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    Good books for a begginer.

    Hi there.
    I'm interested in hinduism.
    I read that Jёana Yoga was the Yoga advised by Adi Shankara, the founder of Advaita Vedanta.
    I liked what I read about Advaita very much and so am interested in getting to know a bit more.
    Can you recommend some good reads for a begginer.
    I'd specially apreciate, free e-books and online resources.

    Peace

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    Re: Good books for a begginer.

    We have a Personal Hindu Library that lists books for downloading arranged sectionwise. You can access the Library here: http://www.hindudharmaforums.com/library.html

    As for the Advaita for beginners, you might try these books:
    A Step by Step First Exposure to Advaita
    http://www.advaitin.net/advaitadialogue.pdf (109 KB)

    Advaita Vedanta: A Presentation for Beginners (D. Krishna Ayyar)
    http://www.sankaracharya.org/library...itaVedanta.pdf (353 KB)

    I am That (Nisargadatta Maharaj)
    http://home.earthlink.net/~grharmon/I_Am_That.pdf (1.1 MB)

    Some teachings from Shri Atmananda (Krishna Menon)
    http://www.advaitin.net/Ananda/SomeTeachings.pdf (251 KB)
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    Re: Good books for a begginer.

    I highly recommend Swami Vivekananda's "Jnana Yoga".

    http://www.scribd.com/doc/7384491/Jn...mi-Vivekananda

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    Re: Good books for a begginer.

    hari o
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    Namaste FlipAsso



    Quote Originally Posted by FlipAsso View Post
    I'm interested in hinduism.
    I read that Jёana Yoga was the Yoga advised by Adi Shankara, the founder of Advaita Vedanta. I liked what I read about Advaita very much and so am interested in getting to know a bit more. Can you recommend some good reads for a begginer. I'd specially apreciate, free e-books and online resources.
    Peace
    Here is a 'map' that may help. This outlines the various types of knowledge that is part of Sanātana Dharma
    http://www.hindudharmaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1946

    praām
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    yatastvaс╣Б ┼Ыivasamo'si
    because you are identical with ┼Ыiva

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    Re: Good books for a begginer.

    Thank you all for your answers.
    They way exceeded my expectations, I've got much to read and understand now!!

    @Yajvan:
    Thanks for the map, I'll give it a profound study.
    That's exactly what a begginer in hinduism needs.. To know it's paths.

    Happiness@all

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    Re: Good books for a begginer.

    Most of the download sources have their links broken

    Can you find alternate links?
    SarveSha cAdhiKAro vidYAYA ca shreyah:
    kevalaYA vidYAYA veti siddhah.


    It has been established that everyone has the right to the knowledge of Brahman and the Supreme Goal is attained by that Knowledge alone.
    Adi Shankara in Taittiriya Upanishad, Bhasya 2.2.

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    Re: Good books for a begginer.

    Anatman, thanks for bumping this thread and making it possible for me to find this library.

    I could not download the PDFs by simply clicking on the links, I found it weird since the URL pointed to HDF domain, so I tried "Right Click > Save As" and while the PDF was downloaded, it was corrupted with no data inside it.

    A shame since it seems like there are great documents in there!

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    Re: Good books for a begginer.

    Quote Originally Posted by Pietro Impagliazzo View Post
    Anatman, thanks for bumping this thread and making it possible for me to find this library.

    I could not download the PDFs by simply clicking on the links, I found it weird since the URL pointed to HDF domain, so I tried "Right Click > Save As" and while the PDF was downloaded, it was corrupted with no data inside it.

    A shame since it seems like there are great documents in there!
    I did that, but I was unable to open the files.

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    Re: Good books for a begginer.

    Hi ! Swami Abhedananda a direct disciple of Ramakrishna Paramhansa and a disciple brother of Swami Vivekananda has written very easy to read books on the subject. They are on scribd. You can read them online for free, if u have a scribd ID then u can down load them too.

    The links to a few books by Swami Abhedananda are as follows:
    KARMA YOGA
    http://www.scribd.com/doc/65360000/K...mi-Abhedananda
    BHAKTI YOGA
    http://www.scribd.com/doc/65358781/Bhakti-Yoga
    JNANA YOGA
    http://www.scribd.com/doc/65359556/Jnana-Yoga
    RAJA YOGA
    http://www.scribd.com/doc/65360079/Raja-Yoga


    You will also find good starter articles on Hinduism our blog :
    Guidingthoughts.blogspot.com.
    We cover writings of Swami Vivekananda, Ramakrishna Paramhansa and Shriram Sharma Acharya. All of them have explained the Vedas and the Vedanata Philosophy beautifully.

    A related blog:
    Spiritualbee.com , also has great articles on scientific spirituality.

    ou can follow updates from both the blogs on Facebook:http://www.facebook.com/guidingthoughts?ref=stream

    Best regards
    Guidingthoughts.blogspot.com

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