Addressing the challenges facing modern Hindus, including raising children, finding time for spiritual practice, the various yogas, living dharmically, managing stress, treating work as worship, using the power of affirmation and more. Since 2002 when Satguru Bodhinatha Veylanswami assumed the role of publisher of the international magazine Hinduism Today, he has produced a treasury of editorials on all aspects of Sanatana Dharma. This anthology is the best of those works.
From Dr. Siri Sat Nam, a licensed therapist who stars on Viceland's The Therapist, The Pocket Guru offers emotional centeredness and mental peace. Using Dr. Siri's calming style, the book presents readers with 108 topics to focus on—including commitment, forgiveness, intimacy, and love—and mantras to help them find personal growth and fulfillment. Packed with wisdom on discovering spiritual harmony, meditative practices targeting 11 different aspects of self, and a simple format that invites readers to dip in and out or read the book from start to finish, this is a rich source for deepening self-awareness.
True transformation and Self-actualization start from within. Even brilliant successful geniuses like Steve Jobs understood the transformational power of this truth and credited the wisdom of wise Guru Yogananda for much of his success throughout his life. Wisdom From The World's Greatest Gurus: Imagine Transforming Your Life, One Thought At A Time is a beautifully full-colored concise self-help compendium of the thoughts, quotes, aphorisms, and sagely musings of just a few of the world's most popular contemporary wise Gurus. "The people who are crazy enough to think that they can change the world are the ones that do." -Steve Jobs The first of its kind, sure to become one of the best books to read this year as well as a #1 best Road Trip book to read while traveling, this eye-catching, thought-provoking text combines the powerful wisdom of several of today's most influential wise sages with various prescriptive yoga sequence illustrations. Using dozens of exciting, full-colored, detail-rich graphics, we recast the complex dialogue of Yogic wisdom into a variety of easy-to-understand infographic formats. Leaving no stone unturned, as a bonus, Wisdom From The World’s Greatest Gurus: Imagine Transforming Your Life, One Thought At A Time also includes the wisdom of the two foundational seminal classics of eastern Yogic and Meditative philosophy, best seller’s The Yoga Sutras of Patanjali & The Bhagavad Gita, for even deeper contemplative thought and reflection. Creating the amazing lifestyle you've always wanted through self-help and self-development is truly possible, and the brilliance of these wise sages can help you make that dream a true reality. Just look at what Yogananda's wisdom did for Steve Jobs...imagine what this wisdom could do for you! Dynamic, insightful, and powerfully influential; these enlightened spiritual teachers range from: Sadhguru Gurmukh Mooji Ram Dass Yogananda Mirra Alfassa J. Krishnamurti Their words of wisdom, when contemplated upon, possess the incredible transcendent power to change and radically transform lives. For Prometheus Worley, their words of wisdom opened up the doors of wealth, health, healing, abundance, prosperity, and a brand-new world of unlimited possibilities. For millions of others, their words of wisdom have transformed nations, inspired new ways of thinking, and have changed the very fabric of our world. It is here, within the context of singular thought and contemplation in which Wisdom From The World's Greatest Gurus: Imagine Transforming Your Life, One Thought At A Time makes its mark, introducing timeless sagely wisdom in a new fun & refreshing way to a future-focused, higher consciousness seeking, technology-driven new generation.
Guru Padmasambhava is generally referred to as Guru Rinpoche, which means "precious master." Guru Rinpoche is a buddha, a fully awakened one. He did not become enlightened gradually, or start practicing the teachings of Buddha Shakyamuni and eventually gain enlightenment. Guru Rinpoche incarnated as a totally enlightened being. Through his form, primordial wisdom manifests in the world to benefit all sentient beings.Guru Rinpoche is a direct reincarnation of Buddha Shakyamuni. Buddha Shakyamuni said, "Eight years after my mahaparinirvana, a remarkable being with the name Padmasambhava will appear in the center of a lotus and reveal the highest teaching concerning the ultimate state of the true nature, bringing great benefit to all sentient beings." The Buddha also said that Padmasambhava would be an emanation of Buddha Amitabha and Avalokiteshvara, and referred to him as the "embodiment of all the buddhas of the three times."Buddha Shakyamuni mainly presented Hinayana and Sutra Mahayana teachings, while Guru Padmasambhava taught the Vajrayana. Both revealed the complete and perfect path to awakening so that individuals of all capacities would benefit. The absolute level of the Buddha's teaching is beyond conception. If it didn't go beyond the conceptual level, there would be no need to change our normal way of understanding things. To help us realize the primordial nature, Buddha Shakyamuni and Guru Padmasambhava repeatedly taught that we must transcend clinging to our ordinary dualistic conceptions, narrow attitudes, close mindedness, traditional rules, beliefs, and limitations. The enlightened activities of Guru Rinpoche's eight emanations are especially powerful and effective in destroying the solidity of our dualistic concepts and fixed opinions, and in awakening us to true freedom.
In The Mind of the Guru, Rajiv Mehrotra presents dialogues with several contemporary sages and masters who have illumined the minds of millions around the world. Ranged here are gurus as diverse as B. K. S. Iyengar, who brought yoga from the world of the esoteric to our living rooms; Swami Ramdev, who has democratized yoga via television; and Mata Amritanandamayi, whose mere presence invokes an overwhelming awareness of love. There is Deepak Chopra discussing a quantum healing of mind and body, Sogyal Rinpoche encouraging us to look at death so that we might live a better life and Sri Sri Ravi Shankar reaffirming each person’s right and access to happiness. And there is the unique and contrary voice of U. G. Krishnamurti telling us that all talk of transformation is poppycock. There are no grand narratives or final solutions, only guides who can show the way to the light within. Here you learn from voices as diverse as that of Thich Nhat Hanh, Bishop Desmond Tutu, Baba Amte and Stanislav Grof. Underlying the dialogues is their wisdom on how we can make ourselves unhappy – and guidance on how we can turn our lives around to achieve happiness.
`Spiritual freedom is to be found in the world, not away from it?? Why do I need a guru? Why should I meditate? What is the use of mantras? Why does the breath matter in spiritual practice? What is the significance of sexuality on the spiritual path? What do I do with the restless mind? Such questions, vital to the understanding of the self and the world, are explored in Guru: Ten Doors to Ancient Wisdom. Using the metaphor of doors, the reader is invited to enter different `chambers?, each one presenting the opportunity to explore and experience the spiritual truths contained therein. The reader also learns how these spiritual concepts are, finally, only tools to take the practitioner to the ultimate goal: union with the Divine. Whether you want to begin your spiritual practice or simply understand the core concepts of Indian spirituality, this illuminating work by renowned playwright and spiritual guide, H.S. Shivaprakash, is sure to light up your path.
Guru devotion is a greatly misunderstood but extremely important topic in the practice of Tibetan Buddhism. In this exhaustive treatment of the subject the author explains clearly what it is, what it is not, and how to practice it --Provided by publisher.
