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 MoreYoga Methods In Christian Mysticism
In the christian tradition the spiritual life has been classically divided into three stages, called by the saints and mystics the stage of purgation, the stage of illumination and the stage of union. When one reads the writings of the Christian mystics it is clear what they mean by these three stages. The first concerns…
Read MoreLife Without Limits
What is the life without limits? It is the realisation through our tranquil and harmonised mind that our true Self transcends all limitations. It is not affected by what happens to our body or by the influences that colour our mind as we respond to the various challenges that meet us in life. Body and…
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 MoreFrom The Divine Sports of Krishna
Note: The three extracts below are from the Divine Sports of Krishna. Yashoda was Krishna’s adoptive mother in the village where he grew up. Mohan, Shyam and Gopal are among the names by which his devotees know him. Shesh is a traditional image of divinity, associated with great jewels. Says Yashoda: People lecture me, But…
Read MoreFrom Direct Experience of Reality: Verses 8 to 12
Devoted trust (bhakti) in the words of the holy scriptures and the teacher is called faith (shraddha); one pointedness of the mind on the one real goal of life is called concentration (samadhana). [8] Commentary: The scriptures are above logic, though their truth can be established by right reasoning. Unless a pupil has faith in…
Read MoreFrom the Ashtavakra Gita
From the Ashtavakra Gita Chapter Ten 1. Give up the chief enemy, desire for pleasure and for worldly prosperity, both being fraught with evil, as well as enslavement to dharma (good deeds) from which they spring. Note: The three objects of the worldly-minded are kāma (pleasure), artha (prosperity) and dharma (good deeds); but release from…
Read MoreOn the Affirmations Underlying Yoga
The spiritual affirmations which underlie this Yoga are tremendous and startling. If they awaken immediate antagonism in you, or shock you, this Yoga is very probably not for you at present. But if they arouse a feeling of awe, or even of curiosity, prepare to make the spiritual experiments which will prove their truth to…
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