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An Introduction to Swaminarayan Hindu Theology

By: Swami Paramtattvadas

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An Introduction to Swaminarayan Hindu Theology

By: Swami Paramtattvadas

Since its inception over two hundred years ago, Swaminarayan Hinduism has flourished into a transnational movement described as one of the fastest growing Hindu groups in the world. Despite being one of the largest and most visible Hindu traditions both in India and the West, surprisingly little is known about what the Swaminarayan fellowship believes. An Introduction to Swaminarayan Hindu Theology provides a comprehensive doctrinal account of the Swaminarayan tradition's belief system, drawing on its rich corpus of theological literature, including the teachings of Swaminarayan himself and classical commentaries on canonical Vedāntic texts. Part I delineates the sources and tools of Swaminarayan Hindu theology, while Part II systematically expounds upon its distinctive five eternal entities - Parabrahman, Akṣarabrahman, māyā, īśvara and jīva - and mukti (spiritual liberation). In presenting these key themes theologically and lucidly, Swami Paramtattvadas makes the Swaminarayan Hindu belief system intelligible to scholars, students and serious readers.

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An Introduction to Swaminarayan Hindu Theology

By: Swami Paramtattvadas

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Swami Abhishiktananda

Essential Writings

By: Swami Abhishiktananda

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Swami Abhishiktananda

Essential Writings

By: Swami Abhishiktananda

Swami Abhishiktananda (Henri le Saux, 1910-1973) is one of the most intriguing spiritual figures of the twentieth century. A Breton-born monk who moved to India in 1948, he initially hoped to Christianize India along Benedictine lines. Instead his deep encounter with Hindu spirituality, particularly the experience of "non-duality," led him on an even more challenging and adventurous path, adopting the appearance and life if an Indian holy man. His last years were spent living as a hermit in the Himalayas.

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1570756953

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The Art of Satsang Simplified

Swaminarayan Books

By: Pujya Shri Devprashaddasji Swami,Shree Swaminarayan Gurukul Rajkot Sansthan

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The Art of Satsang Simplified

Swaminarayan Books

By: Pujya Shri Devprashaddasji Swami,Shree Swaminarayan Gurukul Rajkot Sansthan

Every time God visits the Earth, He visits His devotees living across various places to refresh their hope and intensify their desire towards Him. When God is not here, His Saints take over His role and walk across the globe inspiring the devotees. Guruvarya Shri Devkrushnadasji Swami, the head of Gurukul Rajkot is a Saint and Guru of over 240 such Sadhus who currently propagate Bhagwan Swaminarayan's mission around the globe. Sadguru Shri Devprasaddasji Swami among them is one such Saint who often visits devotees with a single intent of strengthening their desire towards God, and thus reducing the distance between devotees and God. In the year 2017, within a span of three months, Swamiji travelled across all corners and centers of United States to personally visit the devotees, and teach them the devotional techniques that he had learnt from His Guru Shastriji Maharaj Shri Dharmajivandasji Swami (and other prominent Saints), from his personal observations while living as per God's and Guru's directions, and from scriptures like Vachanamrut, Swami Ni Vato, Bhagavat Gita, etc., “The art of being detached from worldly attachments”, “Real cause of birth and death cycle”, “Importance of selfless actions and the process of bringing it into your life”, “Importance of a Saint in our lives”, “Understanding Moh (Enchantment)”, are some of the many profound topics explained in a simple manner that would help ease a devotee's life by multiple folds. This book is an attempt to capture the depth of Swamiji's teachings that he delivered in USA in the year 2017. Shri Ramesh B. of non-Gujarati descent listened to the Katha in Gujarati and transcribed it as a collection which took the form of this book. We hope that the book brings forth the teachings of Sadguru Devprasaddasji Swami as it is and brings clarity on the inner techniques of devotion to the reader and thus enabling him to possess God as quickly as possible.

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198

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Rajkot Gurukul

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8194175690

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9788194175698

Books of Daily Thoughts and Prayers by Swami Paramanda

By: Swami Paramananda

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Books of Daily Thoughts and Prayers by Swami Paramanda

By: Swami Paramananda

There are moments when the spirit is mute and powerless to give utterance to its interior yearning. It feels the need of a vibrant word to rouse it from its numbness and voice its voiceless aspiration. Hence attempts to provide, in one form or another, daily thoughts for the day's round are coincident with the rising of the religious consciousness. The ancient Forest-Books or Upanishads of the Vedlc period were but the accumulated effort of great sages to help those who surrounded them in their woodland hermitage, to meet the daily problem with triumphant heart. The mediaeval breviaries and manuals of devotion were written or compiled to the same end. The present volume is another contribution to this daily sacrament of prayer and holy thought. The idea of preparing it is not of recent conception. As far back as 1812 Swami Parama-nanda wrote me from Switzerland "Other day I was thinking a little of the next book (from your letters). Can't we call it A Book of Daily Thoughts and Prayers' ? What do you think of it ?" I had written to him that the idea had come to me to gather from his later letters and certain notes of his teaching material for a companion volume to the "Path of Devotion," made up from earlier letters. The prayers were caught with the same stealthy silent pencil at the moment of their utterance. They sound in consequence the more living note of spoken supplication. The quotations from the Scriptures are from the Swami's translations. Coming from such intimate sources, the words which follow possess special helpfulness in the intimate inward strivings of each day. They have been classified and arranged in consecutive and cumulative sequence. The thought is carried forward from day to day, so that at the end of a month a new and defined impression will be made on the character. Each day brings its salient thought to be held through the waking hours in continuous mindfulness a brief lesson amplifies this and imbeds it more deeply in the consciousness a prayer feeds and strengthens the natural upward-reaching devotional aspirations of the heart. A few lines from the Swami's sacred and illumined poems are given as a daily exercise in memorizing. Memorizing is one of the most productive of spiritual practices. It provides a rich inner library to which one can turn in the moment of emptiness or distress. A single line called up in memory will sometimes turn the thought into an entirely fresh and wholesome channel. Thus on each page will be found food for all the faculties of the aspiring spirit. The Swami's words lend themselves with peculiar aptitude to a work of this nature. His sentences have the focused, shining quality of a finely-cut gem which requires no embellishment of ornate setting. They stir the higher, holier impulses of the soul and impel to consecrated living. They carry forward by their inherent vitality and strength. The book calls for no other introduction than itself. With its tender counsel and ringing appeal it will find its way, by the force of its spiritual power, into the heart and sanctuary of every seeker whose hand it reaches. DEVAMATA. ANANDA-ASHRAMA, APRIL, 1926. JANUARY: LIVING CONSECRATION.. FEBRUARY: STEADFAST RESOLUTION "MARCH: POWER OF HOLINESS- APRIL: BLISS OF HIGHER VISION.. MAY: HUMILITY, SIMPLICITY AND PURITY OF HEABT. JUNE: FAITH AND COURAGE. JULY: ' BLESSING OF SERVICE- AUGUST: TRANQUILLITY AND CHEERFULNESS-SEPTEMBER: SELFLESS LOVE AND DEVOTION.. OCTOBER: RIGHT THOUGHT AND RIGHT ACTION. NOVEMBER: UNFALTEKING TRUST AND SURRENDER. DECEMBER: REDEEMING POWER WITHIN. 7 Be act offended if my mortal hand Lacketfe grace to offer Thee oblation. Yet this hand is Thy gift Sanctified by Thy touch. I will, use it humbly And lift this offering of love to Thy Feet. I will cherish my mind For it hath brought me thoughts of Thee I will cherish my heart For it hath given me vision of Thee And I will crown this life with a crown of bliss For it hath brought me to Thy gate.

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1443722146

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Sadhuta na Shangar

Gurudev Shastriji Maharaj Inspirational Life Stories

By: Shastri Shri Haripriyadasji Swami,Shree Swaminarayan Gurukul Rajkot Sansthan

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Sadhuta na Shangar

Gurudev Shastriji Maharaj Inspirational Life Stories

By: Shastri Shri Haripriyadasji Swami,Shree Swaminarayan Gurukul Rajkot Sansthan

‘Kaam Dravya ne Maan Chhe Jeh, Teh Saru Dharyo Nathi Deh; Eva Gune Mota Je Munish, Eva Sant ne Naamu Hu Shish’. Sadguru Shri Nishkulanand Swami narrates the many characteristics of an ideal Saint in the second Prakaran of the Bhaktachintamani (2-20). Have you ever wondered what the life of a holy soul can be like? How did he live in this modern world? How did he shape the lives of so many individuals? What kind of a person is an epitome of Dharma, Bhakti, Gyan, and Vairagya like? How does his work live on forever? What kind of vision did he have for mankind? The noble and holy care less for themselves and more for the people in the social fabric. They suffer not for themselves but for all and yet remain forgiving forever. So broad and farsighted is their vision that generations after them keep thanking them forever. This book is an attempt to shed some light onto the life of Sadguru Shastriji Maharaj Shri Dharmajivandasji Swami answering the above questions. Each chapter explores a new facet of Pujya Swami's life. This riveting book will help you understand Swami's simple yet influential, bold yet gentle, strict yet accommodating, and courageous yet caring personality. The author has not merely translated the book "Sadhutana Shangar" from Gujarati to English but was inspired to serve in this capacity after reading the Gujarati edition written by Shastri Shri Haripriydasji Swami. May Bhagwan Swaminarayan, Pujya Shastriji Maharaj, and Pujya Guruvarya Shri Devkrushnadasji Swami be pleased upon Kamleshbhai Shah from Canada for picking up the publishing costs, his son and daughter for authoring the book, and all who served in the publishing of this book in any capacity, inspire them to serve the Swaminarayan Sampraday, and bless their hearts for their efforts. Shree Swaminarayan Gurukul also prays to Bhagwan Shree Swaminarayan that the readers of this book will be able to establish a bond with Pujya Shastriji Maharaj by using this book as a medium. So please turn the page and begin now!

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1523908920

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Prophet of a New Hindu Age

The Life and Times of Acharya Pranavananda

By: Ninian Smart,Swami Purnananda

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Prophet of a New Hindu Age

The Life and Times of Acharya Pranavananda

By: Ninian Smart,Swami Purnananda

This is the fascinating biography, first published in 1985, of the remarkable Bengali religious leader Swami Pranavananda who lived in the turbulent years of the early twentieth century. The story of his life has to some extent been eclipsed by the struggle for Indian independence, but his extraordinary personal qualities, his determined asceticism, his high ideals of social service and commitment to Hindu solidarity all serve to set him apart from his contemporaries and entitle him to be better known by political and religious historians of the period.

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Routledge

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1351801058

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Swami Yogananda's the Science of Religion (1920 Original Edition)

By: Swami Yogananda

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Swami Yogananda's the Science of Religion (1920 Original Edition)

By: Swami Yogananda

Religion mainly means God consciousness or the realization of God, which it really does, then there is one Religion in the world for there is one God. And different customs, conventions, forms of worship, tenets may be held to form the grounds for the origin of different sects included under that one Religion. If Religion is understood in this way then and then only can its universality be maintained. For we cannot possibly universalize particular customs, conventions. But the common element in Religion can be universalized. We can ask everyone to follow it. Then it can be said that Religion is not only necessary, but it is universal too. Everyone must follow the same Religion, for it is one, its universal element is one and the same. Its customs and conventions differ only. I have tried to show in the brochure that as God is One, necessary for all of us, so religion is one, necessary and universal.In order to understand the real necessity of God and Religion we must have a conception quite relevant to our daily aims and actions. Hence Religion necessarily consist in the permanent removal of pain and the realization of Bliss or God. If we understand Religion in this way, then its universality becomes obvious.

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Swami Vivekananda

Essential Writings

By: Swami Vivekananda

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Swami Vivekananda

Essential Writings

By: Swami Vivekananda

Swami Vivekananda (l863-1902), a learned scholar and wandering monk from India, traveled to Chicago in 1893 for the first World Parliament of Religions and there won immediate acclaim as a spiritual teacher. He established the first Vedanta centers in the United States and made a tremendous impression on a range of scholars, writers, and spiritual seekers. Book jacket.

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1570759960

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Enlightening Stories

By: Swami Vimohananda

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Enlightening Stories

By: Swami Vimohananda

‘Enlightening Stories’ is a collection of 74 stories culled from the Indian and other religious traditions. Geographically, they range from the jungles of India to the deserts of the Middle East and the hills of Italy; historically, from the Vedic period to the 20th century; culturally, from the Hindu, Buddhist, Sufi, and Christian traditions. Wide-ranging and eclectic, they reflect our rich heritage and illustrate the universality of spiritual truth. Compiled by Swami Vimohananda from Bengali title ‘Galpa Malika’ by Swami Chetanananda and other sources and published by Advaita Ashrama, a publication house of Ramakrishna Math, Belur Math. #AdvaitaAshrama #RKMathBelurMath

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Advaita Ashrama (A publication branch of Ramakrishna Math, Belur Math)

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8175059249

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9788175059245

The Sermon on the Mount According to Vedanta

By: Swami Prabhavananda

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The Sermon on the Mount According to Vedanta

By: Swami Prabhavananda

The Sermon on the Mount represents the essence of both Christ's teachings and the teachings of Vedanta. Christ said, "Blessed are the pure in heart, for they shall see God." "The kingdom of God is within." "Be ye perfect..." Theologians are apt to explain away these teachings, but we believe Christ meant what he said. Read in this book how Vedanta goes to the heart of Christ's teachings.

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The Teitan Press, Inc.

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0874810507

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9780874810509

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