Books about Aspects of Hinduism
In An Eagle’s Flight: A Yogi’s Spiritual Autobiography—a work favorably compared to Yogananda’s Autobiography of a Yogi— Swami Nirmalananda Giri (Abbot George Burke) shares with rare honesty the struggles, insights, and blessings that have shaped his spiritual life.
The Eternal Religion Sanatana Dharma, commonly called Hinduism, is not just beautiful temples, colorful festivals, gurus and unusual beliefs. It is, simply put, “The Way Things Are” on a cosmic scale. It is the facts of existence and transcendence. It illumines who we really are, what the world is, and how we should live our … Read more
Abbot George Burke’s insightful commentary in All Is One brings even further light to Ellam Ondre’s refreshing perspective on what Unity signifies, and the path to its realization. Written in the colorful and well-informed style typical of his other commentaries, it is a timely and important contribution to Advaitic literature that explains Unity as the fruit of yoga sadhana, rather than mere wishful thinking or some vague intellectual gymnastic, as is so commonly taught by the modern “Advaita gurus.”
A Practical Commentary for Leading a Successful Spiritual Life Several thousand years ago in north-central India, two people sat in a chariot in the midpoint of a great battlefield. One of them, the yogi Arjuna, knew that it would be not be long before the conflict would begin. So he asked Krishna, the Master of Yoga … Read more
A Spiritual Student’s Guide to Essential Sanskrit Terms expanded 2nd edition This sanskrit glossary contains full translations and explanations of many of the most commonly used spiritual sanskrit terms, and will help students of the Bhagavad Gita, the Upanishads, the Yoga Sutras of Patanjali, and other indian scriptures and philosophical works to expand their vocabularies … Read more
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