The Advaita Makaranda – The Nectar of Non-duality – of Sri Lakshmidhara Kavi is an overlooked diamond, hidden in the treasury of Vedanta literature. The text points to our present experience – the experience of the ordinary soul – and shows how the highest truth is revealed even there, if only we look. As Swami Vivekananda said, “Don’t seek God, just see Him.” The Advaita Makaranda teaches us to see the Truth, here and now. The translation and commentary are provided by Swami Atmarupananda, Minister of the Vedanta Society of Greater Houston, USA, a branch centre of the Ramakrishna Order. Published by Advaita Ashrama. a publication house of Ramakrishna Math, Belur Math, India.

Commentary by Swami Tejomayananda. In this short and beautiful composition, Adi Sankara, the Master, has condensed the essence of Vedanta in just 31 verses, which are very useful to all serious seekers.

This is a unique work discussing the teachings of four of the great Advaita Acaryas : Gaudapada, Sankara, and histwo disciples, Suresvara and Padmapada. The first three chapters are concerned with the teachings of Gaudapada. These chapters refer to most o

Swami Satchidanandendra`s major work represents the first large scale critical history of Advaita Vedanta ever attempted. It seeks to establish a clear view of the traditional advaita vedanta based on the upanishads Brahma sutras and bhagavad gita as syst

AN UNPRECEDENTED PORTRAIT OF A GREAT YOGA TEACHER AND THE WAYS IN WHICH TEACHINGS AND TRADITIONS ARE PASSED ON It is a rare and remarkable soul who becomes legendary during the course of his life by virtue of great service to others. Sri K. Pattabhi Jois was such a soul, and through his teaching of yoga, he transformed the lives of countless people. The school in Mysore that he founded and ran for more than sixty years trained students who, through the knowledge they received and their devotion, have helped to spread the daily practice of traditional Ashtanga yoga to tens of thousands around the world. Guruji paints a unique portrait of a unique man, revealed through the accounts of his students. Among the thirty men and women interviewed here are Indian students from Jois's early teaching days; intrepid Americans and Europeans who traveled to Mysore to learn yoga in the 1970s; and important family members who studied as well as lived with Jois and continue to practice and teach abroad or run the Ashtanga Yoga Institute today. Many of the contributors (as well as the authors) are influential teachers who convey their experience of Jois every day to students in many different parts of the globe. Anyone interested in the living tradition of yoga will find Guruji richly rewarding.

• Why do we like a particular dish? A dress? A movie? • Why is a live event more engaging to a concert goer or a sports enthusiast than an electronic transmission? • What explains the talent of child prodigies? • What builds countries like USA? And what ails them? • What throws up leaders like Abraham Lincoln, Mahatma Gandhi, Martin Luther King Jr and Nelson Mandela? • Why does the sight of a baby bring a smile to the lips and warmth to the heart? Embark on the journey which answer these questions. In the process, home into your real purpose as a human being. Become a fuller person, always at peace, by discovering a new perspective to interpret the happenings to, and around, you. Welcome to Advaita!

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