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Paths to Transcendence According to Shankara, Ibn Arabi, and Meister Eckhart
Shri Mahaswami: The Sage with Eyes of Light (PB)
Shri Chandrashekharendra Saraswati, popularly known as the Paramacharya of Kanchipuram or Shri Mahaswami, became at the age of 13 the religious head of the Kanchi Kamakoti Peetham. He was one of the most respected and venerated sages of the 20th century in India. Because of his unquestioned authority and spiritual depth he succeeded in reviving the traditional Hindu faith and beliefs, and reinvigorated the path of Advaita Vedanta.
Shri Mahaswami: The Sage with Eyes of Light (HB)
Shri Chandrashekharendra Saraswati, popularly known as the Paramacharya of Kanchipuram or Shri Mahaswami, became at the age of 13 the religious head of the Kanchi Kamakoti Peetham. He was one of the most respected and venerated sages of the 20th century in India. Because of his unquestioned authority and spiritual depth he succeeded in reviving the traditional Hindu faith and beliefs, and reinvigorated the path of Advaita Vedanta.
The Rhythm of History
Arthur Osborne found that while academics investigated the causes of historical incidents, their research was limited, for the most part, to obvious physical causes, but they failed to clarify the overarching but hidden principles that, in his eyes, governed actions and made history. In this book he suggests a different approach to history, giving its due importance to spiritual ideas and teachers, and proposing that ideas shape the physical conditions of society more than the other way round. In his own words:Â "The purpose of the present book is not so much to suggest any new philosophy or interpretation of history as to draw attention to a rhythm that runs through it, establishing parallels and coincidences large and obvious enough not to be open to dispute. These will be sufficient at least to show that history is not purely haphazard and yet is also not simple progress."
Arthur Osborne observed that so-called progress was not what it appeared to be and that modern civilisation is not necessarily an advance on the discoveries and understanding that ancient civilisations had garnered and demonstrated in their development. He outlined the parallels--not be confused with uniformity--in the different phases through which the great civilizations of mankind passed. In the 18th century there was a radical divergence between the West and East, which is being overcome by the surging of a single world civilization.
The Linga and the Great Goddess (HB)
Svami Karpatri (1907-1982), a revered contemporary sannyasin of exceptional personality, was renowned for his deep scriptural knowledge, which he used in his many writings to light up the Hindu orthodox point of view. The two significant articles presented here deal with the meaning of the Linga and the nature of the Great Goddess. Besides doctrinal and mythological clarifications, we find a sophisticated debate about the nature of sakti between two traditional schools: Nyaya and Mimamsa, which could be compared with those held in the times of Adi Sankara.
Stavacintamani of Bhatta Narayana with the Commentary by Ksemaraja
Science, Consciousness, Freedom
The Aphorisms of Siva
Vijnana Bhairava: The Practice of Centring Awareness
Spandapradipika A Commentary on the Spandakarika by Bhagavadutpalacarya
The Spandapradipika is a commentary on the Spanda Karika, an early, seminal Kashmiri Saiva text. This commentary is by Bhagavadutpala, also known as Utpala Vaisnava, who lived in 10th century Kashmir. It is important both because it is early and especially because it contains copious references to Pancaratra sources--the earliest dateable ones so far recovered. Mark Dyczkowski has translated this text in his book Stanzas on Vibration. The Spandakarika with Four Commentaries.