Books are classified under the following categories;
clicking the words in red will bring up our lists in that category, but if
you want something more specific then put in the Keyword field
above, appropriate defining words, e.g. kriya
or mudra.
Yoga
- Yoga as a Spiritual
Lifestyle works on the eight-fold yoga path
- Patanjali Yoga Sutras - translations
& interpretations of this classic yoga text
- Yoga Practice
or HathaYoga - physical yoga - the body
postures taught in yoga classes etc.
- [ Yoga
alone will bring up all the last three categories together with Bhakti Yoga
]
- Pranayama - yogic breathing (see also breathwork
in the Personal Growth section)
- Mantras - Indian sacred formulae and
chants
- Kundalini & Chakras - Indian body
energy systems and yogic practices related to them (see also chakras etc. in the
Psychology section)
- Tantra - transmutation of
sexual/sensual energy, Shiva & Shakti (see also sex & spirituality in the Men & Women section)
- Yoga CDs,
also Yoga Nidra
CDs
General Hindu religion & philosophy
- Hinduism - general
- Hindu Texts
- anthologies and general studies
- Vedas, Upanishads, Bhagavad Gita
- the key texts
- Ramayana, Mahabharata & Puranas
(Indian epics & mythology)
- Ancient Indian Teachers - their sects
& teachings; e.g. Dattatreya, Gorakhnath; Avadhut & Ashtavakra Gitas (see also Vedanta)
- Shiva & Shaivism (following Shiva);
Kashmir Shaivism [
Shaivism will bring up both]
- Vishnu & Vaishnavism (following
Vishnu & his incarnations, including Hare Krishna)
- Bhakti Yoga, including the Narada
Bhakti Sutras (devotional practice)
- Indian Philosophy - the various schools
of thought & belief
- Vedanta - Shankara’s Advaita,
the Yoga Vasistha etc.
- Indian Mythology
& epics
- Bargain
Indian Traditions & Yoga
Lives & Teachings of Indian Gurus
- India - travel
and visiting gurus, ashrams etc (and general accounts of such travels)
- Aurobindo,
the Mother & successors; Sri Chinmoy,
Swamis Muktananda, Nityanananda
& successors (including Rudi & Gurumayi). Sri Nisargadatta & successors; Osho (=Bhagwan Rajneesh), Ramakrishna, Vivekananda
& successors; Ramana Maharshi & successors, Maharshi & successors, Satya Sai Baba (for Shirdi Sai see Indian
Teachers - others), Swami Satyananda Saraswati & the Bihar
School of Yoga, Swami Sivananda & successors (incl. Sivananda Radha, Venkatesananda etc.), Swami Yogananda
& his lineage
(Lahiri, Yukteswar, original Babaji etc.), Sant
Mat, Radhasoami.
- Indian Holy women & teachers - incl. Anandamayi Ma, Mother Meera & Mata
Amritanandamayi
- Indian Teachers - others (men),
Teachers
will bring up ancient, men and women (except the specific ones above)
Other Indian traditions and writings
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