Buy the bhagavad gita by eknath easwaran online at alibris. The book describes a meditation program, also now commonly referred to as passage meditation. Easwarans classic manual on meditation and spiritual living is a unique source of practical spiritual support for new and experienced. Sharing easwaran in japan blue mountain center of meditation.
August 7, 2014 posted by ourfriendben in reiki, reiki wisdom. Careers blog about amazon press center investor relations amazon devices amazon tours. The first chapter of passage meditation blue mountain. Easwarans 55page introduction places the bhagavad gita in its historical setting, and. Passages for meditation blue mountain center of meditation. Eknath easwaran quotes author of the bhagavad gita page 2 of 4. One book read with concentration and reflected upon is worth a hundred flashed through without.
His book passage meditation originally titled meditation has sold over 200,000 copies since it was first published in 1978. Home blog faq getting started archive contact february 11, 2014 a source of inspiration. Sign up for our free daily thought for the day, our weekly blog, and our. Sagar shares his thoughts on one of the best resources for ya meditators easwaran s books. It gave me an excellent opportunity to introduce sri easwaran s method of meditation and the allied disciplines. Eknath easwaran audio books, best sellers, author bio audible. Train your mind and find a life that fulfills essential. Easwaran recommended these passages specifically for meditation, and for spiritual inspiration at any time. He is the author of the bestselling translation in english of the bhagavad gita, indias bestknown scripture. Although he did not travel or seek large audiences, his books on meditation, spiritual living, and the classics of world mysticism have been translated into twentysix languages. Bringing the deep wisdom of the heart into daily life. Eknath easwaran 19101999 is respected around the world as one of the twentieth centurys great spiritual teachers and an authentic guide to timeless wisdom. When i was a boy, i used to hold a lens over paper until the suns rays gathered to an intense focus and set the paper aflame.
Sri ramakrishna once went to see a religious drama produced by his disciple. Buy passage meditation by eknath easwaran from waterstones today. Easwarans writing is blessedly free of the hocuspocus and. Also, sri easwaran reminds us time and again that we become what we meditate on, so, in the effort to be of service to the children with whom i work, who are extremely idealistic, it behooves me to try my very. Easwaran developed this method of meditation in the 1960s, and first taught it systematically at the university of california, berkeley the program is an eightpoint program intended for the. In this form of meditation, you concentrate on the words of an inspirational text or passage from one of the great wisdom traditions. Passage meditation is a book by eknath easwaran, originally published in 1978 with the title meditation. Psalm 23 is, in fact, one of the first passages that easwaran suggests. All that is necessary to make the mind pure is to undo the negative.
Passage meditation was quite new to everyone, so along with the translation of chapter i of passage meditation, i added some basic passages from god makes the rivers to flow for them. Eknath easwarans method of passage meditation can help you shape your life, just as an artist shapes a sculpture. His book passage meditation originally titled meditation has sold over. Easwaran digital library enables me to be with sri easwaran and draw inspiration from him on a daily basis right from my meditation room. The upanishads easwarans classics of indian spirituality book 2. A simple eightpoint program for translating spiritual. Most of our mental powers are so widely dispersed that they are relatively ineffective. I usually write down one or two of his messages from a talk that struck me deeply and reflect on those notes once in a while. Passage meditation lays out easwarans eight point program on how to meditate. Similar books to passage meditation a complete spiritual practice. Your true self, wise and loving, is already within you. He is sri eknath easwaran, and he called his method passage meditation. Passage meditation technique christians practicing yoga.