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Towards The Pilgrimage Archetype
Transcendent Journey
TSwami Jnanananda Giri (1929–2015) was born in Zürich/Switzerland. He went to India at the age of twenty-two and joined in 1956 the ancient order of sannyasis (renunciates) who devote their lives to yoga, meditation and self-realization.
Swami Jnanananda never left India again. After his guru passed away he led the life of a wandering mendicant. Relying on God alone he travelled far and wide through India, particularly to the ancient places of pilgrimage and to many less known holy sites. His life was rich in encounters with saints, yogis and healers of manifold denominations. This life story he narrates in this book.
Gradually he became a guru himself and gathered a small group of disciples around him. He finally settled in the outskirts of the Himalayan hill station Mussoorie and lived in a tiny hut in the forest. For the last decade of his life this daily rhythm continued in Dehradun at the foot of the Himalayas, in his disciple Maitreyi’s house.
Tripura Rahasya The Mystery of Goddess Tripura (Jnana Khanda)
Understanding The Dalai Lama
Universal History of Music
Music pervades all nature. There is nothing in nature that arouses our attention of effects our feelings so quickly as a sound. The book furnishes an account of the music of various nations-civilized to uncivilized, on the faces of the habitable globe. A few facts concerning Hindu music are given a place in the Appendix.
Upamana In Indian Philosophy
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Vaisnava Contribution to Varanasi
Varanasi Vista Early Views of the Holy City
Vedanta
This volume presents in a clear and concise form the tents of a religion, the scriptures of which have evolved over the course of five thousand years. Vivekananda once said, ''I have a message to the West, as Buddha had a message to the east.'' And the message was Vedanta. As Christopher Isherwood says in his foreword:'' It must be remembered that much of this material was first spoken to audiences - sometimes extemporaneously, without even a rough draft of what Vivekananda wished to say. In such cases, it was taken down in shorthand ... Thus we experience the freshness of the Swami's live speech. Vivekananda's living presence often becomes powerfully evident behind his words."
Vedantasara of Sadananda
The achievements of the Indians in the field of Philosophy are really great and outstanding. Results being varied in nature and diverse in outlook, they have been classified under different heads. Each is known as a system of thaught but the term quite popular to refer to each one is a darsana. This term conveys the sense of intuition, that a seer had and hence was responsible for the development of the system besed on that particular intution, which may concern with truth or knowledge of soul.
Vedic Astrology
An excellent introductory text, covering all the basics of this centuries-old predictive art. The material is well-organized, highly readable, and easily accessible to anyone with a sincere interest ...a beautiful job of bringing this normally cryptic and hidden material to life for you. ...the author guides newcomers away from the pitfalls and calamities that have destroyed moderners hopes of learning Eastern astrology century after century.