Religious Books Combo(Meditation and Its Methods+The Upanishads)

This book is a collection of Swami Vivekananda’s writings and lectures on meditation. It is more of an introductory book with plenty of inspiration passages to motivate a reader to adopt meditation for a better and peaceful life. Swami ji believed that meditation should be of a negative nature. Think away everything. Analyze everything that comes in the mind by the sheer action of the will. Next assert what we really are existence knowledge and bliss being knowing and loving. +The Upanishads are a collection of texts that contain some of the central philosophical concepts of Hinduism. They are based on principles like samsara brahman atman karma dharma and moksha and form the core of Indian philosophy. This version is an English translation by Swami Paramananda as part of his mission to spread the eastern teachings of Hinduism to the Western world. Easy to understand and simply written the thought behind this text is to know your SELF and follow the wisdom within the text to lead a wholesome and spiritually centered life. Swami Paramananda was one of the early Indian teachers who went to the United States to spread the Vedanta philosophy and religion there. He was a mystic a poet and an innovator in spiritual community living.+