Vijnana Bhairava Tantra - Sanskrit Text with English Translation

Vijnana Bhirava, one of the basic Agamas, is a chapter from Rudrayamala Tantra that contains teachings on Advaita (to be differentiated from Adviata Vedanta). Vijnana Bhairava means "the mystic knowledge of the Ultimate Reality". This text is in the form of a dialogue between the God Siva and Parvati, his divine consort.

Vijnana Bhirava expounds 112 techniques of meditation (Dharanas) or of Union with the Divine. We find in this book an incredible variety of spiritual practices and ways of discovering pure consciousness in all kinds of conditions and circumstances.

Siva says, "If one is established in any of these 112 ways of meditation, one becomes the Bhairava (Divine) himself".

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Ashtavakra Gita - Sanskrit text with English transliteration & translation

The Ashtavakra Gita or the Song of Ashtavakra, also known as Ashtavakra Samhita is an Advaita Vedanta scripture which documents a dialogue between the sage Ashtavakra and King Janaka.

Ashtavakra Gita presents the traditional teachings of Advaita Vedanta with a clarity and power very rarely matched. The work was known, appreciated and quoted by Ramakrishna and his disciple Vivekananda, as well as by Ramana Maharshi.

Ashtavakra Gita states that there is no such thing as existence or non existence, right or wrong, or moral or immoral. In the eyes of the Ashtavakra, one's true identity can be found by simply recognizing oneself as Pure Existence and that as individuals we are the Awareness of all things.

The Ashtavakra Gita teaches that one is already free once one realises one is free. It advocates non-action, the loss of desire and severing of worldly attachments. To free oneself from the cycle of life and death one should withdraw from all Earthly desires, worries and cares. To continue indulging in Earthly things even after one has realised their true nature is said to be foolish and time wasting. Instead it paints a picture of The Master as someone who continues to keep up their responsibilities in the world, not because they believe they have to or due to any worldy attachments, but simply that it is in their nature to do so. To avoid misinterpretation in this regard teachers traditionally recommend that Ashtavakra Gita be pursued by only those who have already advanced on the spiritual path.

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Sri Narayana Guru - Complete Works - Malayalam

This book is a compilation of the complete works of Sri Narayana Guru(1854 - 1928), a great Indian seer of 20th century who visualized the ultimate reality in himself. The Guru was born in Chempazhanthi, Kerala in 1854. A great philosopher-poet of modern India, the Guru, and erudite scholar of Sanskrit, Malayalam and Tamil, belonged to the great Indian philosophical tradition of Advaita. As the force being the social reform movement, the Guru paved the way for a progressive Kerala society. Gurudevan, as he was fondly known to his followers, led a quiet but significant social revolution. The Guru was instrumental in setting the spiritual foundations for social reform in today's Kerala and was one of the most successful social reformers who tackled caste in India.

This book contains 57 works of the Guru in Malayalam, Sanskrit and Tamil. They are categorised into 5 sections:

1. Hymns of Gods and Goddesses
2. Moral & ethical teachings
3. Philosophical Works
4. Translations of Classics
5. Prose works

This volume brings together all the original writings of Narayana Guru in a digitised form for the first time. This work is in the free domain now.

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Patanjali Yoga Sutra - Sanskrit text with English Commentary by Swami Vivekananda

This book is a commentary on Patanjali Yoga Sutras by Swami Vivekananda. Original Sanskrit sutras, their transliteration and translation are also provided for the convenience of the readers.

The Yoga Sutras of Patanjali (2nd century BCE) is a foundational text of Yoga. In Indian philosophy, Yoga is the name of one of the six orthodox philosophical schools. Though brief, the Yoga Sutras are an enormously influential work on yoga philosophy and practice.

Patanjali divided his Yoga Sutras into 4 chapters or books (Sanskrit pada), containing in all 196 aphorisms, divided as follows:

1. Samadhi Pada - Concentration or Absorption (51 sutras)
2. Sadhana Pada - Practice or means to attain it (55 sutras)
3. Vibhuti Pada - Powers or Manifestations (56 sutras)
4. Kaivalya Pada - Isolation or Liberation (34 sutras)

Patanjali's Yoga is also called "ashtanga yoga" because of the eight "limbs" or steps of this Yoga prescribed in the second pada of the Yoga Sutras viz. Yama, Niyama, Asana, Pranayama, Pratyahara, Dharana, Dhyana and Samadhi.

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Sri Aurobindo - A Biography

An exhaustive biography of Sri Aurobindo (1872 - 1950) who was an Indian nationalist and freedom fighter, poet, philosopher, and yogi. He joined the movement for India's freedom from British rule and for a duration (1905-1910), became one of its most important leaders, before turning to developing his own vision and philosophy of human progress and a spiritual path which he termed Integral Yoga. He wrote over a hundred poems, many plays and several
books.

In his famous Uttarapara speech, he proclaimed, "I say no longer that nationalism is a creed, a religion, a faith;I say that it is the Sanatana Dharma which for us is nationalism. This Hindu nation was born with the Sanatana Dharma, with it it moves and with it it grows. When the Sanatana Dharma declines, then the nation declines, and if the Sanatana Dharma were capable of perishing, with the Sanatana Dharma it would perish.The Sanatana Dharma, that is nationalism. This is the message that I have to speak to you".

Of India's future Sri Aurobindo prophesied : "India of the ages is not dead nor has She spoken Her last creative word. And that which She must seek now to awake, is not an anglicised oriental people, docile pupil of the West and doomed to repeat the cycle of the Occident's success and failure, but still the ancient immemorial Shakti recovering Her deepest self, lifting Her head higher towards the supreme source of light and strength and turning to discover the complete meaning and vaster form of Her Dharma".

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Ganapati Muni - A Biography

This book is an adaptation by Dr. G. Krishna from the original Telugu biography of Ganapati Muni by Gunturu Lakshmikantam.

Vasistha Ganapati Muni (1878-1936), famed as Kavyakantha, and popularly addressed as Nayana, was the foremost disciple of the great saint, Ramana Maharshi. Ganapati Muni as a mighty spiritual personality in his own right and had a large following of illustrious disciples. It is a standing testimony to his spiritual sincerity, humility, and intellectual honesty that he recognized the uniqueness of Bhagavan Sri Ramana Maharshi's teaching, accepted Him as his Guru, and proclaimed him as the Maharshi to the whole world.

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Shri Guru Granth Sahib

The Guru Granth Sahib is the holy scripture and the final Guru of the Sikhs. It is a voluminous collection of hymns or bhajans, which describe what God is like and the right way to live, compiled and composed from 1469 to 1708 by the Sikh Gurus. Guru Gobind Singh (1666-1708), the tenth of the Sikh Gurus, affirmed the sacred text Adi Granth as his successor, terminating the line of human Gurus, and elevating the text to Guru Granth Sahib.

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Stories on Guru-disciple relationship

A compilation of inspiring stories of Guru-disciple relationships, culled from Puranas, Itihasas and lives of saints. There are stories of Janaka and Suka, Dhaumya and Upamanyu and Aruni, Kabir and Kamal, Namdeo and Vishobha Khechar, Guru Arjan and Bhai Manjh and King Janaka and Ashtavakra to cite a few.

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An Introduction to Indian Philosophy

This is a primer on the nine philosophical systems of Indian origin, namely the Carvaka, Jaina, Bauddha, Nyaya, Vaisesika, Sankhya, Yoga, Mimamsa and Vedanta.

About Authors:
Satischandra Chatterjee Ph.D. formerly worked as Head of the Department of Philosophy, Calcutta University. Dhirendramohan Datta formerly worked as Professor Philosophy, Patna Colelge, Patna University.

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Guru Gita Malayalam ഗുരുഗീത അര്‍ത്ഥസഹിതം

ശ്രീവേദവ്യാസരചിതമായ സ്കന്ദപുരാണാന്തര്‍ഗതമായ ഗുരുഗീത ശിവപാര്‍വതീസംവാദരൂപത്തിലാണ് അവതരിപ്പിച്ചിരിക്കുന്നത്. ശ്രീ പാര്‍വ്വതിയുടെ ചോദ്യങ്ങള്‍ക്കുത്തരമായി ശ്രീ പരമേശ്വരന്‍ ഇതില്‍ ഗുരുതത്വവും, ഗുരുപൂജാവിധികളും, ഒരു ശിഷ്യന് അവശ്യം വേണ്ട സദ്ഗുണങ്ങളും വിശദമായി വര്‍ണ്ണിക്കുന്നുണ്ട്. ഗുരുഭക്തരായ സാധകര്‍ക്ക് ഗുരുതത്വമറിഞ്ഞ് സദ്ഗുരുവിനെ സേവിക്കുവാനും, ഗുരുഗീത നിത്യം പാരായണം ചെയ്യുവാനും ഈ പുസ്തകം വളരെയധികം പ്രയോജനപ്പെടും.

ഗുരുര്‍ബ്രഹ്മാ ഗുരുര്‍വിഷ്ണുഃ ഗുരുര്‍ദേവോ മഹേശ്വരഃ
ഗുരുസ്സാക്ഷാത് പരംബ്രഹ്മ തസ്മൈ ശ്രീ ഗുരവേ നമഃ

അജ്ഞാനതിമിരാന്ധസ്യ ജ്ഞാനാഞ്ജനശലാകയാ
ചക്ഷുരുന്മീലിതം യേന തസ്മൈ ശ്രീ ഗുരവേ നമഃ

എന്നാരംഭിക്കുന്ന സുപ്രസിദ്ധമായ ഗുരുസ്തോത്രം ഗുരുഗീതയില്‍ നിന്നുള്ളതാണ്.

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