Specification:
- Publisher : Zen Publications
- by : Ramesh S. Balsekar
- Cover : Paperback
- Language : English
- Edition : 1995
- Pages : 118
- Weight : 120gm.
- Size : 6.3 x 4.5 x 0.3 inches
- ISBN-13: 978-8188071180
- ASIN: 8188071188
Description:
Ramesh S. Balsekar is one of the most profound spiritual Masters of this Age. He is both a brilliant writer and a captivating speaker. Shortly after retiring as the President of the Bank of India, he met the sage Nisargadatta Maharaj and began translating for Maharaj’s daily morning talks. It was not long before Ramesh too experienced the Ultimate Understanding. He is therefore a wonderful blend of East and West, spiritual and material. His compassion and gentle humor infuse the Teaching with an energy that can only be described as being uniquely Ramesh.
Specification:
- Publisher : Zen Publications
- by : Colin Mallard
- Cover : Paperback
- Language : English
- Edition : 2013
- Pages : 455
- Weight : 500gm.
- Size :
- ISBN-13: 978-9384363185
- ASIN: 9384363189
Description:
Zen Publications of Mumbai has just published Stillpoint, a novel of war, peace, politics and Palestine, by Canadian writer, Colin Mallard. As the events of the last six weeks have shown, a book that addresses the Palestinian Israeli conflict, could hardly be more timely.
Mallard has previously written award winning non fiction books on Taoism, Zen and Advaita Vedanta. In 2013 Stillpoint was a finalist in the 'US Next Generation Indie Book Awards' in the category of general fiction over 80,000 words.
We all love stories and Mallards novel traces events beginning in the 1940s to the present. Although a work of fiction, it is based on historical events and written, in part, to help readers understand the underlying causes of the current conflict.
Stillpoint is a beguiling story of love and hope, peopled with unforgettable characters, vivid and haunting. It is a love story, a hymn to the great mystery of life.
To read Stillpoint is to be transported to another world, another time. Moved by the beauty of life and the ugliness, we find ourselves on a wild ride between love and hate, justice and injustice, sorrow and joy.
The novel is both historical and allegorical, some might even call it fantasy. It questions things we take for granted and assume to be true. It trusts the reader is more interested in the truth, the facts, than beliefs or ideology. Christ is reputed to have said, The truth will make you free. It is this idea thats at the heart of Stillpoint.
What can we do to ease the suffering in Palestine and replace conflict with peace? Mallard suggests only the truth, the facts, can bring it about. Truth, he says, must,' however, be valued more than beliefs and ideology.
How would we be, you and me, under circumstances the Palestinians and Israelis find themselves? Human nature is the same in us all and when we can answer that question for ourselves understanding takes place. The source of conflict, it turns out, is not geographical but personal-it might manifest as geographical but the source of conflict is always personal, in us, you and me. There are no exceptions.
Understanding, Mallard suggests, takes place when the mind is open, when we approach life from the perspective of not knowing, with a beginners or Zen mind. Such understanding, he suggests, brings action, including non-action that are both appropriate to the situation at hand and the nature of the person involved.'
From the perspective of Advaita it is clear there are not two. In this instance, the world is not divided into two groups of people, one good the other bad. We are the same! And when we understand ourselves we understand all human beings.
From the perspective of Advaita, no one is to blame, no one is right, no one is wrong.
What then is happening? People are simply doing the best they can under the circumstances and the powerful influence of their beliefs.
All is Maya until the illusion is seen for what it is - ignorance, lack of awareness. Just as awareness is the first step in understanding ourselves it is also the first step in understanding the current conflict and our relationship to it. Where ignorance once existed, understanding can replace it.
Specification:
- Publisher : Zen Publications
- by : Ramesh S. Balsekar
- Cover : Paperback
- Language : English
- Edition : 2004
- Pages : 38
- Weight : 150gm.
- Size : 15.9 x 11.4 x 0.2 cm
- ISBN-10: 8188071234
- ISBN-13: 978-8188071234
Description:
It is everyone`s experience that the basis of daily living is facing life from moment to moment, necessarily accepting whatever the moment brings - sometimes pain, sometimes pleasure. The interconnected opposites of pain and pleasure, along with the opposites of every conceivable kind, beginning with male and female, form the very basis of life and living; and, therefore, it is impossible to separate one from the other. What the human being wants is one and not the other - pleasure and not the pain. And this pursuit of one as against the other is the main cause of why religion flourishes, various god-men flourish, promising the impossible and leading to frustration.
Specification:
- Publisher : Zen Publications
- by : Joy C. Raphael
- Cover : Paperback
- Language : English
- Edition : 2013
- Pages : 158
- Weight : 210gm.
- Size : 8.5 x 5.5 x 0.4 inches
- ISBN-13: 978-9382788133
- ASIN: 9382788131
Description:
When you applied for work in Saudi Arabia, didn’t you think you would work for a few years, make a pile, marry off your daughter or sister, build a home, retire to the good life?
When you paid the huge commission to the recruitment agent and a large fee for your visa, did anybody tell you the bad news?
Ihat your contract may be ‘renegotiated’ once you land in Saudi Arabia. You may not be paid your salary for months. You may have to sleep in chains. You may be falsely charged, perfunctorily tried and jailed. You may be threatened with sacking or your salary may be withheld if you spurn your employer’s ‘suggestion’ to convert to Islam.
If you are a maid, you might be raped. If you are a male you may be thrashed by your boss for even a minor bungle.
The dangers foreign workers face in Saudi Arabia are manifold. Yet the foreign embassies behave like ostriches, leaving the vulnerable employees to Saudi mercy. Meanwhile, thousands continue to queue up with job agents in New Delhi, Mumbai, Karachi, Dhaka, Colombo, Manila and other cities... lured by the petrodollars that they believe will fulfil their dreams of a better life for themselves and their families.
Specification:
- Publisher : Zen Publications
- by : Ramesh S. Balsekar
- Cover : Paperback
- Language : English
- Edition : 2000
- Pages : 128
- Weight : 180gm.
- Size : 8.5 x 5.5 x 0.3 inches
- ISBN-10: 8188071013
- ISBN-13: 978-8188071012
Description:
In nearly every talk happening daily in Bombay, Ramesh Balsekar reminds visitors that anything any sage has ever said, anything any religion or scripture has ever said is a concept. In a delightful and unique manner he shatters commonly held fantasies about Truth, about seeking, about how life happens. A teacher of pure Advaita, or non-duality, Ramesh is an unearthly blend of the utterly human and utterly divine manifesting as a brilliant spiritual Master. His crystal- clear and profound teachings are backed by his complete understanding that “Nobody does anything” coupled with his life experience as a top executive of a major Indian bank, as a huSoft Coverand, father and grandfather -- all lived knowing that it is all happening as God’s Will. For much of his full life Ramesh, whose Guru was Nisargadatta Maharaj, has been devoted to Ramana Maharshi, in whose spirit Ramesh welcomes seekers and asks “who is seeking? Leave the seeking to Him who started the seeking.”
Specification:
- Publisher : Zen Publications
- by : Nitin Ram
- Cover : Paperback
- Language : English
- Edition : 2014
- Pages : 166
- Weight : 250gm.
- Size : 5.8 x 0.5 x 8.8 inches
- ISBN-10: 9382788980
- ISBN-13: 978-9382788980
Description:
Self Calling is an assortment of Self-Reminder meditatlons in which Nitin Ram’s spontaneous insights relentlessly destroy all concepts of ‘Self’, pointing you towards the wordless ‘Nothingness’, a state beyond any need.
Carrying on the legacy of his Gurus, Sri Osho and Sri Nisargadatta Maharaj, Nitin’s inspired words of Wisdom and Love, flrst engulf and then gulp what you think is ‘You’.
You may discover that these intention-less pointers not only bestow deep reflection but also have a way of circumventing the mind and striking deep into the heart . . . dropping ‘you’ into the ever-existing Natural state.
These pointers will help shed all misunderstandings about ‘Enlightenment’ being personal for the ‘assumed’ personality trying to seek it. “The ‘seeking entity’ that is trying to recognise the illusion,” Nitin points out, “is the Mother of All Illusions!”
With sparkling wit and ripened wisdom Nitin uses what he calls ‘the double-edged sword of Love and Truth, compassionately edging the reader to topple beyond the Known. “To know by BEING is direct knowledge, sans knower. FULL STOP.”
These intuitive quotes may help setyou free from your (mis) concepts of bondage and freedom, helping you discover Independent Joy as your Real Nature.
A heartfelt invitation to sit back and enjoy this book . . . as Totality unfolds infinite possibilities.
Specification:
- Publisher : Zen Publications
- by : Ramesh S. Balsekar
- Cover : Paperback
- Language : English
- Edition : 2005
- Pages : 132
- Weight : 150 gm.
- Size : 5.5 x 6 x 5.5 inches
- ISBN-10: 8188071250
- ISBN-13: 978-8188071258
Description:
Ramesh S. Balsekar has authored more than 45 well-known books over two decades. He has always had a uniquely individualistic approach to spiritual seeking and, in the course of his teaching, he has developed several unique concepts. For instance, what is the ego? He has clarified that ‘you’ cannot have an ego, from which you seek freedom. You are the ego, the separate entity, the seeker who seeks the freedom of enlightenment, and finally arrives at the successful conclusion that what he is actually seeking is freedom from his own sence of personal doership.
Similarly, his concepts like the ‘working mind’ and the ‘thinking mind’, free will and predetermination being not opposites but complementaries, the difference between witnessing, observing and non-witnessing, biological reaction and egoic reaction among others have been found most useful by seekers and teachers alike, all over the world.
Specification:
- Publisher : Zen Publications
- by : Mahesh Hangal
- Cover : Paperback
- Language : English
- Edition : 2003
- Pages : 115
- Weight : 150 gm.
- Size : 5.5 x 0.4 x 8.4 inches
- ISBN-13: 978-9382788126
- ASIN: 9382788123
Description:
The human being has always been anxious to know the meaning of life, to realize his true nature, to attain the ultimate possible fulfillment.
These scribblings may perhaps trigger a process that might finally culminate, in what the human heart has always longed for - peace and harmony. The least they will do is help develop insights beyond ordinary perceptions. They could even be read just for entertainment or can simply be flipped through...
Many have claimed that these mystical musings have in them an intrinsic ability to awaken dormant intuitive understanding. Profound yet pragmatic, they hammer away at our basic misconceptions rendering the psyche free of all erroneous concepts.
From the profane to the sacred, the mundane to the mysterious, the seemingly trivial to the most fundamental, get ready for an eclectic serving of cosmic titbits. For all you know, this little book could be the one, you may have been vehemently longing to read.
Specification:
- Publisher : Zen Publications
- by : Dwaraknath Reddy
- Cover : Paperback
- Language : English
- Edition : 2009
- Pages : xxiii, 183p.
- Weight : 180 gm.
- Size : 6 x 0.5 x 9 inches
- ISBN-10: 9382788859
- ISBN-13: 978-9382788850
Description:
This book is a collection of articles written over a period of a few years and later put together. The astounding first intimation to the effect that, by the word GOD, all saints and sages of all times have implied the realizable truth of oneself, was received by the author when he was a 35 years old man-of-the-world. The revelation broke upon him with explosive wonderment and delight. How could such an inheritance be forfeited through indifference? He questioned, searched foranswers, contemplated, and tried to shape his life as prompted by the ascending reality of self-enquiry.
“In each article, reflection and spontaneous inspiration mingle inextricably”
- The Heritage
“Enjoy the poetic prose of his soaring thoughts. Each article an Upanishadic Canto”
- Swami Chinmayananda, international exponenf of Vedanfa and spirihial master
“Beauty of style and power of thought... autherrticity of experience... precision of expression...”
- M.R Pandit, Sri Aurobindo Ashram
“...conveying profound ideas effortlessly... marvellous book... Each article is a treasure”
- The Hindu, leading national daily
“Small but profound. One line, one thought, enough to drive one to contemplation, A book to be savoured line by line.”
- M.V. Kamath in Bhavan’s Journal
“A book of great value... sincerity and intense spiritual aspiration.”
- The Theosophist
Specification:
- Publisher : Zen Publications
- by : Ramesh S. Balsekar
- Cover : Paperback
- Language : English
- Edition : 1994
- Pages : 50
- Weight : 100 gm.
- Size : 6.3 x 4.5 x 0.1 inches
- ISBN-13: 978-8188071623
- ASIN: 8188071625
Description:
Ramesh S Balsekar was one of the most profound Spiritual Masters of this Age. He was both a brilliant writer and a captivating speaker. Shortly after retiring as the President of the Bank of India, he met the sage Nisargadatta Maharaj and began translating for Maharaj’s daily morning talks. It was not long before Ramesh too experienced the Ultimate Understanding. He was therefore a wonderful blend of East and West, spiritual and material. His compassion and gentle humor infuse the Teaching with an energy that can only be described as being uniquely Ramesh.
Specification:
- Publisher : Zen Publications
- by : Colin D. Mallard
- Cover : Paperback
- Language : English
- Edition : 1997
- Pages : 148
- Weight : 210 gm.
- Size : 8.9 x 6 x 0.6 inches
- ISBN-10: 8188071706
- ISBN-13: 978-8188071708
Description:
“Like the happy, peaceful murmur of a steam, the wisdom and truth found in Colin Mallard’s Reflections Cascade effortlessly and ever so gently into our hearts, there to remain in the silence of direct understanding. Articulating the way with easy, poise, serenity and complete assurance, Colin’s own profound understanding and creative quietism shine forth on every page. If you yearn for peace, this is the book to read, perhaps just a page at time, so as to savour the blessings served verse after verse. “
- Madhukar B. Thompson, Author of the Odyssey of Enlightenment: Rare Interviews with Enlightened Masters
Specification:
- Publisher : Zen Publications
- by : Mary Ciofalo
- Cover : Paperback
- Language : English
- Edition : 2011
- Pages : 262
- Weight : 390 gm.
- Size : 9 x 6 x 0.6 inches
- ISBN-13: 978-8188071661
- ASIN: 8188071668
Description:
“Redemption can result from reaching out when we have many good reasons not to. It can come from forgiving the unforgivable. Redemption is often the result of opening a closed heart -- no matter how justified we have been in shutting it. Redemptions are the hard mental, emotional and spiritual reversals in life. The woman who was in my office when this book was conceived said about the difficulty of redemptive work: “It’s like making a U-turn with your face pressed up against granite.” And although redemptive paths often require great exertion, the success of that effort is not always in the hands of the one making the effort. I think redemption straddles the border between the territory of the psyche -- where effort and intention are useful and necessary -- and the mysterious dimensions of spirituality from which grace emerges.”
-- from the Introduction to Redemption Stories: Unwasted Pain
PRAISE FOR Redemption Stories: Unwasted Pain
For her book, Redemption Stories: Unwasted Pain, psychotherapist Mary Ciofalo collected the narratives of people who have experienced trauma and come out the other side...Despite the sadness in these pages, Ciofalo’s book is not depressing. In fact, the overall effect is hopeful, even inspiring. The message is that there are second chances -- even for people who have committed hideous crimes, or been victims of senseless violence. -- quoted from Connie Matthiessen, New Bernal Journal
This book is definitely a brightly shining candle in a sometimes-darkening world. Redemption Stories will mean a lot to people who are lucky enough to find it... I spent much of last night reading it. And that’s the first and most important comment: this book is compelling reading -- and not just because of the stories themselves, but because of the very clear and compelling telling.
Specification:
- Publisher : Zen Publications
- by : Ramesh S. Balsekar
- Cover : Hardcover
- Language : English
- Edition : 2008
- Pages : 252
- Weight : 500 gm.
- Size : 8 x 8 x 5.5 inches
- ISBN-13: 978-8188071463
- ISBN-10: 8188071463
Description:
It is not an action. It is a happening. The daily talks with Ramesh Balsekar used to be an eloquent and delightful happening of the Teachings of pure Advaita (non-duality). When the ego asked: How can the intellectual understanding, which is a conceptual understanding, become the truth for me? Ramesh would explain, It can only be known from personal investigation and experience that no action is my action. The teaching can be of use only if it helps you to live your life in peace.
Specification:
- Publisher : Zen Publications
- by : Jitendra Pant
- Cover : Paperback
- Language : English
- Edition : 2017
- Pages : 102
- Weight : 500 gm.
- Size : 5.6 x 0.2 x 8.1 inches
- ISBN-10: 9385902458
- ISBN-13: 978-9385902451
Description:
The Guru-disciple relationship is the bedrock of spirituality. For the disciple there is no one higher than the Guru. His attunement with his spiritual mentor is a pressing need; a seamless communion with the Guru the ladder on which he climbs up the path to deeper self-investigation. This connection has to be tenacious as well as flexible, ardent as well as judicious, vibrant but relaxed, pure yet easy. The Guru and disciple are after all one and the same: The entirety of spirituality lies in this realization.
Though the teachings of Guruji, the Satguru of the author, this book shows how a disciple may commence laying the foundation of this supreme tie and go about the spiritual journey. The teachings, given out through the shabads, are universal yet unique. They are this-worldly yet capable of ushering the sincere practitioner to the arms of the beloved infinite. They establish the grounds of humanity and of its dharma. They show that the Satguru is alone real, the pole star of the disciple, the husbandman and protector of his soul, the truth that the earnest disciple and a misguided humanity seek in varied ways.
This book is a pilgrimage into the sacred territory of the Satguru s Word, a fulfilment in part of Guruji s instruction to his disciple. Guruji s words here are a great benediction, mapping our way to a common realm of love and light. They are the Word made vatic and sacrosanct, empowered by the truth-charge of his great being.
Specification:
- Publisher : Zen Publications
- by : Ramesh S. Balsekar
- Cover : Paperback
- Language : English
- Edition : 2008
- Pages : 88
- Weight : 120 gm.
- Size : 8 x 5.5 x 8 inches
- ISBN-13: 978-8188071371
- ASIN: 8188071374
Description:
The Sage of Arunachala preferred to teach in silence. But when he did use words, he used few and he used them with telling effect. What struck you most about what he said was the authority of knowing that backed each word uttered.
Though all of what Ramana said was rich with meaning, if one has to grasp the very core of his teaching, one needs to sieve and filter, doggedly staying focussed on the very fundamentals of what he taught. Even those who have read many books on Ramana Maharshi’s teachings will find this book different: focussed on the ultimate happiness as one’s very nature.
More importantly, this book bring across points about Ramana Maharshi’s sayings which have not been given adequate attention and significance. To give three instances:
The very thought of God is Divine Favour. It is by God’s grace that a thought of God arises in the mind.
There is absolutely no need to hurry about anything: everything must happen only at the precise time appointed by the Cosmic Law.
The ego of the sage is like the remnants of a burnt rope.
Pointers From Ramana Maharshi brings you the teachings of Advaita Master Adi Shankara as expounded by Ramana Maharshi, distilled to their very quintessential understanding, by an experienced writer like Ramesh Balsekar.
Specification:
- Publisher : Zen Publications
- by : Ramesh S. Balsekar
- Cover : Paperback
- Language : English
- Edition : 2006
- Pages : 83
- Weight : 150 gm.
- Size : 8.5 x 5.5 x 0.2 inches
- ISBN-10: 8188071293
- ISBN-13: 978-8188071296
Description:
Remain relaxed in Consciousness. In any situation, do whatever you feel you should do without any regrets about the past, without any complaints in the present, without any expectations for the future, and, importantly, without blaming and condemning anyone for anything -- neither yourself nor the ‘other’.
This will enable you to live your life, constantly connected to the Source, and will give you happiness through peace of mind: SUKHA-SHANTI.
This will be your personal religion: Sukha-Shanti.
Specification:
- Publisher : Zen Publications
- by : Pravin Gandhi
- Cover : Paperback
- Language : English
- Edition : 2003
- Pages : 188
- Weight : 240 gm.
- Size : 5 x 0.5 x 7 inches
- ISBN-13: 978-9351263876
- ASIN: 9351263878
Description:
This is a collection of short stories written by Pravin Gandhi, to be savored one at a time. Some touch a sensitive chord, while others are quirky or piquant situations in a scientific fantasy. Some are high on drama and yet another describes life in a futuristic scenario.
Each story creates it own mood which will linger over you persistently. You will want to dwell on each story and ponder about it before moving on to the next.
Specification:
- Publisher : Zen Publications
- by : Ramesh S. Balsekar
- Cover : Paperback
- Language : English
- Edition : 2005
- Pages : 196
- Weight : 180 gm.
- Size : 5.5 x 6 x 5.5 inches
- ISBN-13: 978-8188071241
- ASIN: 8188071242
Description:
It is everyone’s experience that the basis of daily living is facing life from moment to moment, necessarily accepting whatever the moment brings - sometimes pain, sometimes pleasure. The interconnected opposites of pain and pleasure, along with the opposites of every conceivable kind, beginning with male and female, form the very basis of life and living; and, therefore, it is impossible to separate one from the other. What the human being wants is one and not the other - pleasure and not the pain. And this pursuit of one as against the other is the main cause of why religion flourishes, various god-men flourish, promising the impossible and leading to frustration.
Specification:
- Publisher : Zen Publications
- by : Mohan Gaitonde
- Cover : Paperback
- Language : English
- Edition : 2014
- Pages : 247
- Weight : 270 gm.
- Size : 5.5 x 0.5 x 8.2 inches
- ISBN-13: 978-9382788973
- ASIN: 9382788972
Description:
Nisargadatta Maharaj is undoubtedly the Ultimate Alchemist and his non-dual teachings, the Ultimate Alchemy.
This book is a live satsang with Satguru Sri Nisargadatta Maharaj, covering rare and unpublished conversations with Sri Nisargadatta Maharaj which have been transcribed by his ‘evening’ translator, Mohan Gaitonde, who had the privilege of being with Him from 1979 to 1981.
The flavour of these talks is heightened by the fact that Mr Gaitonde, being well-versed with Marathi, the language Maharaj spoke, is able to convey all the subtle nuances of Maharaj’s potent words of wisdom.
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The precious conversations in this book act as a divine catalyst for all those who are eager to leave the banks of miserable seeking and intellectual understanding, and realize the ever-flowing river of Understanding of Who You Are!
If you have not yet transcended the shackles of read and heard knowledge, these intuitive utterances of Nisargadatta will surely help restore the Eternal Ease. In talk after talk, He reminds the readers about their forgotten Richness!
Welcome to the final leap into Nisargadatta’s quintessential teachings. If you are waiting for Everything but also ready for Nothing, this book is the perfect touchstone.
Nothing is Everything is indeed Nisargadatta Maharaj’s ultimate blessing for the ardent seekers.Philosophy Books
Specification:
- Publisher : Zen Publications
- by : Clifford W DeSilva
- Cover : Paperback
- Language : English
- Edition : 2015
- Pages : 120
- Weight : 150 gm.
- Size : 5.5 x 0.3 x 8 inches
- ISBN-10: 9384363952
- ISBN-13: 978-9384363956
Description:
Enlightenment. What is it? Much has been written about it. Many have tried to describe it or show how to attain it.
Does one get enlightenment from reading about how to get it? Or listening to a guru who is enlightened? Or spending years in solitude? Or contemplation? Or does it just come one day all by itself to the true seeker?
Apparently in any or all of these ways. Or none of them.
If the seeker gets hung up on the book, or the guru, or the practice, or the solitude then no enlightenment. That would be like travelling on a journey to a specific destination and then clinging to a beautiful signpost that points the way.
One must desire enlightenment passionately and not desire it. One must search for it and remain unperturbed at not having got it.
Enlightenment will come. In its time. Can the seeker wait? In patience? In silence?
‘Not a Serpent, Not a Rope’ is a collection of tales that emerge from the collective wisdom of this world. The Introduction in the beginning of the book suffices to explain why it was written.
Specification:
- Publisher : Zen Publications
- by : Ramesh S. Balsekar
- Cover : Paperback
- Language : English
- Edition : 1990
- Pages : 110
- Weight : 180 gm.
- Size : 5.8 x 0.5 x 8.8 inches
- ISBN-10: 0929448138
- ISBN-13: 978-0929448138
Description:
Blending paradox, wit, satire and insight, Ram Tzu creates a view of spirituality that is truly unique. One minute we are howling with laughter, the next squirming in self-conscious recognition as Ram Tzu holds up a perfect mirror and then points out we aren’t wearing any clothes.
Specification:
- Publisher : Zen Publications
- by : Joy C. Raphael
- Cover : Paperback
- Language : English
- Edition : 2009
- Pages : 160
- Weight : 210 gm.
- Size : 8.3 x 5.4 x 0.6 inches
- ISBN-13: 978-8188071531
- ASIN: 8188071536
Description:
The mutawas, the dreaded religious police of Saudi Arabia, consider themselves the supreme guardians of public morality. They are keepers of their faith… the way they see it. They have the backing of the Kingdom and they are watching you - everywhere, all the time.
And, they are ruthless with anybody who does not conform to their concept of what is right and wrong.
They will come for you if you drink. If you grow your hair long. If you are seen with a female who is not a blood relative. If you are a female and don’t wear the abaya or expose your hair or face or legs. If you are a female and drive a car. If you worship your own God in the privacy of your home or carry any symbol at all of your faith. Or if you are a Muslim and miss even one of your ritual prayers.
They will target you if you are a Shia, Ahmadiya or a Sufi or even a liberal Sunni or, for that matter, a Muslim from any other Islamic sect different from theirs - for they believe they are the ultimate upholders of pristine Islam.
They are the bane of all expatriates in Saudi Arabia but you need to be doubly careful if you are a Hindu, a Sikh or a Christian. In which case, they will use every opportunity to coerce, cajole and bribe you to convert to their faith.
Specification:
- Publisher : Zen Publications
- by : Shakuntala Hawoldar
- Cover : Paperback
- Language : English
- Edition : 2008
- Pages : 256
- Weight : 700 gm.
- Size : 9 x 9 x 6 inches
- ISBN-13: 978-8188071487
- ISBN-10: 818807148X
Description:
Illustrated stories for children that impart universal human values
Grandmothers are wizards who can teach without seeming to. And the stories they tell are simply magical in the way they impact fertile young minds and inculcate a deep sense of values.
Moksha is an enchanting book of a granny’s stories, providing spiritual renaissance for both young, searching minds and weary, wise ones. If granny’s stories are refreshing and interesting, the interjections by the grandchildren are downright educative for their insights into the children’s world.
Moksha gets us to ask ourselves one vital question: what spiritual values do we teach our children? And then it goes on to offer a rich basket of lucid, thought-provoking and inspiring stories which transport you gently into the Land of Now -- where all things are possible!
Specification:
- Publisher : Zen Publications
- by : Karl Renz
- Cover : Paperback
- Language : English
- Edition : 1997
- Pages : 284
- Weight : 420 gm.
- Size : 5.9 x 0.8 x 8.9 inches
- ISBN-10: 8188071676
- ISBN-13: 978-8188071678
Description:
“People always ask ‘what do you think about unknotting the karmic knots? ‘ That’s Vedanta. Unknotting your tendencies by techniques, by meditation or something. You come to me, we are doing the opposite! I put so many knots in your bloody brain that you cannot even imagine that they ever will be gone. Because succeeding by unknotting knots makes the first knot, that there is one who has knots, stronger and stronger. No, I go the opposite way. I make so many knots for you, maybe there is a point of giving up even trying to unknot them. Because then laziness is there, your Nature. The laziest of the laziest.“
Welcome to Circus Renz! Are you ready for a high-speed roller coaster ride through spiritual concepts that might blow your mind and turn your understanding upside down? The experience of reading Karl Renz might just take you somewhere where your mind can’t follow, leaving you with a refreshing sense of wonder about what just happened. ‘May it be as it is’ is a collection of talks Karl gave in Mumbai in 2010 and 2011. Enjoy the ride!
After giving ‘Self-talks’ around the world for many years, Karl Renz came to Mumbai to give talks for the first time in 2010. He doesn’t fit into any category but calling him an ‘Advaita Punk’ might come close to describing the experience of the talks. Most people who discover him get addicted to the careless irreverence and ‘sixth sense of humour’ of this brilliant Advaita entertainer.