Now available in trade paperback, Eknath Easwaran gives readers the gift of knowing themselves capable of being more caring, more focused, more faithful to their highest ideals, and a practical method for making one's life a message of hope, love, and purpose. The book radiates with Easwaran's warm humor, lyrical eloquence, and the wisdom gained ...
Meditation outlines a unique approach to tapping inner resources by training concentration on inspirational passages. Eknath Easwaran's practical Eight Point Program offers specific, systematic tools to sharpen concentration, deal effectively with stress, release deep reserves of energy, and transform anger and other destructive emotions. This ...
Every person has ways of dealing with life's challenges, but these resources are often locked beneath layers of stress and anxiety. Focused repetition of a mantram, or holy name, provides a simple, effective way to regain one's natural clarity, energy, confidence, and control. The good news is that the mantram's power to heal, calm, and restore is ...
The third revision updates this classic biography of India's exemplar of non-violent political action, and has been enhanced with a new cover, revised text, and more than 70 photographs, many not previously published elsewhere. At 23, Mohandas K. Gandhi left India for South Africa, where he hoped to leave his mark as a young lawyer. Ten years ...
The progeny of a Muslim tribe steeped in a tradition of blood revenge, Badshah Khan raised history's first nonviolent army and joined Mahatma Gandhi in civil disobedience to British rule in India. His story of hard-won victory offers inspiration for nonviolent solutions to today's world struggles.
These are passages that inform and transform: enjoy their poetry, study their wisdom, or use them for Easwaran's "Passage Meditation"."Timeless Wisdom", the companion volume to Easwaran's "Passage Meditation", is a rich collection of spiritual texts from all the world's great traditions, selected by Easwaran for study and for his method of ...
This book outlines an Eight Point approach to harness ones inner resources through concentration on inspirational passages. This program offers specific, systematic tools to sharpen concentration, deal effectively with stress, release deep reserves of energy, and transform anger and other destructive emotions.
Formerly titled The Mantram Handbook, this completely revised edition responds to the demands of life in the 1990s by offering an extremely simple and effective way of increasing personal strength without soliciting any commitment to dogma or a single faith. "Practical advice about daily living".--Booklist.
Passage meditation fits with any religious or nonreligious philosophy, and offers all the richness of traditional wisdom together with a practical method for bringing that wisdom into daily life.Tried and tested, consistent and clear - here's a book on meditation that has become a classic. A gifted, dedicated teacher, Easwaran taught his method of ...
Chosen for their universal spiritual appeal, literary merit, and recognized wisdom, these selections are perfect subjects for meditation and daily inspirational reading. Drawing from Christian, Jewish, Hindu, Buddhist, Muslim, and Native American sacred literature, this expanded third edition serves as a useful reference and guide to world ...
Gone are the days when anxiety was an uncommon affliction. Today, it's a chronic, low-level interference that affects everyone, sometimes with devastating results. In "Strength in the Storm", one of the 20th century's great spiritual teachers addresses this issue. Drawing on his observations of modern life and his teachings, this compact book ...
This is a renowned spiritual teacher's guide to calming the mind with a mantram. The mantram, or mantra, is a short, powerful spiritual formula from the world's major traditions. Repetition of the mantram is a simple but highly effective spiritual practice that can be used at work and at home, fitting naturally within any faith, philosophy, or ...
Why am I here? Is there a purpose to my life? What happens when I die? These deep questions are addressed with clear wisdom, vivid images and memorable stories.
Sixteen lively essays illuminate different aspects of the spiritual journey. The introduction presents the author as a "travel agent" on a journey to the spiritual world within us. The essays are metaphorical travel brochures, invitations to take the plunge into self-discovery through the adventure of meditation. Edited from his extemporaneous ...
Speeded up, fragmented, impersonal and exhausting - that's how many people live their lives today. Sixty-four percent of Americans are taking steps to try to reduce stress, according to a 2005 report by the American Psychologists Association. Recent workplace trends are not helping. Articles in "Time" magazine, January 16, 2006, describe the ...
"Words to Live By" presents a daily affirmation drawn from the insights of history's most brilliant philosophers and poets. Framed by the simple wisdom of Eknath Easwaran, each message offers inspiration and practical guidance for meeting life's challenges one day at a time. This lovely bedside companion can be consulted in the morning, as a ...
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