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How To Seek God
This book has been authored by Swami Yatiswarananda, an illumined soul who endeared himself to thousands of seekers leading them on the path to God. He spent 17 years in the West spreading the message of Vedanta. He was one of the Vice-Presidents of the Ramakrishna Order. This book is a compilation of the notes made by different persons from his talks given to the devotees at the Ramakrishna Math, Bengaluru, in 1954-55 and 1958-59 and also at Germany. The book is divided into two parts and 20 chapters, including one with questions & answers. The book deals with religion and its goal, mind and its control, meditation, and yogas. In addition, there are teachings based on Narada Bhakti Sutras, Drig Drishya Viveka and Yoga Sutras. The message of the author goes straight into the hearts of the readers as the passages are short and in a conversational tone. As the text appeals to both the mind and the heart, seekers at different stages of their spiritual growth and with different requirements can benefit from this book. Anecdotal references would be refreshing and motivating to the readers.
Essentials of Spiritual Life
This book is a combination of the introduction to the books The Divine Life and Universal Prayers written by Swami Yatiswarananda and serves a guide for spiritual aspirants. Swami Yatiswarananda (1889-1966) is a former vice-president of the Ramakrishna Order and a well-known spiritual personality in the Ramakrishna-Vivekananda Neo-Vedanta movement. This book will help spiritual aspirants understand the various aspects of spiritual life.
Universal Prayers
This handy little book is a storehouse of choicest hymns and prayers of universal appeal culled from the Vedas, the Puranas, and other sources. These hymns and prayers are expressive of the deep spiritual longings and realisations of the Hindu seers. The compilation and English translation is by Swami Yatiswarananda, one among the foremost disciples of Swami Brahmananda and a former Vice-President of the Ramakrishna Order. The masterly introduction by Swami Yatiswarananda guides those who wish to know why to pray and what to pray for. It also deals with the historical and psychological development of the hymns.
The Divine Life
People all around the world engage themselves, at some stage or other, in search for meaning beyond the finite and fleeting pleasures of their lives. How can they fulfil this spiritual hunger of the soul? Swami Yatiswarananda, who was also a Vice-President of the Ramakrishna Order and an enlightened soul in his own right, explains the challenges on the path and the ways and means of overcoming them. The elaborate ‘Introduction’ of the book under different subheadings elegantly orients even the lay reader into various aspects of spiritual life. The core of this book is a compilation of 499 Sanskrit verses and their English renderings. The verses have been selected mainly from the Upanishads and the Bhagavad Gita, and also from Srimad Bhagavatam, Avadhuta Gita, Manu Smriti and the philosophical works of Sri Shankaracharya. Indexes to both Sanskrit verses and English renderings have been provided.
Adventures In Religious Life
This book is a collection of lectures delivered in Bangalore and Philadelphia by Swami Yatiswarananda, a disciple of Swami Brahmananda and the Vice-president of the Ramakrishna Order. The lectures were published in the magazines The Vedanta Kesari, Prabuddha Bharata, Vedanta and the West, and Vedanta for East and West. The lectures extensively deal with pursuing religious life, overcoming obstacles in religious life, achieving inner peace and harmony, and attaining religious experience. Spiritual seekers can derive the much-needed inspiration and succour from these invaluable lectures.
Swami Turiyananda
Swami Turiyananda, a direct disciple of Sri Ramakrishna, was a rare combination of extreme asceticism, sympathy, devotional fervour, scholarship and modern outlook. This book, by Swami Ritajananda, contains incidents, conversation, and extracts from diaries of disciples on the life and teachings of the great Swami. A fine note on Swami Turiyananda in the midst of the peaceful Shanti Ashrama setting, published in the San Francisco Chronicle, is included in this volume as an appendix. This book will appeal to all spiritual seekers who will find the treasurable spiritual values embedded in the life and teachings of Turiyananda.
Holy Mother Swamiji and Direct Disciples at Madras
This book is a compilation of various accounts of the stay of Sri Sarada Devi, and Swamis Vivekananda, Brahmananda, Shivananda, Ramakrishnananda, Abhedananda, Vijnanananda, Subodhananda, Niranjanananda, Turiyananda, Trigunatitananda, and Premananda in the city of Madras (now called Chennai). Meticulously referenced, this book contains many valuable photographs and interesting less known facts—like Swami Subodhananda learning Tamil. A tribute to the spirit of Chennai in spearheading the cause of the Ramakrishna movement, it could well be a prized possession of all the admirers of the movement and the city.
No One Is A Stranger
The title of the book is taken from the last message of Sri Sarada Devi to the world —“Learn to make the whole world your own. No one is a stranger, my child. The whole world is your own.” In keeping with the message, this compilation of articles contains several insightful ideas on how to nurture inter-personal relationships with spiritual values, the stress being on the word ‘spiritual’. Reminiscences and anecdotes highlight the practical ways the thoughts in the book can be translated into action. An English rendering of a Bengali poem by Swami Vivekananda and an article by The Dalai Lama find place. The opinions of a cross-section of people, mainly youth, on the subject of the book have also been published. Individuals and organisations all over the world aiming to enhance the quality of their inter-personal relationships will benefit from reading this book.
The Vedanta Kesari
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