Saturday, 18 March 2017

A little about Yogiraj Shri Shyamacharan Lahiri (Lahiri Mahasaya)

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Another book by Paramahamsa Prajnanananda is a brief biography of "Yogiraj" Shri Shyamacharan Lahiri - the "fountainhead...
Saturday, 25 February 2017

A bit about "Jnanavatar" Swami Sri Yukteswar Giri

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A bit about "Jnanavatar" Swami Sri Yukteswar Giri  Two short books by Paramahamsa Prajnanananda are very useful. One is a sh...
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Sunday, 29 January 2017

Bhakti is not desire - Narada Bhakti Sutras

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In an earlier blog, we have already discussed that no less than Swami Vivekananda - in his essays on Bhakti Yoga - has clarified that  the...
Sunday, 15 January 2017

Sri M: Living Light of the Nath Tradition

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Sri M, born Mumtaz Ali in Thiruvananthapuram (Kerala) in 1948, has written of his transformation into a yogi, his years with his guru trav...
Sunday, 8 January 2017

Ahimsa in the Gyaneshwari - "that utmost care is ahimsa"

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The 13th chapter of the Bhagawad Geeta talks of what constitutes jnana or knowledge and mentions more than a dozen characteristics of know...
Sunday, 6 March 2016

"Think out, feel out", says J. Krishnamurti

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If there is one book by J. Krishnamurti which all can understand, it must be "The World Within", published by The Krishnamurti F...
Sunday, 24 May 2015

Buddhyaa Dhriti Griheetayaa (or, Hold your mind, Sadhu!)

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It was a lazy Sunday afternoon and looking at the newspapers earlier in the morning had  brought a great sense of peace. So much so, that t...