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- Publisher : Zen Publications
- By : Ramesh S. Balsekar
- Cover : Paperback
- Language : Hindi
- Edition : 2006
- Pages : 78
- Weight : 500 gm.
- Size :
- ISBN-10 : 8188071692
- ISBN-13 : 978-8188071692
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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 : Ramesh S. Balsekar
- Cover : Paperback
- Language : English
- Edition : 1996
- Pages : 200p
- Weight : 500 gm.
- Size : 5.5 x 0.9 x 8.5 inches
- ISBN-13 : 978-0929448145
- ISBN-10 : 0929448146
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Can Spiritual Understanding be imparted through letters?It’s a long-distance love affair. The Master is in Mumbai, most of his disciples thousands of miles away. The Teaching deals with Advaita, or non-duality. And as the Teaching gently seeps deeper, doubts and questions sprout; and often, the only way the disciple can seek guidance from the Master is through mail. The correspondence that flows is truly remarkable since it is both subjective and objective, unique and universal, personal and impersonal. To the disciple the correspondence may denote letters from one individual to another. For the Master, they are merely words emanating from Consciousness to Consciousness. Consciousness Writes offers you the fragrance of Advaitic teaching and a rare glimpse into the Master-disciple relationship -- enveloped in the warmth of intimacy and the sparkle of Ramesh’s wit.
Specification:
- Publisher : Zen Publications
- By : Ramesh Balsekar
- Cover : Paperback
- Language : English
- Edition : 1996
- Pages : 173p
- Weight : 360 gm.
- Size : 8.4 x 5.8 x 0.7 inches
- ISBN-10 : 818807103X
- ISBN-13 : 978-8188071036
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The abhangas, the spontaneous outpourings of a keen devotee, offer the very core of advaita. For centuries, the abhangas have served as succinct and direct pointers to Reality.The format of the abhanga is simple, easy to understand: a few lines dealing with a particular aspect of the Understanding, followed by a forceful summation akin to an arrow that embeds itself in the heart, circumventing the intellect. In some cases, the abhanga bursts forth when the arrow finds its mark.
Shirish S. Murthy’s Consciousness Strikes presents, in the abhanga format, the quintessence of the advaitic teachings of a contemporary Sage. Ramesh S. Balsekar.
Specification:
- Publisher : Zen Publications
- By : Ramesh S. Balsekar
- Cover : Paperback
- Language : English
- Edition : 1999
- Pages : 225
- Weight : 450 gm.
- Size : 5.5 x 0.8 x 8.5 inches
- ISBN-10 : 8188071137
- ISBN-13 : 978-8188071135
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Consciousness is all there is. So “who” is to know or seek “what”? All there is is the impersonal functioning of Consciousness, or God, reflecting within It self the totality of manifestation. Live life making decision and accepting the consequences as if you have free will -- knowing it is Consciousness seeking, doing, living deciding...Ramesh Balsekar is an awakened sage whose long life has been devoted to Ramana Maharshi and whose final Guru was Nisargadatta Maharaj. He perfectly reflets both East and West-born and raised in Bombay, India, thinking and speaking in English, student of Sanskrit and translator of the Bhagavad Gita, intimately familiar with the Taoist and Chan classics as well as the new paradigm (Consciousness is all there is) which has emerged from quantum mechanics. Poignantly clear and precise and delightfully, humorous, his teaching makes life simple.
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- Publisher : Zen Publications
- By : Kimsuka Narsimhan
- Cover : Paperback
- Language : English
- Edition : 2015
- Pages : 210
- Weight : 300 gm.
- Size : 5.5 x 2 x 8.5 inches
- ISBN-10 : 9384363723
- ISBN-13 : 978-9384363727
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Chandramani, the sumptuous home of the fabulously wealthy Kshetras. Manish, the Kshetra heir with everything to live for - fortune beyond imagination, a beautiful wife and little son. So why did Manish fall from the walls of Chandramani one fateful Diwali and die? Did he fall or was he pushed over the edge? Accident or murder? Ajmer Lalla has to wade through a complex cast of characters to answer this. A much-hated victim, a doting mother, an estranged wife, a distant sister, a motley group of friends, all come together in this intriguing tale.
Specification:
- Publisher : Zen Publications
- By : Ramesh S. Balsekar
- Cover : Paperback
- Language : English,German
- Edition : 2010
- Pages : 184
- Weight : 330 gm.
- Size : 9 x 6 x 0.6 inches
- ISBN-13 : 978-8188071364
- ISBN-10 : 8188071366
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Understanding comes to different people through different routes. With some it scores a direct hit with wisdom; with others it seeps in almost innocuously through the subtle layers of wit, anecdotes and teaching stories. No one knows just when it will strike and how.Take quintessential wisdom for example.
Ramana Maharshi says, "All that needs to be said has been said in Verse 170 of Adi Shankaracharya's Vivekachoodamani:
In the dream state, even though there is no contact with the outside world, the mind alone projects the entire dream-universe of enjoyer etc. Similarly, the waking state is no different. All this [world of pluralistic phenomena] is but a projection of the mind."
And then there is the story about Perspective.
Bill was in the habit of saying "It could have been worse" whenever he was told of any incident. One day his friend John came to him, very agitated. "Bill, you know what happened last evening? Tom came home early from office and found his wife in bed with Dick; he shot and killed them both, and then he went to the police station and surrendered. How horrible!"
After he had heard the whole thing Bill, as usual, said: "It could have been worse." John was furious, "How can you repeat your stupid remark even in these terrible circumstances?!"
"Well," said Bill, "This happened last evening. Had it happened the previous evening I would have been dead."
Come, celebrate the wit and wisdom brought to you by one of the finest Spiritual Masters of our time. Read and reflect. Relax and enjoy.
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- Publisher : Zen Publications
- By : V. Dwaraknath Reddy
- Cover : Paperback
- Language : English
- Edition : 2010
- Pages : 145
- Weight : 210 gm.
- Size : 8.3 x 5.4 x 0.6 inches
- ISBN-13 : 978-8190932127
- ASIN : 8190932128
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When you aspire to attain success like never before,your plan of action cannot be that somehow you will conspire to make luck strike you and lightning strike your competitors! Though commendably simple and straightforward, the strategy is beyond your powers of manipulation. The success you desire must be won by invoking the inner potential in yourself. You must become the best you can be.
How is consciousness functioning in you? You are your own laboratory, completely equipped witb experience of love, hope, desire, kindness; also anger, greed jealousy, hatred, frustration. Insights are available if you pay attention to the working of your mind. Then you can see wth equal clarity how people everywhere act, react and interact. The rules of life are derived from the base. Awareness leads to harmony.
Dwaraknath Reddy built up his small family business into the stature of national leader in its segment. That is one half of his credentials to tell us how to play the game.
A post-graduate in Chemical Engineering from USA, he blends rational precision wiih a deep understanding of philosophy, focussed upon the core teachings of Sri Ramana Maharshi, the sage of world renown. Thus emerges the equation for dynamic activity with setf-control, for prosperity with peace. This is the other half of the author’s credentials.
Specification:
- Publisher : Zen Publications
- By : Ramesh S. Balsekar
- Cover : Paperback
- Language : English
- Edition : 2010
- Pages : 184
- Weight : 240 gm.
- Size : 5.5 x 0.4 x 8.5 inches
- ISBN-10 : 8188071617
- ISBN-13 : 978-8188071616
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Calm Is Greater Than Joy describes how the man of understanding lives his life without the sense of separation (without seeing the manifestation as the face of an enemy). The Sage is in perfect harmony with whatever happens in the manifestation. He is able to use his working mind because the ‘me’ mind, the thinking mind, has merged into the Heart. Here four renowned Masters describe how they are able to live in samsara (in the eye of the storm) in total peace without isolating themselves. Their calm is quite contagious because the mind in them has stopped creating problems; they have no issues either with God or with the society they live in.
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- Publisher : Zen Publications
- By : Sajohn Daverly
- Cover : Paperback
- Language : English
- Edition : 2012
- Pages : 395
- Weight : 120 gm.
- Size : 5.8 x 1.1 x 9 inches
- ISBN-10 : 8188071978
- ISBN-13 : 978-8188071975
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Although Pandu’s son Arjuna was widely known as one who in combat could single-handedly fight and defeat 1,000 opposing warriors simultaneously, he was twice traumatized and brought to his knees on the battlefield of Kurukshetra. The first time was upon seeing countless loved ones eager for bloodshed on both sides of the impending fray. The second was upon discovering that his own charioteer, a bosom friend since adolescence, could not only speak about the experience of awakening to one’s true nature, but could also provide the experience of beholding the infinite form of the one universal Self. Complete with word-for-word transliteration, this new presentation of India’s timeless spiritual classic illuminates many subtle details which readers may find themselves either relishing for the very first time, or revisiting with a new level of penetration and appreciation.
“More than just beautifully translating the Gita, Sajohn Daverly sublimely transmits the mystery of awakened life in human circumstances. We can read his translation of this ancient, divine text and find it alive in our own hearts, here, today.”
- Gangaji, spiritual teacher and author of The Diamond In Your Pocket
“This Gita is a real gem because it builds a bridge between the traditional approach and the very contemporary one, bringing the ancient teaching to life and making it relevant to the modern reader.”
- Adyashanti, spiritual teacher and author of Falling Into Grace
“Sajohn’s direct knowing and immersion in the unknown gives him the unique authority to explain and clarify in scholarly terms the profound understanding linking the essential truth and alignment between Vedanta and Zen Buddhism.”
- Jon Bernie, contemporary Zen teacher and author of Ordinary Freedom
Specification:
- Publisher : Zen Publications
- By : Ramesh S. Balsekar
- Cover : Paperback
- Language : Marathi
- Edition : 2012
- Pages : 70
- Weight : 120 gm.
- Size : 8.3 x 5.1 x 1.2 inches
- ISBN-10 : 8188071943
- ISBN-13 : 978-8188071944
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Ashtavakra Says: You are not the body which is composed of the five elements. You are that Consciousness which has provided the inert body with the sentience that makes the senses function I regard to their objects. It is sentience which makes the psychosomatic apparatus work as a unit. Anticipating the query from his intelligent disciple, the guru tells him further, You are not the physical organism but Consciousness which works not as someone in charge of the operations of the physical organism but merely as the witness of the operations.
Specification:
- Publisher : Zen Publications
- By : Karl Renz
- Cover : Paperback
- Language : English
- Edition : 2012
- Pages : 228
- Weight : 360 gm.
- Size : 5.9 x 0.6 x 8.9 inches
- ISBN-10 : 8188071854
- ISBN-13 : 978-8188071852
Description:
Am I - I Am is an assortment of delectable snippets from various talks of Karl Renz - talks which Karl often refers to as ‘Living Words’.
These ‘Living Words’ are best described in Karl’s own words as those “without a speaker, having no direction, are not teaching, give no advice and do not want anything from you.”
This, simply put, is the heart of the book.
all you can say about the phenomenon named ‘Karl’ is that the words that emanate from him are a relentless destroyer of all concepts - from the cosy to the profound. Using his livewire humour and trademark wordplay, Karl edges you so far beyond your pet concepts that at some point you may just find that ‘you’ have fallen off into the void.
An enigmatic feature of Karl’s words is that they are utterly bereft of intent or strategy. And surprise! Something which otherwise would have been deemed fit to be dismissed as mindless prattle, has quite the opposite effect in this case - of making one want for more and never having enough of it!
This spontaneous barrage of Kail’s words, steeped in carefree-ness and intentionless-ness, can be more destructive to ‘whatever that can be destroyed’ than any conceivable tool of destruction. So, go ahead and enter this vortex of Absolute churning at your own risk - ‘you’ may or may not get out!
Specification:
- Publisher : Zen Publications
- By : Ramesh S. Balsekar
- Cover : Paperback
- Language : English
- Edition : 2000
- Pages : 125
- Weight : 270 gm.
- Size : 5.5 x 0.8 x 8.2 inches
- ISBN-10 : 8188071579
- ISBN-13 : 978-8188071579
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since retiring as president of the Bank of India, has been teaching Advaita (non-duality) for over twenty years to seekers from around the world. He has also written a number of books on Advaita. In the conversations in this book Ramesh points to the ‘intrinsic closeness’ between modern physics, Hinduism and Buddhism in their similar recognition of the ‘Unbroken Wholeness’ of the manifest universe. In the context of his concept of how life happens, Ramesh answers the question: “What is it that distinguishes a sage from an ordinary person?” His answer: “A sage enjoys the shanti (peace) of nirvana while living his life in the samsara of dukkha (misery).” In the conversations Ramesh opens the way to freedom from bondage to the conceptual universe.
Specification:
- Publisher : Zen Publications
- By : Shakuntala Hawoldar
- Cover : Paperback
- Language : English
- Edition : 2015
- Pages : 198
- Weight : 270 gm.
- Size : 5.5 x 2 x 8.5 inches
- ISBN-10 : 9384363308
- ISBN-13 : 978-9384363307
Description:
If you are looking for an explosive book by some kind of nerd, delving into abstract symbols, or a spiritual pundit floating in a metaphysical haze, then this book is not meant for you.
This is simply an extraordinary book by an ordinary woman who has enjoyed and suffered the dual, roller-coaster life of her daily grind.
She now offers us her life experiences with a unique pair of lenses to see a different world orbiting in a parallel universe. This universe of sat-chit-anand (truth-consciousness-joy/bliss) or oneness has been revealed time and again by the masters and gurus who have escaped the snares of Maya or world as illusion. The author however, reminds us that the dual world where we are all born has sticky glue as its mysterious matrix. This matrix blinds us with our complex desires and tendencies which has taken us with our automated robotic mind bodies onto a push button escalator which has gone out of control.
This hypnotic maya which emasculates our very thinking and distorts our brains makes us believe that what is not IS! Grappling with and perceiving what IS itself involves a jump in consciousness to a higher vantage point which is no easy feat.
Self transformation which is the essence of this book is a break through to a new dimension. In this new approach we cannot have one set of ideas fighting with another set for supremacy because all of it constitutes conditioning and more conditioning. The real, however is hidden in our bodymind-layers and it will reveal its hidden splendour only when we break away from our robotic selves or egos.
On the other hand if you are firmly ensconced in the invisible and hypnotic nets of samsara or maya then don't bother with the new horizons, which welcomes you as the land of light and love. Drop the book where you found it since self transformation is no cake walk!
ffa kuntala Hawoldar was born in Bombay, India on September 15, 1944.
Specification:
- Publisher : Zen Publications
- By : Jai Bhandarkar
- Cover : Paperback
- Language : English
- Edition : 2010
- Pages : 199
- Weight : 950 gm.
- Size : 8.3 x 5.1 x 1.2 inches
- ISBN-10 : 8188071560
- ISBN-13 : 978-8188071562
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Son of renowned Sanskrit scholar and Diwan or Prime Minister of Porbandar state, Rao Bahadur Dr. Shankarrao P. Pandit, Vamanrao (1882-1941) was born with a marked talent for portraiture, later honed by two of the most celebrated artists of Europe, Philip de Laszlo and John Singer Sargent.Vamanrao has painted the well-known and well-heeled: Sir Dorab Tata, Sudhira Devi (Gayatri Devi's paternal aunt), Sir Cowasji Jehangir, Sir Ibrahim Rahimtoolah, Maharaja Sayajirao Geakwar, Maharaja Tukojirao Holkar and other 40 odd Maharajas such as Ranas, Raos, Maharanas and Rajas from several princely states across India.
After his law education in London, Vamanrao moved to Vienna where Philip de Laszlo was already a recognised portrait artist in Europe. He spent four years with de Laszlo, travelling extensively throughout Europe visiting crowned heads of Europe and the aristocracy. During this time, a friendship evolved between the two. De Laszlo made a suave portrait of the very handsome Vamanrao dressed as an Indian prince which was exhibited in 1907. In 1097 Vamanrao moved back to London and joined the Royal Academy under Sargent. In his time in Europe, Vamanrao painted portraits of Lady Nina Corbet, Baron Arild Rosencrantz, the celebrated artist Otto Friedrick and the Countess of Bective among other aristocrats and nobility.
Vamanrao's style of portraiture has the European academic approach and yet sports a distinct style - he used a muted colour palette and presented the jewels and pearls of his Indian sitters without overstating them. Says historian Sharada Dwivedi, who places Vamanrao's paintings at an extremely high level" in the context of Indian art, "There are many unsung artists. Vamanrao Pandit has been rediscovered now. His portraiture is as sensitive as, say, Raja Ravi Varma's or Dhurandhar's, although very different in style.
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- Publisher : Zen Publications
- By : Karl Renz
- Cover : Paperback
- Language : English
- Edition : 2015
- Pages : 150
- Weight : 210 gm.
- Size : 8.1 x 5.4 x 0.4 inches
- ISBN-10 : 9384363545
- ISBN-13 : 978-9384363543
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The teachings of Karl Renz are a bit like Zen Koans — those short statements that stop the minds activity by contemplating their paradoxical meaning. But Karl takes you even further: pondering his words have the power to turn the mind back upon itself, toward our original awareness of Being.
A Little Bit of Nothingness is a unique juxtaposition between the dialogues of Karl Renz and the eighty-one verses of the Tao Te Ching. Here, the reality of the Tao — the unnameable, original cause of all that is — has the potential to become evident as our own reality, by the deep insights provided through Karl.
The search for happiness usually takes us on an outward journey where we find ourselves identifying with everything except "that which we truly are." What we really need is to taste a "a little bit of nothingness"— the absence of any kind of ideas that we have about ourselves.
No one sees this as well as Karl Renz, the German mystic-artist who, for the last ten years, has travelled around the world pulling the rug out from under our hallowed beliefs, leaving us blissfully wanting even less.
"Realization means that consciousness, which once was identified with an object, becomes boundry-less. It becomes conscious of being consciousness. But the Self is never realized nor not-realized. It is always prior to any ideas about enlightenment or non-enlightenment. Anything you can say about it is an idea."
— Karl Renz
Specification:
- Publisher : Zen Publications
- By : Ramesh S. Balsekar
- Cover : Paperback
- Language : English
- Edition : 2010
- Pages : 215
- Weight : 270 gm.
- Size : 8 x 5.5 x 0.5 inches
- ISBN-13 : 978-8188071609
- ISBN-10 : 8188071609
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In this book Ramesh reveals himself as a spiritual Master for the modern age. His insightful commentary unlocks the beauty and the mystery in this ancient text. He points us to the Understanding that is the true nature of us all.
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- Publisher : Zen Publications
- By : Francis J Padinjarekara
- Cover : Paperback
- Language : English
- Edition : 2009
- Pages : 316
- Weight : 500 gm.
- Size : 5.3 x 0.8 x 8.5 inches
- ISBN-13 : 978-8188071319
- ASIN : 8188071315
Description:
your life is running smoothly or you are in the midst of major changes -- this book is for you.
The deep understanding of human nature, the warmth and compassion of the author, Francis J. Padinjarekara, shine out from every page and every story he tells.
These stories are challenging. Intriguing, amusing and transforming. They show a path towards personal growth and self-realisation without judgments or do’s and don’ts.
Those who are familiar with the stories and writings of ANTHONY DE MELLO, will recognize in these pages, a depth wisdom and lightness that make THIS BOOK a continuation of his INSPIRATIONAL teachings. This could be a thoughtful gift for friends and a valuable beside companion.
One of the visitors asked: “How is it, that in the same circumstances of life, some people live a constricted existence limited mostly to their work and family, while others enjoy far richer lives?”
“Birds soar high and far in freedom as their wings make it possible,” the sage replied/ “Life shrinks or expands in proportion to one’s awareness.”
Specification:
- Publisher : Zen Publications
- By : Ramesh S. Balsekar
- Cover : Paperback
- Language : English
- Edition : 2006
- Pages : 199
- Weight : 300 gm.
- Size : 8 x 5.5 x 8 inches
- ISBN-13: 978-8188071319
- ASIN: 8188071315
Description:
“A Buddha’s Babble is a true gem. And yet, ironically, it remains Ramesh Balsekar’s most underrated book. There is such deep wisdom hidden between the easy writing and the subtle humour of these pages...”
Every ‘yoii’ are not THAT. THAT is every ‘you’.
THAT will always be there without ‘you’, but ‘you’ cannot be there without THAT.
Unless this is very clearly understood, every seeker will want to be ‘one with THAT and will, therefore, be frustrated. What is to be very clearly understood is that every individual entity is connected to THAT Source. And the highest understanding is that every human being, in his daily living, must continuously remain connected to THAT Source and never be disconnected from it.
The individual entity - the Ego - gets disconnected from the Source whenever he considers himself or the ‘other’ as the doer of some action, and blames and condemns him for some action. The connection finally ends when the body dies and the Ego no longer exists as a separate entity.
In A Buddha’s Babble, Ramesh Balsekar uses pithy writing, telling parables and large doses of humour to get this point across. Such is the magic of his writing that no reader can remain untouched by its inherent wisdom.