The Four Paths of Self-Realization
The Four Paths of Self-Realization

Author: Swami Swami Vivekananda

Publisher: Createspace Independent Publishing Platform

Published: 2015-12-01

Total Pages: 464

ISBN-13: 9781519776297

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From ancient times, people of India have practiced spiritual disciplines designed to clear the mind and support a state of serene, detached awareness. The practices for developing this desired state of balance, purity, wisdom, and peacefulness of mind are known collectively as "yoga". "Yoga" means "yoke" or "union" - referring to union with the true Self, the goal described in the Upanishads. The sages distinguished four basic types of people and developed practices that are particularly suitable for each type, in order that each man can attain the desired union with the Self. For rational people, there is the Path of Knowledge. For meditative people, there is the Path of Self-Knowledge. For naturally active people, there is the Path of Selfless Action. For emotional people, there is the Path of Devotion. One Large Volume: 464 pages.

Pathways to Joy
Pathways to Joy

Author: Dave DeLuca

Publisher: New World Library

Published: 2010-09-07

Total Pages: 314

ISBN-13: 1577317564

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At the 1893 Parliament of Religions in Chicago, Swami Vivekananda transformed Western thinking. He showed that, far from being an exotic novelty, Hinduism is an important, legitimate spiritual tradition with valuable lessons for the West. Pathways to Joy is a selection of 108 of his sacred teachings on Vedanta philosophy. In accessible and powerful prose, Vivekananda illuminates the four classical yoga paths — karma, bhakti, raja, and jnana — for the different natures of humankind. The messages focus on the oneness of existence; the divinity of the soul; the truth in all religions; and unifying with the Divine within. Invaluable and inspiring, the selections also explore karma, maya, rebirth, and other great revelations of Hinduism.

Sure Ways to Self-realization
Sure Ways to Self-realization

Author: Saraswati Swami Staff

Publisher: Bihar School of Yoga

Published: 2006-09

Total Pages: 0

ISBN-13: 9788185787411

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Offers the reader different systems of meditation from cultures world wide.

The Four Paths of Yoga
The Four Paths of Yoga

Author: Swami Vivekananda

Publisher:

Published: 2018-08-16

Total Pages: 464

ISBN-13: 9781788941235

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From ancient times, people of India have practiced spiritual disciplines designed to clear the mind and support a state of serene, detached awareness. The practices for developing this desired state of balance, purity, wisdom, and peacefulness of mind are known collectively as "yoga." "Yoga" means "yoke" or "union" - referring to union with the true Self, the goal described in the Upanishads. The sages distinguished four basic types of people and developed practices that are particularly suitable for each type, in order that each man can attain the desired union with the Self. For rational people, there is the path of Knowledge. For meditative people, there is the path of Self-Knowledge. For naturally active people, there is the path of Selfless Action. For emotional people, there is the Path of Devotion. Editor's Note: In order to be more enjoyable during reading, this book is in 6" x 9" format. In the same spirit, the paper is cream-colored, which causes less fatigue to the eyes than white paper. All our publications are carefully handled both in terms of typography and design.

Four Paths to Union
Four Paths to Union

Author: Mariamne Paulus

Publisher: LP Publications

Published: 2001

Total Pages: 272

ISBN-13: 9780916192464

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A spiritual pathway is not a religion. It is an individualized approach to the quest for meaning, for purpose, for a worthy cause or leader to which you can dedicate yourself, or for self-knowledge. Each pathway has a specific focus and specific disciplines. Each tends to appeal to a different personality type or character structure. Each leads to the same end: an experience of oneness, or union, that causes you to feel whole, free and at peace with yourself, the world, your destiny, and the divine.

Ways to Self-Realization
Ways to Self-Realization

Author: Mouni Sadhu

Publisher: Pickle Partners Publishing

Published: 2017-07-31

Total Pages: 409

ISBN-13: 1787207536

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First published in 1962, this book is the follow-up to author Mouni Sadhu’s three previous works: “In Days of Great Peace”, “Concentration” and “Samadhi.” A noted Occultist and Mystic of the first half of the Twentieth Century, Sadhu tried many paths on the route to self-realization, and is thus uniquely qualified to relate the truths in this book. Steeped in the Hermetic schools which abounded at the turn of the 19th century, then embracing the teachings of Sri Ramana Maharshi and Vichara—yet never forgetting his Catholic faith—Mouni Sadhu successfully advances our mental synthesis and leads us to the door of True Self. “The occultist who seeks to find answers to everything by means of mental understanding may find some assistance on this path in the following chapters. On the other hand, spiritually minded persons may discover confirmation of their own inner longings, when they read about the reality and possibility of the Ultimate Realization and about the necessary steps toward it. “It is in this hope that I have collected here a number of essays that have been partly published during the past seven years, rounding them out with some new chapters especially written for the purpose of the present book. “It is essentially a series of essays on various aspects of occultism and the spiritual experience.”

The Four Yogas
The Four Yogas

Author: Swami Adiswarananda

Publisher: Turner Publishing Company

Published: 2012-04-12

Total Pages: 289

ISBN-13: 1594734380

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Choose the Yoga path that best suits you, and you choose the way to know God. The philosophy of Yoga tells us that the root cause of our sorrows and suffering is loss of contact with our true Self. Our recovery is only possible by reestablishing contact with our innermost Self, the Reality of all realities, and by recognizing that knowledge of Self is our salvation. In this comprehensive guide, Swami Adiswarananda introduces the four spiritual paths of Yoga—Karma-Yoga, Bhakti-Yoga, Raja-Yoga and Jnana-Yoga—and what you can expect as an aspirant on each path. Covering the message and practice of each of the Yogas as well as philosophy and psychology, preparatory practices, common obstacles and ways to overcome them, this accessible book will prove invaluable to anyone wishing to follow a Yoga practice in order to realize the goal of Self-knowledge.

Shaped by Saints
Shaped by Saints

Author: Devi Mukherjee

Publisher: Crystal Clarity Publishers

Published: 2022-05-06

Total Pages: 113

ISBN-13: 1565895215

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Shaped by Saints Author, Devi Mukherjee takes the reader on a profoundly inspiring pilgrimage to meet saints and realized masters of modern India in forest ashrams, mountain caves, holy places, and shrines. He shares many insights and lessons from the great ones and tells many previously unpublished stories of Yogananda’s early life and return visit to India in 1935-36. While a young man, he worked with Mahatma Gandhi in the Indian resistance movement and was imprisoned for five months. After release, Devi began a spiritual quest throughout India, traveling some 45 years at various times. This beautifully written book takes you on a deeply inspiring pilgrimage to visit saints and God-realized masters of modern-day India. Devi Mukherjee—a disciple of the great yoga master, Paramhansa Yogananda (1893–1952)—invites you to walk in his footsteps and experience India’s spiritual richness, preserved in forest ashrams, mountain caves, and in holy places and shrines. Throughout his many years of travel, Devi meditated with some of India’s great souls and felt their transforming spiritual power. From all, he received the same soul guidance—to love God with every fiber of one’s being. One of Yogananda’s closest boyhood friends, Tulsi Bose, is the father of Devi’s wife, Hassi. From Bose and others, Devi obtained previously unpublished stories of Yogananda’s early life and 1935 visit to India that give the reader inspiring new glimpses of Yogananda’s generosity, courage, loyalty to friends, and spiritual power.