An Approach to Vedanta

ISHERWOOD, Christopher

Vedanta Press

The Upanishads reflect pure Vedanta, the highest aspect of spiritual truth. There are no personal Gods, no Christ, Rama, Krishna, or Ramakrishna. The teachings are very ancient, back from before the written word. The Rishis whose insight they embody remain wholly in the background, impersonal as the truth they stood for, their individual lives lost forever, with even their names lost in the dark backward and abysm of time.The twelve major Upanishads are listed in mostly traditional order: Katha, Isha, Kena, Prasna, Mundaka, Mandukya, Taittiriya, Aitaeya, Chandogya, Brihadaranyaka, Swetasvatara, Kaivalya.From the preface:"Our aim in this translation has not been to achieve a literal translation but rather...to convey the teachings in clear and simple English.""Captures the sense, beauty, and spirit of the original." - Books for Inner DevelopmentNote that the new edition with new cover was completely reset for easier reading and cleaner type.

The Upanishads: Breath of the Eternal

Written as an aid to studying Vedanta, this dictionary is actually almost an encyclopedia, given the amount of informtation shoehorned into most entries.

A Brief Dictionary of Hinduism: Ramakrishna - Vedanta Wordbook

Reference

Foreign Language Study & Reference

The eternal companion: Brahmananda; teachings and reminiscences, with a biography

Prabhavananda

Narada's Way of Divine Love: The Bhakti Sutras

I have drawn inspiration for this commentary from the teachings of Sri Ramakrishna and from the lives of this disciplels, with most of whom it was my bleed fortune to be intimately associated. I have witnessed how these men of God showed forth in their own lives and knowledge and love of God which Narada described thousands of years ago, thus proving that his teachings are equally valid for us in this age.

Narada's Way of divine love: The bhakti sutras

Nārada

A classic text on the path to God through knowledge. The basic teaching is that God alone is the all-pervading reality; the individual soul is none other than the universal soul. 
According to Shankara, it is the ignorance of our real nature that causes suffering and pain. The desire for happiness is essentially a longing to awaken to who and what we truly are. 
Through the path of self-knowledge, Shankara clearly teaches how to awaken from ignornce created by the mind, and abide in the peace of our true nature.

Shankara's Crest-Jewel of Discrimination: Timeless Teachings on Nonduality - The Vivekachudamani

Shankara

Glimpses of a great soul: A portrait of Swami Saradananda

Aseshananda

Religion & Spirituality

The spiritual power of Swami Shivananda, a disciple of Ramakrishna and president of the Ramakrishna Order is still felt today in the lives of people he influenced. Included in the book are twenty-six essays by swamis and lay disciples who personally knew Mahapurush Maharaj. This is an inspiring collection. Whatever grace I received from Mahapurush Maharaj was not on account of any qualifications of my own or the result of my own efforts--it was solely due to the fact that he was a motiveless ocean of mercy.--Swami Lokeswarananda

Mahapurush Maharaj As We Knew Him

Swami Apurvananda

translated by Swami Swahananda

LOVE has a divine essence, We experience this to some degree in all our human relationships since the love that we feel for one another is actually the attraction of God dwelling within. This love can lead us to God-realization, for, as the ancient sage Narada teaches, God is love. Narada's Bhakti Sutras are the most important Hindu text on the path of love, or Bhakti-Yoga. By directing our passions towards God, we discover that it is possible to have a relationship with God. The relationship deepens until finally we realize that we are never separate from God -- our true, divine nature is simply waiting to be revealed.

Narada's Way of Divine Love

Swami Prabhavananda

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Follow the adventures of a Westerner who meets Swami Vivekananda.

With the Swamis in American and India

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