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Title: Sermon on the Mount According to Vedanta by Swami Prabhavananda ISBN: 0-87481-050-7 Publisher: Vedanta Pr Pub. Date: 01 March, 1991 Format: Paperback List Price(USD): $9.95 |
Average Customer Rating: 5 (7 reviews)
Rating: 5
Summary: Deeply evocative and spiritually comforting
Comment: I'm not the kind of person who generally reads these types of books. I gain most of my spiritual solace from Mozart and wilderness hiking. However, this book is surprising. It illuminates Jesus in ways you have never considered and makes you wonder how Christians got things so muddled. This is a refreshing encounter with a subject I usually shun, and you'll never think of Jesus the same way after reading this wonderful book. I highly recommend it to people of all faiths.
Rating: 5
Summary: timeless sublime truth
Comment: i first read this book some 20 yrs ago and found it easy to understand and a clever uniting of vedantic teachings and the core teachings of christianity. over the years i've read it again several times. its simplicity is deceptive. the author is/was obviously a spiritual genius and modern saint. to pack so much universal truth into such a small book is, well, a miracle. if you are a sincere seeker of God, you will love this book. as you begin to live this book, its truths will reveal themselves fresh and new and undeniably true within you. i've read thousands of books in my life and i would rate this one in the top ten without hesitation. don't miss this divine message; it speaks to the heart and soul in a truly wondrous way!
Rating: 5
Summary: A PRICELESS JEWEL OF A BOOK...
Comment: Over the course of my life, I have been presented on various occasions with texts described as being 'comparative' of different religions -- usually one religion being stood up against Christianity, the author being a Christian, in an attempt to debunk the teachings of non-Christian faiths. I saw those books as little more than thinly-veiled attempts at propaganda, attempts to spread the Christian message (as the authors saw it) to the 'unsaved, misled masses'.
This book, which I originally stumbled across quite by accident, couldn't be further in theme and temperament from that lot -- this is aboslutely the gentlest, most respectful, most loving book that I could imagine on the subject. It makes no attempts at conversion, but in a very scholarly -- yet very readable -- way, takes Christ's Sermon on the Mount (paying special attention to the Beatitudes and the Lord's Prayer) and makes line-by-line comparisons to the ancient teachings of Hinduism.
Prabhavananda was a monk of the Ramakrishna Order -- and one of Sri Ramakrishna's most fundamental teachings was the 'oneness of all religions', that, when sincerely believed and practiced, 'all paths lead to the same goal'. This incredible, tender book shows how deeply true his teachings were. Ramakrishna -- a Hindu saint of the 19th century who worshiped God in the form of the Divine Mother, and who experienced ecstatic visions of Christ, Mohammed and Buddha as well -- was one of the most unique, unpretentious, all-encompassing figures in any religion. He embraced them all. Would that we had, in this 'modern, civilized era', when people are still killing each other over the way they each worship God, a teacher so unifying, so true of heart, that could shine the light of wisdom on our folly.
Prabhavananda's book brings Ramakrishna's unifying word to modern readers in a wonderful way. I was touched to the core of my soul by this book -- I can wholeheartedly recommend it to anyone who honestly, in their heart, practices ANY faith. It was written to unify, not to divide -- it could be treasured for that alone.
For anyone interested in further readings on Sri Ramakrishna, I can recommend THE GOSPEL OF SRI RAMAKRISHNA, or (if this 1000+ page volume is too 'heavy' for you) Lex Hixon's stunning book GREAT SWAN -- MEETINGS WITH RAMAKRISHNA.
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Title: Christ the Yogi: A Hindu Reflection on the Gospel of John by Ravi Ravindra ISBN: 0892816716 Publisher: Inner Traditions International Pub. Date: 01 September, 1998 List Price(USD): $14.95 |
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Title: How to Know God: The Yoga Aphorisms of Patanjali by Swami Prabhavananda, Christopher Isherwood, Patanjali ISBN: 0874810418 Publisher: Vedanta Press Pub. Date: 01 September, 1996 List Price(USD): $8.95 |
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Title: Bhagavad-Gita: The Song of God by Swami Prabhavananda, Christopher Isherwood ISBN: 0451528441 Publisher: Signet Classics Pub. Date: 02 July, 2002 List Price(USD): $6.95 |
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Title: Ramakrishna & Christ, the Supermystics: New Interpretations by Paul Hourihan ISBN: 193181600X Publisher: Vedantic Shores Press Pub. Date: April, 2002 List Price(USD): $16.00 |
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Title: The Upanishads: Breath of the Eternal by Swami Prabhavananda, Frederick Manchester ISBN: 0451528484 Publisher: Signet Classics Pub. Date: 06 August, 2002 List Price(USD): $6.95 |
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