Kapila’s Samkhya Patanjali's Yoga: Revised Edition, Brahmrishi Vishvatma Bawra with William & Margot Milcetich, editorsSwami Bawra is the inspiration for this compilation of uniquely penetrating and accessible insights into Samkhya and Yoga. Kapila’s Samkhya is the foundation of thought underlying the methods of Yoga. This commentary revives the core philosophy of Samkhya in the ancient search for truth and freedom from suffering. Nature and spirit are distinct, eternally emanating from one source. Nature projects into life as a continuum from causal and subtle energy to gross matter. Spirit or consciousness is an inspiring and integral existence. Suffering ends in one’s present life by understanding the eternal relationship of the individual with the source of energy and consciousness.

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This universe is not a futile or fanciful illusion, as some have taught. It is the projection of divine Nature in the light of one supreme Spirit. Samkhya teaches there is no illusion, but there is a lack of pure knowledge. Nature is real but has different qualities than Spirit. Spirit is unchanging, Nature is always changing. Spirit is sentient, Nature is insentient. Spirit is infinite, Nature is finite. Nature exists in ever-changing forms. With proper knowledge and repeated practice, we can change our habits of thought and realize truth. This is the greatest opportunity afforded human life.

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When death is near, we seek to understand life. This is the premise of the Katha Upanishad and the inspired commentary of Swami Bawra. This commentary on the Katha is a great sequel to Swami Bawra's "Kapila's Samkhya Patanjali's Yoga" where the rational basis of inner connection with the source of life is developed in full detail.

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The Isa Upanishad is the primary exposition on Brahman, the Supreme Self, and therefore, Vedanta. The Supreme Self is the source of each and every life, the support of our lives. There has never been nor be any time when we are separate from the Supreme Self. It is impossible. We are from Him and He dwells within us as our individual self. We only need to turn and recognize this truth and attain the direct experience that is available to every human being.

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Swami Bawra’s commentary on selected verses of the Bhagavad Gita. Our spiritual path can never be separated from any action. The value of our action lies in our ability to see ourselves as part of a greater whole. We then improve our ability to act for the greater whole.

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Inspired by Swami Bawra and the work of B. G. Tilak’s Gita Rahasya. Included is the basic reasoning underlying Tilak’s commentary, and a summary of the background from the Mahabharta to help the reader comprehend the setting of the civil war. Each chapter then begins with an introduction to orient the reader, and is followed by the timeless teaching by Krishna to Arjuna. The discussion is presented without commentary, but grouped according to topics. The intent is to follow Tilak’s suggestion to “set aside all criticisms and commentaries…and independently and thoughtfully read the Gita.”

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A fast-paced story of change with meditation, marriage, guru over a span of more than twenty years.

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Brahmrishi Yoga is a therapeutic yoga teacher training manual, based on the sequence of knowledge that comes within the Samkhya aphorisms as taught by Swami Bawra. The twelve chapters present the unfoldment of philosophy layered with anatomy, technique, and teaching method. The manual is a distillation of the hatha yoga and meditation practices of the author, Margot Milcetich, who began her studies in 1973, and began training teachers in 2004.

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