Ashtavakra Gita - The Heart of Awareness

Ashtavakra Gita - The Heart of Awareness

Author: Ashtavakra

Publisher:

Published: 2019-12-06

Total Pages: 110

ISBN-13: 9781782012610

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The Ashtavakra Gita, or the Ashtavakra Samhita as it is sometimes called, is a very ancient Sanskrit text. Nothing seems to be known about the author, though tradition ascribes it to the sage Ashtavakra; hence the name. There is little doubt though that it is very old, probably dating back to the days of the classic Vedanta period. The Sanskrit style and the doctrine expressed would seem to warrant this assessment. The work was known, appreciated and quoted by Ramakrishna and his disciple Vivekananda, as well as by Ramana Maharshi, while Radha­krishnan always refers to it with great respect. Apart from that the work speaks for itself. It presents the traditional teachings of Advaita Vedanta with a clarity and power very rarely matched. The Reverend John Henry Richards, MA, BD, was an Anglican priest born in 1934 who was ordained a deacon in Llandaff in 1977 and a priest there in 1978. He served in Maesteg, Cardiff, Penmark, and Stackpile Elidor until his retirement in 1999, and died in 2017. He is known for his English translations of the Ashtavakra Gita, the Dhammapada, and the Vivekachudamani, which he put in the public domain and distributed on the Internet in 1994. The text used here is the one revised in 1996.


Ashtavakra Gita

Ashtavakra Gita

Author: Swami Chinmayananda

Publisher: Central Chinmaya Mission Trust

Published: 2018-03-21

Total Pages: 516

ISBN-13: 8175977027

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Authored by Maharishi Vyasa, this lucid dialogue between Rajarshi Janak and Astavakra systematically deals with mystical experiences of the spiritual reality. To all advanced students of meditation, Ashtavakra Geeta directly points out the way and the goal.


Realizing God

Realizing God

Author: Swami Prabhavananda

Publisher: Advaita Ashrama (A publication branch of Ramakrishna Math, Belur Math)

Published:

Total Pages: 391

ISBN-13: 8175059028

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This book published by Advaita Ashrama, a publication house of Ramakrishna Math, Belur Math, India, comprises of lectures and talks of Swami Prabhavananda on Vedanta and spiritual life. The Swami had an extraordinary ability to make even the most subtle of enigmatic ideas exciting and comprehensible. He contributed a great deal to the understanding of Vedanta in the West and also facilitated a better understanding of all the religions of the world.


Aṣṭāvakragītā (the Song of the Self Supreme)

Aṣṭāvakragītā (the Song of the Self Supreme)

Author: Radhakamal Mukerjee

Publisher: Motilal Banarsidass Publ.

Published: 2000

Total Pages: 212

ISBN-13: 9788120813670

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Astavakragita is a unique text among the world's contemplative classics dealing systematically with the mystical experiences of the Self on its way to transcendence, peace and bliss. There are few ancient treatises in East or West which evince such profound and lively concern with the Supreme Self as the ultimate reality, embo-died in mystical insight and experience, and written with such spiritual imagination and poetic fervour. This book presents in twenty chapters the substance of Astavakra's teaching in respect to the Cosmic Self in the form of his dialogue with Janaka, the seer-king of Videha. The teaching is based on the Upanisadic creed of absolute monism (advaitavada) that identifies the Self with the nondual Ultimate Reality. But the contribution of Astavakra is also immense, for he has introduced the element of emotional experience or the mystical feeling as the means for realizing the non-dual nature of the Self. Written in a lucid style and dealing systematically with the subject matter, the book holds a unique position among the contemplative classics of the world.


Vasiṣṭha's Yoga

Vasiṣṭha's Yoga

Author: Swami Venkatesananda

Publisher: State University of New York Press

Published: 2010-03-18

Total Pages: 783

ISBN-13: 1438422849

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This is Swami Venkatesananda's longer Yoga Vasiṣṭha. His two volume book is here offered between two covers. Its purpose is to provide a means to eliminate psychological conditioning and to attain liberation. Containing the instructions of the sage Vasiṣṭha to Lord Rama, this scripture is full of intricately woven tales, the kind a great teacher might tell to hold the interest of a student.


The Heart of Awareness

The Heart of Awareness

Author:

Publisher: National Geographic Books

Published: 2001-11-13

Total Pages: 0

ISBN-13: 1570628971

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The Ashtavakra Gita conveys with beauty and simplicity the essential teachings of Advaita Vedanta, the most influential of the Hindu philosophical systems. Composed by an anonymous master of the school of the great sage Shankara, it is a book of practical advice for seekers of wisdom as well as an ecstatic expression of the experience of enlightenment. In this simple, aphoristic version, the translator conveys the clarity and lyricism of the Sanskrit original with fluency and precision.


Ashtavakra Gita

Ashtavakra Gita

Author: Janki Parikh

Publisher:

Published: 2018-10-29

Total Pages: 118

ISBN-13: 9781728604794

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Who are you? Are you your body, your personality, your special talents and achievements? What do you seek? Is it wealth, love, security, recognition, deeper meaning? What if someone were to tell you that you are none of these things, that all the things you seek are merely poor, insubstantial reflections of that which is your ultimate goal... ...that YOU are that which you seek, YOU are the only one desperate quest of your life, and YOU are the only one final answer of your life? Awaken to Advaita, the principle of non-duality... awaken to your true SELF! Allow the brilliant Sage Ashtavakra to guide you on an incredible, astonishing journey of self-realization, just as he guides King Janaka in this short dialogue of 20 chapters known as the Ashtavakra Gita. This ancient book has been a favourite of great sages, seers and gurus throughout the centuries, including Ramakrishna Paramahamsa, Swami Vivekananda, Ramana Maharshi, Sarvapalli Radhakrishnan, Sri Sri Ravi Shankar... King Janaka found his enlightenment at the end of Ashtavakra's lesson. Now reach out and find yours!


A Duet of One

A Duet of One

Author:

Publisher:

Published: 1989

Total Pages: 221

ISBN-13: 9780929448114

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How Can Knowledge Be Acquired? How Can Liberation Be Attained?... So Begins The Ashtavakra Gita A Dialogue Between An Earnest Seeker Of Truth (King Janaka) Nd The Enlightened Sage Ashtavakra As Translated From The Sanskrit By Ramesh S. Balsekar.In This Book Ramesh Reveals Himself As A Spiritual Master For The Modern Age. His Insightful Commentary Unlocks The Beauty And The Mystery In This Ancient Text. He Points Us To The Understanding That Is The True Nature Of Us All.