Eknath Easwaran
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Dhammapada means “the path of dharma,” the path of truth, harmony, and righteousness that anyone can follow to reach the highest good. Easwaran’s translation of this classic Buddhist text is based on the oldest, best—known version in Pali.
Easwaran’s introduction to the Dhammapada gives an overview of the Buddha’s teachings that is reliable, penetrating, and clear — accessible for readers new to Buddhism, but also with ...
I can say this in humility because in an important sense this is not my method of meditation at all. It is simply my presentation of principles and practices which are themselves age-old. in every culture there have been men and women who would find familiar what I present in the following pages. But different epochs have different needs, and our own times – the tumultuous end of the twentieth century, the crisis of the industrial age – cry out for ...
Our deepest need is to love completely, universally, without reservation- in other words, to become love itself. Where there is love, everything follows. To love is to know, is to act; all other paths to God are united in this path of love.
In from a verse-by-verse reading of a chapter on devotion from the Bhagavad Gita – the most popular spiritual document of India – Eknath Easwaran’s words of practical wisdom guide us through the nitty-gritty ...
In this collection of passages for meditation, Eknath Easwaran brings the wisdom of the world's great saints and sages within our reach. These are powerful, universal wisdom texts that inform and transform. – Enjoy them for their poetic and intellectual appeal, - Or study them slowly, with concentration, - Or meditate on them, so that the words come to life in your thoughts and actions. The great saints and sages are the world's spiritual geniuses ...
India’s timeless and most practical scripture, set on a battlefield in mythic war between good and evil, has a practical appeal for modern times. It is a practical manual for everyone who aims at goodness in the world of conflict and change. This verse-by-verse translation and commentary illustrates Gita’s lofty insight with everyday events and contemporary problems familiar to all of us. The first volume of The Bhagavad Gita For Daily Living concentrates on ...
Most of the world's major religions have a tradition celebrating the Holy Names of God. Muslims have the most excellent names; Christians have commentaries and litanies. Jewish tradition preserves several lists of the Divine Names, which Jewish mystics have made the focus of meditation. The Holy, The Merciful, The Compassionate; Truth; The One. These are names which appear in each religion, emphasizing that however we call him or as in India, her - the Lord ...
What is the greatest mystery in life? That although we see people die every day, we never believe we will die. In this engaging book, Eknath Easwaran shows how we can learn from death – and what we can do now to fully understand life’s last great change. The theater of death confronts us everywhere: in the newspapers, by the roadside, with the loss of a family member – and most personally as we face our own aging. And yet, how many of us see through ...
"Slow, sustained concentrationon these passages," says Eknath Easwaran,"drives them deep into our minds.And whatever we drive deep into consciousness,that we become." This collection of sacred literature of the world, selected from the religious traditions of East and West, has the power to change your life.
The Lord is everything, everywhere-he dwells in every heartThe Constant Companion is a book of daily inspirations-short, personal reminders that divinity can be found all around us, if we will only look.In each piece, Eknath Easwaran selects one of India's traditional Thousand Names of The Lord and shows its universal significance: that these are not only names of God, but also aspects of the spark of divinity within us. In the Thousand Names, the Lord is called ...
Change Your Life-A Day At A TimeWords have power, as advertisers know. Inspired words have the power to transform lives. In this intriguing collection, spiritual teacher Eknath Easwaran frames the words of brilliant philosophers, poets, and sages with surprising insights that make the wisdom of the ages relevant to our busy world. "If we live right today," Easwaran assures us, "tomorrow has to be right." This bedside companion provides an easy ...
Big or small, global or personal, stress and challenges are woven into the fabric of our days. Life takes us by surprise, pushing us to the limit and beyond. Stress has become a chronic interference that affects us all, sometimes with devastating results. When a crisis comes we're under stress already, simply from the load we carry in our daily lives: family responsibilities, tense relationships, money worries, work pressures, and those incessant, nagging fears ...
This book is a short, positive, practical selections from the world's great scriptures and mystics-Christian, Jewish, Hindus, Buddhists, Muslim, Native American chosen by one of the most respected teachers of meditation in the world today. Brief instructions on how to use these powerful selections in meditation are included. The slow, sustained concentration on these passages, "Eknath Easwaran writes," drives them deep into our minds. And whatever we ...