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• Om Yoga: Its Theory and Practice – by Swami Nirmalananda Giri – a complete, in-depth book on the practice of Om Yoga Meditation, the most ancient and authentic method of meditation in Hinduism.
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• The Word that is God – Scriptures and Masters on Om – by Swami Nirmalananda Giri – an in-depth collection from the Scriptures and the Wise regarding Om and its use in meditation.
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The Bhagavad Gita is a lifetime study, and it is extremely beneficial to read at least one chapter a day. Its meanings are virtually infinite, so that new things will be continually found within its seven hundred verses. Equally important is the Gita’s ability to continually point us in the right direction spiritually. Further, it conveys to us the necessary perspective for success in spiritual life. Although it presents the clearest philosophical principles, even more it provides us with the practical means for cultivation of higher consciousness.
However, we who are English-speaking have a problem: we only have access to the Gita in translations. And, translators being human, none have produced a completely perfect English version. For this reason we are planning to post several of the best English translations for your study.
• Gita Translation by Swami Nirmalananda Giri – This text of the Gita is arranged according to the meter of the original Sanskrit text so it can be sung–as it is done every morning in our ashram and in most of the ashrams of India.
Click here to download Chapters 1-18 of the Bhagavad Gita, plus the Maharshi Gita (@2.1mb)
• Click here to view the Bhagavad Gita online.
• Gita Translation by Swami Swarupananda – Swarupananda’s translation was printed in the early part of the twentieth century. Although Swarupananda was active in its preparation, it is really the work of Sister Nivedita (Margaret Noble) a disciple of Swami Vivekananda who spent the rest of her life in India after meeting the great Swami. Her work in India was mostly in education, but she also wrote some books and articles and made this translation. Why it was not printed under her name we are not sure. Perhaps it was because at that time the movement for independence was gaining momentum in India and a translation of India’s supreme scripture by a citizen of the oppressing country might not have been welcome. Also, the publication of any writings by a woman was totally unknown at that time–and therefore liable to disapproval.
Click here to download Swami Swarupananda's translation of the Bhagavad Gita.
• Gita Translation by Swami Sivananda – Sivananda’s translation is very evidently based on the Swarupananda translation, as in so many instances the wording is identical. (Actually, our version of the Gita arranged for singing is also based on Swarupananda, since it often has the same meter as the Sanskrit original.) Yet it has a value of its own as it reflects the illumined consciousness of this great twentieth-century Master.
Click here to download Swami Sivananda's translation of the Bhagavad Gita.
• The Role of Sound in Meditation – by Swami Nirmalananda Giri – Why do we use sound in meditation? Why not use one of the other senses or faculties, since touch, sight, taste, and smell must also possess increasingly subtler forms until they reach the point of their emerging? Find out why and how in meditation we use sound to get to silence.
Click here to download The Role of Sound in Meditation. (669 K)
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• May a Christian Believe in Reincarnation? – Yes! That is the answer given in the Bible and the writings of Christian and Jewish theologians–many of them ancient authorities–as well as saints. The facts can be denied, but they can’t be changed. – by Swami Nirmalananda Giri
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• Original Christian Insights into Reincarnation – by Swami Nirmalananda Giri
Click here to download. (109K)
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• The Christ of India – by Swami Nirmalananda Giri – Jesus lived most of his life in India before becoming a missionary-martyr of Eternal Truth (Sanatana Dharma) in the West. This booklet presents the full story, including the historical texts about His life in India, and the inevitable conclusions that must be drawn about The Real Jesus and His Real Teachings.
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• Commentaries on the Upanishads – by Swami Nirmalananda Giri. Sanatana Dharma (Hinduism) in its primal form is to be found in the Isha, Kena, Katha, Prashna, Mundaka, Mandukya, Taittiriya, Aitaryeya, Chandogya, Brihadaranyaka, and Svetashvatara Upanishads. These eleven texts (upanishad means “teaching”–literally “that which was heard when sitting near”) are attached to the Vedas, the ancient hymns of the Indian sages, and also knows as Vedanta, the End of the Vedas. The following texts provide useful commentaries on these important scriptures.
Click here to download The Katha Upanishad – A Commentary. (2 MB)
Download The Isha Upanishad – A Commentary. (844 K)
Download The Kena Upanishad – A Commentary. (208 K)
Download The Prashna Upanishad – A Commentary. (504 K)
• View The Katha Upanishad – A Commentary online.
• View The Isha Upanishad – A Commentary online.
• View The Kena Upanishad – A Commentary online.
• View The Prashna Upanishad – A Commentary online.
• The Unknown Lives of Jesus and Mary – by Swami Nirmalananda Giri
– There are historical records of the lives of Jesus Christ and His Mother Mary that have been accepted and used by the Eastern Christian Church from Apostolic times–and by the Western Church until the last few centuries. They were not included in the Holy Scriptures since it could not be established beyond doubt that they were written by one of the Twelve Apostles–for that was the criterion for the inclusion of books in the Bible. This book is a collection and commentary on many of these documents
which give a unique insight into these important lives. 336 pages.
Click here to download The Unknown Lives of Jesus and Mary. (7.2 MB)
• Click here to view The Unknown Lives of Jesus and Mary online.
• The Aquarian Gospel of Jesus the Christ – by Levi H. Dowling (1844-1911).
The Aquarian Gospel is a transcription of the psychic investigations into the life of Christ made by Dowling into what is popularly known as “the akashic records.” Read more about Levi Dowling and the story of the Aquarian Gospel at Introducing the Aquarian Gospel.
Click here to download the text of the Aquarian Gospel of Jesus the Christ.
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