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Lively stories are used to provide an explanation of what karma really is, how we create it and how it shapes our future.
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Written Without Real Reason.......2003-02-14
A few years ago I read "The Power of Mantra and the Mystery of Initiation" by the same author. It is a very interesting and useful book, which I can wholeheartedly recommend to anyone and, as a matter of fact, I still follow some advice from that book.
Unlike that one, this book miscalled "From Death to Birth", completely misses the point. Only two pages deal with the subject indicated in the title. Those are pages 126 and 127 which actually say something abut what happens with us when we die. All the rest is one painfully long and boring introduction and one painfully long and boring conclusion, 250 pages saying practically nothing new or interesting or important, consisting mostly of stories from Ramayana, Mahabharata and other Epics.
Some of those stories are misquoted. On page 108 you can read about Kunti that "Altogether she was blessed with five mighty and noble sons ..." But, Kunti was not the mother of five Pandava princes but of three of them, as also of Karna before her marriage. The mother of two youngest Pandava princes was Madri.
There is also a mistake connecting rudra granthi with the navel chakra: "And those who have penetrated rudra granthi (the knot at the navel center) are blessed with the light of the fire of the manipura chakra." says page 211. However, the knot at the navel center is brahma granthi not rudra granthi. Rudra granthi is the knot connected with the ajna chakra (third eye).
This is a book I wanted to read for a long time and I cannot say how disappointed I am. I expected to enjoy reading something like "Hindu book of the dead" but I was exposed to treatise about yamas and niyamas and karmas, which by itself, is not a bad thing, but you can read about these in numerous yoga primers. From this book I expected to deal more with the after-the-body experiences, not to be full of talk for the sake of mere talking. I managed to come to the end only with the help of the narrator (Dr. D.C.Rao) who was, as always, excellent in doing his job.
To summarize, it was a terrible waste of my time. I should have meditated instead, or chanted, or whatever else. Life is too short to spend it on books like this one.
The great drama of life and death explained.......2002-04-30
The term "karma" is almost ubiquitous these days, though it tends to be used in an entirely superficial way. Nevertheless, it seems odd that there is such a paucity of serious works available on the topic of karma, rebirth and reincarnation. Fortunately, this book fills the void most admirably.
While this is a serious book, it is readily accessible to the sincere inquirer. Thankfully, its accessibility is not acquired at price of condescension or superficiality. Best of all, it leaves one with a hunger for further spiritual nourishment.
Beautifully informative, compassionate and illuminating.......2001-07-23
The Good Doctor must have known we were both ready for and needing this book, which not only puts the central mysteries of Eastern philosophy and religion into a context for the Western mind to fully fathom, but makes seem just that much more beautiful and poetic than we are currently able to even imagine. For those of us who can't help but hear Narcississtic baby boomers in mid-life crisis playing jams from the Doors and the Beatles on out of tune guitars and talking about Woodstock whenever you hear the word "Karma" (and therefore would rather not hear anyone try to explain what it is) this book brings you back to the dignity and profundity of what it realy means--not to mention how important it was that the Baby Boomers embraced it when they did for generations after them!
Not only will you have no question as to what the central tenets of Hinduism and Buddhism refer to and build from after reading this, you will have a better understanding of what it is to be fully, truly human than practically most of the Western religious text we have today is capable of rendering, as well as the philosophy--which is ironcially based on much of this! This book sheds a light on life that is so bright it embraces the light of all others and absorbs it into its own, instead of attempting to extinguish it. It will answer more questions than you even knew you had. It will also put much of everything from the spiritual self-help/New Age/psychological movement of today's culture to the quantum physics/cutting edge philosophy movement of Western society today into the overarching context we all have been intuitively desperate for.
This book teaches your soul to dance.
this It's about life after death.......1999-03-18
This book is about the possibility of life after death and how some people can prove they have been alive in prievous life times.
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Clearly evangelical propaganda..........2007-09-04
First, the book has a clear bias against Hinduism and has been written in a style to promote conversion. The use of slight negatives, which you may not notice on a first read, in the first chapters lead to the introduction to Christianity which of course is portrayed in positive language. The book is clearly written for someone who has little understanding of Hinduism. It is one thing to know the different names of the gods, ceremonies, names of scriptures, and local superstition then to truly understand the underlying principles of any religion.
The author does a good job of making the reader interested in the story he builds but the knowledge he bestows upon the reader of his lifelong pursuit of his religion is a farce. It is like a child who first learns to add, 1+1=2, 2+2=4, 3+3=6. The child sees an arrangement of numbers and lines and remembers them. If the child is asked to tell you what 2+1 equals, he is lost. He does not know, he only knows what he has memorized based on the pictures his teachers had drawn on the slate/board. That is the level of understanding the author has of his religion which he supposedly pursued all his life.
Anyone who has read a simple translation of the Bhagavad Gita (e.g. Eknath Easwaran) should be able to point out all the errors (giving him the benefit of the doubt) the author has made on Hinduism.
And to D. Raj's comments, shall you have non-Christians interpret your Bible for you as you so easily are interpreting a religion for which you show little aptitude.
"ekam sad vipra bahudha vadanty"
"Truth is one, the wise call it by many names"
-Rig Veda
"Superstition is a great enemy of man, but bigotry is worse. Why does a Christian go to church? Why is the cross holy? Why is the face turned toward the sky in prayer? Why are there so many images in the Catholic Church? Why are there so many images in the minds of Protestants when they pray? My brethren, we can no more think about anything without a mental image than we can live without breathing. By the law of association, the material image calls up the mental idea and vice versa. This is why the Hindu uses an external symbol when he worships. He will tell you, it helps to keep his mind fixed on the Being to whom he prays. He knows as well as you do that the image is not God, is not omnipresent. After all, how much does omnipresence mean to almost the whole world? It stands merely as a word, a symbol. Has God superficial area? If not, when we repeat that word 'omnipresent', we think of the extended sky or of space, that is all.
As we find that somehow or other, by the laws of our mental constitution, we have to associate our ideas of infinity with the image of the blue sky, or of the sea, so we naturally connect our idea of holiness with the image of a church, a mosque, or a cross. The Hindus have associated the idea of holiness, purity, truth, omnipresence, and such other ideas with different images and forms. But with this difference that while some people devote their whole lives to their idol of a church and never rise higher, because with them religion means an intellectual assent to certain doctrines and doing good to their fellows, the whole religion of the Hindu is centered in realization. Man is to become divine by realizing the divine. Idols or temples or churches or books are only the supports, the helps, of his spiritual childhood: but on and on he must progress.
If a man can realize his divine nature with the help of an image, would it be right to call that a sin? Nor even when he has passed that stage, should he call it an error. To the Hindu, man is not traveling from error to truth, but from truth to truth, from lower to higher truth. To him all the religions, from the lowest fetishism to the highest absolutism, mean so many attempts of the human soul to grasp and realize the Infinite, each determined by the conditions of its birth and association, and each of these marks a stage of progress; and every soul is a young eagle soaring higher and higher, gathering more and more strength, till it reaches the Glorious Sun.
One thing I must tell you. Idolatry in India does not mean anything horrible. It is not the mother of harlots. On the other hand, it is the attempt of undeveloped minds to grasp high spiritual truths. The Hindus have their faults, they sometimes have their exceptions; but mark this, they are always for punishing their own bodies, and never for cutting the throats of their neighbours. If the Hindu fanatic burns himself on the pyre, he never lights the fire of Inquisition. And even this cannot be laid at the door of his religion any more than the burning of witches can be laid at the door of Christianity.
Unity in variety is the plan of nature, and the Hindu has recognised it. Every other religion lays down certain fixed dogmas, and tries to force society to adopt them. It places before society only one coat which must fit Jack and John and Henry, all alike. If it does not fit John or Henry, he must go without a coat to cover his body."
-Swami Vivekananda at the Parliament of Religions in Chicago January 12, 1893.
Edgar in Virginia.......2007-05-26
A significant warning to naive Western World thinking regarding the "innocent" world of spirit. It is a first person, well written account by one who grew up to be a Guru within the highest caste. A real page-turner that is easy reading. I highly recommend this book.
Death of a Guru.......2007-01-16
Great book. I recommend it to anyone interested in knowing the background of the Hindu religion and Yoga
A blind man's description of an Elephant.......2006-06-22
While reading this book, I remembered a story of "Four Blind Men and an Elephant" that I have heard since my childhood days. The story goes like this:
Four BLIND MEN decided to "see" an elephant for the first time. When they were near one each tried to understand how it looks like. Being blind by birth, they decided to touch and feel the elephant and each one started to describe it one by one.
One of them said, by holding its tail in hand, "I know how the elephant looks like, it is like a long rope" and thus announced his great discovery to other three blind men.
Immediately another blind man who was holding one of its legs said, "No, you are not correct, it is like a pillar!" He sounded very confident!
In the meantime, yet another said, "No, you both are terribly wrong! It is like a long tube"! He was holding its long trunk.
The fourth person disagreed with all the other three and said "No, it is like a big round rock" and he was holding its body by the belly.
So, if you are not blind you know how the elephant looks like and you know for sure it does not fit into any of these descriptions proposed by the four blind men. But all of them were so confident and each tried to describe to the other, but no one finally had true knowledge about how the elephant looks like.
Think about this situation. When these men go back home and they all try to explain it to others, what would be the end result? And if those who heard from these four blind men in turn explain it to yet others, it would be no less than a catastrophy!
Unfortunately, the author of this book Mr. Rabi (Mr. Rabindranath R. Maharaj) in fact was surrounded by a group of people who were "Blind" to "True Spirit of Hinduism" (it is very evident from lot of conversations honestly portrayed by the Author himself in the book that none of them were qualified in scriptural knowledge of "Hindu way of life" the modern name of "Sanatana Dhrama") who were shaping his childhood basic lessons in spirituality and that too in a land far away from the root of Hinduism. Mr. Rabi was too focused on "Brahman" concept and he saw the "LIGHT" (or Brahman radiance/energy which is neutral to everything, focussed in maintaining the material manifestations and it sure lacked in Love) and missed the "SUN" (The Supreme Personality of God, the source of pure Divine Love) which emits it.
I would never criticize Mr. Rabi for writing this book (like others) but rather appreciate his openness in admitting his failure and his reasons in not understanding Hindu religion so that others can learn from him and avoid those mistakes. Also I feel very sorry for the poor guidance he got from the people around him when he was sincerely trying to follow a faith that he once tried to believe in. His father might have been a great Yogi for many, but was of no use for anyone in showing the right path and not even for his son who was craving for God's love. Or may be he too was merged deep into the neutral nature of Brahman effulgence! This path to God has been highly discouraged by Krishna himself in Bhagavat-Gita! Thus lack of proper guidance and emergence of "Self made FALSE Hindu GURUS" in this world is eating into the very base and existence of Sanatana Dharma (or Hindu way of life).
Same way many "Hindu born" persons fall prey to other religion and faith, thanks to their understanding based on a blind man's theory of the "elephant" which ends in conversion. This book would be a "Very Good Tool" for converting those who are weak in Hindu (Sanatana Dharma) scriptural knowledge! Well done Mr. Rabi!
One message for the author: If you were looking for love of God and would like to experience and nourish it through the study of Vedic scriptures (of Sanatana Dharma), please read BHAGAVATHAM, (it describes the personality of the Supreme, his Love and His activities and one of the best admired English translations is about 17,000+ pages written by Srila Prabhupada) and you can relish it for rest of your life and fill-up your consciousness with full blown true love for God (in his special personal form) which would ultimately result in reaching the Heavenly Father (through Moksha) in the spiritual realm of the Supreme as stated by God in Bhagavad-Gita.
As always, true guidance from a self-realized person is required for understanding the true meaning of the scriptures and of course, true devotion to God is a must. Otherwise, your chances of getting lost in the vastness of its knowledge is very high. Hinduism has answers and methods for fulfilling all kinds of desires (material and spiritual) and in the end when a living entity (after several life times having enjoyed material life in return for positive karma or even sufferred enough for negative karma accumulated through various free will actions) desires for getting connected back to God (his original father) it shows the right way only through a qualified teacher (Guru) who could guide you in the right direction otherwise you would follow the wrong scripture and rituals and could even mistake Kamasutra (if you have only read "Kamasutra" while trying to understand Hinduism) as the designated way to spirituality. This would be like the blind man's description of elephant.
Ultimately any practice or faith that promotes love for God and His creation need to be encouraged and every true faith should teach ONLY that. No faith should teach hatred towards another faith. No faith should use false information about another faith for "Selling" its own Theory of God and Love even if it is true. In the end, faith or belief is not important, but Love that has developed is important. After all, God does not belong to or follow any faith or religion!
Krishna has rightly said in Bhagavad-Gita: "Leave all forms of religious worship and just surrender unto me and you shall come to me without fail". So, why should there be any fight between religion, faith or belief? Know that nothing matters in the end except Love between God and Man to return to the Original Eternal Home!
SEARCH FOR TRUTH.......2006-03-21
"GOD": a term loosely used, and can describe any number of deities including the Greek gods and their Roman counterparts. The term "god" may be used interchangeably with "divine being", among many others, and may also be referred to as "any controlling element in ones life", eg; materialism or even food. You may have heard someone say, "food is her god." "God" with a capital "G" is also the term referred to in the Christian faith for "the One and Only God and Father of the One and Only resurrected Jesus Christ, His Son."
In this true and compelling book Rabi, a loyal and respected Hindu guru is driven to decide who/what "god" is to him. The elusive peace he has sought to harness his whole life eventually becomes a personal reality.
A MUST READ for those who struggle with questions pertaining to love, life and death, reincarnation, karma, and personal value here and now as human beings on planet earth. A good read for those wishing to learn more about Hinduism and the influence of eastern mysticism on western society.
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- the last Guru rocks!
- A great read. Again, again, again, and again.
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There are many words that could be used to describe Daniel Pinkwater's books. Wacky comes to mind. Outrageous. Lively. Real. Unreal. Comic genius Jules Feiffer, in his foreword to 5 Novels, says, "Pinkwater's thoughts don't connect like yours or mine. His 'tab A' does not fit into 'slot A' the way it's supposed to in a well-thought-out thought. More likely, his 'tab A' will fit into 'slot 14' or 'slot X79,' the kind of fit that might drive you or me crazy if we tried it, but when Pinkwater does it, you read it and say to yourself, 'Why, of course, this is how it should be.'"
Performing chickens, a New Jersey Martian, an orangutan orchestra conductor from Ceylon ... the details are what jump out of his novels. The ice cream dish in Slaves of Spiegel, for example, consisting of an eggplant, two slabs of whole-wheat pizza dough, 16 flavors of ice cream, fresh figs, pistachio nuts, a lobster, and assorted fresh garden vegetables and fruit. (It's served piping hot from the microwave, in a freshly laundered regulation army knapsack, to the accompaniment of Franz Liszt music.) This is what Pinkwater is all about. A junior-high schooler's dream of an author.
In 5 Novels, you can feast upon five beloved and quirky favorites: Alan Mendelsohn, the Boy from Mars, Slaves of Spiegel, The Snarkout Boys and the Avocado of Death, The Last Guru, and Young Adult Novel. And if you still need more Pinkwater novels (and you definitely do), explore 4 Fantastic Novels. (Ages 9 and much, much older.) --Emilie Coulter
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5 Novels -
Alan Mendelsohn, the Boy from Mars
Slaves of Spiegel
The Last Guru
Young Adult Novel
The Snarkout Boys and the Avocado of Death
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A smart writer for smart children .......2007-04-09
If you haven't read Pinkwater before, this is a good place to start. If you are familiar with his work then rejoice for here are five books in one. And not just any five books... oh no. This collection contains not only Alan Mendelsohn, the Boy from Mars and Young Adult Novel but the first and best of the Snarkout Boy books. Buy it, read it, and know that you and your children will never be the same.
Boared with your hum drum life? Escape with the Cosmic Beatnicks of Pinkwater!.......2006-11-10
I Loved these books. Daniel pinkwater is an old favorite from my adolescance. I fondly remember my older brother reading aloud from the "Snarkout Boys..." and "Young Adult Novel" on family car trips. More than holding up well with time, I found that now, at 32, I can finally grasp the great comic surrealism that is Daniel Pinkwater. This is a great compilation of old favorites and un-appreciated gems. This book is somehow bound with paper so light, I carried it on the subway daily until I finnished all 5 books and wasn't bothered by the size or weight. I highly reccomend this book to anyone who can appreciate inter-dimensional shopping mall parking lots, gourmets from space, enlightenment brought on by silly hats, socio-political revenge via soggy grape nuts and/or Psycho-kinetic guacamole. Yum...
the last Guru rocks!.......2005-11-20
This is an amazing, funny, incredibly random book with five comical masterpeices. Though I agree with the other reveiwers that alan medelsohn, boy from Mars is very good, my personel favorite is the last Guru. the idea of a self-made kid millionare is VERY intertaning. These books are, as I said earlier, random, and A Young Adult Novel is possibly the most random of them all. an example; the Dada's(the main character) beleive dishwashers should rule the world. Weird, isn't it? Any way, no matter wich story you read first, you'll laugh and have a great time reading it.
A great read. Again, again, again, and again........2005-07-09
The five novels in this book are genius. Alan Mendelson, boy from mars, takes youn through a boy going through being the new kid, goofing off with another weirdo, the wacky Klugarsh Mind Control, and... well I just can't give away the rest! I have to say i have a soft spot for The Last Guru, its so just... cool what happens to the boy :). This is an EXELLENT book for anyone to buy, I've read it so many times i tore off both covers and three pages. A great book to love and read again, again, again, and again.
-[beyond a title]-.......2004-12-01
I cannot think of one word, or two, or three or even more to describe this book. I am not even going to try. The only problem I have is not with the book itself, but with some of the reviews.. Everyone looks upon Alan Mendelson, Boy from Mars as Pinkwater's masterpiece when the true gem (in my opinion) is in the back of the book! Yes folks.. Young Adult Novel by Daniel Pinkwater is quite possibly my favourite book. Ever. It is insanely random (Horace Gerstenblut n'existe pas!!!) (also, Kevin Shapiro is the, well, I won't ruin that card for you, partially 'cause I can't remember..). But anyway, all the contained novels are pure comic genius, funny to all (I loved them when I was eleven or so, but they seem almost better to people in high school; my aunt loves Pinkwater and I read Young Adult Novel to my mum and she seemed to enjoy it), so I suggest you read this book IMMEDIATELY!!!!!!
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Life teaches us that our journey cannot be mapped or controlled. But with training, we can prepare ourselves to view and respond to our challenges with more grace and inner serenity. Dying Into Life will give you such training. It is a practical yogic guide to life, death and transformation. Now, perhaps more than any other time in history, we need and are ready for the ancient teachings of Kundalini Yoga, as taught by Yogi Bhajan, a universal discipline that can benefit everyone, no matter what their religion or creed.
Yogi Bhajan, Master of Kundalini Yoga, came to the West in 1968 to train Kundalini Yoga teachers, of which there are thousands all over the world. His motto was, "If you can't see God in all, you can't see God at all".
Guru Terath K. Khalsa, Ph.D. studied with Yogi Bhajan since 1970. She teaches and trains teachers in Kundalini Yoga internationally. Her first book is entitled The Art of Making Sex Sacred.
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The book includes an accompanying CD with Mantra pronunciation.
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A collection of previously unreleased writings by the famed 20th century spiritual master that explains what karma and reincarnation are, how they work, and how we can change them to change our destiny.
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Misrepresented.......2007-09-06
I give this only 1 star as it is simply Swami Kryriananda's copying some of Paramhansa's writings, which one can get without making money for an in-between. However, what irritated me was no where in the ad for this book was it said that this book came from a former member of Yogananda's organization who had gone out on his own and is now making money from merely repeating his guru's words without stating anywhere on the book that this comes from not Yogananda, but from a man who would not state openly that he makes it appear that this comes directly from Yognanda and not from his copying it.
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Drawing on teachings in the Bhagavad Gita and other classical works, this text contemplates the transition into another phase of existence, explaining how to overcome the fear of death and attain an expansive understanding of samsara (illusion), karma (destiny), and the immortality of the soul.
Customer Reviews:
A Must Read!.......2000-07-24
This is the question that has perplexed mankind for ages since many religions expound "there is no death." How can this mystery be resolved? Swami Muktananda, one of the great Masters of our time tackles this subject from the perspective of his vast knowledge and his experiences in meditation which he discusses with great clarity in this book. Basically, he cautions, "If a person doesn't use this birth to know himself, to understand his own inner Consciousness, then his life is wasted."
An invaluable book on "death".......1999-07-27
Drawing upon the vast knowledge of the ancient sages of India, a great yogic master gives a detailed look at what happens to a person when he "dies," and what happens to the soul thereafter. This book is for anyone who has ever wondered about his own mortality, or has suffered a loss of a loved one. My father passed away several days ago, and the knowledge and understanding gained through this book are invaluable in helping me to overcome the grieve and in providing hope.
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"Death is utterly acceptable to consciousness and life. There has been endless time of numberless deaths, but neither consciousness nor life has ceased to arise. The felt quality and cycle to death has not modified the fragility of flowers, even the flowers within the human body. Therefore, one's understanding of consciousness and life must be turned to That Utter, Inclusive Truth, That Clarity and Wisdom, That Power and Untouchable Gracefulness, That One and Only Reality, this evidence suggests." Adi Da Samraj
This CD contains a collection of Talks and recitations that exemplify Adi Da's essential Wisdom-Teaching on death. Includes a range of excerpts, taken from throughout the 30 years of Adi Da's formal Teaching-Years, that cover topics such as serving a loved-one's death process, fear of death as the foundation of all seeking, what really happens in the death process, preparing for death through real Spiritual practice in the company of a Realizer, the necessity for understanding and transcending the fear of death, and more. A must have for anyone interested in death.
What others have said about Adi Da:
Easy Death (Note from the publisher: this book is out of print, but you will find the same wisdom in this cd) is an exciting, stimulating, and thought-provoking book that adds immensely to the ever-increasing literature on the phenomena of life and death. But, more importantly, perhaps, it is a confirmation that a life filled with love instead of fear can lead to an ultimately meaningful life and death. Thank you for this masterpiece.
ELISABETH KUBLER-ROSS, M.D. Author, On Death and Dying
Adi Da Samraj and his unique body of teaching work offer a rare and extraordinary opportunity for those courageous students who are ready to move beyond ego and take the plunge into deepest communion with the Absolute. Importantly, the teaching is grounded in explicit discussion of necessary psycho-spiritual evolution and guides the student to self-responsibility and self-awareness.
ELISABETH TARG, M.D. University of California, San Francisco, School of Medicine; director, Complementary Medicine Research Institute, California Pacific Medical Center
I regard Adi Da Samraj as one of the greatest teachers in the Western world today.
IRINA TWEEDIE. Sufi teacher; author, Chasm of Fire
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