Sri Swami Satchidananda, Apostle of Peace

Sri Swami Satchidananda, Apostle of Peace
Author: Joan Wiener Bordow
Publisher:
Total Pages: 464
Release: 1986
Genre: Biography & Autobiography
ISBN:

"The dedicated ever enjoy supreme peace. Therefore live only to serve." This direction from ancient scriptures has been a guiding light for Sri Swami Satchidananda, one of the world's most respected and loved spiritual masters. His life has been dedicated to the service of others--all others regardless of race, religion, nationality, or any other category. An authentic holy man with a keen sense of humor and humility, Swami Satchidananda's radiance, benevolence, tolerance and understanding have helped to bring peace and enlightenment not only to those who practice Yoga but to thousands of Christians, Jews, Hindus, Buddhists, Muslims and others all over the globe. Sri Swami Satchidananda: Apostle of Peace tells the life story of this remarkable being. Born into a deeply spiritual family, he became a successful businessman and happy family man. After losing his wife, he chose the path of renunciation and devoted himself completely to spiritual life. Years of studying with many great sages and saints led him to his Guru, the legendary Sri Swami Sivananda. Swami Satchidananda soon became known as a great spiritual teacher in both the East and the West. Nicely balanced between the actual sayings, writings, and informal teachings of Swami Satchidananda himself and the running narrative of his extraordinary life, this biography stands as both an amazing, highly entertaining story, and as an inspirational guide and book of spiritual wisdom. From the Foreword by Father Thomas Keating, OCSO: "Sri Swami Satchidananda has devoted himself tirelessly to the promotion of spirituality, transcultural values and understanding among the world religions."

Pathways to Peace

Pathways to Peace
Author: Sri Swami Satchidananda
Publisher:
Total Pages: 0
Release: 2004-08
Genre: Religion
ISBN: 9780932040459

Page-long essays on such timely topics as how to have a peaceful life, how to meditate, how to understand suffering and how to be a good parent.

Vision of Peace

Vision of Peace
Author: Sandra Kumari de Sachy
Publisher:
Total Pages: 0
Release: 2014-07-15
Genre: Religion
ISBN: 9781938477188

A Vision of Peace explores the emergence of the interfaith movement and the role that Sri Swami Satchidananda played in its evolution. A pioneer in the movement, he participated in and organized interfaith gatherings and seminars; he created innovative interfaith programs, retreats, and worship services; and he founded communities where people from all backgrounds and diverse traditions could live and serve together harmoniously. Swami Satchidananda's unique contributions helped to establish the interfaith movement as a veritable path to peace. He envisioned a peaceful planet, a heaven on earth, and he shared that vision with one and all. We can make it a reality.

The Key to Peace

The Key to Peace
Author: Swami Satchidananda
Publisher:
Total Pages: 0
Release: 2011-04
Genre: Religion
ISBN: 9780932040121

One of Swami Satchidananda's greatest, compact works, The Key to Peace shows clearly that peace is what really matters in life and explains how to be in that peace always by not disturbing our real nature. When our supreme inner peace is undisturbed, we are automatically in joy, in love, in light. It inspires us to lead a life of balance, contentment, above likes and dislikes-a life where everything comes to you. Topics include the forbidden fruit, selflessness, use but don't possess, be always happy, the greatest mantra, just keep giving, real service, joy is your reward, God's business, love to serve. If you call it a spiritual practice or service or Karma Yoga, it should give you the maximum joy. If it doesn't, it's just a selfish act.

Food for the Soul

Food for the Soul
Author: Steven J. Rosen
Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing USA
Total Pages: 183
Release: 2011-04-19
Genre: Health & Fitness
ISBN: 031339704X

This revealing compilation of essays by prominent practitioners and well-informed scholars lays to bear one simple truth: One must be a vegetarian to properly practice Yoga. Bringing together the work of nine distinguished scholars and practitioners of Yoga and Eastern thought, Food for the Soul: Vegetarianism and Yoga Traditions is organized around the fact that, although vegetarianism is a natural and inescapable part of the Yogic tradition, many Yogis and Yoginis today remain blissfully unaware of that fact. The essays gathered here explore the important and much-debated subject of vegetarianism in the major Yoga traditions, looking at what diet has to do with the practice of Yoga and whether ahimsa (harmlessness) is a prerequisite for achieving Yoga's goals. The contributors draw on history, philosophy, ancient Yoga texts, Hindu scriptures, comparative religion, contemporary practitioners, the words of sages, and the teachings of Yogic masters to forge illuminating insights into the subject. Readers, whether students of Hinduism, practitioners of Yoga, vegetarian or animal rights advocates, or simply people with an interest, will find both the questions and the answers provocative—and edifying.

Sivananda

Sivananda
Author: Paramananda (sri swami.)
Publisher:
Total Pages: 0
Release: 1953
Genre:
ISBN:

The Yoga Handbook

The Yoga Handbook
Author: Sumukhi Finney
Publisher: The Rosen Publishing Group, Inc
Total Pages: 258
Release: 2009-07-15
Genre: Juvenile Nonfiction
ISBN: 1435853598

Presents an introduction to the principles of Hatha yoga and provides explanations and illustrations of the physical postures and relaxation and breathing exercises, and an introduction to meditation.

Alive and Well

Alive and Well
Author: Peter A. Hendrickson
Publisher: Ardent Media
Total Pages: 208
Release: 1991
Genre: Family & Relationships
ISBN: 9780829024609

Acquire emotional, social and spiritual skills for living in a time of HIV.

The Golden Present

The Golden Present
Author: Swami Satchidananda
Publisher:
Total Pages: 424
Release: 1987
Genre: Health & Fitness
ISBN:

These daily inspirational readings contain Swami Satchidananda's teachings on the spiritual life"how to serve others and realize peace, truth, and union with the divine. Culled from twenty-five years of lectures to spiritual seekers in the West and the East, these readings are expressed with the simplicity and authority of one who speaks from his own experience. What is purity of heart? It's a heart full of tranquility and peace. Having a steady mind, a balanced mind, is what you call purity of heart. You must be well balanced between the dualities: the ups and downs, the pleasure and pain, the profit and loss. If the mind is free from turbulence, then the seer can see its own nature. If your heart is pure and steady, you can see God reflected in that steady heart.