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The Science of Self-Realization
by A. C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada
Product Group: Book
Publisher: Bhaktivedanta Book Trust (1994-06-15)
ISBN: 0892131012
EAN: 9780892131013
Dewy Decimal #: 294.544
Mass Market Paperback: 364 pages
SKU: WB202378
Condition: Fine
Comments: 0892131012 There are no markings in this book. It has no dust jacket (as issued); its cover shows minimal shelf wear. Your book will be carefully protected for transit in sturdy, weather-resistant packaging. We are prompt, efficient, communicative.
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Editorial Reviews
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Product Description
Self-realization explained. Through the interviews, lectures, essays, and letters of this book, Srila Prabhupada exhaustively explains how to practice yoga in the modern age. Topics include karma and reincarnation, superconsciousness, how to choose a guru, Krsna and Christ, and spiritual solutions to today's social and economic problems.
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Customer Reviews
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Truly a life changing book
Rating  (5)
Date: 2008-09-23
I've read numerous books on Psychology, Philosophy, Leadership, Self help/development and other all-time best sellers. Somehow, I was not satisfied. Then, I met a ISKCON member who had set up a book stall outside a store and was attracted to the books. I never expected the literature they have is the most valuable one can possess. This book is a must-read if you are interested in the ultimate knowledge. I'm sure you will agree that this book will bring a very positive perspective about life and will benefit you much. For me, It's been a life changing experience. I'll feel like holding this book to my heart always. I'm still immerested in the greatness of this book. Now, I don't need to look for anymore best sellers. I'm happy.
The Journey of Self-Discovery (by the same author) is also equally good. It's a section on western phiolospheres (Freud, Greek philosopher) which is very good. My suggestion is picke either of these books. If you like the first one, you can get the 2nd one.
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The best book of all categories
Rating (5)
Date: 2004-03-26
3 out of 3 customers found this reveiw helpful
challege to change your life .. 101 % gauranted
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One of the best books available!
Rating (5)
Date: 2003-12-07
2 out of 2 customers found this reveiw helpful
I have found this book to be an amazing fountain of wisdom and would recommend anyone who wants to know more about life and how to live happily to read it. This book has scientifically explained the crux of human life and is applicable people of all religions.I can only say that you would be doing yourself a disfavor by not reading this excellent literary masterpiece. So try to get your hands on one and read it all the way through. You will love it!
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He would make a funny scientist.
Rating (5)
Date: 2001-01-17
8 out of 9 customers found this reveiw helpful
This here is a wonderful collection of assembled essays, exegeses, interviews, and letters to serve as a guide on the path of realization of the Supreme Personality of the Godhead. We need to realize that our sole devotion should be our return to Krishna, and we should fully serve God. This world's political leaders are lost without Realization, and by serving them we shall never have satisfaction. The process of Krishna consciousness is not a story of secondhand religion- no no, it is a science. In the material world we inquire about illusory irrelevant things, rather than Brahman. He discusses how we are mediated by a guru, and warns us of the charlatans people have been fooled by. 'Pay me and in six months you can be God!' A guru need not be affiliated with any religion, he only teaches people to love God and focus on Him. Indeed, as one of the chapters is titled, Jesus Christ was a guru. But how many people sincerely follow his message nowadays? It's extremely scarce. He does not like to be identified as a Hindu. He is not preaching any sect's truth over the others, instead a universal spiritual Unity that anyone who wants to love God can experience. The distinction of "Hindu" "Muslim" or "Christian" is a rubber stamp that was later added on to God consciousness. We cannot follow a religion or love God until we know the meaning of what these 2 things refer to.
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Good Overview Of The Hare Krishnas
Rating  (3)
Date: 1999-09-15
9 out of 16 customers found this reveiw helpful
This book, by the founder of the Hare Krishna movement, gives an accurate an authoritative view on the opinions and ideas held by that sect. Prabhupada tries to identify Krsna with Christ and tries to come across as being the foremost proponent of 'the science of self realization' rather than a member of some sectarian cult. He denies that the labels of 'Hindu', 'Christian' or 'Muslim' are of any use to those who are not devoted to god. But he over and over again seems to emphasize the Hindu scriptures and holds that they must be taken literally. His basic theological arguments is basically the same as that of all other fundamentalists: 'if you disagree with my interpretation of the books that I consider holy and divinely-inspired, then you are a fool and a heathen'. Even so, some of his conversations with Christian leaders is thought-provoking. The emphasis that ISKCON places on vegetarianism, celibacy and chanting is gone over in detail, but the outsider is more likely to feel that he or she has been wise to keep away from the movement. Prabhupada doesn't tend to listen to anyone who disagrees with him even when his logic is poor -- he will often not allow them to finish their train of thought and refers to his opponents over and over again as 'fools', even going as far as to deny that Sancarya believed in god and to say that all non-Bhakti yogis will not receive salvation despite the position of the advaita school of the Vedanta. But he does say something in some of the interviews about his background as a husband, father, and profession as a chemist before becoming a sanyasi, which idealises the idea of non-attached work encouraged in the Bhagavad-Gita.
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