Ganeshpuri Days

In 1970, driven by a search for purpose and meaning, a young New Yorker leaves his promising academic career to travel to India seeking yogic wisdom. After many adventures, he arrives at the feet of the great Siddha master Baba Muktananda, in the holy village of Ganeshpuri. Here, he experiences the awakening of the kundalini energy. With enthusiasm, sincerity and candid self-reflection, Swami Shankarananda depicts his profound relationship with his Guru and the inner voyage of his transformation. He takes the reader on a mystical journey in which he does battle with his ego and his own negative tendencies and connects with the inner divine energy. Under Baba's guidance he emerges from a twelve-year apprenticeship as a knower of the Self and a Guru in his own right. 'Ganeshpuri Days' is a beautifully written account that will inspire readers to awaken to the true Self and fulfil their highest potential

This compilation of Swami Muktananda's talks and writings about his guru, Bhagawan Nityananda, forms an absorbing biography and loving portrait of one of the greatest spiritual masters of modern India.

Vivid stories and photographs paint an engaging portrait of the extraordinary, legendary Nityananda--sage, miracle worker, maybe even possessor of divine powers. His varied nature comes to life here, with the holy man's very essence suffusing every page. 5 1/4 X 8 1/4.

A native of Bombay, Suketu Mehta gives us an insider’s view of this stunning metropolis. He approaches the city from unexpected angles, taking us into the criminal underworld of rival Muslim and Hindu gangs, following the life of a bar dancer raised amid poverty and abuse, opening the door into the inner sanctums of Bollywood, and delving into the stories of the countless villagers who come in search of a better life and end up living on the sidewalks. As each individual story unfolds, Mehta also recounts his own efforts to make a home in Bombay after more than twenty years abroad. Candid, impassioned, funny, and heartrending, Maximum City is a revelation of an ancient and ever-changing world.

This is an authoritative, uncompromising, altogether real guide to spiritual practice. Rohini Ralby spent eight years as head of security, appointments secretary, and personal assistant to the great Swami Muktananda, and in their many hours alone together, this world-renowned guru taught her, one on one, the essence of spiritual practice. In Walking Home with Baba, an expert guide to spiritual practice, Rohini draws on that experience and her subsequent study and work as a spiritual director to convey, in clear and concise terms, what spiritual practice truly is: walking home, and retracing our way back to God -- to Absolute Truth, Absolute Consciousness, and Absolute Bliss. Walking Home with Baba combines intimate stories about Ms Ralbys own experiences with Muktananda and others with chapters explaining the actual work of spiritual practice. She provides tools that she has developed for freeing ourselves from misery. One chapter is perhaps the most masterfully clear and concise companion to the Yoga Sutras of Patanjali available today. Readers will learn not only about Ms Ralbys experience of travelling the path and being the close disciple of a great Guru; they will gain practical guidance in walking that path themselves.

Renowned journalist Jyotirmoy Dey-fondly known as J, Dey-was murdered by members of the Chhota Rajan gang in 2011. A few months later, a fellow journalist and crime reporter Jigna Vora was arrested in connection with the murder. Seven years later, some of which were spent in prison, Jigna was acquitted of all charges. This is her story in her own words, of the time in prison, the court hearings and her years as a crime reporter of breaking many front-page stories. Jigna's work brought her in contact with people like Himanshu Roy, the former additional director general of police of Maharashtra, while her time in jail put her in the company of inmates such as Pragya Thakur. Behind Bars in Byculla traces the intricate web of power dynamics that govern the inmates of a prison and what it takes to survive behind bars.

Baba (father or revered elder)– a common honorific in India for saints and holy men. Baba– a faceless name for the Masters of the Tradition who have shepherded and guided humanity since Eternity. Baba – the unique colours diffracted from one Consciousness - Mahavatar Babaji, Shirdi Sai Baba, Sathya Sai Baba, Bade Baba, Neem Karoli Baba, Meher Baba, amongst countless others. Baba– the promise of the Tradition that never leaves a true seeker’s hand transcending oceans of existence to be with them. Baba– the compassion incarnates who travel the seven worlds and seven seas to find and rescue a pure soul. Baba– the grand collaboration that ensures the continued preservation of dharma (righteousness) in the Universe. This book is about the myriad interactions, experiences and associations of Mohanji with various Masters of the Tradition. Mohanji's journey from a seeker to a Guide and his continuing work in the world provides a unique window into how the Tradition orchestrates one of its projections. From the fleeting to the profoundly engaging, each connection reveals a facet of the Grand Tradition that operates selflessly unseen behind the shadows. A rare glimpse into the inner workings of the Masters of the Tradition who, though diverse in expressions, operate in extreme unity and purposefulness, burning like candles to give light and purity to the world.

"A few years ago Eugenie allowed me to read the first draft of her book, which is an autobiography, a memoir, a novel, a comic strip, a reflection. It swept me away into another life. Eugenie maintains she wrote it just for herself, something she wanted to do with no plan to share with the world, she declared; it just fell out of me onto the page. Well.... she has relented and is sharing it now. Rob Last Book lover, especially autobiographies. Teacher. World traveler. Theatre lover and sometimes critic. Eugenie’s writing is open and honest, unpretentious and simple, witty and gritty, funny and moving, exotic and adventurous and brimming with truth. It ’s a book about a grand life journey, with marvelous illustrations dotted throughout to add to the joy of it all. Don’t miss the chance to be delighted by this book."