E-Texts of Hinduism

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Swami Omkarananda

• Meaning and Practice of Meditation
• The Intuitive Experience of the Truth
• The Presence of the Eternal in Time
• Modern Psychology and the Infinite Consciousness
• The Metaphysical Nature and Dignity of Man
• Cosmic Consciousness
• God-Knowledge in Daily Life
• New Asceticism for Daily Life
• The Secret of Happiness
• Ethics Society and World Peace
• All is God
• The Wonders of Love
• God Experience Here and Now
• Universal Religion
• The Shortest Way to God-Experience
• The Secrets of Perfect Life
• The Structure of Spiritual Progress
• The Nature and Functions of spiritual guides
• Integration of Science in the Conception of Omkarananda International Ashram
• The Light of Love
• The Psychology of the Unfoldment of Higher Consciousness
• Fourteen Scientific Reasons Why No One Dies
• Endless Is Your Power
• Methods for God-Experience in the Bible
• Be an Angel
• How to Divinise All Our Daily Work?
• The Practical Psychology of Self-Realisation
• The Science of the Divine Word OM
• The Experience of Unity in European Mysticism
• The Good Heart
• The Science of Thought-Culture and Divine Perfection
• Meaning and Value of Prayer
• Do it Now
• The Universe and the Dimensions of Knowledge
• Art as a Way to God-Experience
• A Glimpse of Paramahamsa Omkarananda Saraswati
• Omkarananda Ashram Diary 2000
• Omkarananda Ashram Diary 1999
• Omkarananda Ashram Diary 1998
• Omkarananda Ashram Himalayas and its Institutions

Sivananda 

• 20 Spiritual Instructions
• Sadhana Tattwa
• Resolve Form
• Spiritual Diary
• Universal Prayer
• Discourses

Acharya Rajneesh

• Ego - The False Center

J.Krishnamurthy

• The Purpose of Life
• Happiness and Desire
• The Search
• Formless Creation
• The Immortal Friend
• Dissolution of the Star

Swami Ramathirtha

• I am That'
• Rama Is Non-Dual
• As They saw 'RAMA'
• Rama's Promise
• Foreword
• Preface to the First Edition
• Introduction

The Pole Star Within

• Happiness Within
• Expansion of Self
• The Infinite in the Finite
• The Sun Of Self On The Wall Of Mind
• The Real Self
• Sin—Its Relation To Atman
• Prognosis And Diagnosis Of Sin

The Fountain of Power

• The Secret Of Success (Japan)
• The Secret Of Success (U.S.A)
• The Nature Of Inspiration
• The Way To The Fulfilment Of All Desires
• The Spiritual Power That Wins

Swami Vivekanada

• Response to Welcome At The World's Parliament of Religions
• Why We Disagree
• Paper On Hinduism
• Religion Not The Crying Need Of India
• Buddhism: The FULFILLMENT OF HINDUISM
• At the Final Session
• Vivekananda On Patriotism
• Powers of the Mind
• Man The Maker Of His Destiny
• Man the Maker of his Destiny Part 3
• Man the Maker of his Destiny Part 4
• Education and Society Part 2
• Collection of Poems

Raja Yoga

• Rajayoga Introductory
• The First Steps
• Prana
• The Psychic Prana
• The Control Of Psychic Prana
• Pratyahara And Dharana
• Dhyana And Samadhi
• Raja-Yoga In Brief
• Powers of Mind

Jnana Yoga

• The Necessity Of Religion
• The Real Nature Of Man
• Maya And Illusion
• Maya And The Evolution Of The Conception Of God
• Maya And Freedom
• The Absolute And Manifestation
• God In Everything
   Realisation
• Unity In Diversity
• The Freedom Of The Soul
• The Cosmos - The Macrocosm
• The Cosmos - The Microcosm
• Immortality
• The Atman
• The Atman: Its Bondage And Freedom
• The Real And The Apparent Man

Karma Yoga

• Karma In Its Effect On Character
• Each Is Great In His Own Place
• The Secret Of Work
• What Is Duty?
• We Help Ourselves, Not The World
• Non-Attachment Is Complete Self-Abnegation
• Freedom
• The Ideal Of Karma Yoga

Bhakti Yoga

• Karma In Its Effect On Character
• Each Is Great In His Own Place
• The Secret Of Work
• What Is Duty?
• We Help Ourselves, Not The World
• Non-Attachment Is Complete Self-Abnegation
• Freedom
• The Ideal Of Karma Yoga

Supreme Devotion

• The Preparatory Renunciation
• The Bhakta's Renunciation Results From Love
• The Naturalness Of Bhakti-Yoga And Its Central Secret
•  The Forms Of Love-Manifestation
• Universal Love And How It Leads To Self-Surrender
• The Higher Knowledge And The Higher Love Are One To The True Lover
• The Triangle Of Love
• The God Of Love Is His Own Proof
• Human Representations Of The Divine Ideal Of Love
• Conclusion

Vedanta And Religion

• Vedantism
• Sannyasa: Its Ideal And Practice
• The Religion We Are Born In
• The Common Bases Of Hinduism
• The Work Before Us
• My Plan Of Campaign
• The Future Of India
• What Have I Learnt?

Practical Vedanta

• Practical Vedanta - Part I
• Practical Vedanta - Part II
• Practical Vedanta - Part III
• Practical Vedanta - Part IV

More Texts

• The Upanishads (a translation of selections), trans. by Max Müller

• The Upanishads (with commentary), trans. by Swami Paramananda
• The Mandukya Upanishad by Swami Krishnananda
• The Mandukya Upanishad by Swami Krishnananda
• The Laws of Manu, trans. by Georg Buhler
• Bhagavad-Gita: Recension by William Quan Judge, Combined With His Essays on the Gita, trans. by William Quan Judge
• Bhagavad-Gita, trans. by Ramanand Prasad
• Bhagavad-Gita, trans. by Edwin Arnold
  • HTML at theosophy-nw.org
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  • HTML at Bartleby
• Notes on the Bhagavad Gita by Tiruvalum Subba Row
• The Philosophy of the Bhagavadgita by Swami Krishnananda
• A Short History of Religious and Philosophic Thought in India by Swami Krishnananda
• Krsna: The Supreme Personality of Godhead by A. C. Bhaktivedanta Prabhupada
• Vaishvanara Vidya by Swami Krishnananda
• Peasants and Monks in British India by William R. Pinch
• Saddharma-Pundarîka: or, The Lotus of the True Law, trans. by Hendrik Kern
• The Religion of Babylonia and Assyria by Theophilus Goldridge Pinches

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• Song of Iam
• Vedantasara,
• Jnaneswar
• Who Am I ?
• Self Enquiry,
• Eternity Now ( excerpts)
• A Course in Vishishtadvaita Philosophy
• Divya Prabhandam
• Saranaagati Gadyam
• Shree Ranga Gadyam
• Shree Vaikunta Gadyam