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Born in a village in Kerala, India in December of 1910, Eknath Easwaran was an Indian-American professor, author, translator, and religious teacher. His translations of the Bhagavad Gita, the Upanishads, and the Dhammapada are critially acclaimed. His best-selling book is called Meditation: A Simple Eight Point Program for Translating Spiritual Values into Daily Life. He was a personal acquaintance of Gandhi, and his philosophy could be considered an articulation of Gandhi's actions.Eknath Easwaran developed a method of meditation that he called "passage meditation" -- silent repetition in the mind of memorized inspirational passages from the world's great religions. As Easwaran says, "The slow, sustained concentration on these passages drives them deep into our minds; and whatever we drive deep into consciousness, that we become."
Easwaran's program for spiritual growth consists of eight points:
- Meditation
- Japam , or mental repetition of a mantra
- Putting others first
- One-pointedness
- Training the senses
- Slowing down
- Satsang, or a spiritual fellowship
- Reading the writings of the mystics
Easwaran founded the Blue Mountain Center of Meditation and Nilgiri Press. Easwaran died in October, 1999.
1 Quotations
"What we think about constantly, we become; that is the secret of meditation and prayer." --The Constant Companion
2 Bibliography
- Meditation: A Simple Eight Point Program for Translating Spiritual Ideals into Daily Life, 1978
- The End of Sorrow (The Bhagavad Gita for Living, Vol. 1), 1979
- Like a Thousand Suns (The Bhagavad Gita for Daily Living, Vol. 2), 1979
- To Love Is to Know Me (Bhagavad Gita for Daily Living, Vol. 3), 1985
- The Bhagavad Gita (Translator), 1985
- The Dhammapada (Translator), 1986
- The Upanishads (Translator), 1987
- The Compassionate Universe, 1989
- Climbing the Blue Mountain: A Guide for the Spiritual Journey, 1992
- Dialogue With Death: A Journey Through Consciousness, 1992
- Love Never Faileth: The Inspiration of Saint Francis, Saint Augustine, Saint Paul, Mother Teresa, with introductions by Carol L. Flinders, 1993
- Seeing With the Eyes of Love: Relfections on a Classic of Christian Mysticism, 1993
- The Play of God: Visions of the Life of Krishna by Devi Vanamali, et al, 1995
- The Monkey and the Mango: Stories of My Granny (Illustrated by Ilka Jerabek), 1996
- Original Goodness: On the Beatitudes of the Sermon on the Mount, 1996
- Seeing With the Eyes of Love: Eknath Easwaran on the Imitation of Christ, 1996
- The Undiscovered Country: Exploring the Promise of Death, 1996
- Words to Live By: Inspiration for Every Day, 1996
- Gandhi the Man: The Story of His Transformation, et al, 1997
- In Quest of God: The Saga of an Extraordinary Pilgrimage by Swami Ramdas, 2002 (Introduction)
- A Higher Image, 2002
- Love Alters Not, 2002
- God Makes the Rivers to Flow: Sacred Literature of the World, 2003
- Your Life Is Your Message: Finding Harmony With Yourself, Others, and the Earth
- Conquest of Mind: Learning to Think in Freedom
- Take Your Time: Finding Balance in a Hurried World
- Thousand Names of Vishnu : a selection with commentary
- The Unstruck Bell: Powerful New Strategies for Using a Mantram
- A More Ardent Fire: From Everyday Love to Love of God
- Supreme Ambition: Life's Goals and How to Reach It
- The Mantram Handbook: Formulas for Transformation
- The Constant Companion
- A Man to Match His Mountains: Badshah Khan, Nonviolent Soldier of Islam
- Kabir: Stages of Desire
- With My Love and Blessings: The Teaching Years, 1966-1999, in Photographs & His Own Words
- Saint Francis: Becoming an Instrument of Peace
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