According to the tantric traditions of Buddhism, Hinduism, and Kashmir Shaivism, no aspect of life is to be rejected. Trika Yoga, a tantric method of Kashmir Shaivism, focuses on releasing tension and allowing creative energy to flow unobstructed throughout the field of our individual experience. This first volume of a two-volume set explores in depth questions likely to face a person beginning a spiritual practice. In this volume, Swami Chetanananda explains three aspects of spiritual practice with clarity and depth: work with a teacher, private meditation, and service—becoming an instrument of the Divine. "Swamiji's insight into the core issues [of Kashmir Shaivism] underscores his grasp of the spirit of the system as a whole. For Swamiji, Kashmir Shaivism is not only a living philosophy, but also the philosophy of life." --From the Forward by Navjivan Rastogi, Department of Sanskrit, University of Lucknow, India

Dynamic Stillness Part One: The Practice of Trika Yoga

Health, Fitness & Dieting

Swami Chetanananda

Exercise & Fitness

Rudra Press

In Carrot In My Ear Swami Shankarananda responds to questions from seekers about spiritual practice and philosophy. It is a guidebook to the inner experience, offering insights and techniques to dissolve ignorance and live with energy and awareness.

Carrot in My Ear

Swami Shankarananda

Alternative Medicine

Tonglen is a classic spiritual practice for awakening and strengthening compassion. We expand the heart to embrace everything in the human experience. Swami Girijananda's approach, which blends elements from both the Buddhist and Hindu tantric traditions, focuses on releasing us from our own suffering through what she calls "breathing in the dark and breathing out the light." Breaking down the steps of tonglen, she shows us how to face, befriend, and transform our darkness into light. First we learn to acknowledge our own darkness, our "stuff." Next we separate those feelings from our stories about them. Finally we connect to the inner light of our own true nature and experience the natural transformation that takes place from within. The book includes seven distinct variations of this simple yet powerful practice, suitable for people at any stage of inner development as downloads direct to your computer.

Tonglen For Our Own Suffering

Religion & Spirituality

Swami Girijananda

Buddhism

"Yoga is the most powerful system of stress management, but it is also...a system for transforming our awareness and quieting down our mind and body to experience inner sources of peace, joy, and well-being. I highly recommend Yoga For Your Life as a practical and clear guide..."--Dean Ornish, M.D. Over 400 beautiful color photographs present the spirit of yoga adapted to fit the American lifestyle. Along with eight progressive, easy-to-follow lessons are innovative methods for making yoga work for you every day--to wake up, calm anxiety, focus the mind, and prevent insomnia. Even if you're a beginner, you can pick up this book and start practicing right now!  160 pages (all in color), 8 1/2 x 11.

Yoga for Your Life: 6 copy prepack

Pierce, Margaret D.

Go straight to the heart of yogic teachings! Too often, Westerners perform the yoga positions without considering the form's underlying philosophy and spiritual dimension. For the first time, in this new and elegant translation from the Sanskrit, all the sutras appear in an accessible question-and-answer format, along with special queries that encourage self-reflection. The result is a treasure trove of insight. 275 pages, 1 b/w illus., 6 x 9.

The Essence of Yoga: Reflections on the Yoga Sutras of Patanjali

Bouanchaud, Bernard

Indian Tantric practice has an unbroken tradition dating back thousands of years. One of its greatest exponents was Abhinavagupta, the 10th century spiritual teacher, scholar, poet and mystic whose masterwork, Tantraloka, is encyclopedic in length (thirty-three volumes) and as yet unavailable in English. Now, however, comes Tantrasara, Abhinavagupta's own brief prose guide to Tantraloka, in a masterful new English translation by the renowned Pandit H.N. Chakravarty. Completed shortly before his death, this long-awaited volume takes us directly into the world of esoteric Tantric philosophy and practice. It deals with topics such as: the nature of the ultimate reality, consciousness itself; the creative energy underlying all manifestation; and the ritual and inner practices that awaken, sustain, and bring this awareness to fruition. The Tantrasara lays a solid foundation for understanding Tantric spiritual practice with clarity and depth.

Tantrasara of Abhinavagupta

H.N. Chakravarty

The 45 short chapters in the book offer the reader an opportunity to experience a different understanding of what love really is.

Open Heart Open Mind: Practical Lessons in Loving Your LIfe

Chetanananda, Swami

Rudi taught his students to see through the diversity of the world into the infinite creative power beneath it. In seeing, feeling, and having a living contact with that source of life, we are released from the limitations of our lives into freedom. When Rudi spoke, his words were an extension of the flow of spiritual energy pulsating through him. This book is composed of talks that Rudi gave to his students in 1972 and 1973 in his meditation room in Manhattan and in his ashram in the Catskill Mountains. We have tried to capture the vibrancy of his teaching in this collection.

Entering Infinity

Rudi (Swami Rudrananda)

In this unique and powerful volume, Rudi explores our basic need to grow and the role played by a teacher or guru in a person's spiritual practice. He dispels common illusions about spirituality and directs us to accept the full challenge of life. Included are a series of techniques that are fundamental to the teaching of this extraordinary spiritual master. Completed shortly before his death in 1973, it is the only book that he wrote and published himself. As such, it is a direct documentation of his intensity and insight and the lived-through experience of the infinite. The fourth edition reprises the first edition of Rudi's work, with a new foreword by Swami Chetanananda.

Spiritual Cannibalism

RUDI

Abhinavagupta's commentary on the Bhagavad Gita through the lens on Kahsmiri Shaivism.

Abhinavagupta's Commentary on the Bhagavad Gita: Gitartha-Samgraha

Abhinavagupta

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