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Hinduism & Sanatana Dharma
A Spiritual Student’s Guide to Essential Sanskrit Terms
Compiled by Swami Nirmalananda Giri
A practical reference to essential Sanskrit terms used in Yoga, Vedanta, Hindu scriptures, and spiritual literature.
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Hinduism & Sanatana Dharma
A Commentary On Sri Vaiyai R. Subramanian’s Ellam Ondre
A practical Advaita commentary on Ellam Ondre, the concise Tamil text frequently recommended by Sri Ramana Maharshi.
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Hinduism & Sanatana Dharma
A Yogi’s Spiritual Autobiography
A candid spiritual autobiography tracing a Western-born seeker’s path from evangelical Christianity through India, monastic life, spiritual discrimination, and the discovery of Soham Yoga.
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Spiritual Life
Healing in Your Hands
The author’s illustrated presentation of Bio-Magnetic Therapy, its theory of vital force, and its hands-on methods.
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Original Christianity
A Commentary on Theologia Germanica
A commentary on Theologia Germanica as a practical Christian mystical and non-dual text.
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Meditation & Yoga
A Study of Illusions Produced by Delusive Meditation and How to Be Free from Them
A candid guide to recognizing meditation-produced delusion, testing spiritual experience by its fruits, recovering clarity, and establishing a sound practice.
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Meditation & Yoga
10 Important Principles Every Meditator Should Know
A foundational guide to yoga practice, meditation, and spiritual life from the perspective of authentic yogic tradition.
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Hinduism & Sanatana Dharma
A Serious Student’s Guide to Sanatana Dharma
Newly edited by Swami Nirmalananda Giri (Abbot George Burke)
An advanced systematic study of Sanatana Dharma, its disciplines, philosophies, cosmology, and path to liberation.
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Spiritual Life
A Practical Method Using the Rider-Waite Deck
A spiritually oriented guide to understanding and reading the Tarot, illustrated with the complete Rider-Waite deck.
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Hinduism & Sanatana Dharma
Practical Guidance for Meditation, Devotion, and Daily Spiritual Life
Commentary by Swami Nirmalananda Giri
Sri Anandamayi Ma’s practical teachings from Matri Vani illuminated for meditation, devotion, perseverance, and daily spiritual life.
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Meditation & Yoga
The Life and Teachings of Sri Gajanana Maharaj of Nashik
Compiled and Edited By Swami Nirmalananda Giri (Abbot George Burke)
The life, original teachings, conversations, disciples’ accounts, and Soham practice of Sri Gajanana Maharaj of Nashik.
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Spiritual Life
A Commentary on Mabel Collins’ Spiritual Classic
Commentary by Swami Nirmalananda Giri
Swami Nirmalananda Giri’s practical commentary on Mabel Collins’ concise spiritual classic, exploring discipleship, inner light, meditation, discipline, and awakening.
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Meditation & Yoga
Perspectives on Yoga
A wide-ranging guide to the inner principles, disciplines, discernment, and daily choices that make the practice of yoga a complete way of life.
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Original Christianity
A concise historical, scriptural, and theological examination of whether belief in reincarnation is compatible with Christianity.
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Spiritual Life
A Yogic Manual on Psychic Phenomena, Protection, and Self-Mastery
A sober yogic guide to psychic phenomena, protection, discernment, inner strength, and spiritual self-mastery.
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Original Christianity
An Esoteric Christian Cosmology
A concise esoteric Christian account of creation, the Fall, Christ’s work of restoration, and humanity’s evolution toward conscious participation in the Divine.
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Hinduism & Sanatana Dharma
The Eternal Religion
Newly edited by Swami Nirmalananda Giri (Abbot George Burke)
A foundational textbook of Sanatana Dharma: its spiritual worldview, practices, ethics, and path to liberation.
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Meditation & Yoga
Questions & Answers about Life, Spiritual Liberty, and the Pursuit of Ultimate Happiness
More than 350 questions and practical answers about meditation, spiritual liberty, daily life, and the pursuit of ultimate happiness.
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Meditation & Yoga
An In-Depth Guide to Effective Meditation
A complete practical guide to Soham meditation: a simple practice joined to the natural breath whose purpose is direct realization of the Self.
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Original Christianity
A Practical Commentary on the Life and Teachings of Jesus Christ
One major practical commentary on a harmony of the four Gospels, published in two volumes: The Way of Illumination and The Way of Liberation.
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Meditation & Yoga
A spiritual and metaphysical exploration of how food may affect consciousness, meditation, subtle energy, and Christian spiritual practice.
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Dharma for Awakening
A Practical Commentary on Levi Dowling’s Classic Life of Jesus Christ
One practical commentary in two volumes on Levi Dowling’s classic spiritual life of Jesus Christ.
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Meditation & Yoga
A Collection of Writings About the Spiritual, Mental, and Physical Benefits of Continence
Compiled by Swami Nirmalananda Giri
An anthology of spiritual teaching, practical counsel, personal testimony, and historical perspectives on brahmacharya, energy, purity, and self-mastery.
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Dharma for Awakening
A Practical Commentary for Leading a Successful Spiritual Life
A practical commentary on the Bhagavad Gita for living a successful spiritual life.
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Meditation & Yoga
Translated by Swami Nirmalananda Giri (Abbot George Burke)
A clear, spiritually serious English translation of the Bhagavad Gita for repeated reading, meditation, and study.
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Original Christianity
The Story of Original Christianity
An exploration of original Christianity and the evidence connecting Jesus, India, and the deeper spiritual tradition of Christ.
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Dharma for Awakening
A Commentary on Buddha’s Practical Wisdom
A practical commentary on the Buddha’s teachings for awakening, discipline, and liberation.
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Meditation & Yoga
Guidance for Spiritual Seekers on the Path to Realization: A Commentary on Words of Sri Anandamayi Ma
Commentary by Swami Nirmalananda Giri
Sri Anandamayi Ma’s teachings on spiritual realization, accompanied by Swami Nirmalananda Giri’s extensive commentary rooted in nineteen years of personal contact.
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Dharma for Awakening
A Commentary on Jesus’ Sayings as Recorded by the Apostle Thomas
A commentary on the sayings of Jesus in the Gospel of Thomas, read as practical teachings for awakening.
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Hinduism & Sanatana Dharma
A Commentary on the Mystical Poetry of the Great Yogini of Kashmir
Commentary by Swami Nirmalananda Giri (Abbot George Burke)
The mystical Vakhs of the great Kashmiri yogini interpreted as practical teachings on Soham Sadhana, Self-knowledge, and liberation.
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Meditation & Yoga
A Practical Commentary on Leading an Effectual Spiritual Life
A Commentary By Swami Nirmalananda Giri (Abbot George Burke)
Sri Gajanana Maharaj’s teachings interpreted and expanded by Swami Nirmalananda Giri for practical spiritual application.
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Dharma for Awakening
A Commentary on the Mystical Wisdom of the Earliest Christian Hymns and Poems
Commentary by Swami Nirmalananda Giri (Abbot George Burke)Translated from the Syriac by Brother Simeon Goldstein
A practical mystical commentary on forty-one ancient Christian hymns of divine light, rebirth, love, freedom, and direct knowledge of God.
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Meditation & Yoga
Three Essentials for a Successful Spiritual Life
A concise guide to Soham meditation, yogic ethics, and the practical foundations of a successful spiritual life.
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Dharma for Awakening
A Practical Commentary on Lao Tzu’s Classic Exposition of Taoism
Commentary by Swami Nirmalananda Giri (Abbot George Burke)
A practical spiritual commentary on Lao Tzu’s classic teachings of stillness, simplicity, non-striving, self-mastery, and return to the eternal Way.
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Original Christianity
Compiled from Ancient Records and Mystical Revelations
Compiled, Edited, and Commented on by Swami Nirmalananda Giri (Abbot George Burke)
Early Christian, apocryphal, traditional, and mystical accounts of Jesus and Mary, presented with Swami Nirmalananda Giri’s commentary.
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Dharma for Awakening
A Practical Commentary on India’s Classical Scriptures
A practical commentary on the Upanishads, India’s classical scriptures of the Self and ultimate reality.
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Dharma for Awakening
A Commentary on Shankara’s Classic on Advaita Vedanta
Commentary by Swami Nirmalananda Giri (Abbot George Burke)
A practical verse-by-verse commentary on discrimination between the Self and the non-Self, spiritual practice, and liberation in Advaita Vedanta.
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Original Christianity
A Commentary on the Mystical Verse of Angelus Silesius–The Cherubinic Wanderer
Commentary by Swami Nirmalananda Giri
Angelus Silesius’s concentrated Christian mystical verses illuminated through practical commentary grounded in non-duality, Vedanta, and spiritual practice.
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Hinduism & Sanatana Dharma
A Commentary on the Yoga Sutras of Patanjali
Commentary by Swami Nirmalananda Giri (Abbot George Burke)
A practice-grounded commentary on Patanjali’s Yoga Sutras, classical Yoga, meditation, consciousness, samadhi, and liberation.
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