Download or read book The Journey Home written by Radhanath Swami and published by Simon and Schuster. This book was released on 2010-09-01 with total page 492 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The story of one man’s journey from his youth in suburban Chicago to an adult in spiritual India and a world of mystics, yogis, and gurus. Within this extraordinary memoir, Radhanath Swami weaves a colorful tapestry of adventure, mysticism, and love. Readers follow Richard Slavin from the suburbs of Chicago to the caves of the Himalayas as he transforms from young seeker to renowned spiritual guide. The Journey Home is an intimate account of the steps to self-awareness and also a penetrating glimpse into the heart of mystic traditions and the challenges that all souls must face on the road to inner harmony and a union with the Divine. Through near-death encounters, apprenticeships with advanced yogis, and years of travel along the pilgrim’s path, Radhanath Swami eventually reaches the inner sanctum of India’s mystic culture and finds the love he has been seeking. It is a tale told with rare candor, immersing the reader in a journey that is at once engaging, humorous, and heartwarming. Praise for The Journey Home “Here is an inspiring chapter of “our story” of spiritual pilgrimage to the East. It shows the inner journey of awakening in a fascinating and spellbinding way.” —Ram Dass, author, Be Here Now “He tells his story with remarkable honest—the temptations of the 1970s, his doubts, hopes, and disappointments, the culture shock, and the friendships found and lost . . . Add a zest of danger, suspense, and surprise, and Radhanath Swami’s story is a deep, genuine memoir that reads like a novel.” —Brigitte Sion, assistant professor of Religious Studies, New York University

Download or read book The Journey Within written by Radhanath Swami and published by Harper Collins. This book was released on 2017-06-15 with total page 320 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The mysteries of the soul have evaded mystics, sages, and gurus for centuries. Humanity has long yearned to discover the answer to our existence, and many spiritual traditions have evolved to provide those answers through sacred texts that facilitate journeys of transformation and discovery. Yet, never before have all of the spiritual traditions been distilled so simply into one easy-to-follow path - a path of love and devotion. In this long-awaited follow-up to The Journey Home, The Journey Within guides readers through the essential teachings of bhakti yoga. World-renowned spiritual leader Radhanath Swami draws from his personal experiences to demystify the ancient devotional path of bhakti, capturing its essence and explaining its simple principles for balancing our lives.His down-to-earth writing simplifies spiritual concepts and answers timeless questions in a heartfelt narrative that brings this sacred philosophy beautifully to life. What is love? What is the soul? Who is God? How can we live in the physical world without losing touch with the spiritual? In concise and approachable language, Radhanath Swami sheds light on how to answer these vital questions and offers solutions to life's challenges with the simplest of resources. Reach beyond the material world and journey within to discover the beauty of the true self.

Download or read book Easy Journey to Other Planets written by His Divine Grace A. C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada and published by The Bhaktivedanta Book Trust. This book was released on with total page 74 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Forget NASA's elaborate arrangements and huge, dangerous metal machines. Learn the easy way to journey through the solar system. Using subtle, spiritual energy you can travel to other planets and see the wonders of God's creation. Or you can choose to travel beyond the material creation to your eternal home with Krishna. Easy Journey to Other Planets gives a bird's-eye view of the vast cosmos and spiritual world, so you can intelligently choose your travel destination.

Download or read book My Journey written by Swami Vishwakanjalochanananda and published by BoD – Books on Demand. This book was released on 2019-12-10 with total page 234 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book is not just another autobiography. This is a life journey of an ordinary man. Every person is experiencing difficulties in their lives, but how much we are learning from those difficulties and obstacles that we find along the way is what the Author is trying to convey in these pages. The idea of the book is to select some episodes which moulded and shaped the Author to find the meaning in life and walk the path towards the inner freedom as an inspiration and guidance for all who have been awakened to the idea that there is something more than meets the eye. This is a spiritual book in a sense that we are not just a bag of flash and bones and that every person has a spiritual life as well. There is an intelligence that guides and regulates our life. For a lack of better term we call it Spirit, or God. And the aim is to connect to that Being or Intelligence and to achieve the full potential that we are all entitled to as human beings. We have to live our life so that we can, first and foremost, realise ourselves as human beings, and from there, we can contemplate our divine origin and eventually realise that we are divine beings temporarily clothed in human attire with the purpose of realising our soul`s position as the eternal servant in our loving relationship with the Divine.

Download or read book My Journey with Sai written by Dr. Anupam R. Nagar and published by Mahi Publication. This book was released on 2024-06-01 with total page 131 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book is intended for those who recognize the rare privilege of having studied at an educational institution established by Bhagawan himself. For young aspirants seeking a place in Parthi or Brindavan as students, it offers motivation and the inspiration to embody the lofty ideals that Swami expects from his students.

Download or read book Sacred Journey written by Swamini Krishnamrita Prana and published by M A Center. This book was released on 2014-11-09 with total page 228 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: From One Of The Earliest Western Women To Find Amma, Comes This Long-Awaited Narrative Of Her Experience Of Spiritual Life With A God-Realized Soul. Mata Amritanandamayi, Called Amma, Or Mother, By Millions Around The World, Is The Renowned Indian Saint Whose Far-Reaching Charitable Works Alone Merit International Acclaim. Yet, It Is For Her Profound Spiritual Generosity That She Is Best Known As She Travels The World To Meet The Thousands Who Come To Receive Her Blessings In The Form Of A Maternal Embrace. Swamini Krishnamrita Prana Traveled To India From Australia While Just Out Of Her Teens On A Spiritual Quest That Soon Led Her To The Open Arms Of Her Mother. Here Is An Intimate Portrait, As Humorous As It Is Profound, Through The Eyes Of A Western Woman Who Has Served Amma From The Earliest Days To The Present. The Reader Gains Insight Through The Startling Clarity Of Amma’s Words And Responses In Unexpected Circumstances. As The Disciple Is Led And Transformed, So Too Will The Reader Benefit By The Daily Example Of A Divine Saint And The Radiant Love In Her Wise Instruction And Gracious Compassion. Published By The Disciples Of Mata Amritanandamayi Devi, Affectionately Known As Mother, Or Amma The Hugging Saint.

Download or read book Many Many Many Gods of Hinduism written by Swami Achuthananda and published by CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform. This book was released on 2013-07-02 with total page 110 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Religion is the opium of the people, said Karl Marx many centuries ago. For more than a billion people living in India and abroad, Hinduism is the religion and a way of life. In this multi-award winning book, Swami Achuthananda cracks open the opium poppy pods, analyzes the causes for euphoria, and comes away with a deeper understanding of the people and their religion. *** Winner 2014 Next Generation Indie Book Awards (Religious Non-fiction) *** This is a comprehensive book on Hinduism. It tells you why Hindus do the things they do - and don't. Written in a casual style, the book guides you through the fundamentals of the religion. It then goes further and debunks a number of long-standing myths, some of them coming from the academia (of all places). While most books shy away from contentious issues, this book plunges headlong by taking on controversies, like the Aryan Invasion Theory, idol worship, RISA scholarship and many more. In fact one-third of the book is just on controversies that you rarely find in any other literature. Other Awards: *** Finalist - 2014 Pacific Book Awards (Religion) *** *** Bronze - 2014 IPPY Award - (Religion) ***

Download or read book The Journey of Self Discovery written by His Divine Grace A. C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada and published by The Bhaktivedanta Book Trust. This book was released on with total page 299 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Srila Prabhupada declares, "We don't say that this scientific knowledge is useless. Mechanics, electronics – this is also knowledge. But the central point is atma-jnana – self-knowledge, knowledge of the soul." In these thirty-one essays, talks, and informal conversations, Srila Prabhupada reveals the central point of essential self-knowledge – a knowledge that makes all other knowledge and activities pale in comparison. Brighten your life with the light of self-knowledge and gain a world perspective usually reserved for ascetics and saints.

Download or read book My Trek through Uttarkhand written by Swami Chinmayananda and published by Central Chinmaya Mission Trust. This book was released on 2018-03-12 with total page 128 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A spiritual aspirant's journey is sprinkled with many battles overcoming mind over matter through different sādhanās (spiritual practices). One such sādhanā is going on a pilgrimage, which provides challenges for the body, mind and intellect. In 1948, a young sādhaka embarked on a rare pilgrimage of discovery through the splendour of Uttarakhand. Often going without food, sleeping where he puts his bundle down for the night, lashed by the cold northern wind, he established a deep communion with nature. The memoir penned by the sādhaka at the end of each long treacherous day, is interspersed with humour, sketches and poetry inspired by the majestic surroundings. This young sādhaka was Swami Chinmayananda. My Trek through Uttarakhanda is personal and delectable narrative of Pujya Gurudev, Swami Chinmayananda’s trek across the Himalayan terrain.

Download or read book My Journey Sovereign United Bengal written by HP Roychoudhury and published by Partridge Publishing. This book was released on 2013-12-13 with total page 345 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The main features of the book are outlined as follows: 1. A little of the authors life under political situation of India. 2. Did our political leaders want economic growth or power of the Delhi chair? What is the function of Democracy under religious atmosphere in India? 3. What was the status of Hindus now in Hindu Bengal, and where is their future? 4. Economic growth of India went down but Japans went up, why? 5. Why did Indian leaders give importance to religion instead of economic growth? 6. The wonder Taj. 7. How does life prevail in India and in the neighboring countries of India? It is also being remembered here by the two genius of the last centuryProf. S. W.Sudmerson, a British fellow, who dedicated his life in the service of teaching in a college of extreme northeast of India in the beginning of the twentieth century, and Swami Vivekananda, who had not only enlighten the world by his glorious speech on the religion of Hindu philosophy in Chicago but also had thought of the formation of the present existing India hundreds of years before Independence. Is it one nation of one India of Vivekananda?

Download or read book New Lives written by Malcolm Tillis and published by Lulu.com. This book was released on 2007-04-01 with total page 486 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: These Interviews in their variety and originality have achieved classic status. They were first published in New York in 1989, enlarged and reprinted in India in 2004, but in this edition now appear for the first time complete and unabridged in the definitive version as prepared by the author, Malcolm Tillis, who travelled the length and breadth of India to collect them during the 11 years he lived in this extraordinary country. They were given by Westerners from different cultures and backgrounds who had also been drawn to the India of mystics and gurus in search of spiritual fulfilment. Their adventures, hardships, goals, attainments and their different spiritual practises are discussed in depth. There are also many humorous incidents we can enjoy and relate to. Several of those interviewed have since become well known as writers, some have become gurus themselves with their own followers, a few have reached iconic status.

Download or read book Journey of the Upanishads to the West written by Swami Tathagatananda and published by . This book was released on 2002 with total page 704 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book Journey Into Kashmir and Tibet written by Swami Abhedānanda and published by . This book was released on 1987 with total page 222 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Comprises author's travel account, 1922, with discussions on the life of Jesus Christ in India and his links with Buddhists.

Download or read book Mind Full to Mindful written by Om Swami and published by Black Lotus. This book was released on 2018-03-13 with total page 192 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Many of us struggle to remain calm during the day or to fall asleep at night. Our restless, treacherous minds make us feel good one moment and terrible another. From where do negativity and anguish engulf us and how do we go about being serene and peaceful? Zen shows us the art of attaining that inner quietude without rituals or dogma. It is about seeing beauty, bliss and truth in our everyday lives. Driving to work or washing the dishes, every act could easily be meditation. Based on the original Zen teachings, this beautiful book offers a life-changing perspective on life itself. Bestselling author of many transformational books, Om Swami shares with you the art of happiness with plenty of humour, stories and wisdom as he takes you on a journey from being mind full to mindful.

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Download or read book My Journey in Lionism written by Bishnu Bajoria and published by Banglar Avas. This book was released on 2023-02-14 with total page 272 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "My Journey in Lionism" narrates how the author, Bishnu Bajoria, a businessman from a small district town in the backward district of Bankura in West Bengal, becomes one of the world’s renowned Lion members and served as the International Director of the world's largest service club organization, Lions International, from 2008-10. And to top it off, there is a calmness and serenity to the author’s demeanor that makes everyone respect him. In this book, the author takes a more personal side as he tells us all the things that helped him become what he is today. He offers not only his own personal stories but also inspirational stories about how he beat the odds and survived the challenges. The beauty of the book is that it is written simply with short, crisp, and precise sentences. There is a clear flow of thought in the book, which ensures that it doesn’t digress. The language is unpretentious and to the point. Lions International 3rd Vice President A.P. Singh reviewed the book quoting- “The book is definitely authentic, containing candid opinion and portraying your personal journey with all its bumps and pleasurable moments. Thanks for sharing so many details and insights which would otherwise not have been known to all your friends. Truly inspiring!” The demand for the book is so great that the entire stock from the first printing was exhausted within 3 weeks after its launch at the hands of Lions International President Brian Sheehan in Kolkata on 23rd December, 2022. In a nutshell, "My Journey in Lionism" is a ready guide for all Lions who aspire to leadership roles in future and to serve mankind with love, peace, and integrity.

Download or read book The Divine Master written by Jenny Socrate and published by Sai Towers Publishing. This book was released on with total page 231 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This Book Is The Humble And True Story Of A Little Person'S Life, After Following And Applying The Teachings Of Bhagawan Sri Sathya Sai Baba, Who Lovingly Took The Author'S Hand And Showed The Path To Recognize The Innate Divinity. The Stories In This Book Are Pouring Of Love And Faith, So Good To Be Read By Newcomers As Well As Older Devotees Of Sri Sathya Sai Baba.