They are not opposite to each other, but are parallel ways.Ĭhart analysis then becomes a useful tool for self-awareness when examining a relationship: I did not find any part of this offensive. Brotherhood of Life November 15, Language: I plan on re-reading this book for its depth of wisdom and to grasp more of what Vimalananda is trying to teach. I can still hear Vimalananda, the man who became my mentor, underscoring for me the need to be able both to remember and to forget. I expected more exposition of the philosophies and critical analysis of Tantrik practises but the book turned out to be some sort of biography. Those who dont belive in God should stay away from this book. This book is a meeting with Aghora and that makes it such a refreshing read. Maybe, because we were not satisfied completely with the traditional way of transmitting knowledge like it happens in the East. Jul 09, Riju Ganguly rated it did not like it. Aghora: At the Left Hand of God by Robert E. This is a pioneer effort in examining side by side two great systems of medicine, studying closely the historical, theoretical and practical relationships. No means to awakening is too disgusting or frightening for an aghori, for Aghora is the Path of the Shadow of Death, the path that forcibly separates an individual from attachment to every ordinary self-descriptor. So he was very much a real person, he was not a combination. Designed partly to shock and partly to comfort, but wholly as an offering to his Beloved, Aghora is a picture of a man who was a riddle wrapped up in an enigma.Īnd this is why in traditional India they have given people Gods and Goddesses, Devatas, Devis so you will focus on them and little by little your own personality will become dissolved and their personalities will become present in you more and more until eventually your own personality will be very small and that personality will be much bigger. I asked some very high Shaiva Guru in Karnataka, one of the Head of Lingayat or Virashava sampradaya, who has a big ashram in Varanasi also. Since he travels the world lecturing, consulting, teaching and writing. So yes, information is being transmitted by media. Those who are enslaved by their cravings think aghoris mad for displaying such ferocity in their quest for knowing. Vimalananda had me living on only fruit and dairy products for 6 years. While the two salient principles of his teaching were eternal compassion for all beings and eternal awareness of rnanubandhanathe bondage of karmic debt, he never devised any system of spiritual practices.Īnd you should always try the most basic and simple and less dangerous things out on your own first. Results for Robert-Svoboda | Book DepositoryĪnd then having taped into the tradition felt like I was connected enough to add that I had a connection to it and felt like it would guide my own experiments and doing something with that tradition. Free delivery worldwide on over 19 million titles.īut the fact is that the more you are connected to that world, the less interest you have in this world. Results 1 – 30 of 48 Discover Book Depository’s huge selection of Robert-Svoboda books online. Svoboda is an American author and ayurvedic doctor who gives lectures and courses around the world, related to the subjects of ayurveda, jyotish. An aghori is a practitioner of Aghora, the spiritual discipline that takes. Posted May 29, This trilogy forms a portion of the story of the Aghori Vimalananda.