Eknath Easwaran

A highly regarded meditation teacher addresses the root causes of stress, and offers practical, tried and tested techniques for calming the mind. With real-life stories, short exercises, and inspirational texts... Chapter introductions place Easwaran's teachings in a contemporary context.

Eknath Easwaran (1910-1999) is respected around the world as an authentic guide to wisdom, and as the author of passage meditation, an eight-point program of universal spiritual practices. In 1961 he founded the Blue Mountain Center of Meditation in Berkeley, which carries on his work with publications and retreats.

“I am not a visionary. I claim to be a practical idealist.” —Gandhi

Eknath Easwaran (1910-1999) taught meditation to enthusiastic North Americans for more than thirty years. The Eight Point Program which he developed is based on silent meditation on memorized inspirational passages chosen from the world’s great spiritual traditions.

In God Makes the Rivers to Flow, Eknath Easwaran, a beloved teacher of meditation has chosen short, lyrical, and practical selections from the world’s great scriptures and mystics—Christian, Jewish, Hindu, Buddhist, Sufi, Taoist and Native American.

Through his interpretation of one important Upanishad, an ancient wisdom text, Eknath Easwaran shows how the timeless Indian tradition offers guidance on how to live today.

Timeless Wisdom is the companion volume to Eknath Easwaran’s Passage Meditation. Passage Meditation gives Easwaran’s instructions in his method of meditation; Timeless Wisdom is his accompanying collection of texts that are suitable for study and meditation.