Miscellaneous Books

With English Meaning Presented By Priyadasi & Radhasharan, Pages 110

By Swami Rajarshi Muni, Pages 56

Sarvabhavana Prabhu’s book “Salted Bread”, which is about the persecution of the Russian and Armenian devotees in the early days of the former USSR, is now again available for purchase after long three to four years. The Book contains a lot of information about the publication and distribution of Srila Prabhupada’s first books in the Communist country. It is more or less an autobiography of an author (Sarvabhavana das, who was jailed for two years) and the glorious departure of his good friend, Sachisuta das, in the Soviet camp. It is full of painful experiences of the first attempt to spread Krishna consciousness in that atheistic country, which was Srila Prabhupada’s desire; full of humor and devotional service in such unique conditions like in jails and psychiatric hospitals, interesting KGB stories and more, as he calls his painful but blissful past.

By P.Ramachandra Sekhar, Pages 191

This is a 2016 edition produced by Padma, Inc. and compiled by Urmila Devi Dasi. It includes commentaries by Jayadvaita Swami, Sivarama Swami, Sacinandana Swami, and Bhaktivijnana Goswami.
The seekers of truth, with great hope, embark on the path of spiritual enlightenment. Their hearts fill with affection for guides and teachers, associates on the journey, and self-realized souls. Their aim becomes pure love of God, without even attraction for enjoying divine opulences. But the path has traps and tricksters. There is a thief who appears to be an eye-catching amorous partner, and a hungry tigress who lures with discussions of eternal light and peace. A jewel of love enables the seekers to recognize and avoid those, but will they succumb to the gang of robbers with strong ropes before they swim through the ocean of love and drink the radiant nectar that opens the door to perfection?Many treatises on spiritual life seem to make everything seem so easy—a simple formula for instant success if one is just sincere enough. Other books cater to the hopeful who keep failing and want formulas of reassurance. Yet other authors speak to the disappointed to condemn spiritual realization as a myth, which cheaters propagate for personal gain. In contrast, Splendid Instructions to the Mind (Manah-shiksha) is at once both hopefully inspiring and blatantly honest. To read it well entails an authentic appraisal of the state of one’s heart and mind, an experience of recognition and acceptance that is at once sweet and sour, comforting and uncompromising. To read it well entails receiving many glowing gifts to triumph over our lower nature and reveal our true spiritual essence, so that all struggles and illusion become a distant dream.Manah-shiksha helps us make sure our compass is set to the right direction, and our heart is attuned to the mood of the spiritual world. It allows us to recognize the increasingly subtle thieves and traps on the path, and employ counteracting measures, finally showing us how the fully illuminated and humble soul enters into loving perfection.In this book, we learn about affection and attachment so we can gain genuine love of ourselves and others. Through respect and integrity, we escape the pitfalls of arrogance and deceit. These verses are a complete step-by-step guidebook on the inner, esoteric path of spontaneous love for God. Raghunatha Dasa Gosvami liberally used metaphor, poetry, and literary ornaments to unlock our full potential. Bhaktivinoda Thakura has instructed, “Shri Manah-shiksha has laid down a systematic procedure for one to enter into and become absorbed in the pastimes of Shri Shri Radha-Krishna; one should follow it without guile.”In volume two, each of Raghunatha Dasa Gosvami’s verses is followed by commentary by Bhaktivinoda Thakura—both prose and song. This edition is the first time his song commentary has been published in English. The verses and Bhaktivinoda’s commentaries are richly illustrated with over a hundred drawings by various international artists.Additionally, this volume contains commentaries by contemporary senior practitioners of bhakti yoga from around the globe: Jayadvaita Swami, Shivarama Swami, Shacinandana Swami, Bhaktivijnana Goswami, and Urmila Devi Dasi. Their extensive commentaries delight and entertain while inspiring and clarifying. They easily enable the modern reader to put this classic book into practice in today’s world.

Kamal Narayan Seetha, pages 330

Memories of An Indian Holy Town By Howard Wheeler (Hayagriva Dasa), Pages 225

By Robin Sharma, Pages 223

By Dhanurdhara Swami, Pages 470, Hardbound

By His Divine Grace A.C.Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada, Pages 66

By Sally Kempton, Pages 374

By Peter Burwash, Pages 202

By Srila Vrindavan dasa Thakura, pages 241, Hardbound

Purificatory Rituals for Successful Life(Vaisnava tradition of India), By Prema Rasa Dasa & Sandipani Muni Dasa, Pages 328, Hardbound

By Gokula Candra Dasa, Pages 146

This book presents a cross-section of devotees born in Islamic faith or pursuing Islam at some point in time, who later transcended material designations to identify themselves as individual souls part of Krsna, and engaged in devotional service unto Him, but have now passed away from this planet. It also contains great souls who did not become devotees in their daily practices, but had a deep appreciation for Krsna s teachings. The common thread across all of them is their love for Krsna.

Written by Vrinda Sheth & Illustrations by Anna Johansson, Pages 245

What is implied by the title of this book - “Stopworrying and start living”? The author His Grace Sankarshan Das Adhikariexplains, what it implies is, that in our present state, we are worrying; weare not living. Another implication is that if you worry, you are dead! Truelife means without worries. An intelligent person actually analyses, “Why am Isuffering?” He is in a better position than the person who thinks he is happy.In other words, the person who is in the state of illusory happiness - that isthe worst state. That is the lowest state of consciousness you can have.Someone who realizes, “Hey, I’m suffering here. Why am I suffering?”- is in ahigher state of consciousness. Even though he is tortured by his anxieties, heis seeking a way out of them. So his position is better. He realizes thismaterial world is a suffering position and is looking for the answers. That person who thinks he is happy…. Of course,his happiness is fully dependent on all these material conditions. As soon ashe loses his job, he is in complete anxiety. He thinks, “I have a job. I havemoney. I have my material sense gratification. Therefore, I am happy”. But thathappiness is based on a temporary situation which can be finished at anyminute. The person who realizes that this temporary happiness is useless, it’sa facade, it’s not real, is in a better position. Because that person can thenseek out, “What is the actual means of happiness? What is the actual state?”