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SIDDHARAMESHWAR
MAHARAJ
AMRUT
LAYA |
VOLUME
1
The
Spiritual Science of
Self-knowledge
The
Stateless State
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Discourses
on Dasbodh
"Detachment
is absence of even a single desire. This leads to
fearlessness. Otherwise, there is no freedom from
fear for you. One should not depend on others, as
in the case where one thinks : "If I do not get
anything to eat I will die." Desire for the bliss
of the Self, is desire for the bliss within. People
who hoard millions and then go about telling others
the knowledge of Reality do not do good to
themselves, instead they commit
fraud."
Siddharameshwar Maharaj [1888-1936], the
Master of Nisargadatta Maharaj and Ranjit Maharaj
changed his own Master's traditional way of
teaching through meditation [pipilika marg]
called the ant's way into the bird's way
[vihangam marg], which uses thinking to
overcome ignorance. He preached the more direct
Bird's Way in very simple and lucid language.
Siddharameshwar Maharaj also wanted the
understanding of final Reality to be accessible to
all, so he refused to use complicated or technical
language and used examples taken from daily life.
He taught that the sat-chit-ananda stage
[the source of knowledge or consciousness]
is still an illusion. Reality is beyond both
ignorance and knowledge. He first taught by way of
knowledge and then told his disciples to renounce
the world, because renunciation without knowledge
has no value. Finally, he told them to renounce the
renunciation because that is also ego based. This
teaching enabled them to understand that the world
starts from 'zero' [knowledge] and ends in
'zero', so when it is nothing, what is there to
renounce? One then re-enters the illusory world
convinced that it is nothing but 'zero'.
Written in the 17th century by Swami Samarth
Ramdas, Dasbodh captures the essence of
Upanishadic thought: the Reality of the
all-pervading oneness. The essential merit of
Amrut Laya lies in the fact that
Siddharameshwar Maharaj interpreted the seemingly
esoteric and abstract teachings of Dasbodh
in a lucid manner to facilitate understanding by
even those without formal education. This book is
ideally aimed at the seeker, who having tired of
the transience of this phenomenal existence,
strives to know the original cause of his
creation.
"Celibacy
means not to be attached to the senses. With
strength, anything is possible. When one becomes
dependent, then one thinks of Rama for benefits. If
there is strength, there is less fear. It becomes
easier to think of 'knowledge'. A strong man also
understands knowledge better. Virtue is indicated
by control of the senses."
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SIDDHARAMESHWAR
MAHARAJ
AMRUT
LAYA |
VOLUME
2
The
Spiritual Science of
Self-knowledge
The
Stateless State
|
Discourses
on Dasbodh
"All
pride must vanish. "I am the body, my wealth, my
son, I am a person with status, my wife, my
relatives". So long as all these ideas exist, there
cannot be real knowledge. After realisation of the
Self, the aspirant regards his Master as the
greatest of all. He feels that he belongs to the
Master."
This volume is a companion to the first volume
entitled Amrut Laya, The Stateless State.
That first volume contains the the great work of
distinction written by Siddharameshwar Maharaj
entitled The Master Key to Self Realisation
as well as the transcribed notes from 50 lectures
given by Siddharameshwar Maharaj on various themes
from Dasbodh.
This second volume of Amrut Laya contains
transcribed notes of 88 additional lectures. This
text is a great treasure-house of spiritual
enlightenment and "Knowledge of Self" that has been
imparted by Siddharameshwar Maharaj. In this book,
he elaborates on various spiritual principles that
are presented in selections from three main classic
texts : Dasbodh, Yogavasishtha and
Eknathi Bhagawat. He gives details
explanations of many principles of Vedantic
philosophy in a clear, simple language. Most
importantly he describes the nature of the Self
[Atman], Brahman, dispels ignorance with
knowledge [jnana], and then tells us to
cast off even that knowledge. He directs the reader
to that indescribable Parabrahman which is our true
form.
"Spiritual
knowledge, unsupported by worship is baseless. If
there is no devotion, there is no knowledge.
Devotion is the mother of knowledge. Without the
Master's grace, there is no knowledge. When will
the Master's grace flow? Only through steadfast
devotion. Then, even mud will turn into gold. The
Satguru is your protector. Why bother about others
when the Satguru is your
guardian?"
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RANJIT
MAHARAJ
UNDERSTANDING
IS REALIZING
Master
Strokes of Shri Ranjit Maharaj's
Teachings
"Never
worry for anything, whatever state you are in. It
is only a bodily or mind's affair. You are
stateless. All these states come and go. You are
always He. Never accept anything less. What is
there to prove, zero is always zero. You are
untouchable. Forget everything and you are He at
this very moment. There is nothing to leave and
nothing to take. You are Self without self. There
is only Oneness in the world. There is no duality.
Everybody is He, so why worry."
This small book is a collection of the invaluable
words of Ranjit Maharaj [1913-2000], which
are simple, straight forward and penetrate the
heart of the sincere seeker of Reality. The
teaching of Maharaj, like that of his Master,
Siddharameshwar Maharaj, is based on a simple and
direct transmission of knowledge. He insists that
what you see, perceive, think and feel is not true,
because it is impermanent. By accepting this Truth
through understanding, you discover who you really
are, the eternal Reality, That which lies beyond
all knowledge and ignorance. The book also contains
many photos of both Ranjit and Siddharameshwar
Maharaj.
80
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RANJIT
MAHARAJ
ILLUSION
VERSUS REALITY
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PART
1
Dialogues
with Shri Ranjit Maharaj on the Stateless
State
"Death
is to the body. You are not the body. What comes
must go, but you are ever there. Electricity
doesn't worry if a bulb goes off. Put in another
bulb and you get the light. You are everywhere. You
are the source of everything. How can you die?
Master makes you He [Reality], no death for
you. I still go ahead and say this is a dead body
at the moment. Power is connected, it speaks. In a
fraction of a second power can be disconnected. Be
He, that's the main point."
Between 1996
and his demise in 2000, Ranjit Maharaj was invited
to Europe and America several times to answer
seekers' questions about Reality. This book is a
compilation of dialogues on the 'Stateless State'
which took place in various countries.
Ranjit Maharaj met his Master, Siddharameshwar
Maharaj at the age of 12. His teaching, given in
the spirit of his Master's, makes no concession for
the ego and aims only at pure Self-knowledge and
freedom.
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RANJIT
MAHARAJ
ILLUSION
VERSUS REALITY
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PART
2
Dialogues
with Shri Ranjit Maharaj on the Stateless
State
"One
who goes to the depth of the ocean gets the pearl.
Go to the depth of yourself and He
[Reality] remains. One who gets the
understanding doesn't feel anything. Whatever
happens, let it happen, it's
okay."
Ranjit Maharaj was born in Bombay on January 4th
1913. In 1924, at the age of 12, he met his Master
Siddharameshwar Maharaj, a great unknown Master of
the age. Ranjit Maharaj only began teaching in 1983
at the age of 70 when increasing numbers of seekers
kept showing up at his door. The teaching of Ranjit
Maharaj is in the continuity of his Master's, with
no concession for the ego and aiming only at pure
Self-knowledge and freedom. This book gives a
straight forward and comprehensive knowledge of
Reality in the form of questions and answers which
took place in Bombay and Europe from February 15th,
1999 until July 26th, 2000, less than four months
before he passed away.
215
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VIMALA
THAKAR
INSIGHTS
INTO THE BHAGAVAD GITA
"In
order to remain in the state of non-duality, in
order to remain merged in the supreme Cosmic
intelligence, as a drop of water remains merged in
the ocean, it is necessary to educate ourselves not
to be harassed and tortured by the thought
process."
Vimala Thakar [1923-2009] gave a series of
inspired talks on the Bhagavad Gita to a
group of Yoga teachers, in three separate seminars,
during 1992 and 1993 while she was visiting Italy.
To her the Bhagavad Gita is very sacred
because it deals with the organic wholeness of
life; and the inbuilt complexity of life. It
affirms the interplay between the microcosm and
macrocosm and persuades us to remain united with
the ultimate reality, not only to intellectual
understanding, but through everything that we do,
at every moment. Thus, the deepest spiritual
insight concerning the Bhagavad Gita are
presented, herein, into the words full of clarity
and compassion.
374
pages |
12,00 € |
690 g
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VIMALA
THAKAR
ON
AN ETERNAL VOYAGE
"To
respond to every thing around me is fulfilment. To
walk austerely through pain and pleasure, beauty
and ugliness, joy and sadness of life, is living in
silence. The spontaneous movement of silence is
meditation."
This book tells us how Vimala Thakar set upon an
inward journey to freedom. It also contains the
verbatim report of some of her talks with J.
Krishnamurti concerning human transformation. After
8 years work in the land-gift-mission in India,
Vimala Thakar set out to speak about the necessity
of total inward revolution.
69
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4,00 € |
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EIGHT
UPANISHADS
With
the commentary of Adi Shankaracharya
Translated by Swami Gambhirananda
"Arise,
awake, and learn by approaching the excellent ones.
The wise ones describe that path to be as
impassable as a razor's edge, which, when
sharpened, is difficult to tread on."
These two volumes present the thoughts of the great
saint Adi Shankaracharya [788-820] in the
original Sanskrit, with English translation.
Volume 1 contains the Isa, Kena, Katha and
Taittiriya Upanishads.
Volume 2 contains the Aitareya, Mandaka,
Mundukya & Karika and Prasna
Upanishads.
"The
Self is free of all sense-organs, and is above all
internal organs. It is supremely tranquil, eternal
effulgence, divine absorption, immutable, and
fearless."
Volume
1
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427
pages |
7,00 € |
370 g
Volume
2
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505
pages |
7,00 € |
420 g
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CHANDOGYA
UPANISHAD
With
the commentary of Adi Shankaracharya
Translated by Swami Gambhirananda
"That
which is this subtle essence, all this has got That
as the Self. That is Truth. That is the Self. Thou
art That."
This is one of the most ancient major
Upanishads, the second biggest, next only to
the Brhadaranyaka. It consists of eight
chapters and a major portion of it devoted to
upasanas, or Upanisadic meditation, which
covers not only a life of action, but also an
actionless life It gives a practical hint as to how
one can be in the constant presence of the Reality
in the midst of daily duties. The name 'Chandogya'
refers to the Chandoga who is a hymn singer of the
Sama-Veda, one of the four Vedas
composed of chants. Shankaracharya held the
Chandogya Upanishad in great esteem, very
often citing from it.
690
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KABIR
SELECTED
COUPLETS FROM THE SAKHI IN
TRANVERSION
400-odd
verses in Iambic Tetrameter Stanza
Form
No
meditation equals truth,
Equal to falsehood there's no sin;
In whoever's heart lies the truth,
Know it's that heart where God dwells in.
Kabir's
[1440-1518] extempore outpourings of songs
and couplets numbering thousands have been hailed
widely for their deep spiritual fervour and poetic
quality. The bases of selection from the Sakhi are:
[1] Kabir's proverbial and worldly wisdom,
[2] analogy-finding gift, [3]
richness and variety of imagery, [4]
recurrent theme of death, [5] gift for
satire, and [6] rhetorical powers. This
introductory part primarily focusses on Kabir as
poet, which is his 'real estimate'. Thus, the
introductory part is a piece of scholarly criticism
judging and appreciating Kabir's Sakhi on the
canons of English literary criticism.
195
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KABIR
COUPLETS
FROM KABIR
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KABIR DOHE
Edited,
translated and compiled by G.N.
Das
Who
with love befriends you
Accept him with open arms
Who comes to you with crookedness
Keep him at arm's distance.
The poems and
songs of the fifteenth century saint-poet Kabir,
who belonged to both muslim and hindu communities,
are widely read around the world and acknowledged
for their depth in truth, fervour and poetic
quality.
This book presents three hundred couplets in rhymed
English verse translation besides a few lines in
prose by G.N. Das.
132
pages |
7,00 € |
240 g
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KABIR
THE
BIJAK OF KABIR
Translated
by Linda Hess and Shukdev
Singh
Dying,
dying, the world keeps dying,
but none knows how to die.
No one dies in such a way
that he won't die again.
Kabir was a 15th
century saint and poet belonging to both muslim and
hindu religions. His work has been sung and recited
by millions throughout India. He preached an
abrasive sometimes shocking, always uncompromising
message exhorting his audience to shed their
delusions, pretensions and empty orthodoxies in
favour of an intense, direct personal confrontation
with truth. The Bijak is one of his most
important anthologies.
195
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THE
SONG
OF
RIBHU
Translated
from the Original Tamil
Version
"Truth
transcends all thought, speech, and the printed
word. It transcends all ideas and even silence. It
is inconceivable, yet it alone is. As it is the
very being of all, it is known as the Self. There
are none who know it, and there are none who do not
know it. There is nothing that is it, yet nothing
that is not it. Those who seek to realise it find
it abiding within themselves as the one Self, free
of a separate realiser, any notion of an object
realised, and all dualism. The realisation of the
Self, by which is meant the absolute Reality, is a
matter of Self-knowledge. For those who recognise
the vital importance of Self-realisation, this text
was composed in ancient times. It was intended, and
remains, as a sign pointing to the Truth of the
Self, as an explanation of what the Self, the
Absolute, truly is, and as an aid to meditation for
those who look to their own being, or
consciousness, to awaken from the dream of illusion
to the ever-existent Reality."
from the
Introduction
The Tamil translation of the Ribhu Gita was
first published in 1885. The final verse of each
chapter of the Tamil version differs dramatically
from the final verse of each chapter of the
Sanskrit version. While the Sanskrit verses refer
to Shiva, the Tamil version specifies Nataraja, a
specific form of Shiva in dancing pose.
Furthermore, the Tamil version displays an evident
focus on summarising in the final verse of the
chapter essential points proclaimed in each
chapter.
760
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UDDHAVA
GITA
THE
LAST MESSAGE OF SHRI KRISHNA
By
Swami Madhavananda
Shri Krishna gives in this text His parting
instructions to His beloved devotee and follower,
Uddhava, shortly before His departure from this
world. These teachings, which are in every way as
important as those of the Bhagavad Gita,
form the main part of the eleventh book of the
great Hindu scripture, the Shrimad
Bhagavatam. Various instructions are given, but
in and through all, the necessity of seeing the
Lord in everything, plus living a life of perfect
self-surrender, and non-attachment, are
continuously emphasised. In the end Shri Krishna
says, "I
have explained to you, in a concise as well as an
analytic way, the essence of the philosophy of
Brahman, which is unintelligible even to the
gods."
Shri
Ramakrishna always kept a copy of the
Bhagavatam in his room. He used to say,
"It
is fried in the butter of knowledge and soaked in
the syrup of love."
The study of such a book cannot but be of the
greatest help to a seeker after Truth.
376
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7,00 € |
275 g
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GAYATRI
THE
HIGHEST MEDITATION
By
Sadguru Sant Keshavadas
In Yoga, the mantra is a mystical formula, an
incarnation, which aids the individual to liberate
the self and attain bliss and ultimate fulfilment.
This book describes the Gayatri, the mantra
which helps the higher man to be born in us all. In
India, it is said that there is no greater
meditation than the Gayatri meditation. Sant
Keshavadas profoundly tells the meaning and many
facets [water rites, sitting posture, time,
atmosphere, breath control, pronunciation of sacred
sounds] of this ancient meditation.
148
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250 g
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THE
SUPREME
YOGA
A
NEW TRANSLATION OF YOGA
VASISHTHA
Translated
by Swami Venkatesananda
This volume provides a clear and comprehensive
summary of the classic work, Yoga Vasishtha.
Venkatesananda's excellent translation provides
readers with the means to eliminate psychological
conditioning as it clarifies the way to Liberation.
This is one of the most important and oft-quoted of
the Vedanta scriptures that teach the means to
self-realisation through the path of
self-knowledge. It has always been considered as
perhaps the most elaborate exposition of philosophy
and religion ever written under the sun. The work,
which is voluminous in its nature, has been
abridged by Swami Venkatesananda to make the
treatise accessible to people who would not have
the time and patience to wade through this large
literature.
"One
who studies this scripture and comprehends its
teaching is no longer deluded by world-appearance.
When one sees that the yonder deadly snake is a
life-like painting, one is no longer afraid of it.
When the world appearance is seen as an appearance
it does not produce either elation or sorrow. It is
indeed a great pity that even when such a scripture
exists, people seek sense-pleasures which lead to
great sorrow. One who studies this scripture and
contemplates its meaning has no need to undertake
austerities, meditation or repetition of a mantra;
for what is greater than liberation which is
granted by a study of this scripture?"
382
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15,00 € |
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TRIPURA
RAHASYA
THE
MYSTERY BEYOND THE TRINITY
Translated
into English by Swami Sri Ramananda
Saraswathi
"Unless
a man live the ordinary life and check every
incident as the projection of the Self, not
swerving from the Self in any circumstances, he
cannot be said to be free from the handicap of
ignorance."
Tripura
Rahasya was considered by Bhagavan Sri Ramana
Maharshi as one of the greatest works that
expounded Advaita philosophy. Since he often
regretted that it was not available in English, his
disciple, Swami Sri Ramananda Saraswathi took up
the job of translating it in 1936 as a labour of
love.
Tripura literally means the three cities. They are
the states - jagrat [waking state] -
svapna [dream state] and
shushupti [deep sleep state]. The
undercurrent of consciousness in all of them,
remaining unaffected, is metaphorically called the
Resident Mistress by name of Sri Tripura. The
procreative faculty generating new beings and the
link of altruistic love connecting the offspring to
the parent are personified in the Mother; hence the
feminine termination of Tripura. "The way to
transcendence" signifies that interest in Tripura
purifies the mind and creates the zeal for enquiry
into the Truth.
As in many of the Great Indian texts, the
presentation is that of a dialogue between Master
[Dattatreya] and disciple
[Parasurama]. The latter conveys his
doubts, one after another to his Master who
responds patiently with clarity and using as great
a variety of explanations as the quantity of doubts
thrown at him. Slowly but surely, He destroys his
disciple's every doubt and misconceptions thus
revealing the Truth beyond all states: the
Stateless State.
Janaka reflected :
"As
soon as I had decided on and attempted to turn my
mind inward, another bright idea struck me : What
confusion I am in! Although I am always in the
perfection of Bliss, what is it I want to do? What
more can I acquire? What do I lack? When and whence
can I get anything? Even if there were anything new
to be gained, would it endure? How can I who am
infinite consciousness-bliss know effort?
Individual bodies, their senses, minds, etc., are
similar to visions in a dream ; they are projected
from me. Control of one mind leaves all other minds
as they are. So what is the use of controlling my
mind? Minds controlled or uncontrolled, appear only
to my mental eye."
260
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THE
ACARYA
SHANKARA
OF KALADI
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A
STORY
By
Indusekhara Sastri
Madugula
"First,
I am. Not the I that was born, but the I that's
always been. I am, therefore I think, I act, I
speak. And, after I have thought enough and spoken
enough and acted enough, I still am, happy without
seeking to be, and blissful without trying to be.
There is no choice but to be in the perennial
present, the pure consciousness, unchanging and
unchangeable, ageless, timeless, nameless,
formless."
This latest
addition to Shankara literature is totally
different in concept. It's not a biography; it's
not history; and it's not quite fiction. Yet it is
in some sense all these. It's based solidly in
tradition, and it is at the same time just the kind
of presentation that makes the post-modern reader
sit up and take notice. It is philosophical, yet
never forbiddingly so. It reads more like a story.
The prose is simple, smooth, and meditative.
Padmapada, Shankara's senior disciple, narrates the
story in very human terms. His intent is not to
glorify his Master's life and work - for that is
hardly necessary - but to present him as a friend
of humankind, someone who is needed generation
after generation, millennium after millennium.
Humans have not changed in terms of their strengths
or their weaknesses since the race evolved on the
planet, nor are they likely to morph into saints
any time soon. The prophets help us cope with the
trails and tribulations of our daily lives and
remind us of our divine roots if we care to listen.
This book answers some of our serious questions
about life if you have them read. If you don't, it
will help you formulate them. Coming up with the
rights questions, after all, is the first step
toward finding the right solutions.
184
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10,00 € |
290 g
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PRATYABHIJNAHRDAYAM
THE
SECRET OF SELF-RECOGNITION
Sanskrit
Text with English Translation
By Jaideva Singh
"When
the bliss of chit [pure unitary
consciousness] is attained, there is stability
of the consciousness of identity with chit even
while the body, etc. are being experienced. This
state is jivanmukti [one who is liberated while
alive]."
This little
work is a digest of the Pratyabhijna system of
Kashmir Shaiva philosophy, prepeard by Ksemaraja,
the illustrious disciple of Abhinavagupta. It
avoids all polemics and gives in a very succinct
form the main tenets of the Pratyabhijna presented
by Utpala. Pratyabhijna means 'recognition'. Jiva
is Shiva; by identifying himself with his body,
jiva has forgotten his real nature. This teaching
is meant to enable jiva to recognise his own real
Self by suggesting a spiritual discipline needed to
attain unity with Shiva.
Dr. Jaideva Singh has considerly revised and
enlarged his translation, and provided a scholary
introduction, notes, glossary of technical termes
and indexes. It serves as the best introduction to
Pratyabhijna philosophy.
187
pages |
10,00 € |
280 g
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