing their own culture and turning to Western, mechanistic dogmas, from Marxism to neo-liberalism. Whether they worship the State or the Market, such intellectuals dishonour their country's noblest traditions.? They are as craven as those American and British academics who place politically correct considerations before the pursuit of truth and intellectual freedom. In the best of Indian popular culture, however, Frawley finds an integrity, a latitudinarian tolerance and a connectedness to nature lacking in intellectual circles — and lacking in Western civilisation today.

This dynamic book addresses the relevance of Hindu Dharma and its Vedic arts and sciences in the context of the current global clash of civilizations and crisis born of the twin evils of religious fundamentalism and consumerism. It promotes the need for a new Indic School of Thought and for developing new Vedic Schools, not only in Ayurveda, Vedic astrology and Yoga but in the Vedic mantras and in Hindu Dharma itself.

The book provides not just a critique of current problems but charts a way forward towards a Vedic civilization for the entire world. Recommended reading for our Vedic teacher training programs.

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Hindu Society Under Siege

The United Front of Hostile Forces

by Sita Ram Goel
Publication: Voice of India, New Delhi

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Hindu society is the only significant society in the world today which presents a continuity of cultural existence and functioning since times immemorial. Most other societies known to human history-East and West, North and South-have suffered a sudden interruption and undergone a traumatic transformation due to the invasion and victory of latter-day ideologies-Christianity, Islam, Communism. The pre-Christian, pre-Islamic and pre-Communist cultural creations of these societies are now to be met only in libraries and museums, thanks to the labours of antiquarian scholars. Hindu culture can meet the same frightful fate if there were no Hindu society to sustain it. This is the point which is not always remembered even by those who take pride in Hindu culture.

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Hindu Temples: What happened to them?

Volume 1 — A Preliminary Survey

by Arun Shourie, Harsh Narain, Jay Dubashi, Ram Swarup, Sita Ram Goel
Publication: Voice of India, New Delhi

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The movement for the restoration of the Ramajanmabhumi Temple at Ayodhya has brought to the fore a suppressed chapter of India?s history, namely, the large-scale destruction of Hindu temples1 by the Islamised invaders. This chapter is by no means closed. The Appendix to this book provides details of many temples destroyed by Muslims all over Bangladesh as recently as October-November 1989. Currently, temples, or whatever had remained of them, are meeting a similar fate in the Kashmir valley. In dealing with its subject, it exercises complete fidelity to truth; unlike secularist and Marxist writers, it does not believe in re-writing and fabricating history. Its aim is to raise the informational level of our people and to make them better aware of the more persistent ideological forces at work.

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Conversations with Yogananda

Stories, Sayings, and Wisdom of Paramhansa Yogananda

by Swami Kriyananda
Publication: Crystal Clarity Publishers, ISBN:1-56589-202-X

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This is an unparalleled firsthand account of Paramhansa Yogananda and his teachings, written by one of his closest students. Yogananda is one of the world's most widely known and universally respected spiritual masters. His Autobiography of a Yogi has helped stimulate a spiritual awakening in the West and a spiritual renaissance in his native land of India.

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Vidya Vahini

Flow of Spiritual Education

Baba has clarified that the word Vidya used for this Vahini (Stream of Thought) means (Ya) that which (Vid) "illumines." It is this sense that is highlighted in expressions like Athma Vidya, Brahma Vidya etc., or even the name Vidyagiri given to the campus of Prasanthi Nilayam which comprises the Institute of Higher Learning. Baba make us aware of the comparatively less beneficial lower learning which deals with theories, inferences, concepts, conjectures and constructions. The Higher Learning hastens and expands the universal urge to know and become Truth, Goodness and Beauty, Sathyam, Sivam, Sundaram. The human race has to voyage on an even keel; it is learning too alarmingly towards the briny grave; the lower learning is lowering it into the bottomless pit. Vidya alone is the remedy.

This precious book provides us the chance to peruse nineteen essays He wrote in answer to appeals for the elucidation of the principles which must guide us while rehabilitating Education as an effective instrument for establishing peace and freedom in us and on Earth.

The Vahinis, by Sri Sathya Sai Baba
Published by Sri Sathya Sai Books and Publications Trust.

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Upanishad Vahini

Essence of Vedic Knowledge

This book which gives, in English, Bhagavan Sri Sathya Sai Baba's articles (first published in Telugu in the Sanathana Sarathi) on the Ten Upanishads (invaluable text-books on spiritual discipline and on the glorious fruit of spiritual adventure) will reveal to you the vast limitless Mercy which impels Him to save us from trivialities and prompts Him to guide us along, until we reach the Goal of Life.

Making us tread the path discovered by the Sages of the past, inducing us to revere their Light and their Message, illumining in us the Flame of Knowledge which dispels delusion - that is what Bhagavan, with His Supreme Love, does for us in this book.

The Vahinis, by Sri Sathya Sai Baba
Published by Sri Sathya Sai Books and Publications Trust.

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Prema Vahini

The Stream of Divine Love

The very first series of articles that Bhagavan Sri Sathya Sai Baba wrote for the Sanathana Sarathi was "Prema Vahini". These discourses are collected in this book, as they were first presented, in English Translation.

The Vahinis, by Sri Sathya Sai Baba
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Jnana Vahini

The Stream of Eternal Wisdom

This is not just another book on the Nature of Jiva and the technique by which the Jiva discovers its Reality. Bhagavan Sri Sathya Sai Baba, the Avathar of the Age, come in answer to the prayers of Sadhus and Sadhakas to guide them and grant them Peace and Perfection. In the pages of the magazine, published with His Blessings and named after Him as Sanathana Sarathi, He wrote, out of His overwhelming Prema towards humanity caught in the meshes of cynicism and credal fanaticism, this series of articles called Jnana Vahini. Month after month, thousands of readers awaited these articles (in the original Telugu as well as in the English translation) and when they received their copy, they perused it dilligently and with reverential eagerness. They are now put together in book form, for your guidance and inspiration.

The Vahinis, by Sri Sathya Sai Baba
Published by Sri Sathya Sai Books and Publications Trust.

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Gita Vahini

The divine Gospel

This precious book is not a commentary or summary of the Geetha that was taught on the field of Kurukshetra. We need not learn any new language or read any old text to imbibe the lesson that the Lord is eager to teach us now, for victory in the battle we are now waging. This Geethavahini is the same stream, refreshing and re-vitalising, brought by the same divine restorer to revivify man caught in the mesh of modern dialectics, in the pride of modern science, in the cynical scorn of modern superficiality. The teaching here set forth will comfort, console, and confer strength and faith.

The Vahinis, by Sri Sathya Sai Baba
Published by Sri Sathya Sai Books and Publications Trust.

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Dhyana Vahini

Practice of Meditation

This book is the translation into English of Bhagavan Sri Sathya Sai Baba's Invaluable Advice to all Sadhakas, which was first published in the "Sanathana Sarathi" as a series of articles by Him. To translate it into English is indeed to squeeze out much of its native nectarine taste.

The Vahinis, by Sri Sathya Sai Baba
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Dharma Vahini

Stream of Righteousness

This little book contains the articles written by Bhagavan Sri Sathya Sai Baba in the series "Dharma Vahini" for the "Sanathana Sarathi," the monthly journal published from Prasanthinilayam. This must be said of this book: It is the authentic Voice of the Divine Phenomenon, that is setting right the moral codes and behaviour of millions of men and women today. And, so, it merits careful and devoted study.

The Vahinis, by Sri Sathya Sai Baba
Published by Sri Sathya Sai Books and Publications Trust.

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Bhagavata Vahini

The Story of God and His Devotees

The Bhagavatha is a dialogue between a person under the sentence of death and a great saint, who prepared him to meet it. We are all under a sentence of death; our hearts, like muffled drums, are beating funeral marches to the grave. Some reach it late, some soon. We require the counsel of a great saint, to prepare us too, for meeting death and witness the horizon beyond.

The Vahinis, by Sri Sathya Sai Baba
Published by Sri Sathya Sai Books and Publications Trust.

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I am THAT

Dialogues of Sri Nisargadatta Maharaj

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Nisargadatta Maharaj's most well known book. Translated by Maurice Frydman. This is the first book recommended to be read. Contains conversations between Nisargadatta Maharaj and the visitors, in the usual question-answer style.

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Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam

by A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada

Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam is the transcendental science not only for knowing the ultimate source of everything but also for knowing our relation with Him and our duty toward perfection of the human society on the basis of this perfect knowledge. It is powerful reading matter in the Sanskrit language, and it is now rendered into English elaborately so that simply by a careful reading one will know God perfectly well, so much so that the reader will be sufficiently educated to defend himself from the onslaught of atheists. Over and above this, the reader will be able to convert others to accepting God as a concrete principle.

Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam begins with the definition of the ultimate source. It is a bona fide commentary on the Vedānta-sūtra by the same author, Śrīla Vyāsadeva, and gradually it develops into nine cantos up to the highest state of God realization. The only qualification one needs to study this great book of transcendental knowledge is to proceed step by step cautiously and not jump forward haphazardly like with an ordinary book. It should be gone through chapter by chapter, one after another. The reading matter is so arranged with its original Sanskrit text, its English transliteration, synonyms, translation and purports so that one is sure to become a God-realized soul at the end of finishing the first nine cantos.

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Commentary on the Isha Upanishad

Atma Jyoti Ashram Publication
by Swami Nirmalananda Giri

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The Bhagavad Gita – translated by Swami Swarupananda

Atma Jyoti Ashram Publication

This translation was printed in the early part of the twentieth century. Although Swarupananda was active in its preparation, it is really the work of Sister Nivedita (Margaret Noble) a disciple of Swami Vivekananda who spent the rest of her life in India after meeting the great Swami. Her work in India was mostly in education, but she also wrote some books and articles and made this translation. Why it was not printed under her name we are not sure. Perhaps it was because at that time the movement for independence was gaining momentum in India and a translation of India’s supreme scripture by a citizen of the oppressing country might not have been welcome. Also, the publication of any writings by a woman was totally unknown at that time–and therefore liable to disapproval.

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Ramcharitamanas

(the Ramayana of Goswami Tulasidas)

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Srimad Bhagvadgita by Gita Press Publication

(With English and Sanskrit Translation)
The Gita Press Publication

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Success In Life: A Young Person's Guide

Published by the Divine Life Society
Indian Culture for Teenagers
by Subhamoy Das

For teenagers, especially those who are growing up in a foreign culture, to flow with the stream is easy, but to swim against the current needs an eye-opener. This book for teenagers consists of the teachings of Sri Swami Chidananda that will help young people get to know the best of Hindu culture and how to imbibe them. It tells you how to lead a successful life through counseling and guidance and practical advise, including how to choose a profession. It also has some beautiful poems!

You’ll love the Chapter - "12 keys to happiness and success", which talks about how to… 1. Develop a clear cut aim; 2. Draw up a wise program; 3. Guard your health; 4. Conserve your energy; 5. Value character; 6. Adopt virtues; 7. Pray to god; 8. Reflect upon ideal personalities; 9. Be kind; 10. Be absolutely truthful; 11. Serve others; 12. Think nobly.

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Twenty Important Spiritual Instructions

by Swami Chidananda, The Divine Life Society.

Swami Chidananda writes, “Swami Sivananda gave us one aspect of His teachings in the form of the 20 Important Spiritual Instructions. These instructions comprise a harmonizing of the outer and the inner, the emphasizing of the inner and practicing of the teachings of the ancient sages and seers of the Upanishads, practicing of the teachings of all the saints who through the centuries have graced and blessed Bharatavarsha (India) by their ideal life and teachings. This practice, together with the normal life is Gurudev’s special teaching to the world, and summing up, the practical 20 Important Spiritual Instructions give us the key to Blessedness even while living in the world and through the world itself."

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Sadhana The Spiritual Way

A clear analysis of the levels of gradation from finitude to infinitude, combined with valuable techniques to guide the spiritual seeker towards Universality.

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The Attainment of the Infinite

A clear analysis of the levels of gradation from finitude to infinitude, combined with valuable techniques to guide the spiritual seeker towards Universality.

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Bhagavad Gita As It Is

by A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada

The Bhagavad-gita is universally renowned as the jewel of India's spiritual wisdom. Spoken by Lord Krishna, the Supreme Personality of Godhead to His intimate disciple Arjuna, the Gita's seven hundred concise verses provide a definitive guide to the science of self realization. No other philosophical or religious work reveals, in such a lucid and profound way, the nature of consciousness, the self, the universe and the Supreme.

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Gita Translation by Swami Nirmalananda Giri

This text of the Gita is arranged according to the meter of the original Sanskrit text so it can be sung–as it is done every morning in our ashram and in most of the ashrams of India.

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Commentaries on the Upanishads

Sanatana Dharma (Hinduism) in its primal form is to be found in the Isha, Kena, Katha, Prashna, Mundaka, Mandukya, Taittiriya, Aitaryeya, Chandogya, Brihadaranyaka, and Svetashvatara Upanishads. These eleven texts (upanishad means “teaching”–literally “that which was heard when sitting near”) are attached to the Vedas, the ancient hymns of the Indian sages, and also knows as Vedanta, the End of the Vedas. The following texts provide useful commentaries on these important scriptures.

by Swami Nirmalananda Giri

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The Katha Upanishad – A Commentary (2 MB)
The Isha Upanishad – A Commentary (844 K)
The Kena Upanishad – A Commentary (208 K)
The Prashna Upanishad – A Commentary (504 K)
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A Guide to Noble Living

This small book of the Life Spiritual answers questions such as to what the real purpose of life is, what the meaning of true Yoga is, what the spirit of true renunciation is, and how to start with virtue, pass through holiness and culminate in Godliness.

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A Call to Liberation

This book has been compiled from Swamiji’s inspiring early morning meditation talks given in the Samadhi Hall of Holy Master Swami Sivanandaji’s sacred Samadhi Shrine in Sivananda Ashram, Rishikesh.

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Sixty-Three Nayanar Saints

Apart from the biographies of the Sixty-three nayanar Saints, this book contains an authoritative article on the Saiva Siddhanta Philosophy, the life of Saint Manicckavasagar, selections from the utterances of Nayanar saints, and articles on Glory of Lord Siva, and Puja and Ishta Devata.

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Lord Siva and His Worship

by Shri Swami Sivananda
Publication: Divine Life Society

This is a most valuable and instructive book for the aspirants, particularly for the devotees of Lord Siva. It contains fifteen chapters. It is full of instructions on practical Sadhana for attaining Siva-Tattva or God-realisation. The chapters will speak for themselves.

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Lord Krishna His Lilas and Teachings

by Shri Swami Sivananda
Publication: Divine Life Society

The life, the Lilas and teachings of Lord Krishna depicted in a lucid and inspiring style by a realised saint. A condensed version for the busy person without time to go through the entire tenth and eleventh chapters of the Srimad Bhagavata.

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Bhagavad Gita for Busy People

by Shri Swami Sivananda
Publication: Divine Life Society

An abridged edition of the Gita which contains its quintessence for the use of students, doctors, advocates and busy people.

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Bhagavad Gita by Shri Swami Sivananda

by Shri Swami Sivananda
Publication: Divine Life Society

Lord Krishna's Immortal Song. Sanskrit transliteration and English translation of the Song. Each chapter is preceded by a short summary.

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A Concise Encyclopedia of Authentic Hinduism

The True History and the Religion of India is a concise encyclopedia of authentic Hinduism that reveals the true theme of our scriptures and describes the history of India and the religion of India (Bharatvarsh) of 155.521972 trillion years along with a review of the growth and the development of western civilizations that includes their language, literature, history and religion. It gives a new light to the seekers of the Divine truth and the sincere research scholars of the world.

It reveals the authentic form of Sanatan Dharm (the eternal Divine religion) and tells the original philosophy of our Vedas, Puranas, Gita, Bhagwatam, Darshan Shastras and the writings of our acharyas and Jagadgurus.

It also reveals the hidden evidences of the workings of the British regime of how they mutilated and abused our Divine Hindu history and religion.

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All About Hinduism

"All About Hinduism" is intended to meet the needs of those who want to be introduced to the various facets of the crystal that is Hinduism.

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The Songs of Saint Tayumanavar

The powerful devotional hymns of Saint Tayumanavar, 1,447 verses composed 300 years ago, are still alive in the hearts of millions. It is hard to find a clearer vision of Lord Siva, at once devotional and nondual.

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Weaver's Wisdom, Ancient Precepts for a Perfect Life

A South Indian sage, Tiruvalluvar, tells us of friends and foes, family, God, business, law, spies, love, hate, and all that's human in his classic masterpiece, the Tirukural. Also available in a full color print edition which includes original Tamil, the above American English translation and a modern Tamil translation.

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Tirumantiram

The Tirumantiram, literally "Holy incantation," is the Nandinatha Sampradaya's oldest Tamil scripture, written ca 200 bce by Rishi Tirumular. It is the earliest of the Tirumurai, and a vast storehouse of esoteric yogic and tantric knowledge. It contains the mystical essence of raja yoga and siddha yoga, and the fundamental doctrines of the 28 Saiva Siddhanta Agamas.

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Saiva Agamas

Published by Himalayan Academy.

The Agamas are an enormous collection of Sanskrit scriptures which, along with the Vedas, are revered as shruti, revealed scripture. They are the primary source and authority for ritual, yoga and temple construction.

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Vedic Experience

The Vedas are Hinduism's primary and most authoritative revealed scriptures, dating back as far as 6,000 bce, known as shruti, that which is "heard." The Vedas, literally "wisdom," are the sagely revelations of ancient rishis, over 100,000 verses, as well as additional prose, imparting a range of knowledge from earthy devotion to high philosophy. This book is a modern revelation of the most ancient scripture in the world, translation and commentary by Raimon Panikkar.

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Saivite Virtue

Forty-nine lessons on the power of celibacy for youth. Brahmacharya is the traditional virtue of celibacy, remaining chaste until marriage, for a specified period of time, or for life. It also includes restraining the base instincts of anger, jealousy, greed, selfishness, etc.

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Nandinatha Sutras of Living with Siva

Publication: Himalayan Academy

An eBook presenting the 365 Nandinatha Sutras of Living with Siva which guide the lay congregation and monastic order of Saiva Siddhanta Church. Each sutra proclaims an ancient wisdom and protocol which, when followed, brings that same simplicity, community support, peace, harmony and refinement of enduring relationships into daily life.

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Loving Ganesha, Hinduism's Endearing Elephant-Faced God

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An illustrated resource on Dharma's Benevolent Deity, Remover of Obstacles, Patron of Art and Science, honored as first among the celestials.

by Satguru Sivaya Subramuniyaswami
Publication: Himalayan Academy

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Lemurian Scrolls, Angelic Prophecies Revealing Human Origins

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An illustrated, clairvoyant revelation of man's untold journey to Earth from the Pleiades millions of years ago, and the struggles faced through the eras as souls matured into their ultimate destiny and Divinity.

Himalayan Academy Publications
by Satguru Sivaya Subramuniyaswami

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Merging with Siva, Hinduism's Contemporary Metaphysics

by Satguru Sivaya Subramuniyaswami
Publication: Himalayan Academy

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Book Three of The Master Course Trilogy. 365 enlightenment lessons from a mystical master, revealing the depths of raja yoga, the clear white light, the states of mind and the ultimate spiritual destiny of every seeker.

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Living with Siva, Hinduism's Contemporary Culture

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Book Two of The Master Course Trilogy. 365 daily lessons based on ancient Vedic laws, disclosing how to approach family, money, relationships, technology, food, worship, yoga and karma to live a truly spiritual life.

Himalayan Academy Publications
by Satguru Sivaya Subramuniyaswami

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Dancing With Siva, Hinduism's Contemporary Catechism

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Book One of The Master Course Trilogy. A richly illustrated sourcebook of Indian spirituality in question-and-answer form, exploring how to know the Divine, honor all creation and see God everywhere, in everyone.

by Satguru Sivaya Subramuniyaswami
Publication:Himalayan Academy

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That Unknown Face of Christianity

It never stops Amazing you

  • Jesuit Oath
  • Part 1 - The Backdrop
  • Part 2 - How the ChristianBritish methodically destroyed the Hindu BhaaratVarsh?
  • Part 3 - Hatred is an integral part of Christianity
  • Part 4 - Now, watch Jesus in full action
  • Part 5 - A breed of Hindu preachers who glorify Christianity
  • Part 6 - Hindu Fundamentalism
  • Part 7 - Aasuric culture raised by an Aasuric religion

by Maanoj Rakhit on Challenging Cultivated Ignorance
Maanoj Rakhit Publications, ISBN 978-81-89990-08-4

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Christianity in a different Light

Face behind the Mask

The book Christianity in a different Light is the need of the hour to remove cultivated ignorance of the Hindus, especially the English speaking elite. It helps in seeing the truth behind the smoke screen. Many a revelations made in this work may come as surprise to many readers, even as shock to some.

  • Blowing the Bugle
  • Foundation of Christianity
    • 'Compare it' with Hinduism
  • Crusade against Hinduism
  • The Seed of Christianity
    • 'Compare it' with Hinduism
  • Know Jesus Better
  • The budding Plant of Christianity
  • Christianity as a Grown-Up Tree
    • Garden that beckons ~ the Christian America ~ the land of plenty
    • Christianity Strangles all other Religions
  • Call to the Nation

by Maanoj Rakhit on Challenging Cultivated Ignorance
Maanoj Rakhit Publications, ISBN 978-81-89990-08-4

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Judaism Christianity Islam Secularism Hinduism

One Religion Built Humanity - Others Destroyed it

  • Other religions that destroyed humanity
    • Oh, God ~ better, NO God!
    • Do you notice that tiny seed, which turned into a gigantic tree, and now threatening the very existence of the palatial structure?

by Maanoj Rakhit on Religion, History and Current events
Maanoj Rakhit Publications, ISBN 978-81-89990-17-6, Enlarged edition 2008

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Gita Today — a different perspective

Why Bhagawaan Shri Krishn delivered the message of BhagavadGita at the Battlefield of KuruKshetr?

This work is based on religious text of ShrimadBhagavadGita. And yet, you may find Shri Maanoj Rakhit delving into history, politics and current events from time to time.

  • Bhagavad-Gita Adhyaay 1
    • Shlok-1 DharmKshetr KuruKshetr
    • Shlok 2-20 Participants in the Battle of Dharm and Adharm
    • Shlok 21-30 Arjun’s Dilemma
    • Shlok 31-39 Arjun’s Concerns about the Effects of War…
    • Shlok 40-43 Arjun’s Concerns about the deterioration of the eternal Family-Dharm
  • Vidhata
    • Shlok 40-43 Arjun’s Concerns about rise of Varn’Sankars
    • Shlok 44-47 Arjun gives up and resigns, so has Hindu given up

by Maanoj Rakhit on Removing Cultivated Ignorance
Maanoj Rakhit Publications, ISBN 978-81-89990-16-9, Enlarged edition 2008

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Arise Arjun — Awaken my Hindu Nation

Your Journey with me into the world of lesser known facts

This booklet shows the agony of a scholar who wants to present the truth before the public about the mess created in case of Shri Raam Mandir, Ayodhya. Now the facts have been covered under garbage in the name of secularism by so-called professors, academicians and men of justice, politicians and press. The write-up is straightforward, frank and honest. The Author, Shri Maanoj Rakhit, is telling the truth, the facts about Raam Mandir in Ayodhya, exposing the secular professors and men and women in high positions who have tried their best to cover up the truth about existence of Raam Mandir, which Muslims - true to the teachings of their religion - had demolished. It is worth reading.

  • Part 1 Journey of Hindu Society
    • Hindu Society before Islam
    • Journey through Horrors of Islam
    • Journey through Saintly duplicity
    • Journey through dishonest Secularism
  • Part 2 Frauds on Hindu society
    • On Raam Temple at Ayodhya
    • On Blackening History of Hinduism
    • On Vedic time Hindus eating Beef
    • On Games Church Plays
    • On Church Splitting the Nation

by Maanoj Rakhit on Removing Cultivated Ignorance
Maanoj Rakhit Publications, ISBN 978-81-89990-14-5

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