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God Without Religion: Questioning Centuries of Accepted Truths
For those disillusioned with organized religion, this satisfying spiritual guide offers a modern-day spin on the tools of divine investigation needed to examine present beliefs, explore the nature of God, and expand the sense of self. Offering a bridge between structured and mystical spirituality, this examination suggests ways to overcome the limitations and notions of exclusivity promoted by New Age movements and also discusses 17 universal techniques for developing a personal relationship with God and broadening one’s view of the individual and the universal elements of nature.
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Thomas Sankara Speaks, The Burkina Faso Revolution 1983- 87
Thomas Sankara led the revolution that took place in the West African country Burkina Faso from 1983 to 1987. In this collection of speeches and interviews, Sankara explains how during those years the peasants and workers of Burkina Faso:
established a popular revolutionary government;
started to fight the hunger, illiteracy, and economic backwardness imposed by imperialist domination;
and began to combat the oppression of women inherited from thousands of years of class society.

Their actions set an example not only for the workers and peasants of Africa but for those of the whole world, then and now.

Sankara was assassinated October 15, 1987, in a coup carried out by the country s current president, Blaise Compaoré.

Second edition includes a new introduction by editor Michel Prairie, foreword, maps, chronology and glossary, as well as an index. Thirty-two page photo section features many unpublished photos of the Burkina Faso revolution.

Of the first edition, published by Pathfinder in 1988, Victoria Brittain wrote in the London Guardian;, The courage and originality which made him and Burkina Faso the inspiration they were to so many Africans shine out of this collection of his most important speeches.

Also available in: French.
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Eight Upanishads, with the Commentary of Sankara, Vol. I
A two-volume set. Volume Two covers the Aitareya, Mundaka, Mandukya, Karika and Prasna Upanishad

Each verse has the Devanagri Sanskrit, with English translation and commentary, with further commentary by Sankaracarya

Also included is an Index to texts in Devanagri Sanskrit..
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Sankara on the Yoga Sutras (A Full Translation of the Newly Discovered Text)
This is a complete English translation of a highly significant Sanskrit sub-commentary vivarana purporting to be by Sankara, on the Yoga sutras of Patanjali The vivarana is written with great originality. The long commentary on God completely jettisons the narrow sutra definition in favour of a supreme Creator, as evidenced by many ingenious arguments on the lines of the present-day cosmological anthropic principle. The doctrine that the future already exists, and that time is purely relative, anticipate the Einstein era..
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Self-Knowledge: Sankara's "Atmabodha".
Self-Knowledge is a translation by Swami Nikhilananda of the sacred text, Atmabodha, composed by the 8th century philosopher and mystic of India, Sankara Self-Knowledge sets forth the principles of Non-dualistic Vedanta: the divinity of the soul, the unity of existence, the oneness of the Godhead, and the harmony of religions.

As Swami Nikhilananda writes in the preface, "The very name of the book - Self-Knowledge - suggests its perennial interest and universal value. Self-Knowledge is vital. All other forms of knowledge are of secondary importance; for a man's action, feeling, reasoning, and thinking are dependent upon his idea of the Self. His view of life will be either materialistic or spiritual according to his conception of himself. Therefore it behooves everyone to cultivate Self-Knowledge at all times. Self-Knowledge serves the practical purpose of destroying pain and suffering (which are always caused by ignorance of the Self) and also the positive end of helping everyone enjoy supreme peace and blessedness here and always."

This 246 page book contains an introduction (114 pages) on the philosophy of Non-dualistic Vedanta and an appendix with 14 of Sankara's spiritual hymns recited by countless Hindus during their daily devotions..
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Women's Liberation and the African Freedom Struggle
There is no true social revolution without the liberation of women, explains the leader of the 1983-87 revolution in Burkina Faso. Workers and peasants in that West African country established a popular revolutionary government and began to combat the hunger, illiteracy, and economic backwardness imposed by imperialist domination.

Preface, introduction, map, photos, index.

Also available in: Spanish, French, Farsi.
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