Yoga + Hindu Traditions & Teachers

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.

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Dhammapada means “the path of dharma,” the path of truth, harmony, and righteousness. Eknath Easwaran’s translation of this essential Buddhist text, based on the oldest version, consists of 423 short verses gathered by the Buddha’s direct disciples after his death and organized by theme: anger, thought, joy, pleasure, and others.

When Mahatma Gandhi roused millions in civil disobedience to British rule, Badshah Khan was the one leader who fully understood the spiritual basis of Gandhi’s work.