BOOK CATALOGUE


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SELF-KNOWLEDGE TEACHINGS FROM INDIA
THE BOOKS ARE LISTED IN THE FOLLOWING CATEGORIES :
Self-knowledge teachings from India, Sufism, Buddhism, Mystical Christianism and Contemporary Western Teachings.
Page 1  H.W.L. Poonja, Anandamayi Ma, Amma, Ramana Maharshi,
            
Annamalai Swami, U.G Krishnamurti, Neem Karoli Baba,
            
Sri Atmananda (Krishna Menon)
Page 2  Nisargadatta Maharaj, Siddharameshwar Maharaj,
            
Ranjit Maharaj, J. Krishnamurti, Ramakrishna,
            
Swami Chidananda, Swami Dayananda, Rama Tirtha,
            
Ramdas, Sivananda, Vivekananda, Shree MaVimala Thakar
Page 3  Ribhu Gita, Ashtavakra Gita, Bhagavad Gita, Yoga Vasistha,
            
Tripura Rahasya, Adi Shankara's Teachings, Upanishads,
            
Indian Saints, Tukaram, Mirabai, Kabir
Page 4  Sufism, Buddhism, Mystical Christianism, William Samuel,
            
Wei Wu Wei, Raphael


Self-knowledge teachings from India

 H.W.L. POONJA                               CLICK HERE TO READ CHAPTERS 1 TO 3
      
The Fire of Freedom - Volume 1
Satsang with Papaji -
Edited by David Godman                                              

"If someone tells you something, don't accept it because no teaching has so far touched the truth. This much I will tell you. No one ever spoke the truth. No word has ever been coined to present it."

"You have to wake up yourself; you have to see for yourself. The senses are not needed, nor are the eyes. The eyes cannot see it; the mind cannot understand it; the intellect cannot grasp it. None of these will accompany you. You have to be alone without these things. You have to proceed alone. None of the five elements will accompany you. You will go alone to meet this situation, but what it is, no one knows. "


Sri H.W.L. Poonja (1913-1997), known in his later years by the affectionate title 'Papaji', has been one of the most influential spiritual figures of modern times. A disciple of the great South Indian Guru Sri Ramana Maharshi, Papaji brought the teachings of his own Master to new generations of seekers in the decades that followed Sri Ramana's passing away in 1950.
After an incident-packed and peripatetic life that took him all over the world, Papaji finally settled down in Lucknow, North India, where he gave daily satsangs throughout the 1990's.
His teaching, succinctly and trenchantly expressed in this new collection of dialogues with visitors who met him in the 1990's, is that spiritual liberation is available here and now to everyone who is willing to let go of all concepts and look for it in the right place.
291 pages - includes 20 colour photos - 18,00 Euros - weight: 445 g



 H.W.L. POONJA                              3 VOLUMES
      
Nothing Ever Happened - A Three-Volume Biography of Poonjaji
Edited by David Godman                                              

"Nothing has ever happened. Nothing has ever existed. The world never came into existence or disappeared from it. That place is my real home. It is where I always am. One can say this with authority only when one abides in that ultimate place."

In Poonja's presence and through his dynamic transmissions, countless people have been made aware of the impersonal reality that underlies the world and all phenomenal experiences.
The first volume, covers the early years of his life, his meeting with his master Ramana Maharshi and other teachers as well as his teaching and encounters with South Indian devotees. The second volume begins with his life in Rishikesh in the 60's and 70's. It moves on to his foreign travels and has teachings dialogues that took place in the 70's. The third volume is about his meetings with devotees in the 70's and 80's. It contains numerous extracts from his personal diaries and detailed explanations about the guru-disciple relationship.
Each volume is approximately 400 pages - 45,00 Euros for the whole set - weight: 1930 g



  H.W.L. POONJA
      
Wake Up and Roar - Volume 1 

This book introduces to the world an extraordinary development. Full awakening is possible here and now for everybody, regardless of background, practice or personal circumstances. This possibility is the teaching and transmission of Sri H.W.L. Poonja.

Many people have experienced glimpses of the truth through psychedelics or meditating or unexpected moments of bliss. Yet, because of incorrect understanding, these moments usually get incorporated into the ego as just another experience. There is an unspoken belief that it is not possible to be totally awakened in this lifetime. Wake Up and Roar announces the possibility of true Freedom now. No postponement or practice necessary! This is Sri Poonjaji's gift to the world.
172 pages - 15,00 Euros - weight: 305 g



  H.W.L. POONJA
      
Wake Up and Roar - Volume 2 

"Duality does not exist when you return to your heart, and this heart is another name for truth, reality, freedom. Look within, and approach with all devotion unto your own heart. This is the teacher, and this is the teaching. Stay as your heart, that's all. Stay as you heart."

Full awakening is possible here and now for everybody, regardless of background or personal circumstances. Inspired by his teacher, Ramana Maharshi, Poonjaji leads one on to the source - the Self, through conversations, in the form of questions and answers. The approach is simple and direct. In volume two, Poonjaji deepens the dialogue begun in volume one, and presents the possibility of full liberation now, in precise detail.
175 pages - 15,00 Euros - weight: 315 g



 H.W.L. POONJA
      
Papaji - Interviews
Edited by David Godman

This compilation of diverse interviews with H.W.L. Poonja is by authors, a Vipassana meditation teacher, a Buddhist scholar, a journalist, a psychotherapist and several travelers. All of them give a very good introduction to Poonjaji's teachings and ask him a wide variety of topics. Also included is a short account of his life; his childhood, his search and his realisation, after meeting with his master, Ramana Maharshi.

Question : Is there not something a person can do in the way of spiritual practice in order to prepare himself or herself?
Papaji : This is postponement, no? Postponement. One who says, "I have to prepare myself" is deceiving himself, fooling himself. Whatever can be done tomorrow can also be done today.

305 pages - 19,00 Euros - weight: 400 g



 MEETING PAPAJI
      Firsthand accounts
Gathered by Roslyn Moore

Towards the end of the second millennium a great soul roamed the planet in the form of H.W.L. Poonja, a Punjabi Indian man. After he realised the true Self in the presence of his Master, Bhagavan Sri Ramana Maharshi, he attracted seekers from India and the world over.
In the early nineties, when he could no longer travel, a flood of westerners came to be with him in Lucknow, India. Papaji, as they affectionately called him, told them to call off their search. He said that they were what they were searching for. All they had to do was keep quiet.
"You are Happiness. You are Peace. You are Freedom itself."
They heard him. A remarkable number of them awakened, or at least had a glimpse of their true identity. Their stories are captivating and through their portrayals of Papaji his living transmission is offered to us.
Interviews with Gangaji, Prashanti, Yudhishtara, Isaac, Mira, Surendra, Sangeeta, Chandra, Yamuna, Neelam and Dasarath.
243 pages - 12,00 Euros - weight: 430 g

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 ANANDAMAYI MA
     
Encountering Bliss
My Journey through India with Anandamayi Ma
By Melita Maschmann

This book gives a lively and fascinating account of Melita Maschmann's (a German journalist) encounter with Divine India, her trials and tribulations, her joys and sorrows, and her chance meeting with Anandamayi Ma in 1962. Her meeting with Ma had such a profound impact on her that she spent two years travelling in India with Ma and finally made India her home.

"It was towards evening when we were conducted to the roof garden of the ashram. When Ma came, I had no choice to decide, whether it would be against my views to kneel before a human being. 'It' forced me on my knees. It can hardly be expressed in words what I experienced in the next few minutes..."

277 pages - 12.50 Euros - weight: 530 g



 ANANDAMAYI MA
     
My Days With Sri Anandamayi
By Bithika Mukerji - Foreword by Richard Lannoy

Bithika Mukerji was very close to Ma Anandamayi from early childhood. She was able to observe from near rare dimensions of a surpassingly beautiful spiritual being. Her reminiscences of her days with the Mother consequently, have a true authenticity, charm and insight.
The present book is a lively and engaging account of Sri Ma's enigmatic personality. According to Richard Lannoy, the book is a valiant attempt at closing the distance between the known and the unfathomable. Many of the anecdotes reveal the psychological subtlety, the boldness and lightning inspiration of Sri Ma's Kheyala (divine moods, whimsical thought). We get abundant insight into this most subtle and innovative of Sri Ma's ways, her Kheyala functioning in unprecedented manner: authoritative, ineluctable, fathomless.
Personal accounts by a devoted student, as those in this precious book, offer not only numerous teachings of the Master in the form of questions and answers, but also give a vivid sense of what it was like to travel, live daily life, meet various people and situations in the presence of a true Saint.

367 pages - 18,00 Euros - weight: 505 g



 ANANDAMAYI MA
      Death Must Die - The Diaries of Atmananda
A Western Woman's Life-Long Spiritual Quest in India and Its Fulfillment Through Her Guru
Edited with Introduction, Commentary and Final Chapter by Ram Alexander               

This book gives an intimate first-hand account of a courageous woman's spiritual quest in close association with several of India's greatest modern saints. Although written in a diary format, her story reads almost like a novel, beginning with her youthful involvement with Theosophy in the Vienna of the 1920s. In the 1940s she goes to Benares to teach at a school founded by J. Krishnamurti, a close associate. Here we encounter several of her friends and fellow travellers, in particular the English poet and mystic Lewis Thompson who exerted a profound influence on her. Drawn deeper into the heart of Indian spirituality, she encounters Ramana Maharshi at his ashram in South India and in 1945 she ultimately comes into contact with her guru - the great Bengali mystic, Anandamayi Ma, with whom she embarks on the great spiritual adventure of her life as told here-in, culminating in sannyasa, the ultimate renunciation. We are given an in-depth picture of her intense relationship with the extraordinary women. This book is a rare record of a remarkable spiritual odyssey. There are also photos of Ananadamayi Ma, as well of photos of Atmananda, Lewis Thompson , J. Krishnamurti and Ramana Maharshi.
570 pages - 26,70 Euros - weight: 850 g



  ANANDAMAYI MA
      
That Compassionate Touch of Ma Anandamayi
By Narayan Chaudhuri

This book makes a revealing study of Ma Anandamayi's supernatural glory. Its appeal is irresistible not only for the devotees of Ma but for all seekers of God realisation. The stories of miracles described in the volume corroborate the fact that she lived solely for her children (devotees); for helping and guiding them to become pilgrims of the supreme path - the path that leads to Self-realisation and to supreme ultimate God itself.
175 pages - 12,20 Euros - weight: 400 g



 ANANDAMAYI MA
      
Life and Teaching of Sri Anandamayi Ma
By Dr. Alexander Lipski

Dr. Lipski spent time with Anandamayi Ma and is well acquainted with her life and teaching. This book is both an introduction and a deepening into who she was.

"Anandamayi Ma's joy is an overflowing, irrepressible joy that expresses itself in gaiety, that knows no obstacles, because it is deeply rooted in the Absolute, beyond the duality's of good and evil, of I and not-I, of pleasant and unpleasant, because its unshakable base is Love and Wisdom."

75 pages - 8,40 Euros - weight: 250 g



 AMMA
      The Path Of The Mother
By Savitri L. Bess

The author, who is a therapist and yoga teacher resides at the Amma center of New Mexico ashram in Santa Fe (USA), starts her narration thus :
"Acknowledgment of the highest order goes to Sri Sri Mata Amritanandamayi Devi, also known as Ammachi or Revered Mother. When I asked her what I should do for my sadhana, my spiritual practice, she said to write a book. Little did I know what was in store for me. The process has been one of my most challenging and effective learning experiences. I went to Ammachi with the manuscript at every step along the way. She encouraged me to continue when I was not sure if I should, and she assured me that she was overseeing the editing and rewriting process."

This book is a six-stage journey to union with the Great Mother, framed by Savitri Bess's own years of devotion to one of her most famous incarnations - the Hindu mystic Ammachi. interweaving Hindu Myths with her own quest and those of others, Bess reveals this journey as an exodus from aloneness to the wondrous integration of love, worship, and service into life's daily tasks.

406 pages - 16,50 Euros - weight: 470 g

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 BHAGAVAN SRI RAMANA MAHARSHI
      
The Restored Photographs - Volume Two

This high-quality Volume contains 48 large-size prints comprising of 35 newly restored photographs with 7 close-ups. Most of the pictures used in this series of Restored Photographs have been selected for the clarity and definition in Bhagavan's face, and a few have been chosen for their unusual locations and interest. A number of close-ups taken from full images have also been included.
The majority of the photographs in Volume Two were taken by Dr. T. N. Krishnaswami during the period 1940 to 1949.
Three were taken by G. G. Welling of Belgaum, including a different version of the well-known padmanasana pose.
The balance were taken by various devotees over the years.
Wherever possible the photograph has been restored from the original negative and a few were taken from old prints where no negative was available.
It has not been possible to rectify all of the problems in some of the prints, due primarily to the extent of the damage in the source material, but every effort has been made to present the best quality possible to Bhagavan's devotees.
50 pages (36,5cm x 31cm) - 48 photos of Ramana Maharshi - 19,00 Euros - weight: 1990 g



 BHAGAVAN SRI RAMANA MAHARSHI
      
The Restored Photographs - Volume One

This high-quality Volume contains 50 large-size prints comprising of 18 newly restored photographs, 11 previously restored photographs, 10 new colour plates, and 11 close-ups have also been included.
All of the pictures used in this series of Restored Photographs have been selected for their clarity and definition. The majority of the photographs in Volume One were taken by Dr. T. N. Krishnaswami during the period 1940 to 1949.
Three were taken by G. G. Welling of Belgaum, including the two famous 'Welling' busts and well-known padmasana pose.
Three were taken during the early Virupaksha / Skandasramam days by unknown devotees.
Two were taken by Eliott Elisofon of 'Life' magazine, during the Kumbabhishekam celebrations at the Mother's shrine during 1949.
The balance were taken by various devotees over the years.
Wherever possible the photograph has been restored from the original negative.
52 pages (36,5cm x 31cm) - 50 photos of Ramana Maharshi - 19,00 Euros - weight: 1450 g



 RAMANA MAHARSHI
      
Heart is Thy Name, Oh Lord
Moments of Silence with Sri Ramana Maharshi
Foreword by Vimala Thakar

The Maharshi, Bhagavan Sri Ramana was drawn to Arunachala hill in his seventeenth year, after a spiritually awakening death experience. For the rest of his life, till the body was shed fifty years later, he never left his beloved hill. People from far and near came to his presence and were spiritually enriched.
His divine presence continues to be felt and his universal philosophy attracts an ever-growing following.
This book is a selection of his teachings arranged with beautiful full-page photographs, and is intended to help the mind turn inward and abide in deep Silence awaiting each of us.

"Oh Arunchala! In The the picture of the universe is formed,
has its stay, and is dissolved;
this is the sublime truth.
Thou art the inner Self, who dancest in the Heart as 'I'.
'Heart' is Thy name, Oh Lord!"

108 pages - 50 photos of Ramana Maharshi - 10,50 Euros - weight: 495 g



 THE MIND OF RAMANA MAHARSHI
      
And The Path Of Self-knowledge
By Arthur Osborne - Foreword by Dr. S. Radhakrishnan

Sri Ramana Maharshi was born in 1879. In his seventeenth year he attained enlightenment through a remarkable experience as if undergoing death of the physical body while remaining in full consciousness. Following this transformation, he left his home and was drawn irresistibly to the sacred hill of Arunachala. He never left it. In the ashram which was formed around him he taught the purest form of Advaita Vedanta (non-duality) through supremely simple discipline of self-enquiry. This book gives a detailed account of the life and teachings of this extraordinary Sage who belonged to the true line of India's spiritual teachers.

"He who turns inward with untroubled mind to search where the consciousness of 'I' arises realises the Self and rests in Thee, Oh Arunachala! as a river when it merges in the Ocean. Abandoning the outer world, with mind and breath controlled, in order to meditate on Thee within, the Yogi sees Thy Light, Oh Arunachala! and finds his delight in Thee."

219 pages - 10,00 Euros - weight: 245 g



 PADAMALAI
      
Teachings of Sri Ramana Maharshi
Recorded in Tamil verse by Muruganar
First English Translation - Edited and annotated by David Godman

"What is always natural to everyone is liberation, which is bliss. Bondage is delusion of mind, a false sensation. The ego alone is bondage, and one's own true nature, free of the contagion of the ego, is liberation. There is no greater deception than believing that liberation, which is ever present as one's own nature, will be attained at some later stage. Even the desire for liberation is the work of delusion. Therefore, remain still."

Padamalai is a Tamil work that contains almost 2,000 teaching statements by Ramana Maharshi, none of which has ever appeared in English before. They were recorded by Muruganar, one of Sri Ramana's foremost disciples, in two-line couplets.
David Godman, who has written several books on Ramana Maharshi and his disciples, has edited this English edition of Padamalai. He has arranged the teachings by subject, and he has added many supplementary quotations by Sri Ramana that amplify or explain the subject matter.
This is a completely new presentation of Ramana Maharshi's teachings that contains many statements and ideas by him that have never appeared in any other book about him.
396 pages - 23,50 Euros - weight: 550 g



 THE ESSENTIAL TEACHINGS OF RAMANA MAHARSHI
      
A Visual Journey
A Stirring Spiritual Journey in Words and Images

"The intellect delights in investigating the past and the future but does not look to the Present. Environment, time, and objects are all in oneself. How can they exist independently of me? They may change, but 'I' remain unchanging."

Throughout the world's spiritual traditions, few sages command as much respect and admiration as Sri Ramana Maharshi. The Essential Teachings of Ramana Maharshi contains concise, compelling aphorisms that reflect the essence of his teachings. These profound sayings, set against a background of exceptional photographs, help us experience the deep meditative silence which is our natural state. This compilation of wisdom teachings is based in the truth of non-duality and reveals that whichever path we follow, we can realise the profound peace of our infinite nature by turning our attention to the fundamental question that lies at the heart of all spiritual teachings, "Who Am I?"

"Ramana Maharshi's spiritual greatness is guiding millions of people."       - The Dalai Lama

128 pages - 85 photos - 10.00 Euros - weight: 420 g



 SRI RAMANA DARSANAM
      
An explanation of the truth behind Bhagavan's life and teachings
By Sadhu Natananda - Edited by David Godman

"When the glittering sun appears, no stars are seen. Similarly, when my godliness arose, no thought appeared."

Sadhu Natananda was a distinguished scholar and devotee who first met Bhagavan in Skandashram. His collection of dialogues with Bhagavan - Upadesa Manjari in Tamil and Spiritual Instructions in English - has appeared in several editions of Bhagavan's own Collected Works. Sadhu Natananda also edited Vichara Sangraham (Self-Inquiry) in both the essays and question-and-answer formats. Bhagavan also gave him the job of arranging the verses of Guru Vachaka Kovai, Muruganar's authoritative compendium of Bhagavan's teachings.
In the early 1950's Sadhu Natananda wrote Sri Ramana Darsanam, a book that contained many previously unpublished stories about Bhagavan. However, it is not merely a collection of anecdotes. Sadhu Natananda uses these stories to make a penetrating analysis of Bhagavan's life and teachings.
Also included are previously unpublished poems that give a rare glimpse into the inner experiences that came to Sadhu Natananda as a result of Bhagavan's teachings and grace.
146 pages - 9,95 Euros - weight: 220 g



 RAMANA MAHARSHI                              3 VOLUMES
      
The Power of the Presence - Part One
Transforming encounters with Sri Ramana Maharshi
Edited by David Godman

What was it like to live with and be guided by Sri Ramana Maharshi, one of the greatest sages that India has ever produced? In Part One of this new anthology eight devotees narrate their personal stories that chronicle in detail how Bhagavan's power and grace had transformed their lives. The devotees are Rangan, Sivaprakasam Pillai, Akhilandamma, Sadhu Natanananda, N. R. Krishnamurti Aiyer, Chalam, Souris and Swami Madhavatirha. Most of these accounts have never before appeared in English. This book shows the many different relationships Bhagavan had with devotees who had widely differing backgrounds and who in many cases surrendered their lives to him.

"Going through these accounts again, some of which I have not read for more than tens years, I can only marvel at the awesome, effortless power that flowed from Bhagavan and transformed the lives and hearts of those who were pulled into his orbit. When I first came across some of these stories, I felt as if I had discovered buried treasure. Now, many years later, I feel that the time is now right to put this treasure into the public domain so that everyone who feels drawn to Sri Bhagavan can have a share in it."
                                                                               
- from the preface by David Godman
294 pages - 22,90 Euros - weight: 425 g



 RAMANA MAHARSHI
      
The Power of the Presence - Part Two
Transforming encounters with Sri Ramana Maharshi
Edited by David Godman

In Part Two of this new anthology six devotees narrate their personal stories of how the Maharshi's power and grace had transformed their lives. The devotees are Kunju Swami, Muruganar, T. P. Ramachandra Iyer, Chhaganlal V. Yogi, Lakshmana Swamy and Viswanatha Swami.

"I was a learned fool. My flawed mind knew nothing till I came to dwell with Him whose glance filled my heart with the light of awareness. Dwelling in that gracious state of peace, whose nature is holy silence, so hard to gain and know, I entered into union with the deathless sate of knowledge of reality."
  
                                                                                     - Muruganar
269 pages - 22,90 Euros - weight: 375 g



 RAMANA MAHARSHI
      
The Power of the Presence - Part Three (Final Volume)
Transforming encounters with Sri Ramana Maharshi
Edited by David Godman

In this third and final volume, David Godman has included an anthology of the lives and experiences of a number of outstanding devotees of Ramana Maharshi who never recorded their own stories. These devotees include Ramanatha Brahmachari, Mastan, Lakshmi the cow, Echammal, Mudaliar Patti, Krishna Bhikshu, Wolter Keers, G.V. Subbaramayya and Natesa Iyer. They all exemplify the highest quality of devotion to their Guru. Also included is a chapter by Lakshman Sarma that contains an excellent summary of many aspects of Bhagavan's teachings. This text is written in verse form and contains many of Bhagavan's direct quotations.

"The transforming glance of the sage of Arunachala penetrated my heart in a way that I, a worthless soul without true love, was redeemed completely. Through its action I was transformed into the state of Siva."
  
                                                                                     - Ramanatha Brahmachari
346 pages - 22,90 Euros - weight: 475 g

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 RAMANA MAHARSHI
     
The Collected Works of Ramana Maharshi
Edited by Arthur Osborne

This classic gathers Ramana Maharshi's original works: Self-Inquiry, Upadesa Saram, Five Hymns to Arunachala, and the two sets of Forty Verses, together with miscellaneous works, the most significant being Atma Vidya. Osborne's presentation of the Maharshi's teachings shows readers the purest form of Advaita Vedanta (non-duality) through the supremely simple discipline of Self-Inquiry. This discipline, as taught by Ramana Maharshi, embraces the path of action as well as that of knowledge, for it is to be used in the events of daily life as well as in meditation.

"He who is forgetful of the Self, mistaking the physical body as being it, and goes through innumerable births seeking his Self, is like one who wanders all over the world in a dream. Thus, realizing the Self would only be like waking up from the dream-wanderings."

'"One who asks himself 'Who am I?' and 'Where am I?, though existing all the while as the very Self, is like a drunken man who inquires about his own identity and whereabouts."

"While in fact the body is in the Self, he who thinks that the Self is within the insentient body is like one who considers the cloth of the screen, which supports the cinema picture, to be contained within the picture."

192 pages - 18,00 Euros - weight: 265 g



 RAMANA MAHARSHI
      Talks with Sri Ramana Maharshi

Sri Ramana's teachings were not given in general. In fact, the sage had no use for lectures or discourses. His words were primarily addressed to the particular aspirant who felt some difficulty in his spiritual path and sought to have it resolved. But as the same difficulties arise in the quest after the Self, and as the method of resolving them is the same, the Maharshi's responses to questions have the quality of universality. In order to abide as the Self, in our eternal true nature, Ramana Maharshi advised Self-Inquiry. In Self-Inquiry, the question, "Who am I ?" is the key to real happiness.

Questioner : What is the way to see God?

Maharshi : Where to see God? First, can you see yourself? If you can see yourself you can see God. Can anyone see his own eyes? Because they cannot be seen, can one say, "I have no eyes?" Just like this, though seeing is always there, we cannot see God. To give up the thought that we are alien to God is to see God. The first and foremost wonder in this world is the thought, "I am different from God." There is no greater wonder than this.


685 pages - 17,00 Euros - weight: 950 g



 RAMANA MAHARSHI
     
Bhagavan Sri Ramana Maharshi - A Pictorial Biography

A beautifully laid out collection of photographs and carefully selected texts present the life and the teachings of one of the greatest saints of this century to have graced the Earth. From the Sage's birthplace to his life at the feet of the holy mountain, Arunachala, this book retraces the greatness, the unicity, and the clarity which characterised him and which touched all those who go to his ashram, even today.

"Just as Sri Bhagavan emphasized that there was no secret in his teachings, he also never hesitated to relate even the simplest details of his life. His life was an open book. May all sincere devotees ponder and reflect on the unique life of Sri Bhagavan, beautifully depicted here, in pictures, and be blessed by the ever-living presence of the Master."
                                                                                        - from the Introduction.

"Reincarnation exists only so long as there is ignorance. There is no incarnation, either now, before or hereafter. This is the truth."
                                                                                        - Sri Ramana Maharshi
108 pages - 15,00 Euros - weight: 800 g (large, hardback)



 RAMANA MAHARSHI
     
Absolute Consciousness
As selected by Grace J. Mc Martin

This book contains some of the precious, direct and profound teachings of Bhagavan Sri Ramana Maharshi. The book is divided into three parts. The first contains his main teaching, Nan Yar (Who Am I?), the direct path and consciousness. The second deals with the eternal, unlimited, unchanging consciousness. The final part consists of self-inquiry, ego, mind, rebirth and other subjects. Through self-inquiry, one is able to bypass the endless thought pressures and remain in the the natural state of happiness and Self-knowledge. There are also about 50 photographs of Bhagavan Ramana.
200 pages - 14,00 Euros - weight: 255 g



 RAMANA MAHARSHI
     
Day by Day
From the diary of A. Devaraja Mudaliar

"Brahman is not to be seen or known. It is beyond the triputis (triads) of seer, seen and seeing or knower, knowledge and knowing. The Reality remains ever as it is; that there is ajnana or the world is due to our moham or illusion. Neither knowledge nor ignorance is real; what is beyond this , as all other pairs of opposites, is the Reality. It is neither light nor darkness but beyond both, though we sometimes have to speak of it as light and of ignorance as its shadow."

An original and rare look at the daily life of Ramana Maharshi, along with his instructions to those living near him, as well as answers to questions asked by visiting seekers during 1945 - 1946.
402 pages - 14,00 Euros - weight: 600 g


 RAMANA MAHARSHI
     
The Teachings of Sri Ramana Maharshi in His Own Words
Edited by Arthur Osborne

In this book, Arthur Osborne has succeeded in presenting in a brief compass the essential teachings of the Maharshi, through of a process of selection from his dialogues and written works. The matter has been classified under distinct subjects, such as: death and rebirth, sin, concentration and Self-Inquiry. This book fulfills the need for a short, reliable compendium of Sri Bhagavan's instruction - which in earlier years were available mostly in the form of diaries. The notes of the author are of great value.
245 pages - 12,00 Euros - weight: 275 g



 RAMANA MAHARSHI
     
Letters from Sri Ramanasramam
By Suri Nagamma

After going through difficult personal circumstances, Suri Nagamma became an ashramite (permanent member of Sri Ramana Maharshi's ashram) and renounced everything. She spent days at the feet of her master, until she felt the urge to record his conversations with devotees. She found the work to be of great spiritual value to herself and wrote them in the form of letters to her brother in Madras. The letters were recorded from 1945 to 1950.
480 pages - 15,00 Euros - weight: 650 g

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 ANNAMALAI SWAMI
     
Final Talks
Edited by David Godman

Annamalai Swami came to Ramana Maharshi in 1928 and spent nearly all of the following ten years serving him, initially as his attendant, and subsequently as the supervisor of all the building projects that Sri Ramanasramam undertook during this period.
In 1995, the year that Annamalai Swami passed away at the age of eighty-nine, audio recordings were made of the dialogues that he held with those coming to him for spiritual instructions between March and October. This small, powerful book is therefore an edited record of what turned out to be the last six months of Annamalai Swami's teaching career. His teachings were uncompromising, straightforward, and rarely deviated from a solid core of advice that he himself had been given by his own Guru. However, they were delivered with a force and a gentle humour that was irresistibly attractive.
163 pages - 9,95 Euros - weight: 105 g



 ANNAMALAI SWAMI
     
Living By The Words of Bhagavan
Edited by David Godman

Ramana Maharshi is one of the greatest and most widely respected Gurus that India has ever produced. His powerful presence, his radical teaching of self-inquiry and his exemplary life are even today still attracting new followers.
Annamalai Swami was a direct disciple who moved closely with him over a period of many years. This is his story. It is an inspiring and moving account of what it was like to live and work in the close presence of Sri Ramana. This is a classic Guru-disciple encounter, an arduous spiritual journey which highlights the grace of the Guru and the activities of the community that surrounds him. It includes recorded conversation he had over the years as well as diary extracts of dialogues with Sri Ramana.
Annamalai Swami himself became enlightened by the grace of his Guru, with scores of devotees of his own. For over 50 years he never left his small ashram compound next door to Sri Ramanasramam, the ashram of his beloved Guru, where he died on November 9, 1995.
David Godman has lived in India for almost twenty years, most of that time at the ashram of Sri Ramana Maharshi. This is his fourth book on the teaching of Sri Ramana and the lives of his disciples.
368 pages - 27,50 Euros - weight: 680 g



 SRI LAKSHMANA SWAMY AND MATHRU SRI SARADA
      
No Mind, I am the Self
The lives and teachings of Sri Lakshmana Swamy and Mathru Sri Saraga
By David Godman

Sri Lakshmana Swamy is a direct disciple of Sri Ramana Maharshi, the great sage and Guru who taught at Arunachala from 1900-1950. After several years of intense meditation Sri Lakshmana realised the Self in Sri Ramana's presence in 1949. Ever since then he has been living a reclusive life, mostly in the South Indian state of Andhra Pradesh. Sri Lakshmana has a small ashram there and he teaches his disciples primarily through the medium of 'spiritual silence', the method made famous by Sri Ramana Maharshi.
Mathru Sri Sarada is his adopted daughter and appointed successor. She came to him while she was still in her teens, completely surrendered to him and realised the Self within four years. She is now teaching her own devotees at Sri Lakshmana's ashram.
No Mind - I am the Self is the first published account of the lives, experiences and teachings of theses two contemporary Gurus.
227 pages - 17,00 Euros - weight: 390 g



 U.G. KRISHNAMURTI
      Mind is a Myth
Conversations with U.G. Krishnamurti

"All I am saying is that the peace you are seeking is already inside you. Anything you do to free yourself from anything for whatever reason is destroying the sensitivity, clarity, and freedom that is already there."

There is one thought. Everything exists in relationship to that one thought. That thought is 'me'. Anything you experience based on thought is an illusion."

The human mind is a battlefield and it is absurd to use it as an instrument to bring about peace. This book questions the very existence of the mind. It is not for the faint-hearted or for those looking for spiritual consolation. Here is a tough, ruthless, electrifying appraisal of our common crisis. You will find no homilies and no pat answers to complicated issues, but, rather, an attack upon the problem-making mechanism itself - us, the frightened promoters of a fictitious soothing counter-reality which robs us one and all of the energy and intelligence needed to face an awful actuality.
Within these pages, U.G. questions every certainty, demolishes every assumption, breaks every rule, as he drags the reader kicking and screaming into the light. These conversations took place in India, Switzerland and California in 1983 and 1984.
159 pages - 12,50 Euros - weight: 275 g



 U.G. KRISHNAMURTI
      The Courage To Stand Alone
Conversations with the Man Called U.G.

"You never question the solutions. If you really question the solutions you will have to question the ones who have offered you those solutions. But sentimentality stands in the way of your rejecting not only the solutions, but those who have offered you the solutions. Questioning that requires a tremendous courage on your part. You can have the courage to climb the mountain, swim the lakes, go on a raft to the other side of the Atlantic or Pacific. That any fool can do, but the courage to be on your own, to stand on your two solid feet, is something which cannot be given by somebody. You cannot free yourself of that burden by trying to develop that courage. If you are freed from the entire burden of the entire past of mankind, then what is left there is the courage."

U.G. Krishnamurti was born in South India in 1918. At an early age, an insatiable hunger overtook him to find out whether there was anything behind what the sacred books and spiritual men described. His search finally ended on his 49th birthday when he discovered his natural state.
His shattering conversations overturn all accepted beliefs - God, mind, soul, enlightenment, religion, humanity, heart, love, relationships - and give a totally different picture of who we are. He doesn't offer hope, love, peace or spiritual salvation. On the contrary, his words are rather deflating. He discourages people from coming to see him and most often politely turns them away. This is U.G.'s first book and contains conversations which took place with U.G. in Amsterdam during 1982.
126 pages - 11,50 Euros - weight: 260 g



 U.G. KRISHNAMURTI
      
No Way Out                    - TEMPORARILY UNAVAILABLE -
Conversations with U.G. Krishnamurti
Foreword by Mahesh Bhatt

"There is nothing to understand. How that understanding dawned on me, I really don't know. The understanding that this instrument (the intellect) is really not the instrument to understand anything is something that cannot be communicated. This instrument is only interested in perpetuating itself through what it calls 'understanding', which in reality are its own machinations. It is only sharpening itself to maintain its own continuity. When once you know that it is the instrument and that there is no other instrument, then there is nothing more to understand."

U.G. Krishnamurti was born in South India in 1918. At an early age, an insatiable hunger overtook him to find out whether there was anything behind what the sacred books and spiritual men described. His search finally ended on his 49th birthday when he discovered his natural state.
The content of this book is an account of various question and answer sessions with U.G. held in different parts of the world by many people
236 pages - 13,00 Euros - weight: 365 g



 U.G. KRISHNAMURTI
      
Thought Is Your Enemy
Mind-Shattering Conversations with the Man Called U.G.

"We don't want to be free from fear. All that we want to do is to play games with it and talk about freeing ourselves from fear... If you have the courage to touch life for the first time, you will never know what hit you. Everything man has thought, felt and experienced is gone, and nothing is put in its place... When the movement in the direction of becoming something other than what you are isn't there any more, you are not in conflict with yourself." 

U.G. endlessly repeats: "I have no message for mankind." Yet, ironically, thousands of people the world-over feel otherwise and flock to U.G.'s unique brand of discourse. But that isn't easy because U.G. organises no gatherings, gives no lectures, offers no courses, pushes no method, peddles no mantras, has no organisation, no office, no secretary, no telephone number, no fax and no fixed address. Like his growing legend, U.G. is everywhere and nowhere. He stays with friends or in small rented apartments and tries to stay one step ahead of the crowds who try to discover his whereabouts as soon as the word spreads that "U.G.'s in town" - be it in San Francisco, New York, London, Bombay, Bangalore, Sydney, Auckland, or Beijing. U.G. has no worldly belongings other than what he can fit into a small 10 lb. suitcase. He dresses simply and looks quite ordinary. He never stays in one place for more than two months.
Thought Is Your Enemy explores a very wide spectrum of issues related to thought. Try reaching the depths of these conversations and you shall certainly find some pearls of wisdom.
123 pages - 11,50 Euros - weight: 225g



 NEEM KAROLI BABA
      
Miracle of Love
Stories about the Indian sage, Neem Karoli Baba - Compiled by Ram Dass

"In 1967 I met Neem Karoli Baba, a meeting which changed the course of my life, for through him I came to perceive my life in spiritual terms. In the depth of his compassion, wisdom, humour, power and love I found human possibility never before imagined... an extraordinary integration of spirit and form. I was with him only briefly for he left his body in 1973. Still he entered my heart as living truth, and his presence continues to enrich and guide my life."

"Remember to listen to the silence into which the stories are set, for the true meeting with Maharaji lies between the lines and behind the words. For this effort, you will be amply rewarded through meeting a being of a spiritual stature rarely known on this earth."
                                                                          - Ram Dass
"There can be no biography of him. Facts are few, stories many. He seems to have been known by different names in many parts of India, appearing and disappearing through the years. His western devotees of recent years knew him as Neem Karoli Baba, but mostly as 'Maharaji' - a nickname so commonplace in India that one can often hear a tea vendor addressed thus. Just as he said, he was 'nobody'.
He gave no discourses; the briefest, simplest stories were his teachings. Usually he sat or lay on a wooden bench wrapped in a plaid blanket while a few devotees sat around him. Visitors came and went; they were given food, a few words, a nod, a slap on the head or back, and they were sent away. There was gossip and laughter for he loved to joke. Orders for running the ashram were given, usually in a piercing yell across the compound. Sometimes he sat in silence, absorbed in another world to which we could not follow, but bliss and peace poured down on us. Who he was was no more than the experience of him, the nectar of his presence, the totality of his absence - enveloping us now like his plaid blanket."
                                                                         - Anjani, a devotee
406 pages - 19,70 Euros - weight: 690 g



 SRI ATMANANDA
     
Tattwa Samhita                    - TEMPORARILY UNAVAILABLE -
The Direct Approach to Truth as Expounded by Sri Atmananda (Krishna Menon)

This is a transcribed copy of the tape-recorded talks of the Sage Sri Atmananda. They are mainly in the form of answers given to the questions asked by His disciples. But the questions serve only to bring Him out. When you are listening to a Karana Guru, as said in one of the talks,
"Some part of the Reality within you will come up to grasp it. You will understand it, you will be taken beyond in order that you may grasp it. You are knowing Atma by Atma. Not by means of the mind." This edition of Atmananda Tattwa Samhita includes a life sketch of Sri Atmananda by His son, Sri Adwayananda.

"Your body has undergone many, many changes. The body that you did have in the babyhood is not the body that you now possess. Likewise, sense-perceptions have changed. Mind has changed. Everything has changed. And what is it that has not changed, from babyhood up till now? There is only one thing and that is the real "I"-principle, the absolute Reality, your real Nature."

225 pages - 16,00 Euros - weight: 640 g



 SRI ATMANANDA
     
Atma Darshan                    - TEMPORARILY UNAVAILABLE -
At the Ultimate

Sri Atmananda (Krishna Menon) was a great Sage and Guru. He was a Householder and showed by His life and teachings that life itself can be used as a meditation towards the realisation of Truth.
This vedantic work in verse form contains several particular modes of approach, each being a way of revealing Reality. In the preface of the book, Sri Atmananda writes,
"Often we hear people discussing spiritual truth from the objective standpoint, and resting content with theoretical or mental knowledge... The present book is meant for those earnest aspirants who, not being satisfied with theoretical knowledge, want to pursue the path of realisation."

"I am the Light of Consciousness in all thoughts and perceptions and the Light of Love in all feelings. I have no birth and death, nor grief and delusion. I transcend bondage and liberation."

"The world which rises in and grows by thought is also thought itself. Thought is nothing but Consciousness and Consciousness is My Being. Therefore the whole world is Consciousness which is Myself. I am perfect and indivisible."

31 pages - 10,00 Euros - weight: 175 g



 SRI ATMANANDA
     
Atma Nirvriti                    - TEMPORARILY UNAVAILABLE -
Freedom and Felicity in the Self

In Atma Nirvriti some of the subjects dealt with in Atma Darshan, an earlier work, are made clearer and some others are treated from different angles of vision. In the preface of the book, Sri Atmananda (Krishna Menon) writes,
"In many places this book goes beyond Atma Darshan and expounds Truth from a higher level. A study of this book will be of considerable help for thoses who have gained knowledge of Truth from Atma Darshan, to make that knowledge steady and thereby obtain lasting peace."

"It is mind that has thoughts and feelings, not I. Birth, growth, decay and death pertain to the body and not to Me."

"I am not the body - I have no body. I am no mind - I have no mind. I am no doer, I am no enjoyer, I am pure consciousness which knows no dissolution."

38 pages - 10,00 Euros - weight: 175 g