The Yoga Sutras of Patanjali

The Yoga Sutras of Patanjali

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Publisher: Watkins Media Limited

Published: 2012-01-01

Total Pages: 118

ISBN-13: 1780283482

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Providing an explanation of the practical and philosophical foundations of Raja Yoga, The Yoga Sūtras of Patañjali is arguably the most important text on Yogic philosophy. The Yoga Sūtras of Patañjali is widely regarded as the most authoritative text on yoga. It comprises a collection of 196 Indian sutras (“threads” – as sutra translates from Sanskrit) written 1,700 years ago. These threads or aphorisms were compiled by the Indian sage Patañjali and offer guidelines for living a meaningful and purposeful life. The book is organized into four parts and provides descriptions of the eight limbs of yoga, such as pranayama and asana. The translated text is presented alongside a clear and insightful commentary by Swami Vivekananda, which makes them more accessible to the modern reader and yoga practitioner. His message of universal brotherhood and self-awakening remains relevant today, especially in the current backdrop of widespread political turmoil around the world.


Essentials of Hinduism

Essentials of Hinduism

Author: Swami Vivekananda

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

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Total Pages: 44

ISBN-13: 8175058390

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Many want to know what Hinduism is. Many are astonished to hear that Hinduism has no particular creed. Indeed, Hinduism is hard to define. Hinduism is a system which comprises within its fold an infinite variety of thoughts. In this book published by Advaita Ashrama, a Publication centre of Ramakrishna Math, an attempt has been made to give a bird's-eye view of Hinduism with extracts from the speeches and writings of Swami Vivekananda who may be said to be the best exponent of Hinduism in modern India. The excerpts have been culled from the author's Complete Works.


Letters of Swami Vivekananda

Letters of Swami Vivekananda

Author: Swami Vivekananda

Publisher:

Published: 1960

Total Pages: 522

ISBN-13: 9780874810936

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Excerpt: "Liberty is the first condition of growth. Just as man must have liberty to think and speak, so must he have liberty in food, dress, and marriage, and in every other thing as long as he does not injure others."


A Restatement of Religion

A Restatement of Religion

Author: Jyotirmaya Sharma

Publisher: Yale University Press

Published: 2013-08-27

Total Pages: 330

ISBN-13: 0300197403

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Offers a portrait of Swami Vivekananda and his relationship with his guru, the legendary Ramakrishna. This work focuses on Vivekananda's reinterpretation and formulation of diverse Indian spiritual and mystical traditions and practices as "Hinduism" and how it served to create, distort, and justify a national self-image.


Living at the Source

Living at the Source

Author: Swami Vivekananda

Publisher: Shambhala Dragon Editions

Published: 1993

Total Pages: 192

ISBN-13:

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The inspirational messages collected in this book speak directly to the concerns of contemporary men and women and also form a concise introduction to Vedanta, a philosophy of India.


Swami Vivekananda and Non-Hindu Traditions

Swami Vivekananda and Non-Hindu Traditions

Author: Stephen E. Gregg

Publisher: Routledge

Published: 2019-03-15

Total Pages: 276

ISBN-13: 1317047435

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The Hindu thinker Swami Vivekananda (1863-1902) was and remains an important figure both within India, and in the West, where he was notable for preaching Vedanta. Scholarship surrounding Vivekananda is dominated by hagiography and his (mis)appropriation by the political Hindu Right. This work demonstrates that Vivekananda was no simplistic pluralist, as portrayed in hagiographical texts, nor narrow exclusivist, as portrayed by some modern Hindu nationalists, but a thoughtful, complex inclusivist. The book shows that Vivekananda formulated a hierarchical and inclusivistic framework of Hinduism, based upon his interpretations of a four-fold system of Yoga. It goes on to argue that Vivekananda understood his formulation of Vedanta to be universal, and applied it freely to non-Hindu traditions, and in so doing, demonstrates that Vivekananda was consistently critical of ‘low level’ spirituality, not only in non-Hindu traditions, but also within Hinduism. Demonstrating that Vivekananda is best understood within the context of ‘Advaitic primacy’, rather than ‘Hindu chauvinism’, this book will be of interest to scholars of Hinduism and South Asian religion and of South Asian diaspora communities and religious studies more generally.


The Universal Vivekananda

The Universal Vivekananda

Author: Compilation

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

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Total Pages: 245

ISBN-13: 8175059109

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In the whole range of religious biography, we hardly come across a personality more dynamic and forceful than Swami Vivekananda. The book published by Advaita Ashrama, a publication house of Ramakrishna Math, Belur Math, India, contains seventeen articles revealing different aspects of Swami Vivekananda’s multi-faceted genius. These articles are mainly from the book Swami Vivekananda in East and West published by the Ramakrishna Vedanta Centre of London. Some articles from the Swami Vivekananda Birth Centenary Memorial Volume have also been included.