Here is your chance to experience the world through the eyes of someone who has spent his life practising bhakti-yoga, the yoga of pure love and devotion, and learn to attain real happiness.
The Swami on… Life in a Faltering World is a compilation of the written version of Sivarama Swami’s popular and thought-provoking videos on social media. The Swami shows the world from a different angle, sometimes a surprising one. There is only one way to find out if what he says is true: try it and see for yourself…
The Bhagavad-gita (“Song of God”), which forms eighteen chapters in the epic Mahabharata, presents the core of the Vedic philosophy in a relatively brief seven hundred verses. Celebrated and revered for its profound message, it is the one book turned to by philosophers, yogis, and transcendentalists of nearly all paths of Vedic spirituality. In the West it early inspired, among others, the American Transcendentalists Emerson and Thoreau and has been looked to ever since for its perennial wisdom. It is the essential Vedic text for spiritual realization.
Just on the verge of the historic Battle of Kurukshetra, the warrior Arjuna loses his nerve. Totally distraught and ready to give up on life, he turns to his friend and charioteer, Krishna, for advice, “What should I do?” The conversation that follows effectively deals with humanity’s crucial questions: what is the purpose of life? What happens when we die? Is there a reality beyond this time-bound, physical plane? What is the ultimate cause of all causes? Krishna comprehensively answers all these (and more) and then reveals His own identity as none other than the Supreme Personality of Godhead, appearing on earth to usher in a new era of spiritual understanding.
The largest-selling edition of the Gita in the Western world, Bhagavad-gita As It Is is more than a book. It is alive with knowledge and devotion; thus it has the power to change your life for the better.
Bhagavad-gita is knowledge of five basic truths and the relationship of each truth to the other: These five truths are Krishna, or God, the individual soul, the material world, action in this world, and time. The Gita lucidly explains the nature of consciousness, the self, and the universe. It is the essence of India’s spiritual wisdom, the answers to questions posed by philosophers for centuries.
The largest-selling edition of the Gita in the Western world, Bhagavad-gita As It Is is more than a book. It is alive with knowledge and devotion; thus it has the power to change your life for the better.
Bhagavad-gita is knowledge of five basic truths and the relationship of each truth to the other: These five truths are Krishna, or God, the individual soul, the material world, action in this world, and time. The Gita lucidly explains the nature of consciousness, the self, and the universe. It is the essence of India’s spiritual wisdom, the answers to questions posed by philosophers for centuries.
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Beads are used for meditating and chanting the Hare Krishna mantra. The strand consists of one hundred and eight individually hand-carved, smooth beads made of the wood from a sacred Tulasi plant.
A useful and wide selection of articles, transcribed lectures, and conversations on subjects ranging from science to philosophy, centered on the practical and timeless wisdom uniquely found in the Vedic tradition of India.
Those interested in comparative religious dialogues as well as those who wish to gain a working understanding of the process of bhakti-yoga—Krishna consciousness—will be well-served by this compact yet generously stocked (over 450 pages) volume.
Chant And Be Happy is an introduction to the history, practice, and benefits of mantra meditation, and specifically the significance of chanting the Hare Krishna mantra. Also known as the maha-mantra, “great chant for deliverance,” Hare Krishna is recommended in many sacred texts as the most effective form of meditation for the present age. Since the 1960s and ’70s, this mantra has gained world popularity, partially due to its inclusion in the #1 song “My Sweet Lord” by George Harrison.
The book contains a conversation between the Hare Krishna movement’s founder Srila Prabhupada, John Lennon, George Harrison, and Yoko Ono on what makes a mantra genuine and effective. It also discusses the scriptural origin of the mantra, as well as step-by-step instructions for chanting.
Space travel may be considered a relatively new human achievement, but the world’s oldest writings say no. Space travel has always been possible, and people have been traveling the universe long before the invention of rockets and shuttles. Vedic evidence suggests that yogis and other more evolved beings can travel freely throughout the cosmos via technologies that are practically unknown to us today.
If you’re reading this, chances are you’re alive and conscious. Meanwhile, your body is gradually, imperceptibly changing. Still reading? Then you’re still alive and your body is still changing. How about now? You’re still living, still conscious, and your body has changed yet again. Notice a pattern?
Kurma was head chef at the famous Gopal’s Restaurant in Melbourne, Australia, for years, and taught cooking on a TV series broadcast internationally. In Great Vegetarian Dishes he presents the best of world cuisine—vegetarian style.
This book is for seekers. Although we’ve been trying to understand our world since the beginning of time, and philosophers, theologians, and scientists have tried to interpret the world for us, we still want to know what we’re doing here and whether life has meaning and purpose. Drawing on questions like these and others asked by the many people he spoke to over the years, in this book His Divine Grace A. C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada responds with logic and wit from an ancient treasure
Although there are many types of yoga practice , the Vedic literature explains that no matter which practice you choose, success is only achieved when Bhakti is present. What is Bhakti-yoga, and how can you add it to your current yoga practice ? As Bhakti is a pivotal element in any yogic or religious practice, it is known as the topmost yoga. In the Bhagavad – Gita , Krishna explains Bhakti-yoga to his dear friend Arjuna, and here Srila Prabhupada expands these concepts in this introductory text.
Theories about the origin of life come and go like fashion trends. India’s Vedic tradition, however, has always remained consistent on this point; “life” is the natural condition of everything; there has always been and always will be life, manifesting in infinite varieties.
Beads are used for meditating and chanting the Hare Krishna mantra. The strand consists of one hundred and eight individually hand-carved, smooth beads made of the wood from a sacred Tulasi plant.
Krishna Consciousness, the Matchless Gift is a collection of transcribed lectures by Srila Prabhupada on the philosophy and practice of bhakti-yoga—the process of reestablishing our connection with the Supreme Person.
Bob Cohen, a young American Peace Corps worker living in India, decides to visit some of his countrymen—members of the International Society for Krishna Consciousness—who are establishing an international spiritual community near the birthplace of Chaitanya Mahaprabhu.
To his surprise, he is invited to meet the founder and spiritual leader of the Hare Krishna movement, His Divine Grace A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada.
For several days, in a small, brick and thatch hut near the banks of the holy Ganges, Bob asks Srila Prabhupada every question on spirituality he can think of. A tape recorder is running the whole time, and later their conversation is transcribed.
Once suggested to be entitled, “A Funny Thing Happened To Me On The Way To The Ganges,” Perfect Questions, Perfect Answers has been reproduced in forty languages and remains one of the most popular introductions to Krishna consciousness across many languages and cultures.
Sri Isopanishad is one of the first books Srila Prabhupada published in the course of establishing the Hare Krishna movement in the Western world. Its eighteen mantras—Vedic hymns—are meant to focus the mind in meditation on the Supreme Person, Krishna.
Higher Taste has great recipes, along with many ecological and moral reasons to become a vegetarian
A great introduction to the philosophy and practice of vegetarianism. Discover the health and economic advantages, as well as the important ethical and spiritual considerations, of a Krishna conscious approach to diet and nutrition.
Over 50 delicious recipes from Italy, India, Mexico, the Middle East, and other countries.
“Instruction” is not always “nectar;” especially when it includes pointed suggestions on how we should improve our character. It’s easier on the ego to learn ballroom dancing or how to improve our golf swing. But for the rare person looking to make progress in spiritual understanding, Nectar of Instruction is one of the most important guides available, as essential to the spiritual path as guardrails and yellow lines are to any driver.
The word “yoga” has varied connotations; to some it may evoke images of grim ascetics in far-off mountain caves, pushing the limits of human tolerance of austerity. To others, yoga is a household word, a label for some of the many forms of holistic exercise available on the market. Some are familiar with the practice of yoga but are only dimly aware of the philosophy behind its practice. Still more people have no idea what it means at all.
