An Essay in Imperial
Villain-Making By
William Dalrymple
Tipu also tried to import
industrial technology through
French engineers, and
experimented with harnessing
water-power to drive his
machinery. He sent envoys to
southern China to bring back
silkworm eggs and established
sericulture in Mysore - an
innovation that still enriches
the region today . . . click to
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An Interview with David
Godman By Rob Sacks
And where did Ramana
Maharshi's power and authority
come from? From Arunachala,
his own Guru and God. He
explicitly stated that it was
the power of Arunachala that
brought about his own
Self-realisation . . . click to
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Divine Fury: Recollections
of a Renegade Guru By
Robert E. Svoboda
Aghoris become so desperate in
their quests that they channel
their every thought and
feeling into a
super-obsession, a
single-minded quest to achieve
the Beloved. They endeavour
eternally to dismember their
restricted selves fully, that
God may have a free hand to
remember them completely . . .
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Fate or Free Will By
Robert E. Svoboda
We can say that those people
whose lives seem totally fated
are people who have, in the
past, accelerated themselves
along a particular path that
now they are having to
continue on, even if they are
now ready to get off; and
those people who seem to be
able to do as they please in
life are people who have
refrained in the past from
over-acceleration . . . click to
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How to Transcend
Astrological Influences [By
Paramhansa Yogananda]
Astrology is
a very deep subject, but most
people consider it a kind of
superstitious guide to material
progress. If you use astrology
only for guidance in material
matters, you will be doing its
teachings an injustice. .
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Kenopanishad and Tiruvannamalai
By M. Arunachalam
Tiruvannamalai
confers salvation to one who
merely thinks of it. No wonder
this shrine is most important,
as it points out the easiest way
to salvation . . . click to
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Know your Guru By Swami
Shivananda
It is difficult to say in what
form the Guru or the Lord will
appear before you to initiate you.
He may come in the form of a leper
as Sri Hanuman did, or in the form
of an untouchable as Lord Krishna
did, or in the form of a groom as
Lord Siva did. The aspirants must
be very careful and vigilant to
detect the Lord in the various
forms which He assumes . . . click
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Life and Times of Lakshmana
Sarma: 'Who' By Meenakshi
Ammal
It was Lakshmana Sarma who . . .
reintroduced Nature Cure to India.
He believed that the science of
Nature Cure to be liberating as it
sought to restore to people the
independence and blessings lost
due to ignorance . . . click to read
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Meditation, Detachment and
Greening Arunachala By Susan
Viswanathan
Aware that man is somehow
sustained by a deep mystery of
silence, of incomprehensibility of
God's will and God's love - the
monk feels that he is personally
called to live in more intimate
communication with that mystery .
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Old Deccan Days By Mary Frere
Mary Frere's fascinating narrative of travelling through the Southern
Mahratta Country in the 1860's with the Bombay Governor's entourage
gives a glimpse of how complicated and time-consuming it was to travel
in India; especially when accompanied by a group of dignitaries . .
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Sakti Cult By By A.
V. Jeyechandrun
It is only in Hinduism that a
great place is assigned to
Mother-Goddess, although in the
beginnings of all religions,
worship of Mother-Goddess is
traceable . . . click to
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Shiva Linga By David
Frawley (Pandit Vamadeva Shastri)
" The Shiva linga represents the
ascending energy of consciousness
and life in nature. We see this in
such forms as the mountain, the
thunder cloud, the tree, and the
upright human being. Many lingas
like that at Kedarnath - the most
important Shiva site in the
Himalayas - are rocks in the shape
of small mountains . . . click to read
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Sisters and Goddesses By
William Dalrymple
Legend has it that it was the
apostle, Thomas, the doubting one,
who brought Christianity to
Southern India - and now, aside
from the odd jealous spat, the
Virgin Mary and goddess Bhagavati
are worshipped with equal fervour
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The Teachings of Ramana
Maharshi: An Integral View
By David Frawley (Pandit Vamadeva
Shastri)
The Maharshi's path follows the
integral approach of Vedic
teachings going back thousands of
years and, particularly, the
Advaitic and yogic approaches
taught by Shankaracharya (seventh
century) that included devotional
practices and raja yoga (as taught
in texts like Saundarya Lahiri) .
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Towards a New Dharmic Vision of
Humanity By David Frawley
(Pandit Vamadeva Shastri)
Our role in life is not simply to
gain what is due to us, as if the
universe owed us a favor, but to
help in the well-being of the
world as a whole, which is part of
our own greater nature. Our place
in life is not simply to take, as
if we existed in isolation, but to
give, reflecting our relationship
with the whole and the wholeness
of who we really are . . . click to
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