Climbing the Blue Mountain
Nilgiri Press (Verlag)
978-1-58638-149-3 (ISBN)
Fifteen warm, engaging essays present different aspects of meditation and the spiritual life, showing how we can rearrange our lives, little by little, to fit a higher purpose. Featuring saints and mystics from East and West, and a host of stories and anecdotes, this book reads like a conversation with a wise friend, with deep spiritual insights that you’ll want to come back to again and again.
Easwaran writes, “When you travel within, every day is fresh with discoveries and challenges, inspiration and profound peace. The scenes I paint for you in the following pages are just a fleeting glimpse of the continuing adventure that awaits you as you enter this world.”
The final essay, “Climbing the Blue Mountain,” which gives the book its title, is a moving account of the spiritual quest. Easwaran compares this with a long journey that he makes from the hot, dusty plains of Central India, up through jungle and plantations, to his home in the cool hills of the Blue Mountains, where his mother waits for him – reminding us that on the spiritual path, we too will one day find our true home.
Eknath Easwaran (1910–1999) is respected around the world as an authentic teacher of timeless wisdom. More than two million copies of his books are in print, including his best-selling translations of the Bhagavad Gita and the Upanishads. Easwaran grew up in Kerala, India. As a young man he visited Mahatma Gandhi in his ashram and was deeply influenced by the way that Gandhi brought spiritual values into daily life. He later became professor of English literature at a leading university, and was well known as a speaker and writer before coming to the United States in 1959 on the Fulbright exchange program. A gifted teacher, Easwaran gave talks on meditation and spiritual living for 40 years. In 1961 he founded the Blue Mountain Center of Meditation, a nonprofit organization that publishes his books, videos, and audio talks, and offers retreats and online programs. His meditation class at UC Berkeley in 1968 was the first accredited course on meditation at any major university. Easwaran lived what he taught, giving him lasting appeal as a spiritual teacher and author of deep insight and warmth.
Table of Contents
Preface 7
Introduction 9
Taking the Plunge 17
The Jewel in Our Hearts 29
Spiritual Wealth 37
The Forgotten Truth 47
The Supreme Ambition 57
Chasing Rainbows 65
The Secret of Happiness 73
The Ticket Inspector 81
The House of the Mind 93
The Internal Witness 105
The Hound of Heaven 117
The Path of Meditation 127
Deepening Meditation 137
The Candle of the Lord 149
Climbing the Blue Mountain 159
Glossary 171
| Erscheinungsdatum | 05.07.2021 |
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| Zusatzinfo | Illustrations |
| Verlagsort | Tomales |
| Sprache | englisch |
| Maße | 139 x 215 mm |
| Gewicht | 226 g |
| Themenwelt | Sachbuch/Ratgeber ► Gesundheit / Leben / Psychologie ► Entspannung / Meditation / Yoga |
| Geisteswissenschaften ► Religion / Theologie | |
| ISBN-10 | 1-58638-149-0 / 1586381490 |
| ISBN-13 | 978-1-58638-149-3 / 9781586381493 |
| Zustand | Neuware |
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