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Talks of Eknath Easwaran volume 4
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Talk 1: Easwaran points us toward the climactic experience of seeing the divine core of our personality. He says that the purpose of life is to discover this divinity, and then to bring our character, conduct, and consciousness into harmony with it. We can begin this effort now, and gradually prepare ourselves for the final discovery. Talk 2: In this talk given just before the New Year in 1978, Easwaran challenges us to renew our earnest commitment...
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Talks of Eknath Easwaran volume 5
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Talk 1: Easwaran uses the metaphor of extreme mountaineering to present a vision of our true destiny. He describes how we can transcend our evolutionary legacy and harness our will and desire to attain the goal. Talk 2: Easwaran comments on quotes from major figures, both spiritual and secular. The date of the talk is January 3, 1987, so his theme is renewal - not just of ourselves, but of the world we live in. His first quote, from Mahatma Gandhi,...
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Talks of Eknath Easwaran volume 35
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Talk 1: Easwaran offers some practical suggestions for improving our meditation. He points out that we have a fundamental choice, at all times: "Shall I do what is pleasing, appealing, only to me? Or shall I do what will benefit all?" By choosing the selfless way forward, our meditation will deepen. Talk 2: Easwaran explains how, as we go deeper in meditation, we confront some powerful distractions, which Easwaran calls by the Sanskrit term, samskaras....
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Talks of Eknath Easwaran volume 14
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Talk 1: Easwaran presents another aspect of the universal practice of mysticism: the power of love to awaken us to the unity of life. Using quotations that were especially important to him in his early spiritual practice, he shows that this capacity to see beneath the surface of life comes to those who learn to taste the joy of selflessness and unify their desires. Talk 2: Easwaran lays out the fundamental positions of what Aldous Huxley called The...
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Talks of Eknath Easwaran volume 6
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Talk 1: Easwaran speaks about the ten aids to meditation, as presented by the Compassionate Buddha. Following the Buddha's lead, Easwaran says that for every five negative forces in life, there are ten positive forces. The more we try to identify with those ten positive forces, the deeper will be our meditation, and the richer will be our contribution to life. Talk 2: Easwaran draws out teachings from the Bhagavad Gita to illustrate how anyone can...
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Talks of Eknath Easwaran volume 7
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Talk 1: Easwaran had just undergone painful oral surgery, and he uses the story as an opportunity to examine the life-transforming concept of yajna, a Sanskrit word that can be defined as "worship, offering, or sacrifice." This ideal, of offering the best of oneself to the world and to God, is central to many of the world's spiritual traditions. Talk 2: Easwaran explores the fundamentals of mysticism and their practical implications for daily life....
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Talks of Eknath Easwaran volume 8
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Talk 1: This talk took place on the evening before Vishu, a South Indian spring festival. The focus of this traditional ceremony is an altar decorated with a holy image and a small mirror adorned with spring flowers. Taking the mirror as his starting point, Easwaran describes how we learn to see the divine - what the mystics call the Face behind all faces - in ourselves, and in everyone around us. Talk 2: Starting with an account of his own restless...
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Talks of Eknath Easwaran volume 32
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Talk 1: In this talk, given on the Buddha's birthday, Easwaran addresses the theme of change. We can all change ourselves completely through the practice of meditation. Change is the very fabric of life, and if we accept it as an opportunity to remake ourselves for the better, we discover the joy of self-mastery - a sense of ease and well-being even amidst the most difficult transitions. Talk 2: We all face painful changes in life, sooner or later....
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Talks of Eknath Easwaran volume 18
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Talk 1: Easwaran uses the simile of space travel to describe in fascinating terms the adventure of self-discovery. His tone is playful and often humorous, but his insights go right to the deepest and most practical questions of the spiritual life. Though only a few people can be astronauts, all of us have the capacity to be "atmanauts" using meditation and the allied disciplines to voyage through the inner world and discover our real Self, called...
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Talks of Eknath Easwaran volume 1
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Talk 1: Easwaran lays out a map of spiritual progress seen from the standpoint of desire, and gives several entertaining examples of how desire can be wasted, or harnessed. Talk 2: Easwaran paints a vivid portrait of the climax of meditation, called samadhi in Sanskrit, and described as union with God, or the mystic union, in many other traditions.
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Talks of Eknath Easwaran volume 24
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Part 1 (34 min.): Easwaran, summarizes the insights and outlook of the sages of ancient India. As he unfolds these glimpses of the supreme reality, he also shows how they can transform our daily life and our world. Part 2 (34 min.): Beginning with the conundrum "If all of life is one, why do we see each other as separate?" Easwaran traces the tragic consequences of this misperception - the conflict and poverty that arise when society forgets that...
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Talks of Eknath Easwaran volume 12
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Talk 1: This video contains excerpts from talks on the Thousand Names of God, an Indian devotional text. Over the course of several years Easwaran commented on a selection of those names, revealing their practical application for daily living. Talk 2: Drawing on the Thousand Names of God, Easwaran describes how to use a mantram to transform our consciousness and gain mastery over our character and daily conduct. Here he is focusing on the mind's surprising...
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Talks of Eknath Easwaran volume 9
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Part 1: Easwaran narrates the story of the Compassionate Buddha with great warmth, a wealth of detail, and even, it seems, a personal familiarity. He identifies deeply with the Buddha, and sees in the Buddha's life story a map for his own spiritual development. Similarly, this talk can help us to find a map for our own progress toward spiritual fulfillment. Part 2: Easwaran pays homage to the tremendous force of love released by the Buddha's life....
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Talks of Eknath Easwaran volume 10
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Talk 1: This talk was given five days after the freeing of a humpback whale, nicknamed Humphrey. The whale had swum sixty miles up and down the Sacramento River until he was guided back out through the Golden Gate and to the open sea. For Easwaran, Humphrey's story provides a useful analogy for the human situation. "We are all made in the image of the Lord, " he says, "and we are all meant to swim in the sea of love that is God." Talk 2: Easwaran...
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Talks of Eknath Easwaran volume 16
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Talk 1: Easwaran provides insights and inspiration from the mystical traditions of Eastern and Western Christianity, for the practice of meditation. He draws upon two mystics who have exercised great influence in Eastern Orthodox Christian traditions: St. John of the Ladder and St. Maximus the Confessor. Talk 2: Easwaran comments on lines by the medieval German mystic and poet, Mechthild of Magdeburg. Teacher and counselor to many disciples, Mechthild...
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