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(0)Easwaran Eknath
Author
Pub. Date
2011.
Language
English
Description
This biography, illustrated with 70 photographs, and supported by background notes, a chronology, and quotes from Gandhi's writings, offers a moving account of the turning points and choices in Gandhi's life that made him both a great leader and an icon of the power of nonviolence.
Lexile measure
740L
Language
English
Description
In the ancient wisdom texts called the Upanishads, illumined sages share flashes of insight, the results of their investigation into consciousness itself. In extraordinary visions, they experience directly a transcendent Reality which is the essence, or Self, of each created being. They teach that each of us, each Self, is eternal, deathless, one with the power that created the universe. Easwaran's translation is reliable and readable, consistently...
Pub. Date
1986.
Language
English
Description
Easwaran's introduction to the Dhammapada gives an overview of the Buddha's teachings that is reliable, penetrating, and clear--accessible for readers new to Buddhism, but also with fresh insights and practical applications for readers familiar with this text.
10) The Upanishads
Pub. Date
1987.
Language
English
Description
Among the oldest of India's spiritual texts, the Upanishads are records of intensive question-and-answer sessions given by illumined sages to their students. Widely featured in philosophy courses, the Upanishads have puzzled and inspired wisdom seekers from Yeats to Schopenhauer. Eknath Easwaran makes this challenging text more accessible by selecting the passages most relevant to readers seeking timeless truths today. His accessible, highly readable...
