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Reading Lists / Vedic Mantras

Vedanta/Bhagavad Gita studies

Yoga Sutras studies

                              Reading List/Mantras      

                 Essential Reading List                             

Coming to Our Senses                  John Kabatt-Zinn ( Fantastic Book!)

A Brief History of Everything       Ken Wilber

Heart of Meditation                       Swami Durgananda (Sally Kempton)

The Power of Now                       Eckhard Tolle  

Stalking the Wild Pendulum          Itzhak Bentov

Light on Yoga                               B.K.S. Iyengar

Universe Story                              Thomas Berry / Brian Swimme

The Wisdom of No Escape           Pema Chodron

A Theory of Everything                Ken Wilber

Thoughts Without a Thinker         Mark Epstein

Spiral Dynamics                            Don Beck / Christopher Cowan

Basic Reading List

Posture/Embodiment:                                              

How to Use Yoga               Mehta                                             
Yoga the Iyengar Way        Mehta                            
Body Stories                       McHose/Olsen   

Breathing
Light on Pranayama           B.K.S.Iyengar

Breath by Breath                Larry Rosenberg

The Breathing Book          Donna Fahri

The Yoga of Breath           Richard Rosen

Mindfulness/Meditation Practice                            

Start Where You Are                    Pema Chodron  (Any book by Pema)             
Loving Kindness                          Sharon Salzberg               
Nothing Special                            Joko Beck
Cutting Through Spiritual Materialism   Chogyam Trungpa    

Yoga Philosophy/Spiritual Practice            

Bhagavad Gita                        (any translation)           
The Yoga Sutras of Patanjali   (any translation)             
This Light in Oneself               Krishnamurthi  (Any books by K.)

Cosmology/Wholeness

Non-Dual Awareness

Practicing t he Power of Now        Tolle                                    

Be As You Are: The Teachings of Ramana Maharshi      Godman

Consciousness and the Absolute    Nisargadatta Maharaj

Enlightenment is a Secret               Cohen

Forgotten Truth                              Smith

Supplemental Reading List

Dream of the Earth                      Thomas Berry

Yoga and Ayurveda                     David Frawley                                

Wisdom of the Body Moving       Marilyn Hartley
Relax and Renew                         Judith Lasater   
The Great Work                           Thomas Berry

A Gradual Awakening                 Stephen Levine   

Yoga: A Gem for Women            Geeta Iyengar
Yoga: The Spirit and Practice...    Eric Schiffman
Everyday Zen                               Joko Beck
Yoga and Psychotherapy              Swami Rama, Rudolph Ballentine
A Path With Heart                        Jack Kornfield

Buddha’s Nature                          Wes Nisker

Tree of Yoga                                B.K. S. Iyengar                                     

Seeking the Heart of Wisdom       Jack Kornfield

Vedic Mantras

(From the Katha Upanishad)

Om saha naavavatu

Saha nau bhunaktu

Saha viiryam karavaavahai

teja svinaavadhi tamastu

maa vidvishavahai

Om shaantih  shaantih  shaantih

May we be protected, may we be nourished, may we acquire the capacity (to study and understand the scriptures), may our study be brilliant, may we not engage in trivial disagreements. Om peace, peace, peace

(From the Isha Upanishad)

Om puurnamadah puurnamidam puurnat puurnam udacyate

puurnasya puurnamaadaaya  puurnamevaa vashishyate

Om shaanti  shaantih shaantih

That (Brahman..the unmanifest) is fullness. This (apparent creation, the manifest world) is full.

From fullness this fullness (the manifest world) comes about.

Bringing (out) this fullness (manifest world) from fullness, fullness alone remains.

From the Krishna Yajur Veda)

Om namaste astu bhagavan vishveshvaraaya mahaadevaaya tryambakaaya tripuraantakaaya

trikaalaagnikaalaaya kaalaagnirudraaya niilakanthaaya mrtyunjayaaya

sarveshvaraaya sadaashivaaya sriimanmahaa devaaya namahah

Om. Oh Bhagavan, may this salutation be unto you, who is Lord of the universe, the great God, the three-eyed, the destroyer of the demon Tripura, who is the Sandya time when the three fires are lit, the Rudra that is the fire that consumes the universe, the blue throated one, the conquerer of death, the Lord of all, the ever auspicious one. Salutations unto the glorious great Lord.