Swami PrabhavanandaReviews

A very difficult subject dealt with excellent commentaries by Swami Prabhananda & Isherwood. I am glad that I have read the book and do doubt will go back to this book again and again.

Originally published 1947

Originally filmed in 1971, these two lectures server as a companion to and commentary on Swami Prabhavananda's translation of the Yoga Sutra's How to Know God: The Yoga Aphorisms of Patanjali.

Patanjali, aims, practice, powers, liberation

-not the best translation, T.K.V. Desikachar did much better

This translation of the Yoga Sutras by Swami Prabhavananda and his Western devotee Christopher Isherwood, is considered a classic. It contains a lucid translation and detailed commentary.

This title - "Patanjali Yoga Sutras" - is the Indian edition of the book, which in the West is titled - "How to Know God' .

The Sermon on the Mount According to Vedanta is a spiritual document of the most profound significance and importance. Swami Prabhavananda, is a member of a religious oder that pays equal respect to the teachings of Christ and the ancient Hindu religion of Vedanta. His interpretation of the Sermon on the Mount offers rare, two-fold enlightenment to the Western reader. On the one hand, the author provides new illumination of the vital core truths of Christianity. On the other, he eloquently reveals the basis and meaning of Vedanta.

The wonderful spiritual legacy of Sri Ramakrishna came to humanity not only in the form of his divine person and saving words, but also through his band of illumined disciples, themselves spiritual greats. This book presents the teachings of one of Ramakrishna's direct disciples - Swami Premananda - and it also contains reminiscences of him by his fellow monks and his devotees. Swami Premananda was looked upon as the very embodiment of love and was renowned for his extraordinary love of others and breadth of heart.

The Eternal Companion: Spiritual Teachings of Swami Brahmananda

This is book of aphorisms (teachings) by Patanjali. He restates yoga philosophy and its practice in "bite-size" sentences. Christopher Isherwood and Swami Prabhavananda are credited with the translation and commentary of each aphorism.

What is an aphorism:

"11. The knowledge which is gained from inference and the study of scriptures, is knowledge of one kind. But the knowledge which is gained from samadhi [an intense state of concentration, achieved through meditation] is of a much higher order. It goes beyond inference and scriptures.

[Commentary:] Here Patanjali describes the two kinds of knowledge: knowledge obtained through mediation of the senses and the reason, and knowledge obtained by direct superconsciousness experience. . . ."

The commentary and aphorisms continue by defining and discussing each new thought and/or word and always building to the next aphorism.

Vivekachudamani or the 'Crest Jewel of Discrimination', a product of Shri Sankaracharya's genius, is a major treatise on Advaita Vedanta - the non-dual path.

Vivekachudamani or the 'Crest Jewel of Wisdom', a product of Shri Sankaracharya's genius, is a major treatise on Advaita Vedanta - the non-dual path.

The wonderful spiritual legacy of Sri Ramakrishna came to humanity not only in the form of his divine person and saving words, but also through his band of illumined disiciples, themselves spiritual greats. This book presents the teachings of one of Ramakrishna's direct disciples - Swami Premananda - and it also contains reminiscences of him by his fellow monks and his devotees. Swami Premananda was looked upon as the very embodiment of love and was renowned for his extraordinary love of otehrs and breadth of heart.

The Srimad Bhagavatam is one of the most popular scriptures in India, and one of the most important, next to the Upanishads and Bhagavad Gita.

This is a condensed version containing "the more generally interesting portions" of the whole scripture.

Narada tells us that "the path of devotion is the easiest path to God". The path of devotion - Bhakti Yoga - is the approach to God through love.

Swami Prabhavananda offers a lucid English rendering of Patanjali's classic text. Includes detailed commentaries.

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The Eternal Companion: Spiritual Teachings of Swami Brahmananda

Yoga is the control of thought waves in the mind.