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Shafts of Light

Selected Teachings of Swami Ashokananda for Spiritual Practice

By Sister Gargi and Shelley Brown

A valuable new guide for the practice of Vedanta and inner yoga. More than 800 instructions by Swami Ashokananda (1893–1969) illumine the spiritual path. Vedanta’s eternal truths come alive in his down-to-earth words of encouragement and advice. These are authentic teachings to deepen spiritual life.

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eBook
ISBN 978-0-9706368-6-7
$12.95

A Disciple’s Journal

In the Company of Swami Ashokananda

by Sister Gargi (Marie Louise Burke)

Sister Gargi’s personal story of her spiritual training by Swami Ashokananda will touch every heart. The author shares the riches of her long and fruitful quest as well as her struggles. Readers can eavesdrop on the loving insights and scoldings of an authentic spiritual guide.

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eBook
ISBN 978-0-9706368-5-0
$14.95

A Heart Poured Out

A Story of Swami Ashokananda

by Sister Gargi (Marie Louise Burke)

The soul-stirring biography of Swami Ashokananda, the monk of the Ramakrishna Order who developed the Vedanta movement in northern California while teaching his American disciples to lead authentic spiritual lives.

“Rapturously written . . . Highly recommended.”
—Midwest Book Review

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eBook
ISBN 978-0-9706368-7-4
$15.95

Centred in Truth

The Story of Swami Nitya-swarup-ananda

by Shelley Brown

This beautiful two-volume work captures the Swami’s irresistible personality and the spiritual genius that drew the world’s elite to his door—the story of a loving sage who worked unceasingly for the ideal of human unity and created the renowned Ramakrishna Mission Institute of Culture in Calcutta.

“Powerhouse of a monk.”—Library Journal

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Vedanta

by Karan Singh

The salient concepts of Vedanta are presented in simple and elegant prose. Dr. Karan Singh has also included his translation of the Mundaka Upanishad (The Bridge to Immortality), one of the greatest spiritual classics of the world. Dr. Singh is internationally renowned as a scholar of Indian culture and philosophy.

Indian Hardcover
(4.5 x 5.5″)
56 pages
ISBN 81-7167-347-3
Rupa & Co.
$6.95

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Poems of Kabir

by Rabindranath Tagore
Introduction by Evelyn UnderhillIndian Paperback
(5 x 6″)
114 pages
ISBN 81-7167-629-4
Rupa & Co.
$6.95

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