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The Real Is Unknowable, The Knowable Is Unreal by Robert Powell

2011-07-12T00:30:00-05:00

The Real Is Unknowable, The Knowable Is Unreal
Written by Robert Powell

eBook, 160 pages | North Atlantic Books | Philosophy - Hindu; Religion - Hinduism - Theology | $12.95 | 978-1-58394-429-5 (1-58394-429-X)

Wisdom is to reject conventional wisdom about almost everything.Thus begins Robert Powell's inquiry into the nature of Totality and the unreality of all else. This small but profound book is divided into three parts. In the first, Reflections, Robert Powell comments on some of humankind's most timeless puzzles and questions: Does the body actually exist? What is man, if not that bundle of concepts and images that comes upon him at birth? The second, Interchanges, uses a dialogue format that recalls Plato's Allegory of the Cave, in which a teacher and student questioner in a modern setting discuss non-duality, consciousness, and reality. The third part, Essays, is comprised of eight essays, each only a few pages long but addressing overarching themes including consciousness, fear of death, the end of the search, and the notion of the real as unknowable. Readers will leave the book with a satisfying conclusion to a brief, luminous work that can be read again and again.

From the Trade Paperback edition.

The Ultimate Medicine by Peter Madill, M.D.

2011-07-12T00:30:00-05:00

The Ultimate Medicine Dialogues with a Realized Master
Written by Sri Nisargadatta Maharaj
Edited by Robert Powell
Foreword by Peter Madill, M.D.

eBook, 224 pages | North Atlantic Books | Philosophy - Hindu; Religion - Hinduism - Theology | $15.95 | 978-1-58394-430-1 (1-58394-430-3)

The Ultimate Medicine is not for those who like their spirituality watered down, but for serious students searching for awareness. Sri Nisargadatta Maharaj (1897-1981) lived and taught in a small apartment in the slums of Bombay. A realized master of the Tantric Nath lineage, he supported himself and his family by selling cheap goods in a small booth on the streets outside his tenement for many years. His life exemplified the concept of absolute nonduality of being. In this volume, Maharaj shares the highest truth of nonduality in his own unique way. His teaching style is abrupt, provocative, and immensely profound, cutting to the core and wasting little effort on inessentials. His terse but potent sayings are known for their ability to trigger shifts in consciousness, just by hearing or reading them."The point is that man freed from his fetters is morality personified. Such a man therefore does not need any moralistic injunctions in order to live righteously. Free a man from his bondage and thereafter everything else will take care of itself. On the other hand, man in his unredeemed state cannot possibly live morally, no matter what moral teaching he is given. It is an intrinsic impossibility, for his very foundation is immorality. That is, he lives a lie, a basic contradiction: functioning in all his relationships as the separate entity he believes himself to be, whereas in reality no such separation exists. His every action therefore does violence to other 'selves' and other 'creatures,' which are only manifestations of the unitary consciousness. So Society had to invent some restraints in order to protect itself from its own worst excesses and thereby maintain some kind of status quo. The resulting arbitrary rules, which vary with place and time and therefore are purely relative, it calls 'morality,' and by upholding this man-invented 'idea' as the highest good–oftentimes sanctioned by religious 'revelation' and scriptures–society has provided man with one more excuse to disregard the quest for liberation or relegate it to a fairly low priority in his scheme of things."

From the Trade Paperback edition.

The Ultimate Medicine by Peter Madill, M.D.

2006-09-28T00:30:00-05:00

The Ultimate Medicine Dialogues with a Realized Master
Written by Sri Nisargadatta Maharaj
Edited by Robert Powell
Foreword by Peter Madill, M.D.

Trade Paperback, 224 pages | North Atlantic Books | Philosophy - Hindu; Religion - Hinduism - Theology | $15.95 | 978-1-55643-633-8 (1-55643-633-5)

The Real Is Unknowable, The Knowable Is Unreal by Robert Powell

2005-03-29T00:30:00-05:00

The Real Is Unknowable, The Knowable Is Unreal
Written by Robert Powell

Trade Paperback, 160 pages | North Atlantic Books | Philosophy - Hindu; Religion - Hinduism - Theology | $12.95 | 978-1-55643-553-9 (1-55643-553-3)

The Heart of Awareness by Thomas Byrom

2001-11-13T00:30:00-05:00

The Heart of Awareness A Translation of the Ashtavakra Gita
Translated by Thomas Byrom

Trade Paperback, 128 pages | Shambhala | Religion - Hinduism - Sacred Writings; Religion - Hinduism - Theology; Religion - Hinduism | $19.95 | 978-1-57062-897-9 (1-57062-897-1)

The Ashtavakra Gita conveys with beauty and simplicity the essential teachings of Advaita Vedanta, the most influential of the Hindu philosophical systems. Composed by an anonymous master of the school of the great sage Shankara, it is a book of practical advice for seekers of wisdom as well as an ecstatic expression of the experience of enlightenment. In this simple, aphoristic version, the translator conveys the clarity and lyricism of the Sanskrit original with fluency and precision.

Tantra by Georg Feuerstein, Ph.D.

1998-07-28T00:30:00-05:00

Tantra Path of Ecstasy
Written by Georg Feuerstein, Ph.D.

Trade Paperback | Shambhala | Religion - Hinduism - Rituals & Practice; Religion - Hinduism - Theology; Religion - Hinduism | $19.95 | 978-1-57062-304-2 (1-57062-304-X)

Tantra—often associated with Kundalini Yoga—is a fundamental dimension of Hinduism, emphasizing the cultivation of "divine power" (shakti) as a path to infinite bliss. Tantra has been widely misunderstood in the West, however, where its practices are often confused with eroticism and licentious morality. Tantra: The Path of Ecstasy dispels many common misconceptions, providing an accessible introduction to the history, philosophy, and practice of this extraordinary spiritual tradition.

The Tantric teachings are geared toward the attainment of enlightenment as well as spiritual power and are present not only in Hinduism but also Jainism and Vajrayana Buddhism. In this book, Georg Feuerstein offers readers a clear understanding of authentic Tantra, as well as appropriate guidance for spiritual practice and the attainment of higher consciousness.

Random House New Releases - Religion - Hinduism - Theology

The Real Is Unknowable, The Knowable Is Unreal by Robert Powell

The Real Is Unknowable, The Knowable Is Unreal Written by Robert Powell

The Ultimate Medicine by Peter Madill, M.D.

The Ultimate Medicine Dialogues with a Realized MasterWritten by Sri Nisargadatta Maharaj Edited by Robert Powell Foreword by Peter Madill, M.D.

The Ultimate Medicine by Peter Madill, M.D.

The Ultimate Medicine Dialogues with a Realized MasterWritten by Sri Nisargadatta Maharaj Edited by Robert Powell Foreword by Peter Madill, M.D.

The Real Is Unknowable, The Knowable Is Unreal by Robert Powell

The Real Is Unknowable, The Knowable Is Unreal Written by Robert Powell

The Heart of Awareness by Thomas Byrom

The Heart of Awareness A Translation of the Ashtavakra GitaTranslated by Thomas Byrom

Tantra by Georg Feuerstein, Ph.D.

Tantra Path of EcstasyWritten by Georg Feuerstein, Ph.D.

The Real Is Unknowable, The Knowable Is Unreal
Written by Robert Powell

The Ultimate Medicine Dialogues with a Realized Master
Written by Sri Nisargadatta Maharaj
Edited by Robert Powell
Foreword by Peter Madill, M.D.

The Ultimate Medicine Dialogues with a Realized Master
Written by Sri Nisargadatta Maharaj
Edited by Robert Powell
Foreword by Peter Madill, M.D.

The Real Is Unknowable, The Knowable Is Unreal
Written by Robert Powell

The Heart of Awareness A Translation of the Ashtavakra Gita
Translated by Thomas Byrom

Tantra Path of Ecstasy
Written by Georg Feuerstein, Ph.D.