A Bouquet Of Nondual Texts

These English translations of the original Sanskrit texts present the clearest spiritual instructions in Nonduality. As with all of Sankara’s teachings, it is the purest of logic and a brilliant revelation of Truth. The eight texts included are: Brahmanucintanam (Meditation on Brahman)Advaita-panca-ratnam (The Nondual Pentad of Gems)Nirvanamanjari (Bouquet of Liberation)Anatmasri-vigarhana-prakaranam (Treatise in Deprecation of Acquisition That is Non-Self),Advaitanubhutih (The Nondual Awareness/The Experience of Nonduality/The Knowledge (Perception) of Nonduality)Jivanmuktananda-lahari (The Wave of Bliss of the Liberated While Alive)Svarupanusandhanastakam (The Octet of the Inquiry Into One's Own Nature)Brahma-jnanavali-mala (The Rows of Garlands of Brahman Knowledge) This volume contains the Sanskrit original, transliteration, word-for-word meaning and alternative meanings, and complete English verses.

REFLECTIONS is the SAT Temple’s quarterly journal. “Reflections” contains transcriptions of satsangs at SAT given by Nome, the teachings of Sri Ramana Maharshi, excerpts from “The Ramana Way,” (the RMCL journal), excerpts from numerous Advaitic scriptures, updates on events occurring at the SAT Temple, and much more.

This volume is two books in one. It contains the Sanskrit text and transliteration of Sri Ramana Maharshi’s Saddarsanam (Truth Revealed) with Nome’s English translation, and it contains Nome’s detailed spoken commentary on the Maharshi’s text, which is derived from the combination of the transcripts of two Truth Revealed retreats held at the SAT temple. The translation includes numerous alternative interpretations. The “Inquiry into the Revelation of Truth and Oneself” explains the profound, nondual meaning, phrase by phrase, and includes dialogues answering a plethora of spiritual questions pertaining to Self-inquiry and Self-Knowledge.

The Upadesa Sarah (Upadesa Saram) by Bhagavan Sri Ramana Maharshi. Translated with Commentary by Nome. Bhagavan Sri Ramana Maharshi, abiding in the eternal Silence of the Self, composed The Essence of Spiritual Instruction for the supreme good of all in response to the supplications of the devoted Muruganar. The poet-devotee was writing in Tamil the story of the wayward rishis who dwelled in the Daruka forest and practiced rites for the attainment of powers that they desired. Their egos humbled by Siva and perceiving the error of their approach, they humbly sought spiritual instruction from Siva. Siva graciously bestowed the instruction, and it is these teachings that Muruganar requested Sri Bhagavan, Siva himself, to reveal in verse form. So, the Maharshi composed thirty verses in Tamil. Later, Sri Bhagavan translated them into Sanskrit. The Tamil version is entitled Upadesa Undiyar, and the Sanskrit version is entitled Upadesa Sarah and is also referred to as Upadesa Saram. This work is the English translation of the Sanskrit Upadesa Sarah. With each verse there is a ten-point commentary emphasizing the profound significance of the verse for those practicing Self-inquiry in the quest of nondual Self-Knowledge. An appendix that contains just the Sanskrit text with transliteration is included for ease of recitation and similar purposes.

Sri Ramana's Inquiry, Adi Sankara's Reasoning, Ribhu's Knowledge, Dakshinamurti's Silence, The Advaita Experience: The Quintessence of True Being This new SAT Publication embodies the sum total of Advaita Vedanta as expressed by Sri Adi Sankaracarya in “The Rows of Garlands of Brahman Knowledge (Brahma-jnanavali-mala),” Verse 20, line 1: Brahman is the Truth, the universe is false, The jiva (individual self) is Brahman, indeed, not another. The quintessence of the teachings regarding the Realization of Truth as revealed in Advaita Vedanta is concisely expressed in this half verse. Nome has taken up this half verse in this small 60-page booklet igniting its core essence, kindling the flame of Knowledge in the heart of the those endowed with deep inquiry, discrimination, nonattachment, an ardent desire for Realization, and divine love for all beings.

Covering a time span of 40 years, Ever Yours in Truth is a spiritual treasure in the form of personal correspondence between Nome and other sages and seekers sharing their experience. With few exceptions, almost all of the correspondence presented was written in response to letters written to Nome. Included with the early correspondence are a few verses composed at the time, but for whom they were written and in what context cannot now be ascertained. The correspondence has been generally presented as written by the various writers to better retain the feeling of the original with only some minor editing to delete comments pertaining to some practical matters and to render some of the messages received more intelligible. Some of the correspondence is a sharing of and reveling in Brahman-Knowledge, while some is correspondence with Nome in which seekers pose various questions regarding their practice of Self-Inquiry and how to apply this practice to their lives.

Is there a language of transcendence which does not fall under the well-worn categories of monism, theism, pantheism, biblical or pagan monotheism, personal or tripersonal God, or an impersonal absolute, conceived as immanent and/or transcendent? The present set of studies from different fields of research centers on the question whether it is possible to speak at all of transcendence or a divinity, and if it is, under what limitations does such speech proceed. In current discussion in theology and in philosophy of religion, there is a pervasive awareness that the inherited terms and alternatives, developed in the western tradition, no longer facilitate an adequate understanding of the divine. Increasing familiarity with the languages of ‘immanence’ and ‘transcendence’ (under erasure) in Hindu and Buddhist thought has further jumbled our coordinates, while holding out the promise of a more subtle and vital engagement with the matter itself of religious inquiry. A further long-established distinction, between ‘personal’ and ‘impersonal,’ also takes on rich new hues in Asian contexts, where the very notion of ‘person’ may undergo unsettling critiques. Transgressing the categories of ‘personal’ and ‘impersonal’ points to the mystical depth of religious traditions, emphasizes their openness and reintegrates essential elements of both perspectives. Advancing with curiosity and caution, all the contributors take seriously the diversity of historical religious traditions, while nevertheless searching for a fresh language that may connect these traditions and provide a common ground of understanding.

REFLECTIONS is the SAT Temple’s quarterly journal. “Reflections” contains transcriptions of satsangs at SAT given by Nome, the teachings of Sri Ramana Maharshi, excerpts from “The Ramana Way,” (the RMCL journal), excerpts from numerous Advaitic scriptures, updates on events occurring at the SAT Temple, and much more.