""When Acceptance comes, it cuts off involvement, and then there's peace. This isn't the momentary peace you get from getting what you want and it isn't the peace that is oblivion, but rather the peac...

Vedic knowledge is the ancient and universal root, not only of Hinduism, but of many of the world's religions and mystical traditions. Hindu and Vedic knowledge presents a complete system of spiritua...

Gods, Sages and Kings is a very important book. It fills a major void in our understanding of human history . . . It calls into question our entire view of human history . . . it is much more signific...

Gives a brief account of Hinduism in both its theoretical and its practical aspects. Presents the Hindu beliefs about religion and philosophy concerning God, the soul, creation, ethics, spiritual disc...

No dogma. No doctrine. No mystical rhetoric obscures this direct evocation of the truth of the i am, ever beckoning beyond the borders of the mind. Jean klein once again gives us the clearest and most...

"His words are great music, phrases in the style of Beethoven, stirring rhythms like the march of Handel choruses. I cannot touch these sayings of his, scattered as they are through the pages of books...

"His words are great music, phrases in the style of Beethoven, stirring rhythms like the march of Handel choruses. I cannot touch these sayings of his, scattered as they are through the pages of books...

The startling facts and evidence in this book prove that all present-day cultures, languages and religions are descendants of a greatly advanced ancient culture that was a global society. This was the...

CONTENTSLesson I.The 'I'Lesson II.The Ego's Mental ToolsLesson III.The Expansion of the SelfLesson IV.Mental ControlLesson V.The Cultivation of AttentionLesson VI.Cultivation of PerceptionLesson VII.T...

"His words are great music, phrases in the style of Beethoven, stirring rhythms like the march of Handel choruses. I cannot touch these sayings of his, scattered as they are through the pages of books...

Self-Knowledge, a translation by Swami Nikhilananda of the sacred text, Atmabodha, was composed by the 8th century philosopher and mystic of India, Sankara. Self-Knowledge sets forth the principles of...

Swami Nikhilananda's English translation of four of the major Upanishads - Katha, Isa, Kena, and Mundaka - offers a scholarly, yet readable version of the sacred texts of ancient India. The Upanishads...

Swami Nikhilananda's English translation of three of the major Upanishads - Svetasvatara, Prasna, and Mandukya - offers a scholarly, yet readable version of the sacred texts of ancient India. The Upa...

Swami Nikhilananda's English translation of two of the major Upanishads - Aitareya and Brihadaranyaka - offers a scholarly, yet readable version of the sacred texts of ancient India. The Upanishads f...

"As the subtle essence of the seed of a tree remains hidden in the seed, as the salt in salt water remains unperceived by sight or touch, in the same way the Self, the subtle essence of everythin...

"If you look, you will find that I have never quoted anything but the Upanishads. And of the Upanishads, it is only that One idea, strength." Swami Vivekananda.All four volumes of The Upani...

In a small hand-book sized format (6-1/2 x 4-1/2), this introduction provides an excellent overview of Vedanta, the philosophical foundation of Hinduism. It covers karma, meditation, spiritual basics,...

If you want to know India, study Vivekananada. In him everything is positive and nothing negative.---Rabindranath Tagore. Edited, with an introduction by Swami Chetananada, foreword by Christopher Ish...

"Another of David Frawley's beautiful offerings to Western aspirants. At the core of Vedanta is Jnana-Yoga, the non-dual path of liberating wisdom, relevant to anyone who approaches self-transformatio...

This text brings out the spiritual character of the Veda, applying Sri Aurobindo?s method of esoteric interpretation and following the lead of Sri T.V. Kapaly Sastry. It deals with the key question of...