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Life and Teachings of Adi Sankaracarya

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This book is intended for scholars, students and general readers. Accordingly, the early researches on the date and works of Sankara have been brought out in detail. Not only Sankara's commentaries on the Upanisads, Bhagavad Gita and the Brahma Sutra but also the books attributed to him, especially the minor works (prakarana granthas) and hymns (stotras), have been narrated purposefully for the sake of students and general readers.

Light on Pranayama

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Light on Pranayama is a worthy companion and sequel to the author's Light on Yoga which is now widely recognised as a classic text on the practice of Hatha Yoga. The present book is also practical and through ,offering a trustworthy guide to all who wish to develop the art of Yogic breathing.

Light on the Doctrine of Krama A Translation of Srikramanaya-pradipika of Swami Lakshmanjoo

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Swami Lakshmanjoo was born in Kashmir in 1907. He revived Kashmir Saiva Darsana through his teachings and discourses, and was the last in the unbroken lineage of Saiva masters. This book is an English translation of a short treatise on Krama written by him in 1958. Swami Lakshmanjoo brings Kalisastra to light, describing the twelve Kalis, as given in the Kramastotra and the Tantraloka. In doing so, he presents the twelve sequential states of yoga for the highest of yogis (one who is endowed with the miracle of Turiya in the three states of wakefulness, dreaming and dreamless sleep).

Mahabharata

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The Mahabharata is an Indian epic, in its original Sanskrit probably the largest ever composed. Combined with the Ramayana, it embodies the essence of the Indian cultural heritage...an absorbing tale of a feud between two branches of a single Indian ruling family that culminates in a vast, cataclysmic battle....has retold the story so that the modern reader will not be discouraged from knowing and loving the stories as he did himself.

Mahamudra and Atiyoga

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Mahamudra and Atiyoga are particular forms of Buddhist spirituality : Mahamudra, the 'Great Seal', is considered by Tibetan teachers to be the essence of both the short path and the final instructions that conclude the gradual common and esoteric paths of Buddhist doctrines; Atiyoga of 'Extreme Union' represents the Buddhist Dzogchen or 'Great Completeness' doctrine.

Mahanirvana Tantram

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The Mahanirvan Tantram is the most important of all the Tantram that are to be found now. It consists of

Maheshvarananda The Mahartha Manjari (HB)

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Mahartha-manjari is an important text of Kashmir Saiovism. It belongs to the 14th Century A.D. and is written in Maharastrian

Maheshvarananda The Mahartha Manjari (PB)

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Mahartha-manjari is an important text of Kashmir Saivism. It belongs to the 14th Century A.D. and is written in Maharastrian

Mahidhara’s Mantra Mohodadhih (vol. I)

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The Mantramahodadhi (a vast ocean of mantras) enjoys special significance. This Sixteenth Century work, according to Pt. Shukadeva Chaturvedi, is

Mahidhara’s Mantra Mohodadhih (vol. II )

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The Mantramahodadhi (a vast ocean of mantras) enjoys special significance. This Sixteenth Century work, according to Pt. Shukadeva Chaturvedi, is

Makutagama

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The special features of the ‘Pancasutra linga, the rites of Sannidhanam, Avagunthanam, Sakalikarana, Amritkarana etc. have also been narated as

Man and His Becoming

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Richard C. Nicholson's translation of Rene Guenon's Man and His Becoming is an exposition of the 'nature and constitution of the human being' in the light of the doctrines of Vedanta which echoes the Upanishadic message, 'there is one only without a second.' Other traditional views like Nyaya, Vaisesika, Sankhya, Yoga and Mimamsa are referred to wherever necessary.