Scriptural Texts on Vedanta

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SCRIPTURAL TEXTS

Text No. 1: Gita for the busy people

By HH Swami Sivananda

An abridged edition of the Gita which contains its quintessence for the use of students, doctors, advocates and busy people.

The Gita is one of the clearest and most comprehensive summaries of the Perennial Philosophy ever to have been done. Hence its enduring value, not only for Indians, but for all mankind …… The Bhagavadgita is perhaps the most systematic spiritual statement of the Perennial Philosophy.

--- Aldous Huxley.

Text No. 2: Gita by Chapter and Verse

By HH Swami Sivananda

Lord Krishna's Immortal Song. Sanskrit transliteration and English translation of the Song. Each chapter is preceded by a short summary.

“I owed a magnificent day to the Bhagavad-Gita. It was the first of books; it was as if an empire spoke to us, nothing small or unworthy, but large; serene, consistent, the voice of an old intelligent which in another age and climate had pondered and thus disposed of the same questions which exercise us.”

---Ralph Waldo Emerson.

Text No. 3:

The Essence of The Aitareya and Taittiriya Upanishads

Swami Krishnananda

The Divine Life Society, Sivananda Ashram, Rishikesh, India

Text No. 4: Excerpts from Yoga Vasistha

of Swami Venkatesananda's 'The Supreme Yoga',

Describes the tree known as Samadhana (equanimity) that grows in the forest known as the heart of the wise.

Text No. 5: Lord Krishna, His Lilas and Teachings

By HH Swami Sivananda

“When doubts haunt me, when disappointments stare me in the face, and I see not one ray of hope on the horizon, I turn to Bhagavad-Gita and find a verse to comfort me; and I immediately begin to smile in the midst of overwhelming sorrow. Those who meditate on the Gita will derive fresh joy and new meanings from it every day.”

---Mohandas K. Gandhi.

Text No. 6: Radha's Prem

By HH Swami Sivananda

Bhakti (Devotion and Surrender to the Lord) has a very important place in Yoga Sadhana. Radha's Prem, A One Act Play by Swami Sivanandaji Maharaj, brings out the supreme position of Bhakti in Yoga Sadhana.

"Radha is Devi. She is the queen of lustrous beauties and the abode of Sri Krishna's love-sports and worship. She beholds Lord Krishna in anything and everything she sets Her love-lit eyes upon. Lord Krishna is the supreme matchless Lover and Sri Radha is identical with Krishna. She is part and parcel of Krishna and His love-energy. Her sole object of existence and devout prayers, is to fulfil the wishes of Sri Krishna. Hence She is named Krishnamayi by the Puranas. She is full of Krishna inside and outside. Krishna is the charmer of all. Radha is Krishna's charmer and therefore the Supreme Goddess."