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Illumination of the Path to Freedom by His Holiness the First Dalai Lama Gyalwa Gendun Drup

admin — Thu, 26 Jan 2012 10:13:59 +0000

Illumination of the Path to Freedom by His Holiness the First Dalai Lama Gyalwa Gendun Drup (1391-1474), is a commentary to a much older Tibetan classic: The Treasure House of Knowledge, written by the Master Vasubandhu (350 AD). Dalai Lama starts out with an entertaining discussion about Tibetan versus Sanskrit – Tibet versus India:

“If a commentary comes from India people will take the time to study and teach it. It’s just like the local merchants. If they hear some barley has come from the lowlands, right away they want to trade for it, because the source is a good one. A commentary may be excellent, but if you don’t put some Sanskrit in it nobody wants to work with it. They think it’s just Tibetan.”

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Illumination of the Path to Freedom by the First Dalai Lama

Mandukya Upanishad – An ancient Sanskrit text on the nature of Reality

admin — Wed, 14 Sep 2011 07:41:13 +0000

Mandukya Upanishad – An ancient Sanskrit text on the nature of Reality by James Swartz, guides the reader through the Mandukya. The aim of the Mandukya is to analyze the creation and arrive at truth, the limitless I. From the introduction:
“The Aranyakas or Upanishads, the third portion of each Veda, commonly known as Vedanta, agrees and delivers an “absolute” knowledge that, under the right circumstances, reveals the limitless blissful Self and destroys the suffering arising from the belief in oneself as a limited being.”
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Mandukya Upanishad – An ancient Sanskrit text on the nature of Reality

Ramayana – The story of King Rama in four volumes

admin — Sat, 30 Jul 2011 22:49:09 +0000

Here is the complete PDF version of Ramayana in English. The version of Ramayana I posted nearly a year ago was a shorter more popular edition. This one here is a translation of the entire scripture directly from the original Sanskrit versions. Like The Mahabharata, Ramayana is an ancient epic tale, that not only is a cornerstone for eastern cultures but also serve as spiritual foundations for several religions. Download the huge works here, and meet Rama, Sita, Hanuman and the rest of Valmiki’s characters in four pdf-volumes:

Ramayana VOL 1 Bala & Ayodhya Kanda

Ramayana VOL 2 Aranya, Kishkindha & Sundara Kanda

Ramayana VOL 3 Yuddha Kanda

Ramayana VOL 4 Uttara Kanda

The Buddha-Carita or The Life of Buddha by Aevaghosa

admin — Sun, 13 Feb 2011 21:08:23 +0000

The Buddha-Carita, or The Life of Buddha by Aevaghosa edited and translated by Edward B. Cowell is the original biography of the Buddha. The text is translated directly from sanskrift scriptures written in the fifth century. From the translators foreword:

The Buddha-carita was translated into Chinese by Dharmarakùa in the fifth century, and a translation of this was published by the Rev. S. Beal in the present series [of the Sacred Books of the East]; it was also translated into Tibetan in the seventh or eighth century. The Tibetan as well as the Chinese version consists of twenty-eighth chapters, and carries down the life of Buddha to his entrance into Nirvana and the subsequent division of the sacred relics. The Tibetan version appears to be much closer to the original Sanskrit than the Chinese; in fact from its verbal accuracy we can often reproduce the exact words of the original, since certain Sanskrit words are always represented by the same Tibetan equivalents, as for instance, the prepositions prefixed to verbal roots.

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The Life of Buddha Ebook

The Science of Breath & the Philosophy of the Tatwas

admin — Sat, 22 Jan 2011 12:04:40 +0000

The Science of Breath & the Philosophy of the Tatwas by Rama Prasad is an ancient text translated from sanskrit. It deals with breathing and breaths potential as a tool for spriritual enlightenment. The book goes in deep details about the nature of breathing from a scientific viewpoint and thereby give us both an understanding of the early Aryan culture and the basics of all later breathing techniques. Download the ebook here (131 pages):

Natures Finer Forces The Science of Breath Rama Prasad

Essence of Ribhu Gita

admin — Thu, 05 Aug 2010 11:12:07 +0000

The Essence of Ribhu Gita forms the sixth section of the Sanskrit work known as Siva Rahasya. It is the teachings of Lord Siva in Mount Kailas to His devotee Ribhu, from whom the Gita derives its name. The ebook presented herewith consists of 122 verses from the original Tamil work, being a free translation into English prose, conveying the essence of the original, rather than a mere
mechanical word for word translation.

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Essence of Ribhu Gita ebook

Tripura Rahasya or the Mystery Beyond the Trinity

admin — Fri, 30 Jul 2010 14:35:08 +0000

“Tripura Rahasya or the Mystery Beyond the Trinityis” an ancient prime text on Advaita in Sanskrit and was highly commended by Bhagavan Sri Ramana Maharshi for study by seekers. There was no English translation of this scripture until the present one was made by Munagala Venkataramiah (Swami Ramanananda Saraswathi) in 1938. This book is not to be picked up, read through and put
away. The verses are full of Divine nectar which will quench the thirst of any earnest seeker who repeatedly reflects on their meaning and in right earnest attempts to implement the teachings.

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Tripura Rahasya

RIG VEDA

admin — Sat, 15 May 2010 23:16:42 +0000

Rig Veda or ‘Rigveda’ means praise/verse of knowledge. It is counted among the four canonical sacred texts of Hinduism known as the Vedas. The others are: Yajur Veda, Sama Veda and Atharva Veda. The Rig Veda is the oldest of them and it consists of 1,028 Vedic Sanskrit hymns and 10,600 verses in all, organized into ten books. Download the PDF ebook – 749 pages (3.81 MB) here: