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| guru puja maharishi mahesh yogi: Roots of TM Paul Mason, 2015-06-02 'Roots of TM' is intended to enable readers to better understand how and why Maharishi Mahesh Yogi spread the teaching of Transcendental Meditation around the world. 'Roots of TM' provides background information on Maharishi Mahesh Yogi and his master, Guru Dev, Swami Brahmanand Saraswati, and provides a source book of information about their teachings and techniques. 'Roots of TM' is not intended as a general guide to Indian philosophy, or as a study of the many ancient spiritual practices of India, nor as a mantra handbook. 'Roots of TM' offers information about Maharishi's 'missing years', from the time when his master passed away through to the gradual build up of his stated mission to spiritually regenerate the world; 'Why can't we spiritually regenerate the world through this technique?' he asked. 'Roots of TM' contains numerous quotations and rare transcripts of lectures by Guru Dev and by Maharishi. Furthermore, it details the course of events that would eventually find Maharishi lecturing at the Masquers Club, an actor's social club in Hollywood. It also tells how Maharishi came to adopt quite a businesslike attitude to money matters, and how he planned to create a headquarters high in the Himalayas where he intended to train others to teach transcendental meditation. 'Roots of TM' digs deeply into rare materials in order to give detailed profiles of the teachings of both master and disciple, thus affording readers an opportunity to make informed comparisons of both these teachers' methods and their objectives. Author Paul Mason explains: - By the mid-1960's the term 'Transcendental Meditation' became fixed after Maharishi Mahesh Yogi spread the message of meditation far and wide across the free world. Maharishi then became very famous himself, largely due to his public association with celebrities, and in particular the world famous pop group The Beatles who in 1968 attended an advanced training course with him in India. When I traveled to India in 1970 I did so by hitch hiking from Britain, across many countries of the Middle East before finally finding myself in North India. Possibly because The Beatles had done so before me, I decided to visit the ashram of Maharishi Mahesh Yogi, just for 'a cup of cocoa and a chat about philosophy', and therefore made my way to the pilgrimage town of Rishikesh, surrounded by jungle. Having crossed the River Ganges and climbed up to Maharishi Ashram, I was introduced there to a practice referred to as 'transcendental' meditation. The teaching of this 'Transcendental Meditation' or 'TM' is preceded by a short ceremony called a puja, conducted before a portrait of an Indian teacher, an ascetic called Swami Brahmananda Saraswati, known to TM meditators as 'Guru Dev'. Surprisingly, despite the fact that Swami Brahmanand Saraswati was a prominent and influential public speaker, Maharishi's organisations share but scant information about Guru Dev's life story and disclose nothing about his teachings. Little was then known about the early life of Maharishi Mahesh Yogi, or about the origins and history of the teaching of Transcendental Meditation, so I set myself to uncover as much information as I could find. In the 1990's I was commissioned by Element Books to write the biography of Maharishi Mahesh Yogi, which was published as 'The Maharishi: The Biography of the Man Who Gave Transcendental Meditation to the World'. Later, in 2007 an ambition was fulfilled when a 3-volume set of books on Guru Dev was published, all based on my translations of Hindi works on Swami Brahmananda. 'Roots of TM' is really the distillation of decades of research into the teachings of Maharishi, Guru Dev, and the Shankaracharya tradition. |
| guru puja maharishi mahesh yogi: Maharishi Mahesh Yogi - A Living Saint for the New Millennium Theresa Olson, 2004 Forty years ago, in May of 1959, His Holiness Maharishi Ma-hesh Yogi first visited the United States of America. It seems only fitting to bring out a commemorative edition of the book written by my mother in 1967 wherein she described the adventures of Maharishi's first summer in this country. It is a book so like Maharishi, a tender story told simply about a great man with a superhuman goal. During these forty years, I have had the opportunity to quietly witness this great man going about the manifestation of a phenomenal vision-a vision based on the principle that everyone should naturally and innocently live 200 percent of life: one hundred percent inner spiritual joy along with one hundred percent outer material satisfaction. Maharishi wanted to bring humankind out of suffering and restore to us our rightful human dignity. He envisioned a world in which its citizens could enjoy a life free from problems-an ideal life based in good, useful and virtuous thoughts, words and actions; where we could enjoy the blessings of spontaneous good health, excellent and effective systems of education for our children, increased economic prosperity, and improved social well-being on all levels of society; where the spiritual ideals of all religions could be realized and lived in daily life; and, most importantly, where we could live in lasting world peace and real friend-ship with one another. And Maharishi offered a simple, powerful solution for realizing that goal-an easy, natural, mental technique that he called Transcendental Meditation, which allows anyone to develop his or her full potential while simultaneously nourishing the surrounding environment..... |
| guru puja maharishi mahesh yogi: Maharishi & Me Susan Shumsky, 2018-02-13 Susan Shumsky is a successful author in the human potential field. But in the 1970s, in India, the Swiss Alps, and elsewhere, she served on the personal staff of the most famous guru of the 20th century—Maharishi Mahesh Yogi. Maharishi died in 2008 at age ninety, but his influence endures through the spiritual movement he founded: TM (Transcendental Meditation). Other books have been written about him, but this spellbinding page-turner offers a rare insider's view of life with the guru, including the time the Beatles studied at his feet in Rishikesh, India, and wrote dozens of songs under his influence. Both inspirational and disturbing, Maharishi and Me illuminates Susan's two decades living in Maharishi's ashrams, where she grew from a painfully shy teenage seeker into a spiritually aware teacher and author. It features behind-the-scenes, myth-busting stories, and over 100 photos of Maharishi and his celebrity disciples (the Beatles, Deepak Chopra, Mia Farrow, Beach Boys, and many more). Susan's candid, honest portrayal draws back the curtain on her shattering, extreme emotional seesaws of heaven and hell at her guru's hands. This compelling, haunting memoir will continue to challenge readers long after they turn its last page. It dismantles all previous beliefs about the spiritual path and how spiritual masters are supposed to behave. Susan shares: “Merely by being in his presence, we disciples entered an utterly timeless place and rapturous feeling, and, at the same time, realized the utter futility and insanity of the mundane world.” Susan's heartfelt masterwork blends her experiences, exacting research, artistically descriptive and humorous writing, emotional intelligence, and intensely personal inner exploration into a feast for thought and contemplation. Neither starry-eyed nor antagonistic, it captures, from a balanced viewpoint, the essence of life in an ashram. |
| guru puja maharishi mahesh yogi: Gurus in America Thomas A. Forsthoefel, Cynthia Ann Humes, 2012-02-01 Gurus in America provides an excellent introduction to the guru phenomenon in the United States, with in-depth analyses of nine important Hindu gurus—Adi Da, Ammachi, Mayi Chidvilasananda, Gurani Anjali, Maharishi Mahesh Yogi, Osho, Ramana Maharshi, Sai Baba, and Swami Bhaktivedanta. All of these gurus have attracted significant followings in the U.S. and nearly all have lived here for considerable periods of time. The book's contributors discuss the characteristics of each guru's teachings, the history of each movement, and the particular construction of Hinduism each guru offers. Contributors also address the religious and cultural interaction, translation, and transplantation that occurs when gurus offer their teachings in America. This is a fascinating guide that will elucidate an important element in America's diverse and ever-changing spiritual landscape. |
| guru puja maharishi mahesh yogi: A Wave on the Ocean Jon Michael Miller, 2006-11-22 Jon Michael Miller was a superstar in the TM Movement at the height of its popularity in the seventies. It attracted celebrities such as the Beatles, Clint Eastwood, Jim Hensen, and the Beach Boys. Miller's memoir traces his spiritual development as it evolved in a complicated love affair with a beautiful, enigmatic woman. It explores his childhood, his youth, and his intellectual progress. He was a devotee of Maharishi Mahesh Yogi and of his teachings as he searched for answers to the difficult questions of love and betrayal in his life. The answers he found have sustained him. This is his story. |
| guru puja maharishi mahesh yogi: Fast Facts® on False Teachings Ron Carlson, Ed Decker, 2003-07-01 World-renown cult experts Ron Carlson and Ed Decker combine their extensive knowledge to give readers quick, clear facts on the major cults and false teachings of today. Short, informative chapters contrast the cults' theologies with the truth found in God's Word. Readers will discover the key facts on— Atheism Buddhism Evolution Hinduism Islam Satanism And more Fast Facts® on False Teachings is an easy-to-use resource that provides powerful insights for sharing the biblical gospel with people ensnared by false religions and philosophies. |
| guru puja maharishi mahesh yogi: The Life and Teachings of Swami Brahmananda Saraswati, Shankaracharya of Jyotirmath (1941-53) Paul Mason, 2009 108 DISCOURSES OF GURU DEV LIFE & TEACHINGS OF SWAMI BRAHMANANDA SARASWATI SHANKARACHARYA OF JYOTIRMATH (1941-1953) Vol. I Translation of Shri Shankaracharya Upadeshamrita, 108 Hindi discourses of Guru Dev, with notes, transcription of Devanagari text & transliteration of Sanskrit quotations. Royal size (234mm x 156mm), 352 pages - 38 illustrations THE BIOGRAPHY OF GURU DEV LIFE & TEACHINGS OF SWAMI BRAHMANANDA SARASWATI SHANKARACHARYA OF JYOTIRMATH (1941-1953) Vol. II Translation of Shri Jyotishpeethoddharaka, the Hindi biography of Guru Dev with notes, transcription of Devanagari text, transliteration of Sanskrit quotations & additional biographical material and quotations. Royal size (234mm x 156mm), 336 pages - 54 illustrations GURU DEV AS PRESENTED BY MAHARISHI MAHESH YOGI LIFE & TEACHINGS OF SWAMI BRAHMANANDA SARASWATI SHANKARACHARYA OF JYOTIRMATH (1941-1953) Vol. III Translation of - Amrit Kana, the Hindi discourses of Guru Dev compiled by Brahmachari Mahesh (later known as Maharishi Mahesh Yogi), with notes, transcription of Devanagari text & transliteration of Sanskrit quotations. Also included are transcripts of Maharishi speaking on Guru Dev and about his philosophies, with additional complementary material, including transcripts and translations of the Acharya Vandana Puja & the 108 Names of Guru Dev'. Royal size (234mm x 156mm), 336 pages - 35 illustrations 'Thank you so very much for all that you are doing! Jai Guru Dev.' - Jerry Jarvis, Director, Institute For Advanced Research 'I view your work as the most important in the movement since Maharishi's death. ... Capturing the historical and personal essence of Guru Dev and Maharishi is the only way to go, and you are going there.' -Rev. Dr. John Reigstad, Educator 'I'll be first in line to buy them.' - Lynn D Napper, Author ('Our Spiritual Heritage: An Informal History of the Masters of the Shankaracharya Tradition') |
| guru puja maharishi mahesh yogi: Guru Dev as Presented by Maharishi Mahesh Yogi: Life & Teachings of Swami Brahmananda Saraswati Shankaracharya of Jyotirmath (1941-1953) Paul Mason, 2009 108 DISCOURSES OF GURU DEV LIFE & TEACHINGS OF SWAMI BRAHMANANDA SARASWATI SHANKARACHARYA OF JYOTIRMATH (1941-1953) Vol. I Translation of श्री शंकराचार्य उपदेशामृत Shri Shankaracharya Upadeshamrita, 108 Hindi discourses of Guru Dev, with notes, transcription of Devanagari text & transliteration of Sanskrit quotations. Royal size (234mm x 156mm), 352 pages - 38 illustrations THE BIOGRAPHY OF GURU DEV LIFE & TEACHINGS OF SWAMI BRAHMANANDA SARASWATI SHANKARACHARYA OF JYOTIRMATH (1941-1953) Vol. II Translation of श्री ज्योतिष्पीठोद्धारक Shri Jyotishpeethoddharaka, the Hindi biography of Guru Dev with notes, transcription of Devanagari text, transliteration of Sanskrit quotations & additional biographical material and quotations. Royal size (234mm x 156mm), 336 pages - 54 illustrations GURU DEV AS PRESENTED BY MAHARISHI MAHESH YOGI LIFE & TEACHINGS OF SWAMI BRAHMANANDA SARASWATI SHANKARACHARYA OF JYOTIRMATH (1941-1953) Vol. III Translation of अमृत-कण Amrit Kana, the Hindi discourses of Guru Dev compiled by Brahmachari Mahesh (later known as Maharishi Mahesh Yogi), with notes, transcription of Devanagari text & transliteration of Sanskrit quotations. Also included are transcripts of Maharishi speaking on Guru Dev and about his philosophies, with additional complementary material, including transcripts and translations of the Acharya Vandana Puja & the `108 Names of Guru Dev'. Royal size (234mm x 156mm), 336 pages - 35 illustrations 'Thank you so very much for all that you are doing! Jai Guru Dev.' - Jerry Jarvis, Director, Institute For Advanced Research 'I view your work as the most important in the movement since Maharishi's death. ... Capturing the historical and personal essence of Guru Dev and Maharishi is the only way to go, and you are going there.' -Rev. Dr. John Reigstad, Educator 'I'll be first in line to buy them.' - Lynn D Napper, Author ('Our Spiritual Heritage: An Informal History of the Masters of the Shankaracharya Tradition') |
| guru puja maharishi mahesh yogi: The Life and Teachings of Swami Brahmananda Saraswati, Shankaracharya of Jyotirmath (1941-53) Paul Mason, 2009 108 DISCOURSES OF GURU DEV LIFE & TEACHINGS OF SWAMI BRAHMANANDA SARASWATI SHANKARACHARYA OF JYOTIRMATH (1941-1953) Vol. I Translation of Shri Shankaracharya Upadeshamrita, 108 Hindi discourses of Guru Dev, with notes, transcription of Devanagari text & transliteration of Sanskrit quotations. Royal size (234mm x 156mm), 352 pages - 38 illustrations THE BIOGRAPHY OF GURU DEV LIFE & TEACHINGS OF SWAMI BRAHMANANDA SARASWATI SHANKARACHARYA OF JYOTIRMATH (1941-1953) Vol. II Translation of Shri Jyotishpeethoddharaka, the Hindi biography of Guru Dev with notes, transcription of Devanagari text, transliteration of Sanskrit quotations & additional biographical material and quotations. Royal size (234mm x 156mm), 336 pages - 54 illustrations GURU DEV AS PRESENTED BY MAHARISHI MAHESH YOGI LIFE & TEACHINGS OF SWAMI BRAHMANANDA SARASWATI SHANKARACHARYA OF JYOTIRMATH (1941-1953) Vol. III Translation of - Amrit Kana, the Hindi discourses of Guru Dev compiled by Brahmachari Mahesh (later known as Maharishi Mahesh Yogi), with notes, transcription of Devanagari text & transliteration of Sanskrit quotations. Also included are transcripts of Maharishi speaking on Guru Dev and about his philosophies, with additional complementary material, including transcripts and translations of the Acharya Vandana Puja & the 108 Names of Guru Dev'. Royal size (234mm x 156mm), 336 pages - 35 illustrations 'Thank you so very much for all that you are doing! Jai Guru Dev.' - Jerry Jarvis, Director, Institute For Advanced Research 'I view your work as the most important in the movement since Maharishi's death. ... Capturing the historical and personal essence of Guru Dev and Maharishi is the only way to go, and you are going there.' -Rev. Dr. John Reigstad, Educator 'I'll be first in line to buy them.' - Lynn D Napper, Author ('Our Spiritual Heritage: An Informal History of the Masters of the Shankaracharya Tradition') |
| guru puja maharishi mahesh yogi: Nelson's Illustrated Guide to Religions James A. Beverley, 2009-05-17 A comprehensive introduction to the religions of the world analyzed from a Christian perspective Nelson's Illustrated Guide to Religions covers more than 200 religions, sects, and cults, most of them ones the reader might encounter on any given day. It is the most complete and up-to-date Christian guide to world religions. Perfect for the student as well as the layperson. Written by leading expert in religions, James A. Beverley. |
| guru puja maharishi mahesh yogi: The Federal Reporter , 1979 |
| guru puja maharishi mahesh yogi: Evangelical Dictionary of Theology Daniel J. Treier, Walter A. Elwell, 2017-11-07 This bestselling reference tool has been a trusted resource for more than 25 years with over 165,000 copies sold. Now thoroughly updated and substantially revised to meet the needs of today's students and classrooms, it offers cutting-edge overviews of key theological topics. Readable and reliable, this work features new articles on topics of contemporary relevance to world Christianity and freshened articles on enduring theological subjects, providing comprehensive A-Z coverage for today's theology students. The author base reflects the increasing diversity of evangelical scholars. Advisory editors include D. Jeffrey Bingham, Cheryl Bridges Johns, John G. Stackhouse Jr., Tite Tiénou, and Kevin J. Vanhoozer. |
| guru puja maharishi mahesh yogi: Evangelical Dictionary of Theology (Baker Reference Library) Walter A. Elwell, 2001-05-01 Fifteen years after its original publication comes a thoroughly revised edition of the Evangelical Dictionary of Theology. Every article from the original edition has been revisited. With some articles being removed, others revised, and many new articles added, the result is a completely new dictionary covering systematic, historical, and philosophical theology as well as theological ethics. |
| guru puja maharishi mahesh yogi: The Transcendental Explosion John Weldon, Zola Levitt, 1976 |
| guru puja maharishi mahesh yogi: The Art of Living Foundation Stephen Jacobs, 2016-03-09 The Hindu-derived meditation movement, The Art of Living (AOL), founded in 1981 by Sri Sri Ravi Shankar in Bangalore, has grown into a global organization which claims presence in more than 150 countries. Stephen Jacobs presents the first comprehensive study of AOL as an important transnational movement and an alternative global spirituality. Exploring the nature and characteristics of spirituality in the contemporary global context, Jacobs considers whether alternative spiritualities are primarily concerned with individual wellbeing and can simply be regarded as another consumer product. The book concludes that involvement in movements such as AOL is not necessarily narcissistic but can foster a sense of community and inspire altruistic activity. |
| guru puja maharishi mahesh yogi: The Maharishi Paul Mason, 1994 This is a biography of Maharishi Mahesh Yogi, which includes an account of his teaching/philosophy of meditation (Transcendental Meditation). As well as following the Maharishi on his travels around the globe to promote TM and taking us behind the scenes of the courses run for TM instructors, it relates the expansion of TM from its initial introduction to the West to its being adopted by millions all over the world. |
| guru puja maharishi mahesh yogi: Transcendental Meditation in America Joseph Weber, 2014-04 Stores selling exotic goods popped up, TM followers built odd-looking homes that modeled the guru's rules for peace-inspiring architecture, and the new university knocked down a historic chapel, even as it erected massive golden-domed buildings for meditators. Some newcomers got elected--and others were defeated--when they ran for local and statewide offices. At times, thousands from across the globe visited the small town. Yet Transcendental Meditation did not always achieve its aims of personal and social tranquility. Suicides and a murder unsettled the meditating community over the years, and some followers were fleeced by con men from their own ranks. Some battled a local farmer over land use and one another over doctrine. Notably, the world has not gotten more peaceful. Today the guru is dead. His followers are graying, and few of their children are moving into leadership roles. |
| guru puja maharishi mahesh yogi: Strength in Stillness Bob Roth, 2018-02-06 Instant New York Times Bestseller A simple, straightforward exploration of Transcendental Meditation and its benefits from world authority Bob Roth. Oprah Winfrey and Jerry Seinfeld. Ray Dalio and Ellen DeGeneres. Gwyneth Paltrow and Howard Stern. Tom Hanks and Gisele Bündchen. What do they have in common? The answer is a Transcendental Meditation teacher named Bob Roth, who has spent the past fifty years helping many thousands of people access their innate creativity and power through this simple, nonreligious technique. Roth’s students range from titans of business and the arts to federal prisoners, from war-scarred veterans to overworked moms and dads. Medical experts agree that the epidemic of stress is damaging our physical and emotional health at younger and younger ages. While there is no one single cure, the Transcendental Meditation technique is a simple practice that dramatically changes how we respond to stress and life’s challenges. With scientifically proven benefits— reduced stress and anxiety, and improved focus, sleep, resilience, creativity, and memory, to name a few—this five-thousand-year-old technique has a clear and direct impact on our very modern problems. Once a skeptic, Roth trained under Maharishi Mahesh Yogi, the twentieth century’s foremost scientist of consciousness and meditation, and has since become one of the most experienced and sought-after meditation teachers in the world. In Strength in Stillness, Roth breaks down the science behind Transcendental Meditation in a new, accessible way. He highlights the three distinct types of meditation—Focused Attention, Open Monitoring, and Self-Transcending—and showcases the evidence that the third, Self-Transcending, or Transcendental Meditation, is a uniquely accessible, effective, and efficient way to reduce stress, access inner power, and build resilience. Free of gimmicks, mystical verbiage, and obscure theory, Strength in Stillness offers a clear explanation for how Transcendental Meditation can calm the mind, body, and spirit. |
| guru puja maharishi mahesh yogi: The Guru Gita Lahiri Mahasaya, 1997 This is a a scriptural commentary of Lahiri Mahasaya on The Guru Gita in the Light of Kriya. Lahiri Mahasaya is a polestar of Kriya Yoga, a direct disciple of Mahavataar Babaji. In previous birth, he was Kabir. He is the Sadguru of Saint Shirdi Sai Baba. Guru Gita is a part of Biswasar Tantra. Divine Mother, Parvati, was sitting with Lord Siva, her divine husband, on Kailas Mountain in the Himalayas when she requested him to impart the great teaching of Guru Gita to her. This important scripture will help the seekers of Truth to better understand and clarify the Kriya path in their pursuit of Truth: Who is Guru ?What is Guruseva (service to Guru) ?How does one meditate upon Guru ?Who is qualified to have Kriya ? |
| guru puja maharishi mahesh yogi: Integrative Theology Gordon R. Lewis, Bruce A. Demarest, 2010-09-21 Integrative Theology is designed to help graduate students in a pluralistic world utilize a standard method of fruitful research. Each chapter on a major doctrine: (1) states a classic issue of ultimate concern, (2) surveys alternative past and present answers and (3) tests those proposals by their congruence with information on the subject progressively revealed from Genesis to Revelation. Then the chapter (4) formulates a doctrinal conclusion that consistently fits the many lines of biblical data, (5) defends that conviction respectfully, and finally (6) explores the conclusion’s relevance to a person’s spiritual birth, growth and service to others, all for the glory of God. Why the title Integrative Theology? In each chapter, steps 2-6 integrate the disciplines of historical, biblical, systematic, apologetic and practical theology. |
| guru puja maharishi mahesh yogi: The Graceful Guru Karen Pechilis, 2004 A distinctive aspect of Hindu devotion is the veneration of a human guru, who is not only an exemplar and a teacher but is also understood to be an embodiment of the divine. Historically, the role of guru in the public domain has been exclusive to men. The new visibility of female gurus in India and the U.S. today, and indeed across the globe, has inspired this first-ever scholarly study of the origins, variety, and worldwide popularity of Hindu female gurus. In the Introduction, Karen Pechilis examines the historical emergence of Hindu female gurus with reference to the Hindu philosophy of the self, women spiritual exemplars as wives and saints, Tantric worship of the Goddess, and the internationalization of gurus in the U.S. in the twentieth century. Nine essays profile specific female gurus, presenting biographies of these remarkable women while highlighting overarching issues and themes concerning women's status as religious leaders; these themes are nuanced in the afterword to the volume. The essays explore how Hindu female gurus embody grace in both senses--as a feminine ideal and an attribute of the divine-and argue that their status as leaders is grounded in their negotiation of these two types of grace. This book provides biographical profiles of the following female gurus plus sensitive scholarly analysis of their spiritual paths: Ammachi, Anandamayi Ma, Gauri Ma, Gurumayi, Jayashri Ma, Karunamayi Ma, Ma Jaya Sati Bhagavati, Mother Meera, Shree Maa and Sita Devi. |
| guru puja maharishi mahesh yogi: Liberty , 1983 |
| guru puja maharishi mahesh yogi: Maharishi Mahesh Yogi on the Bhagavad-Gita Maharishi Mahesh Yogi, 1984-08-01 |
| guru puja maharishi mahesh yogi: The Journey Home Radhanath Swami, 2010-09-01 The story of one man’s journey from his youth in suburban Chicago to an adult in spiritual India and a world of mystics, yogis, and gurus. Within this extraordinary memoir, Radhanath Swami weaves a colorful tapestry of adventure, mysticism, and love. Readers follow Richard Slavin from the suburbs of Chicago to the caves of the Himalayas as he transforms from young seeker to renowned spiritual guide. The Journey Home is an intimate account of the steps to self-awareness and also a penetrating glimpse into the heart of mystic traditions and the challenges that all souls must face on the road to inner harmony and a union with the Divine. Through near-death encounters, apprenticeships with advanced yogis, and years of travel along the pilgrim’s path, Radhanath Swami eventually reaches the inner sanctum of India’s mystic culture and finds the love he has been seeking. It is a tale told with rare candor, immersing the reader in a journey that is at once engaging, humorous, and heartwarming. Praise for The Journey Home “Here is an inspiring chapter of “our story” of spiritual pilgrimage to the East. It shows the inner journey of awakening in a fascinating and spellbinding way.” —Ram Dass, author, Be Here Now “He tells his story with remarkable honest—the temptations of the 1970s, his doubts, hopes, and disappointments, the culture shock, and the friendships found and lost . . . Add a zest of danger, suspense, and surprise, and Radhanath Swami’s story is a deep, genuine memoir that reads like a novel.” —Brigitte Sion, assistant professor of Religious Studies, New York University |
| guru puja maharishi mahesh yogi: Stumbling Into Infinity Michael Fischman, 2009-04-01 An American truth seeker recounts his life-changing friendship with the spiritual leader Sri Sri Ravi Shankar in this intimate memoir. Michael Fischman is the president of His Holiness Sri Sri Ravi Shankar’s Art of Living Foundation in the United States. In this intimate memoir, Fischman recounts his startling spiritual journey from childhood in New York “among the tribe of people known as the Jewish Middle Class” to befriending and working with the humanitarian and spiritual leader who changed his life. His story is a compelling narrative that blends remarkable experiences with an inner struggle and search for meaning. “In writing this story, different eras and their flavors came to life again—the world of Orthodox Jews I grew up in; twenty years of teaching meditation and breathing to people around the world; the traumas and triumphs of self-discovery in the Caribbean and Jerusalem; the spiritual traditions of India that became so meaningful to me; and the remarkable atmosphere around the enlightened master I fell in love with” (from the prologue). “Michael Fischman’s journey reveals how fears and negative emotions can be transformed into love, compassion, and higher consciousness when a student has an authentic relationship with a wise teacher.” —Deepak Chopra |
| guru puja maharishi mahesh yogi: The Sweet Teachings of the Blessed Sankaracarya Swami Brahmananda Saraswati LB Shriver, Translation by Cynthia Ann Humes, 2013 In the late 1990's, LB Shriver traveled to India as a journalist-seeker to find answers to questions he had about Swami Brahmananda Saraswati. All proceeds from this book will go to Sacred Sun Ministries. |
| guru puja maharishi mahesh yogi: Branding Bhakti Nicole Karapanagiotis, 2021-04-06 How do religious groups reinvent themselves in order to attract new audiences? How do they rebrand their messages and recast their rituals in order to make their followers more diverse? In Branding Bhakti, Nicole Karapanagiotis considers the new branding of the Hare Krishna Movement, or the International Society for Krishna Consciousness (ISKCON). Known primarily for their orange robes, shaved heads, ecstatic dancing on the streets, and exuberant Hindu-style temple worship, many contemporary ISKCON groups are radically reinventing their public presentation and their style of worship in order to attract a global audience to their movement. Karapanagiotis explores their innovative and complex approaches in both the United States and India by following three new ISKCON brands aimed at gathering new followers. Each is led by a world-renowned ISKCON guru and his global disciples, and each is promoted through a mix of digital and social media and the construction of an innovative worship-scape. These new spaces trade ISKCON's traditional temples for corporate work-life balance programs, posh yoga studios, urban spiritual lounges, edgy mantra clubs/lofts, and rural meditative retreat facilities. Branding Bhakti not only investigates the methods the ISKCON movement uses to position itself for growth but also highlights devotees' painful and complicated struggles as they work to transform their shrinking, sectarian movement into one with global religious appeal. |
| guru puja maharishi mahesh yogi: FACTUAL CONCEPT OF TRANSCENDENTAL MEDITATION Dr. Avadhesh Kumar, 2022-02-04 Every human being has a fundamental right of excess to physical education sports which are essential for development of personality the freedom to develop physical, intellectual and moral powers through physical education sports must be guaranteed within the education system and in another aspects of social life. The mechanism of modern living, the force restriction of physical activity leading to a sedentary life, an increase amount of leisure time all these factors has resulted in a tremendous increase of public and professional interest in physical activity and health. People seem to be “turning on” to the idea that one looks and feels better and stays healthier by being more physically active. Modern life, as characterized by sedentarianism, automation and computerization has created a new class of human beings who just sit for hours each day. The 21st century is an age of space and technological gigantism, charged by speed, noise and other tension producing factors. The stress created by the demands of our social and economical systems, and our devotion to intellectualism is tremendous. Urban life style has caused many tensions or hypertension and it will grow worse for man kind. |
| guru puja maharishi mahesh yogi: Working Class Mystic Gary Tillery, 2012-12-19 John Lennon called himself a working class hero. George Harrison was a working class mystic. Born in Liverpool as the son of a bus conductor and a shop assistant, for the first six years of his life he lived in a house with no indoor bathroom. This book gives an honest, in-depth view of his personal journey from his blue-collar childhood to his role as a world-famous spiritual icon. Author Gary Tillery’s approach is warmly human, free of the fawning but insolent tone of most rock biographers. He frankly discusses the role of drugs in leading Harrison to mystical insight but emphasizes that he soon renounced psychedelics as a means to the spiritual path. It was with conscious commitment that Harrison journeyed to India, studied sitar with Ravi Shankar, practiced yoga, learned meditation from the Maharishi Mahesh Yogi, and became a devotee of Hinduism. George worked hard to subdue his own ego and to understand the truth beyond appearances. He preferred to keep a low profile, but his empathy for suffering people led him to spearhead the first rock-and-roll super event for charity. And despite his wealth and fame, he was always delighted to slip on overalls and join in manual labor on his grounds. At ease with holy men discussing the Upanishads and the Bhagavad Gita, he was ever the bloke from Liverpool whose father drove a bus, whose brothers were tradesmen, and who had worked himself as an apprentice electrician until the day destiny called. Tillery’s engaging narrative depicts Harrison as a sincere seeker who acted out of genuine care for humanity and used his celebrity to be of service in the world. Fans of all generations will treasure this book for the inspiring portrayal it gives of their beloved “quiet” Beatle. |
| guru puja maharishi mahesh yogi: The Yoga of Jesus Paramhansa Yogananda, 2007 Contains selected excerpts from Paramahansa Yogananda's book The Second Coming of Christ: The Resurrection of the Christ Within You, which book is a commentary on the New Testament gospels and noncanonical source material, focusing on the quest to uncover the original teachings of Jesus--Provided by publisher. |
| guru puja maharishi mahesh yogi: ABA Journal , 1978-01 The ABA Journal serves the legal profession. Qualified recipients are lawyers and judges, law students, law librarians and associate members of the American Bar Association. |
| guru puja maharishi mahesh yogi: Direct Experience of Reality Śaṅkarācārya, 1959 |
| guru puja maharishi mahesh yogi: American Veda Philip Goldberg, 2010-11-02 A fascinating look at India’s remarkable impact on Western culture, this eye-opening popular history shows how the ancient philosophy of Vedanta and the mind-body methods of Yoga have profoundly affected the worldview of millions of Americans and radically altered the religious landscape. What exploded in the 1960s, following the Beatles trip to India for an extended stay with their new guru, Maharishi Mahesh Yogi, actually began more than two hundred years earlier, when the United States started importing knowledge--as well as tangy spices and colorful fabrics--from Asia. The first translations of Hindu texts found their way into the libraries of John Adams and Ralph Waldo Emerson. From there the ideas spread to Henry David Thoreau, Walt Whitman, and succeeding generations of receptive Americans, who absorbed India’s “science of consciousness” and wove it into the fabric of their lives. Charismatic teachers like Swami Vivekananda and Paramahansa Yogananda came west in waves, prompting leading intellectuals, artists, and scientists such as Aldous Huxley, Joseph Campbell, Allen Ginsberg, J. D. Salinger, John Coltrane, Dean Ornish, and Richard Alpert, aka Ram Dass, to adapt and disseminate what they learned from them. The impact has been enormous, enlarging our current understanding of the mind and body and dramatically changing how we view ourselves and our place in the cosmos. Goldberg paints a compelling picture of this remarkable East-to-West transmission, showing how it accelerated through the decades and eventually moved from the counterculture into our laboratories, libraries, and living rooms. Now physicians and therapists routinely recommend meditation, words like karma and mantra are part of our everyday vocabulary, and Yoga studios are as ubiquitous as Starbuckses. The insights of India’s sages permeate so much of what we think, believe, and do that they have redefined the meaning of life for millions of Americans—and continue to do so every day. Rich in detail and expansive in scope, American Veda shows how we have come to accept and live by the central teaching of Vedic wisdom: “Truth is one, the wise call it by many names.” |
| guru puja maharishi mahesh yogi: Maharishi, the Guru Martin Ebon, 1968 |
| guru puja maharishi mahesh yogi: Transcendental Meditation Ronald L. Carlson, 1978 |
| guru puja maharishi mahesh yogi: The Guru in South Asia Jacob Copeman, Aya Ikegame, 2012 This book provides a set of fresh and compelling interdisciplinary approaches to the enduring phenomenon of the guru in South Asia. Moving across different gurus and kinds of gurus, and between past and present, the chapters call attention to the extraordinary scope and richness of the social lives and roles of South Asian gurus. Prevailing scholarship has rightly considered the guru to be a source of religious and philosophical knowledge and mystical bodily practices. This book goes further and considers the social engagements and entanglements of these spiritual leaders, not just on their own (narrowly denominational) terms, but in terms of their diverse, complex, rapidly evolving engagements with 'society' broadly conceived. The book explores and illuminates the significance of female gurus, gurus from the perspective of Islam, imbrications of guru-ship and slavery in pre-modern India, connections between gurus and power, governance and economic liberalization in modern and contemporary India, vexed questions of sexuality and guru-ship, gurus' charitable endeavours, the cosmopolitanism of gurus in contexts of spiritual tourism, and the mediation of gurus via technologies of electronic communication. Bringing together internationally renowned scholars from religious studies, political science, history, sociology and anthropology, The Guru in South Asia provides exciting and original new insights into South Asian guru-ship. The Open Access version of this book, available at http: //www.taylorfrancis.com, has been made available under a Creative Commons Attribution-Non Commercial-No Derivatives 4.0 license. |
| guru puja maharishi mahesh yogi: The Jewish Encounter with Hinduism Alon Goshen-Gottstein, 2017-08-01 Hinduism has become a vital 'other' for Judaism over the past decades. The book surveys the history of the relationship from historical to contemporary times, from travellers to religious leadership. It explores the potential enrichment for Jewish theology and spirituality, as well as the challenges for Jewish identity. |
| guru puja maharishi mahesh yogi: The Divine Mother Premalatā Śrīvāstava, 1995 The Greatest Achievement Of My Life Was The Day I Met Sri Sri Ma Anandamayee. My Devotion And Feelings For Her Cannot Be Expressed In Worlds. It Is Only Through Her Grace And Blessings. That I Got The Strength And Determination To Write Some Of The Divine Lila?S Of Sri Ma. Being A Student Of Medicine I Am Not Able To Express My Thoughts Very Well. Sri Ma?S Lila Mentioned In This Book Are Either Have Been Heard Directly From The Eyewitnesses Or Been Taken From The Very Reliable Sources. The Great Saints And Seers Who Were Part Of Her Magnificent Lila Are Too Many. I Have Tried To Write About A Few Of Them In Short. It Was A Sight To See Ma Meeting The Great Saints And Seers With Full Respect, Humility, Love And Regards. The Words And Sayings Of Sri Ma Presented In This Book Are Mostly From The Question And Answer Sessions During Matri-Satsang Or In Reply To The Letters Of The Devotee. Infact, Her Whole Life Was A Teaching To Be Pursued By The Generations To Come. With All Humbleness I Present This Biography On Sri Ma To The Readers With The Hope They Will Enjoy Reading On Sri Ma And Forgive Me For The Lapses. |
| guru puja maharishi mahesh yogi: Super Mind Norman E. Rosenthal, 2016 Most of us believe that we live in only three states of consciousness: wakefulness, sleep, and dreaming. But there is so much more. In [this book], ... Norman E. Rosenthal, M.D., [posits that] the ... daily practice of transcendental meditation (TM) can permanently improve your state of mind during the routine hours of waking life--placing you into a super-mind state of consciousness where you consistently perform at peak aptitude-- |
| guru puja maharishi mahesh yogi: The Golden Guru James S. Gordon, 1988 In 1985, when Bhagwan Shree Rajneesh was expelled from the United States, he left behind a bizarre trail of devoted followers, illegal wiretaps and marriages, attempted murders, and 93 Rolls-Royces. Gordon follows that trail, exploring the strange happenings. |
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