The Vital Spark
How the authentic non-dual teachings and post-renaissance learning illumine and vitalise each other. Most of the chapters in this book were previously published by Shanti Sadan in 2000 under the title Yoga for the Modern World. For the present publication, a further chapter has been added and some minor revisions have been made. The author,…
Read MoreHow Can Non-duality Help Me Now?
This is the latest book by the Warden of Shanti Sadan. It focusses on questions raised recently by enquirers into the non-dual teachings, and answers that can help us on the way to inner discovery. There are chapters on: What is Non-duality? If Non-duality is True, Why is Meditation Needed? What is Faith According to…
Read MoreRealising the Truth at the Centre of Life
Realising the Truth at the Centre of Life is one of four books by this author. The others are Awakening to Self-Knowledge, Living Beyond Fear and The Illumined Understanding. The non-dual teachings offer a means to inner peace, freedom from fear and lasting fulfilment, through Self-knowledge. The path involves learning, absorbing and ultimately awakening to the…
Read MoreThe Illumined Understanding
The Illumined Understanding is one of four books by this author. The others are Realising the Truth at the Centre of Life, Awakening to Self-Knowledge and Living Beyond Fear. Our highest potential is to find lasting inner freedom, fearlessness and fulfilment through Self-knowledge. This is to realise that our individuality has its source in an ultimate selfhood that…
Read MoreAwakening to Self-Knowledge
Awakening to Self-Knowledge is one of four books by this author. The others are Realising the Truth at the Centre of Life, the Illumined Understanding, Living Beyond Fear and How Can Non-duality Help Me Now? The contents of these books point as directly as possible to the true nature of our own being as identical with…
Read MorePower Behind the Mind
The Power Behind the Mind contains guidance of great value to those on the path of inner discovery. The highest truth cannot be put into words, it can at best be indicated. So the teachings provide us with material to reflect upon which helps us to see more. And the practices, when we do them…
Read MoreHeart of the Eastern Mystical Teaching
The Heart of the Eastern Mystical Teaching is a presentation of the traditional non-dual (advaita) teachings. It takes the form of an account of the life of an enlightened Mahatma, known as Shri Dada, from Aligarh in Northern India, who lived from 1854-1910. The non-dual teachings on the identity of the individual Self with the Supreme…
Read MoreMeditation – Its Theory and Practice
Meditation its Theory and Practice is about meditation as it is understood and done in the traditional schools of non-duality. According to the teachers of classical non-duality, meditation is one of the most important practices on the path to discovering the reality of our own nature in direct experience. The book begins with a presentation…
Read MoreTraining the Mind through Yoga
Training the Mind through Yoga contains guidance of great value to those on the path of inner discovery. The highest truth cannot be put into words, it can at best be indicated. So the teachings provide us with material to reflect upon which helps us to see more. And the practices, when we do them…
Read MoreLiving Beyond Fear
Living Beyond Fear is one of four books by this author, the others are Realising the Truth at the Centre of Life, Awakening to Self-Knowledge and The Illumined Understanding. The contents of these books point as directly as possible to the true nature of our own being as identical with the universal reality in all. On the…
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