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"THE GRACE OF BABAJI'S KRIYA YOGA: A CORRESPONDENCE COURSE"
by Babaji's Kriya Yoga Order of Acharyas, 2005. 12-15
page monthly
(12 issues). Price: USD$108.00, CAD$115.50 (inc gst) outside Quebec, CAD$126.47
(inc gst & pst) inside Quebec. Shipping by regular mail in Canada
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Through self-study and the suggested practices in this course you will learn how to incorporate the teachings of Babaji's Kriya Yoga into your daily life. For one year, you will receive by mail, each month, (12 issues) a course of 12-15 pages, developing a a specific theme. Here is a list of themes: Grace & Living a Yogic Life; The Mind, our Friend, our Enemy; Relationship: Walking the Path with Others & The Yoga of Marital Love; Practicing Thankfulness; Emotions: Expressions of our Soul or Ego? & Releasing Stored Emotions; Deepening Meditation & Meditating with Eyes Open; Calling on the Lord within through Mantra Japa; The Yamas; Yoga: Definite Methods, Tangible Results; The Subtleties of Prana on the Five Bodies; Our Words, our Life & The Power of Silence; Bhakti Yoga: Shedding Tears of Love; Awareness: It is really All we Have; Shakti and the Subtle Body; Hatha Yoga: Purifying our Temple; Transcending Conditioning through Discernment & Perceiving the Error of Confusing Reality with the Appearance of Daily Life; Tapas: Bringing Intensity to our Practice.
The teachings are drawn from the books dictated by Babaji in 1952 and 1953, the works of the Siddhas, Sri Aurobindo and the Mother, Ramalinga and Vedanta. For more information visit this page
"Nine
Tandirams on the Tirumandiram (Thirumandiram)"
The First Edition of the Tirumandiram in 10 volumes is now sold out. A Second Edition of the Tirumandiram will be available at the same price by May 2013. If you order it now you will receive it in May.
The Tirumandiram, by Siddha Tirumular is a sacred, monumental work of philosophical and spiritual wisdom rendered in verse form. Encyclopedic in its vast scope, and written nearly 2,000 years ago., it is one of India’s greatest texts, a spiritual treasure-trove, a Sastra containing astonishing insight. It is a seminal work and is the first treatise in Tamil that deals with different aspects of Yoga, Tantra and Saiva Siddhantha.
It took five years and a team of scholars to translate each of its more than 3,000 verses and to write extensive commentaries about them, in nine volumes, known as tandirams. Each verse includes the original Tamil language script, its transliteration in Roman characters, its English translation and a commentary elucidating the meaning of each verse.. The tenth volume contains presentations from two philosophical schools of Saiva Siddhanta, a glossary, a select bibliography and index.. It includes 3,770 pages in total.
Tandirams 1, 2 and 3 - Translated by Sri T.V.
Venkataraman
Tandiram 4 - Translated by Dr T.N. Ramachandran
Tandiram 5 - Translated by Dr K.R. Arumugam
Tandiram 7 - Translated by Dr P.S. Somasundaram
Tandiram 8 - Translated by Dr S.N. Kandasamy
Tandirams 6 & 9 - Translated by Dr T.N. Ganapathy
Tenth Volume - Glossary & Select Bibliography by Dr T.N. Ganapathy
- and index by Dr Ramesh Babus.
Dr. T.N. Ganapathy, Marshall. Govindan, Jan Ahlund and Chris Brod have served as its editors, adding commentary from their yogic experiences.
“The poems of Tirumular abound in technical terms conveying mystical experience. The symbolic, twilight language of the Siddhas has the advantage of precision, concentration, secrecy, mystery, and esoteric significance in that the symbols, at the hands of the Siddhas, become a form of artistic expression of the inexpressible. The use of the symbolic language is not merely a protection against profaning the sacred by the ignorant, but also suggests that language, however enriched, is incapable of expressing the highest experience of the spirit. Indeed, language is but a broken lamp. In Sufi terminology, any attempt to convey the inner meaning of one’s spiritual experiences in conventional language is like “sending a kiss to the beloved by a messenger.” In short, the twilight language of the Siddhas is, in essence, profoundly mystical in nature and contains a “numinous aura” and existential revelations for the man who deciphers their message.” The essential difficulty is that to understand the twilight language requires a total hermeneutic of reading, an awareness, in fact, of the total religious and philosophical structures that infuse it. It also requires one to enter deep states of meditation wherein the verse serves as a key that reveals a higher meaning to the initiate.” (from “The Yoga of Boganathar,” volume 1, by Dr. T.N. Ganapathy, page 12) To enable the reader to fulfill this requirement has indeed been the objective of this new translation and commentary.
In addition the work contains two enlightened discourses in the final volume, by the late Swami Subramaniam of Hawaii, and T.N. Arunachalam, from the two sides of the debate within Saiva Siddhanta: Tirumular’s monistic theism versus Meykandar’s pluralistic realism.. The translation and commentary has sought to avoid bias towards either of these perspectives, but rather to elucidate the work itself, making it useful to everyone regardless of their background.
Please read the attached article, “A Mystical Masterpiece is Unearthed,” about our new publication of the Tirumandiram, reproduced from the acclaimed magazine « Hinduism Today » and published in July 2010. Link to Hinduism Today Magazine
Read the book review by Georg Feuerstein
“For more information on the Tirumandiram, Tirumular, and our related publications, visit www.tirumandiram.net”
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"The
Wisdom of Jesus and the Yoga Siddhas" For
more information including "Table of contents," reviews,
sample Introduction chapter and more visit The
Wisdom of Jesus blog and the new site www.jesusandyoga.net
Read the book review by Georg Feuerstein
By M. Govindan, 224 pages, bibliographical references, softcover 6 x 9 inches. Price: USD$15.95, CAD$17.33 (inc gst) plus USD$4.50 for shipping and handling to the USA or CAD$3.50 within Canada, CAD$12 for Australia. US$15.45 for overseas airmail. ISBN 978-1-895383-43-0.
Who was Jesus? One of the most influential human beings of all times? The founder of Christianity? A messiah or savior sent by God to redeem humanity of its sins? What were His teachings? Is our knowledge of Jesus limited to what is recorded in the Bible? What has modern historical research to say about what Jesus did and taught? "What were the original teachings of Jesus, before the Christian religion became organized?"
With the discovery of many new source documents in the Sinai Desert and near the Dead Sea, and with the advent of modern methods of textual analysis by scholars who are independent of institutional bias, today most Biblical scholars will agree that the books of the Bible's New Testament are written at several levels of authenticity:
· What were likely the actual words of Jesus, quoted
in the gospels of Matthew, Mark and Luke, but recorded several decades
afterwards.
· What were likely interpolations - words attributed to Jesus by unknown sources.
· What was said about Jesus or about His teachings by others, for example, Paul
in his "letters," which make up most of the rest of the New Testament, and which
served as the basis for early Church dogma.
Within Christianity and in the popular understanding of Jesus and his teaching, how much have these interpolations and early Church dogma distorted or obscured the actual words and teachings of Jesus? What do the actual words of Jesus say about who Jesus was and what His teachings were? What do the actual words of Jesus not say? Answers to these questions are a prerequisite to making comparisons between the teachings of Jesus and the teachings of the Gnostics and other mystics, such as those of the Yoga Siddhas. Previous attempts by some, including Swami Prabhavananda's The Sermon on the Mount According to Vedanta, and Paramahansa Yogananda's The Second Coming of Christ, may have been flawed as they seek to make comparisons with Christianity's dogma reflected in the King James version of the Bible. They did not consider the work of biblical historians who have suggested numerous inaccuracies in this English version of the Bible, in comparison with the original Greek. They do not take into consideration the many findings that modern critical historical research has brought to light. Yogananda interpreted who Jesus was, by distinguishing "Jesus" the person from "Christ" the state of "consciousness," which He had attained. Most of his interpretation was based upon statements allegedly made by Jesus, for example, the "I am" statements, in the Gospel of John, which are now suspected to be interpolations and words not spoken by Jesus. This present work presents a comparison between the teachings of the Yoga Siddhas, with those of the teachings that are considered now to be the most authentic teachings of Jesus, based upon the results of modern, critical, historical research.
As we will see, modern historical scholars have been able to form a broad consensus about what Jesus taught, but history provides little evidence of what Jesus actually did. Nothing is recorded about the so called "missing years" of Jesus between the recorded incidents in the temple in Jerusalem, when, at the age of twelve, he spoke authoritatively to the scribes and Pharisees, and His appearance at the age of 30, when he begins his mission, by the Sea of Galilee. Therefore, we must look elsewhere to understand the influences that transformed Jesus, the carpenter's son from Nazareth, into the Messiah, or savior of the Jewish people, and the Christ, revered by millions ever since.
But there are other sources, which by comparison with what Jesus said and taught and how He lived, clearly indicate what those influences were. Examples include the writings of the Gnostics, discovered at Nag Hammadi, in the Sinai, in 1945, the Jewish Essenes, discovered at Qumram in 1948 and thousands of ancient documents which trace the development of early Christianity, and document its competing divisions.
More recently, the research of the Yoga Siddha Research Centre in Chennai, India, has brought out a series of books providing, for the first time, translation and commentary of the Yoga Siddhas, or "perfected" Yogis of India, who were contemporaries of Jesus. Their teachings and miraculous powers were remarkably similar to those of Jesus.
In this work we will explore and compare these and other areas, which will shed great light on the questions "Who was Jesus?" And "How can I best understand his teachings?"
"The
Yoga Toolbox – An everyday guide for shaping your future"
by Jan Durga Ahlund
ISBN 978-1-895383-65-2. 234 pages, 7 by 9.5 inches, with over 200 black and white photographs. USD$20.50, CAD$21.50 (inc gst) plus US$5 for shipping and handling to the USA or CAD$10 within Canada, CAD$22 for Australia. USD$17.00 for airmail and USD$32 for overseas airmail.
This great book offers lessons in using simple tools to live a long, healthy and happy life. It is also written for those who wish to develop their understanding of Yoga and Meditation. Yoga and meditation can bring relief and promote healing from the effects of stress and bad habits on the physical body, the emotions and the mind.
Each of the sixteen chapters focuses on a different specific objective that will facilitate shaping your future life. The objectives include:
1. gaining access to unlimited power;
2. purifying the five bodies or sheaths;
3. developing concentration through controlled breathing;
4. becoming flexible in life, starting with the spine;
5. connecting to “the inner sun” for self healing;
6. bending forward into stress and change;
7. removing tension and blockages in the joints;
8. developing a strong nervous system;
9. learning to bend backwards, digest and let go;
10. reversing depression or sadness;
11. stand up, be centered and act dynamically;
12. developing deep, restful sleep;
13. overcoming negative conditioning;
14. mastering the art of meditation;
15. using the power of mudras (psycho-physical gestures) to change your life;
16. using Yoga-Nidra (deep relaxation and yogic rest) for Self awareness and
to
re-program your future.
Our
Newest Publication! "KAILASH:
In Quest of the Self"
By Swami Vedananda. ISBN 978-1-895383-66-9, 245 pages, 5.5 x 8.5 inches, softcover. USD$15.95, CAD$17.85 (inc gst) plus $4 for shipping and handling to the USA or Canada, CAD$12 for Australia. USD$15.45 for overseas airmail.
"This is a rare, spiritual adventure story by one dedicated monk who walked on foot over 300 miles through the mountains of India, Nepal and Tibet to Mount Kailash and Lake Manasarovar, the abode of the gods on earth ".
Swami Vedananda gives us a vivid and honest portrayal of the physical, psychological and spiritual challenges which he had to overcome on this very difficult pilgrimage. He shares with us the insights that guided and prodded him on, and the extraordinary visions, experiences and profound teachings given to him by remarkable yogis, saints and gods, including a 700 hundred year old Siddha.
Swamiji grants us access to his meditations.
Numerous photographs and a map show us his way.
This book can be read on several levels. It is full of blessings.
"The Art of Selflove: Loving Yourself is the Key to Happiness"
by Frank M. Lobsiger. 205 pages, softcover, 6 X 9 inches. Price: USD$14.95, CAD$16.28 (inc gst) plus USD$2.00 for shipping and handling to the USA or CAD$3.50 within Canada, CAD$12 for Australia. US$9.00 for overseas airmail. ISBN 978-3-9523605-0-7.
Written by somatic therapist, seminar leader and life coach Frank M. Lobsiger, The Art of Selflove is a simple and self-empowering guide that shows you how to develop a loving and nurturing relationship with yourself. Unlike other personal growth or self-help books, The Art of Selflove provides you with a straightforward, three-step method called the Welcoming-Process™. .
The Art of Self Love by Frank M. Lobsiger Written by somatic therapist, seminar leader and life coach Frank M. Lobsiger, The Art of Selflove is a simple and self-empowering guide that shows you how to develop a loving and nurturing relationship with yourself. Unlike other personal growth or self-help books, The Art of Selflove provides you with a straightforward, three-step method called the Welcoming-Process™. The Welcoming-Process™ was personally designed by Frank Lobsiger, as a practical tool to empower yourself whenever you feel stressed, upset, or simply off center. You can use this method whenever you are in need of love and empowerment – regardless of the circumstances or obstacles you face. Cultivating the Art of Selflove with the Welcoming-Process™ will enable you to transform self-criticism and self-rejection into self-esteem, self-worth, and self-confidence. Every time you use this process, you will take another step toward mastering The Art of Selflove.
Benefits of the Welcoming-Process™
As you begin to practice the Welcoming-Process™ on a regular basis, your life will begin to change in magnificent ways. Instead of being weighed down with negative feelings, you can:
•Transform and harmonize your negative self-talk, self-attack and bad moods
•Build a consistent, loving attitude towards yourself and all your experiences
•Strengthen your inner observer and expand your self-awareness and mindfulness
•Connect consciously with your Inner Self – the true source of love and happiness
•Feel more loved, happy and whole from within
•Welcome and allow all of your experiences, even the uncomfortable ones
•Empower yourself by taking responsibility for all of your experiences
•Increase your inner sense of freedom, autonomy and self-reliance
•Create more harmonious and fulfilling relationships
•Master the art loving yourself and others
•And much more …
Simple exercises, eye-catching illustrations, easy to read text boxes, and real-life Welcoming-Sessions will provide step-by-step guidance and help you master the Welcoming-Process™ – the central technique to cultivate The Art of Selflove.
Loving yourself with the Welcoming-Process™ will transform the negative thought patterns and disempowering habits that have plagued you for years. Once you have fully embraced this process, you will possess a skill that you can use for the rest of your life. Ultimately, you will realize that The Art of Selflove deepens your connection with your Inner Self, the true source of love and happiness within
Loving Yourself Harmonizes Your Life When it comes to forming fulfilling relationships, creating satisfying lives, and being happy, we often struggle. It isn’t a matter of wanting to be unhappy or not wanting to do our best; the reality is that most of us just aren’t sure how to support our own personal growth and do not know how to cultivate Selflove in one’s life.
With the Welcoming-Process™ you will be able to relate to yourself and others in a conscious, self-empowered, and loving way and thus to feel more loved, happy, and whole from within. Remember, loving yourself is the key to happiness and The Art of Selflove can show you how …!
Read Marshall Govindan's book review of this book here
New ebook: "Yogic
teachings of Jesus ", by Nityananda. (click here)
Nobody in the West is as famous and as unknown as Jesus, despite our culture being built around His teachings.
"Yogic teachings of Jesus" compares the mystical teachings of Jesus with essential texts from the yogic tradition of the Siddhas from India. Raised in a strict Catholic culture, the author felt the need of integrating the figure and teachings of Jesus with his practice of Yoga. So he wrote this book to reconcile both views, for himself and for others in a similar situation.
Visit the web www.yogaandchristianity.com for more free articles of Nityananda about Yoga and Christianity.
"HOW
I BECAME A DISCIPLE OF BABAJI", 2nd edition
by M. Govindan. 190 pages. From early years of seeking through ascetic trials in India and Sri Lanka, filled with adventure and difficulties, the author shares a rare story with unusual candor and courage. His inspiring story provides rare insights into a little known world. 90 pages. 38 photographs, 6" x 9" inches. Softcover. ISBN 978-1-895383-04-1. USD$7.75, CAD$9.98 (inc gst) plus USD$4.50 for shipping and handling to the USA or CAD$3.50 within Canada. USD$9.00 for overseas airmail.
(NEW!) "GREEN
YOGA"
By Georg Feuerstein & Brenda Feuerstein. 164 pages. USD$16, CAD$16.80 (inc gst) plus USD$4.50 for shipping and handling to the USA or CAD$3.50 within Canada, CAD$12 for Australia. US$15.45 for overseas airmail. ISBN 978-0-9782138-2-4. Softcover.
GREEN YOGA is a crucially important book. It addresses the vital interrelationship between self-transformation and the preservation of our natural environment. The worldwide environmental crisis ("Sixth Mass Extinction") demands that we now do out utmost to help restore Earth's balance, so that future generations may have a habitable planet to enjoy and to support both their mundane and spiritual aspirations.
GREEN YOGA is a passionate clarion call to contemporary Yoga practitioners to translate the yogic wisdom teachings into viable "green" lifestyle, which treats both the inner and outer environments with reverence.
GREEN YOGA reviews the numerous problems we are facing: global warming and global dimming; pollution of land, water, and air; alarming extinction rate, deforestation, loss of top soil, decline of drinking water, and so forth. The authors also spell out in straightforward terms what is needful now. It is must-reading for anyone seeking to practice Yoga or indeed and other spiritual tradition in a meaningful and responsible manner in the twenty-first century.
Georg Feuerstein, Ph.D., is internationally renowned for his seminal contributions to the East-West dialogue. He has authored over 30 books, including the award-winning Shambhala Encyclopedia of Yoga, The Yoga Tradition, Yoga Morality, and Aha! Relflections on the Meaning of Everything.
Brenda Feuerstein, Georg's wife, is a former music teacher, health and fitness consultant, and Yoga instructor, as well as the present director of Traditional Yoga Studies and co-director of Green Yoga Initiative.
The authors live a simple life dedicated to helping people understand the unusual and perilous moment in which we live.
TRADITIONAL YOGA STUDIES www.traditionalyogastudies.com
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"THE
POETS OF THE POWERS", 2nd edition
by Kamil V. Zvelebil, 1993. Price: USD$8.45, CAD$9.45 (inc gst) plus USD$4.50 for shipping and handling to the USA or CAD$3.50 within Canada, CAD$12 for Australia. USD$15.45 for overseas airmail. ISBN 0-941255-32-8.Softcover. 5.5 x 8 inches.
This reprint of the classic work first published in 1973 is largely based upon interviews with Yogi S.A.A. Ramaiah, a direct disciple of Babaji. It was the first academic study of the culture of the 18 Siddhas of South India and presents many fascinating details which will be of great interest to the student of Babaji's Kriya Yoga. The Siddhas or "Accomplished Ones" were masters of yoga, spiritual heroes, miracle workers and minstrels in ancient times. Their poetry reflects their deep spiritual yearning, insight and experience. It also reveals that they were outspoken critics of conventional religion and morality. Kamil Zvelebil, Ph.D., is a world-renowned authority on Tamil language and culture, and pioneer of Tamil studies and university professor in the Netherlands.
"YOUR
MIND: THE OWNERS MANUAL", 2nd edition
by Linda Joy Rose, Ph.D., 1999. 190 pages. Price: USD$14.95, CAD$16.28 (inc gst) plus USD$4.50 for shipping and handling to the USA or CAD$8.55 within Canada, CAD$12 for Australia. US$15.45 for overseas airmail. Available in English or Spanish. ISBN 978-1-895383-09-6. Softcover. 6 x 9 inches.
CONGRATULATIONS! You are now the owner of the most sophisticated computer that has ever been invented, capable of complex reasoning, deductions, analysis and with an unlimited capacity for learning and data storage. It was gifted to you at birth: Your mind - but it did not come with a user's manual, so you are not using more than 3-5 percent of its potential!
Aside from its ability to process and store information, your mind is also the key to the creation of your destiny. In your formative years you may have received much "programming" which does not serve your present needs and goals, and may even be sabotaging their realization. Although we desire to make changes in our lives, we usually fail because we don't have the slightest idea of how to go about it. Now you can learn to make full use of the mind's potential with a practical, easy-to-understand, and fun guide.
Learn about the operation, structure, and dynamics of your mind. Access the "Power Supply" of your mind through suggestion. Discover your "Tool Kit" to create a healthy lifestyle, overcome negative habits, addictions, fear, depression and anger. A variety of methods for releasing emotional and physical stress. Techniques for healing and pain control. Exercises for enhancing self-esteem, creativity, intuition, and personal relationships. With the skills and understanding provided in this book, you will witness miraculous changes in your life.
"A wealth of intelligent, positive, and clear information that is bound to increase anyone's self-understanding. This book deserves to become a reference manual on our shelves and in our lives." - Joya Pope, author of "Upcoming Changes"
"A healing book filled with love and
wisdom".
- Doreen Virtue, Ph.D. Author of "Divine Guidance"
"This book contains ancient wisdom and cutting edge techniques for living life to the fullest in the 21st century. A highly practical and inspiring guide for knowing one's mind." - Lucia Capacchione, Ph.D. author of "Visioning: Ten Steps to Designing the Life of Your Dreams"
Written by Linda Joy Rose, Ph.D., an international expert on subconscious dynamics and the power of suggestion. Her original system for uncovering and treating childhood trauma, Hypno-Potential, has become standard practice in many countries.
"Tapaswiji:
The Saint who lived for 185 years"
Born in 1770, Mahasamadhi in 1955
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A biography by T.S. Anantha Murthy. ISBN 81-7525-446-7, 3rd edition, 310 pages, hardback, with numerous photographs. Price USD 23.00 or CAD$ 24.15 including GST, plus USD$5 for shipping and handling to the USA or CAD$9.70 within Canada, CAD$22 for Australia. USD$30.50 for overseas airmail. Also published in 1986 by the Dawn Horse Communion, under the title of “Maharaj.”
Born in 1770 in the royal family of Patiala, prince Krishna Singh was past 55 years old, when he embarked on his spiritual quest for the divine. He performed decades of intense tapas (penance) in the Himalayas and earned the name of Tapaswiji Maharaj. He intuited the highest levels of spiritual wisdom and reached the loftiest yogic states. He became a celebrated saint and a master of masters. In 1955 after an amazing life of 185 years, he voluntarily departed from his body in a final yogic act with AUM resonating on his lips
From a Himalayan master he learnt the secrets of Kaya-kalpa treatment, a cellular rejuvenation process, for the rejuvenation of the human body. He went through the Kaya-kalpa treatments to regain his own youth three times. He secured the darsan of Bhagavan Sri Krishna, Lord Dattatrey, Lord Parasurama, goddess Mahalakshimi and of several historic masters, sages, and personages, including Guru Nanak, Narada Maharshi, Durvasa Maharshi and Aswathama. During his long life time, he traveled all over India imparting spiritual wisdom to innumerable seekers of truth. He was established in the Self. He realized the divine play everywhere and loved everyone equally with a blissful smile. He exhibited a childlike spirit at all times, enjoying every moment. In the 1940’s T.S. Anantha Murthy became a close disciple of Tapaswiji. As the author of this biography, he has recorded the most remarkable spiritual experiences, encounters with other masters and many other mysterious events that the saint himself revealed. Readers of this biography will be inspired in their own spiritual efforts and elevated to higher levels of spiritual inquiry.
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"BABAJI'S
KRIYA YOGA JOURNAL"
USD$13.00, CAD$13.65 or CAD$14.95 in Quebec (includes applicable taxes). Shipping by regular mail in Canada and by airmail in USA and overseas included. (Note: the journal is sent out via pdf e-mail by default. If you would prefer to have a hardcopy mailed out please indicate this in shipping preference.)
"Satsang" is the sharing of truth between fellow travellers along a spiritual path. While satsang most often implies a close physical proximity between those who are sharing, its essence knows no limits, and so, even a journal such as this may bring us together, though we may be thousands of miles apart. We invite you, dear reader, to share with your fellow readers of this journal articles which you may author, letters to the editor, poems, jokes, recipes, questions, book reviews, news and notes. In this issue you will find regular columns pertaining to each of these. This journal will also serve to keep you informed of upcoming activities involving Kriya Yoga around the world, as well as recent important events which may be of importance to you."
"Through this sharing may we all become a little closer and a little wiser, and may we find, perhaps, the support and encouragement that we often need to continue the path of discipleship. Through this journal we believe that you will come to know Babaji more and more intimately, first in yourself, then in your brother and sister disciples and ultimately in everyone and everything in the Universal Vision of Love."
"THE
YOGA OF SIDDHA AVVAI"
by S.N. Kandaswamy, Ph D, 2005. 370 pages. Price: In USA: USD$17.95 In Canada: CAD$19.43 (inc gst). Shipping and handling to USA by surface USD$4.50 or CAD$8.55 in Canada, CAD$12 for Australia. US$15.45 for overseas airmail. ISBN: 978-1-895383-28-7
from the foreword by M. Govindan
Avvai is considered to be one of the most influential sages among the Tamil speaking people of south India. Her poems and literary works, dating from the first millenium of the modern era are recited by millions of Tamil speaking school children in south Asia to this day. A huge statue of her stands along Marina Beach Drive, in Chennai, along the shore of the Indian ocean. The values and wisdom which her poems convey however, has a source. It is this source which the present volume, "The Siddha Yoga Tradition of Avvai and Her Literary Work: Vinayakar Akaval," sheds much new light upon. The author takes us on a literary, historical and spiritual tour of ancient Indian culture, and in so doing, helps us to understand her origins and greatness.
Like her illustrious forebearer, the Siddha Thiruvallavar, whose influence on Tamil culture and values, through his magnus opus Thiru Kural, is universally acknowledged, Avvai was also a Siddha Yogi. While Thiruvallavar was a disciple of Agastyar, and brother disciple of Babaji Nagaraj, the originator of Kriya Yoga, Avvai claims that her Guru was the sound of Aum, the Pranava itself, personified in the form of Ganesha, who taught her Kundalini Yoga. Her poetry invokes the presence of the Guru, and then ignites within the reader the flame of spiritual consciousness. It also points to the esoteric practice of Kundalini Yoga as the path which leads to enlightenment and God realization. Her's is a wonderful example of arrupadai, the Siddha's ideal of showing the path to others. If the purpose of human knowledge is to alleviate human suffering, then that knowledge or wisdom which eliminates suffering completely is the most valuable. Like all of the Siddhas, she shared her wisdom with this purpose. Their teachings are universal, non-sectarian, and very much needed in today's suffering world.
Students of Kriya Yoga, Kundalini Yoga, Jnana, and Tantra as well as devotees of Ganesha (Vinyakar) and students of Tamil literature and culture will all find much insight and greater understanding of their path as a result of studying this volume. Readers familiar with Avvai's moral sayings may be surprised to learn of the origins of her wisdom, and be inspired themselves to apply themselves to Yogic sadhana.
On a personal note, in 1981, I had a vision of Avvai at a shrine which was dedicated to her in the Babaji's Kriya Yoga ashram where I resided for a number of years beginning in 1972. Located at 13 AR Street, in Kanandukathan, Chettinad, Tamil Nadu, the large granite shrine contained a large number of rare and ancient palm leaf manuscripts written by the Siddhas. A murthi, or granite statue of Avvai sat adopt the granite sarcophagus like repository of these manuscripts. Sitting in this shrine one day, in front of her murthi, I had a vision of her, and she told me "If you remain faithful to us, we will work through you." So, I trace my efforts to preserve, translate and publish the writings of the Siddhas to that moment. - M. Govindan Satchidananda.
"THE
YOGA OF THE EIGHTEEN SIDDHAS: AN ANTHOLOGY"
Edited by T.N.Ganapathay, Ph D, 2005. Foreword by W Neelakantan. 670 pages. Price: In USA: USD$27.00 In Canada: CAD$29.40 (inc gst). Shipping and handling to USA by surface USD$5.50 or CAD$9.70 in Canada, CAD$22 for Australia. USD$47.50 for overseas airmail. ISBN: 978-1-895383-24-9
"The Yoga of the Eighteen Siddhas: An Anthology should be studied by every serious student of Yoga and Tantra as well as scholars and philosophers. It contains the revolutionary statements of those great men and women who have reached the furthest heights of human potential, and who left behind a roadmap for the rest of us. The "Eighteen Yoga Siddhas" is a tradition referred to in the ancient Tamil language literature. Its illustrious members travelled all over the world, had extremely long lives and performed what most of us would consider to be miracles. They did not like to be autobiographical, preferring to identify themselves with that deathless jivatma, being-consciousness-bliss. Consequently, they consciously changed bodies as easily as we change clothes, when necessary, laughing at the limitations of ordinary humans. They were not only mystics in the truest sense, but revolutionaries against human nature, and they envisioned and embodied Divinity, as a result of tremendous efforts of self-mastery and self-surrender to their God-head.
They left behind their teachings in the form of poems, written on palm leaves, or edus. These works, have been badly neglected by scholars to date, because of the difficulty in deciphering them. The Siddhas wrote in what has been referred to as a "twilight language," to obscure the meaning from all but the most sincere students, and prompting the reader to seek the deepest meaning within themselves.
The Siddhas represent the best of what we can all aspire to become. Their illuminating writings, so filled with the light of God realization, leave a profound impact upon the hearts and mind of the reader. They also provide a unique source of understanding of both the means and results of Kundalini Yoga, a great esoteric art and science.
"THE
YOGA OF SIDDHA BOGANATHAR" VOLUME 1
by T.N. Ganapathy, 2003. 375 pages total. Price: USD$21.50, CAD$24.10 (inc gst) plus USD$5 for shipping and handling to the USA or CAD$8.55 within Canada, CAD$22 for Australia. USD$30.50 for overseas airmail. ISBN 978-1-895383-19-5. Softcover. 6X9 inches.
Boganathar was the Siddha guru of Kriya Babaji Nagaraj, the famed Himalayan master, of whom much has been written. Boganathar lived an extremely long life through the use of alchemical rejuvenation formulae and special breathing techniques. He traveled all over the world, chronicled the lives of Siddhas much older than himself, and provided his disciples an illumined path to Self-realization and integral transformation of human nature into divinity. His astounding life provides a shining example of our human potential. The present work provides a biography of Boganathar, as we can glean it from his writings alone, as well as introductory chapters on the Siddha tradition and Kundalini Yoga.
The present work also provides a translation and commentary of about seventy-five selected poems, which serious students of all traditions of Kundalini Yoga and Tantra will find illuminating. By meditating upon the verses, the reader will be able to draw much inspiration.
The present work provides a word-by-word translation, with alternative meanings, as well as a literal translation, and finally an interpretative translation, to balance the need for precision and understanding and to facilitate a deeper meditative approach to the various layers of meaning of each verse.
"The Yoga traditions of India have been frequently neglected. This book, the first in a new series, seeks to remedy this situation. Dr Ganapathy and his team have labored hard to launch this series, and they do so with one of the most illustrious masters of Siddha Yoga - Bogar. This volume is a great starting point for exploring the Tantric Yoga of the Siddhas." - Georg Feuerstein, Ph. D., author of "The Shambhala Encyclopedia of Yoga".
"The Yoga of Siddha Boganathar" by T.N. Ganapathy, Ph. D., is the first in a series of publications produced by the Yoga Siddha Research Project sponsored by Babaji's Kriya Yoga Order of Acharyas and Yoga Research and Education Center.
"THE
YOGA OF SIDDHA BOGANATHAR" VOLUME 2
by T.N.Ganapathy, Ph D, 2005. Foreword by M.Govindan. 450 pages. Price: In USA: USD$25.00, In Canada: CAD$27.83 (inc gst). Shipping and handling to USA by surface add USD$5.50 or CAD$9.70 in Canada, CAD$22 for Australia. USD$47.50 for overseas airmail. ISBN: 978-1-895383-26-3
From the foreword by M. Govindan Satchidananda
"The Yoga of Siddha Boganathar volume 2" by Dr. T.N. Ganapathy takes us further into the little known world of the Siddhas, adepts of Yoga, who for millennia, have explored the furthest reaches of human potentiality and spiritual development. Boganathar was not only one of the greatest adepts of Yoga of all time, but also a great scientist. In our present scientific age, the study of his works is especially rewarding. For the past 500 years, our western civilization has suffered from a schism between the rational, scientific view of life, and the spiritual or religious view. This divide, created in the politically charged period of the Reformation still haunts us. So, it is instructive to see in both the life of Boganathar, recorded in volume 1, and the writings on Yoga, in volume 2, how one great man married the two views.
Dr. T.N. Ganapathy has rendered a great service to all lovers of spirituality and science in the present work. For the first time ever, the writings of Boganathar, the greatest scientist of the Siddha tradition, have been translated into English, and a useful commentary on these profound and difficult texts has been rendered. The present volume contains poems which all lovers of Kundalini Yoga and Tantra will find inspiring.
By contemplating the poems of this present volume, the cit-sakti or consciousness-energy of Boganathar may be absorbed, and the reader will enter a higher state of consciousness. This subtle process, referred to as swadhya or self-study, by Patanjali, in sutra 2.1 of his Yoga-Sutras is an important part of the sadhana of every student of Kriya Yoga and Tantra. While the poems have many layers of meaning, and such meanings can provide much useful guidance to the practitioner, it is this process of Self-realization and transformation which is most important in the contemplation of the works of the Siddhas like Boganathar. For this reason, one should not read these poems as one would read an ordinary poem. After invoking Boganathar by name and with reverence, one should first repeat the words of the poem in the original language of Tamil. By so doing, one may enter into the spirit of the work and communion with the author. Then one should review the meaning of each word, then the literal translation, then the summary translation, and finally the commentary. Afterwards, one should meditate on the poem and with practice one may receive intuitively its hidden meaning. Each poem is like a key, and like a key it must be turned carefully in a lock to allow one to enter into a new space. By contemplating the poems in this way, one may enter into a new space, where the hidden meaning is revealed. Otherwise, the poem will remain as ink on paper just as a key is a useless piece of metal if unused. The Siddhas like Boganathar would typically meditate for up to one year before writing a poem, and the poem would serve as a point of departure for the disciple to contemplate, leading to all that the Siddha intended to communicate. In this way, the teachings of the Siddhas were revealed only to the most sincere persons, who were prepared to purify themselves by yogic sadhana, self-study and devotion to the Lord.
Dr. Ganapathy has so applied himself, and as a result, he has been able to a large extent able to decipher the meaning of the poems of Boganathar. It has been a joy for myself and my wife, Durga, to assist him in this process, and to contribute to the commentaries herein. It has been a process of discovery, and I invite the reader to continue it.
I recommend this work to all practioners of Yoga and Tantra and to all who are seeking for an example of how the science and spirituality can combine. - Marshall Govindan Satchidananda
"The
Yoga of Tirumular: Essays on the Tirumandiram (Thirumandiram)" by Dr.
T.N. Ganapathy, Ph.D and Dr. KRA Arumugam, Ph.D,
Read the Book Review by The Hindu
This book fulfills a longtime need for a comprehensive introduction and commentary in the English language for one of Yoga's greatest source works: the Tirumandiram or “Holy Garland of Mantras,'described by Dr. Georg Feuerstein Ph.D “as important as the Yoga-Sutras of Patanjali, the Bhagavad Gita and the Yoga-Vashistha combined.” Tirumandiram is considered to be the greatest and earliest seminal work of the Siddhas, the greatest adepts of Yoga, and an encyclopedia of philosophical and spiritual wisdom rendered in verse form. It is a book of Yoga, tantra, alchemy, mysticism, mantra, yantra and philosophy. But without a commentary, it has been difficult for most English readers, unfamiliar with much of its underlying philosophical concepts, to clearly understand.
This new book explain clearly the most important themes and philosophical concepts which are woven throughout the Tirumandiram. These include: Saivism; the nature of Siva and the relationship which the soul or jiva has with the Lord; the philosophical school of Saiva Siddhantha ; the concepts of God, the soul, the world, liberation, the paths to liberation; the bonds or impurities which keep the soul in bondage; the concept of Grace; Love; meditation; jnana ; the Yoga of Tirumandiram: Astanga-Yoga, Khecari-yoga, Pariyana-Yoga (tantric yoga), Chandra-Yoga (literally “moon” yoga), Kundalini-Yoga; mysticism, the concept of the human body and its transformation into a divine body; the concept of the guru; the social concerns of the Tirumular. With an understanding of the basic ideas, the reader will then be stimulated to make a detailed study of the Tirumandiram itself.
It is the sixth publication in a series produced by scholars ot the Yoga Siddha Research Center, in Chennai, south India, sponsored by Babaji's Kriya Yoga Order of Acharyas and the Yoga Research and Education Center. The present work benefits from the great familiarity which the authors have developed over many years of full time study of much of the massive body of palm leaf manuscripts written by the Siddhas.
“The Yoga of Tirumandiram: Essays on the Tirumandiram” may be ordered from Babaji's Kriya Yoga and Publications. In USA: USD$27.00, In Canada: CAD$29.40 (inc GST). Shipping and handling to USA by surface add USD$5 or CAD$9.70 in Canada, CAD$22 for Australia. USD$30.50 for overseas airmail. ISBN 978-1-895383-21-8. 558 pages softcover.
(New) "Truth Speaks",
by Yoga Siddha Sivavakkiyar - Ebook
Translation and Commentary by Dr. Geetha Anand Ph D. and Dr. T.N. Ganapathy Ph D.
“Who am I? Why am I here? How did I get here?” These are some of the questions that have been plaguing mankind since time immemorial. Various attempts to answer these questions have led to the evolution of the religions and philosophies of the world. The Tamil Siddhas or mystical saints from South India have answered these questions in the form of poems in vernacular that are popularly called Siddar Pādalgal or Songs of the Siddhas. These songs are famous for their non-conforming and revolutionary ideas besides their bluntness and forthright directness. One of the Tamil Siddhas, Sivavakkiyar is a well-known “pious rebel” who composed Truth Speaks (Civavākkiyam), a collection of around 530 verses on topics ranging from kundalini yoga to social issues. The forceful clarity and absolute sincerity of these songs jolt people out of their intellectual rut and conventional thinking. These songs criticize mindless worship rituals, ceremonies, pilgrimages and recitation of scriptures besides condemning social injustices such as discrimination based on caste and creed. They explain the ultimate goal of life and teach us how to achieve it. They also give practical instructions on kundalini yoga, mantra japa, the cakras and vāsi yoga. The songs explain the nature of the body, the soul, how a soul adorns the body and how the mantra namacivaya correlates with everything in the manifested universe. These songs show us that the philosophy of the Tamil Siddhas is a Philosophy of the Spirit which is not confined to any notion or nation, religion or community. It is for the betterment of the entire human race.
We now present to you a complete translation of Civavākkiyam along with expert commentary on each of the verses. We have posted a sampler of select verses from Civavākkiyam to give you a feel for the verses and the topics. Click here to view this sample.
“Truth Speaks” (Civavakkiyam) includes original Tamil verses, English translation and commentary. May be ordered from Babaji's Kriya Yoga and Publications. In USA and overseas: USD$10, In Canada: CAD$10.50 (inc gst). Number of color photographs- approximately 150 (total images 198), ISBN 978-1-895383-85-0. 346 page Ebook.
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New Chapter Monistic Theism of the Tirumandiram (Thirumandiram) and Kashmir Saivism,
by Dr. Geetha Anand Ph D. and Dr. T.N. Ganapathy Ph D.
- Ebook
In January 2012, we are publishing the 2nd edition of "The Yoga of Tirumular: Essays on the Tirumandiram," in India. At my request, Dr. Ganapathy and Dr. Geeta Anand have written for it a new final chapter, 33 pages in length, which discusses the debate over whether the Tirumandiram advocates pluralistic realism or monistic theism. Essentially the debate boils down to the question of "Are there three eternal realities: God, the soul and the world? Or is there really only One, all else being merely an illusion?" This chapter also compares the school of Kashmir Shaivism to the Tirumandiram, because both advocate a perspective which bridges the above two competing viewpoints. This chapter contains three parts. The first part contains selected verses to show that the burden of the song of the Tirumandiram is monism only. The second part gives a brief account of Kashmir Śaivism representing it as a Śaivite model of monism. The third part shows the parallelism between the Tirumandiram and Kashmir Śaivism to emphasize the viewpoint that the Tirumandiram advocates monism and monism only. This parallel study is an unexplored field hitherto. By using the term ‘parallelism’, it is suggested that there might have been no known historical, literary or philosophical interaction between the two systems and that there is no concrete evidence so far to say that either system has influenced the other. If you order “The Yoga of Tirumular,” from Canada, you will receive in addition to the book, this new chapter as Ebook in PDF format, until our stock of the first edition is sold out. If you wish to order only this new chapter, as a 33 page monograph, you may do so here, for $2.99 It will be sent to you as an email attachment in a PDF file.
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by Marshall Govindan, 2011, ISBN: 978-1-895383-84-3.
Persons new to Yoga are often surprised to learn that most of what we do in Yoga is intentionally the opposite of what our human nature would generally motivate us to do. Aside from the obvious examples, of remaining conscious when the eyes are closed rather than sleeping, or standing on our head rather than our feet, Yoga asks us to do the opposite of our natural social behavior. These are not only moral or ethical injunctions, but serve a very practical purpose. I will show you, with practical exercises, how the observance of the five yogic practices, known as the yamas will enable you to transform your human nature and to fulfill both your practical and sublime purposes in life. The yamas, are the social restraints prescribed by Patanjali in the Yoga Sutras: The restraints are non-violence, truthfulness, non-stealing, chastity, and greedlessness. - Yoga Sutras: 2.30. By following the yamas, the practitioner’s mind is tamed and becomes a conduit for the unfettered experience of higher consciousness, from the Divine, the True Self. PDF Ebook $2.50
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