Author: Eknath Easwaran
Publisher: Penguin
Year: 1997
Language: English
Pages: 227
ISBN/UPC (if available): 014019135
Description
In this book Easwaran has written Meditation: An eight-Point Program, the Bhagvad Gita for Daily Living, Gandhi the Man, the Supreme Ambition, Dialogue with Death, and a Man to Match His Mountains.
He has translated three of India's best-loved scriptures with full introductions for the general reader- The Bhagvad Gita, the Dhammapada, and the Upanishads - and has complied an anthology from the world's great scriptures and mystics, God Makes the River to Flow. Articles based on his weekly public talks appear in The Little Lamp, the quarterly of the Blue Mountain Center of Meditation.
What if we could release new energy, recast old ways of think, become more sensitive to the needs of others?
We can change, and this book shows how. Every moment becomes an opportunity for growth as Eknath Easwaran takes the mystery out of the mantram and describes how we can gain the will and the insight to refashion our lives in a higher image, through powerful, time-honored methods that can help you to:
Break harmful addictions
Thrive under stress
Overcome depression
Repair personal relationships
Heal inner conflicts
Discover the spiritual basis of life
REVIEWS
This clearly written little book is very pleasing. It gives precise, clear information about the power, uses, and variety of mantrams. Easwaran’s book is to be recommended in the highest terms.
- Choice
How mantrams work, how to choose one, and how to use it – along with other ways of working on yourself. Spiritual, nonsectarian, quietly delightful.
- Tom Ferguson, M D, Medical Self-Care
Contents
PREFACE
What the Mantram Can do
What the Mantram Is
Some Great Mantrams
Making the Mantram a Part of Your Day
Keeping the Mind Steady
Elation and Depression
Harnessing Fear, Anger and Greed
The Mantram at the Time of Death
The Goal of Life
The Mantram and Other Spiritual Disciplines
Becoming Established in the Mantram
Suggestions for Further Reading
Index