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Bücher:

Neuerscheinung: Fehr, Theo: Yoga - Meditation - Samadhi - Therapie aus Sicht des Advaita-Vedanta. Die Philosophie des Nondualismus und psychosoziale Wirkungen ihrer Anwendung. Peter Lang Europäischer Verlag der Wissenschaften, broschiert, 271 Seiten, Euro 45,50

Informiert über die neuesten wissenschaftlichen Ergebnisse zum Samadhi-Zustand, über die Philosophie des Nondualismus - Advaita Vedanta, über höhere Bewusstseinszustände; Übersicht über die Forschungsergebnisse zur Meditation der letzten dreißig Jahre: Medizin, Gesundheit, Hormone, Gehirn, Psychologie, Soziologie; Meditationseffekte im Rahmen therapeutischer und psychologischer Techniken, Vergleiche mit anderen Meditationsformen und Entspannungstechniken.

Gottwald/Howald: Selbsthilfe durch Meditation, mvg Pb., 256 S.

populärwissenschaftliches Buch über Meditation, leicht verständlicher Überblick über den gesamten Bereich der Wirkungen.

Nancy Cooke de Herrera: Die Weisen, Aquamarin Vlg., 500 S.

persönliche Erlebnisgeschichte einer TM-Lehrerin mit der Transzendentalen Meditation über mehr als ein Jahrzehnt, mit den Beatles, Greta Garbo, Maharishi und weiteren bekannten Heiligen und Gurus. Ein wenig amerikanisch, aber recht unterhaltsam zu lesen.

Maharishi Mahesh Yogi: Die Wissenschaft vom Sein und die Kunst des Lebens

Maharishis verständliche Darstellung der philosophischen Hintergründe der Meditation und ihrer Wirkungen in den verschiedenen Feldern des Lebens

Paramahansa Yogananda: Autobiographie eines Yogi, 658 S., Kartoniert, Shanti-Books, SRF

auch: gebunden, Barth-Vlg.

Authentische Lebensbeschreibung eines indischen Yogi: Pflichtlektüre ! Leicht lesbar, spannend!

H.H. Bloomfield, R.B. Kory: Das Glückspotential. B. Kleine Vlg., 340 S., 

Populärwissenschaftliches Buch über Psychotherapie und Transzendentale Meditation, Darstellung des Wachstumszyklus, des Stress-Zyklus, die Psychophysiologie des Glücks u.a.; empfehlenswert !

B. Müller-Elmau: Kräfte aus der Stille, ECON-Ratgeber, 187 S.

B. Müller Elmau kommt von „der Elmau“ – Schloß Elmau am Wetterstein, schrieb als TM-Lehrer dies Buch; er betrachtet die Meditation hier aus christlicher Perspektive. Eine sprituelle Inspiration aus christlicher Tradition.

B. Müller-Elmau: Heilung durch das Selbst. Bonz Vlg., 141 S., 

Ein Buch über Heilung, Ganzwerdung und Gesundheit aus spiritueller und christlicher Sicht.

Aron, E. und A.: Der Maharishi Effekt. Heyne 08/9591

Fortgeschritten:

Maharishi Mahesh Yogi: On the Bhagavad-Gita, A New Translation And Commentary Chapters 1 – 6

Maharishis Kommentar über die ersten 6 Kapitel der Gita, in englischer Sprache (empfehlenswert); Darlegung der Philosophie des Advaita Vedanta anhand der Erzählungen der Gita.

Maharishi Mahesh Yogi: Bhagavad Gita, übersetzt und neu kommentiert, Kapitel 1 – 6, Vlg. International SRM Publications

Maharishis Kommentar über die ersten 6 Kapitel der Gita, in deutscher Sprache

Bede Griffiths: Die Hochzeit von Ost und West. Hoffnung für die Menschheit. 217 S., 

Der Autor war Benediktiner in England, der 1955 nach Indien ging und dort in einem Ashram lebte, in dem Menschen verschiedener religiöser Bekenntnisse zusammenwachsen. Griffiths plädiert für eine Synthese östlichen und westlichen Denkens und zeigt Parallelen zwischen vedischer, jüdischer und christlicher Offenbarung auf.

Spezielle Literatur für Fortgeschrittene:

A. M. Sastry: The Bhagavad Gita with the commentary of Sri Sankaracharya. Samata Books Madras. 534 S.

Adi Sankaras earliest extant commentary on the Bhagavad Gita. This book contains the original Sanskrit text of the Gita in Devanagri followed by its translation as also the the translation of Sankara’s Gita Bhasya in English by Alladi Mahadeva Sastri.

Bhagavadgita. Der vollständige Text mit dem Kommentar Shankaras. Knaur Esoterik. 415 S.

Trevor Leggett: Sankara on the Yoga Sutras. Motilal Banarsidass.

The first complete english translation of a highly significant historical find, an unknown early Sanskrit subcommentary purporting to be by Sankara, on the Yoga Sutras of Patañjali, a genuine work of India’s greatest religious and philosophical genius and architect of the non-dual Vedanta school.

Sankara: Die Erkenntnis der Wahrheit. Eines der großen Weisheitsbücher der Menschheit. Econ, 205 S.

Das „Kleinod der Unterscheidung“ („Vivekachudamani“) gehört zu den heiligen Schriften der Inder und zu den großen Weisheitsbüchern der Menschheit. Inhalt außerdem: Die Philosophie des Nicht-Dualismus, Die Erkenntnis der Wahrheit (Tattwa-bodha).

Alston, A. J. (2004) A Shankara Sourcebook in six volumes. London, Shanti Sadan

Angôt, M. (2002) L’Inde classique. Paris, Société d’édition Les Belles Lettres

Aranya, Swami Hariharananda (1977) Yoga Philosophy of Patanjali, rendered into English by P. N. Mukerji, Calcutta, University of Calcutta

Bettina Bäumer: Upanishaden – Befreiung zum Sein. W. Heyne Vlg. München. 238 S.

Innere Weite und Freiheit aus den indischen Weisheitslehren. Die Upanishaden gehören mit zu den ältesten geistigen Werken der Veden. Ein schönes, preiswertes Bändchen. über die Advaita-Philosophie.

E. Wolz-Gottwald: Meister Eckhard und die Upanishaden. Königshausen und Neumann, 230 S. 

Eine sauber ausgearbeitete wissenschaftliche philosophische Abhandlung.

Christian Brehmer: Die Evolution des Bewußtseins und die Erforschung ihres zukünftigen Verlaufes im Rahmen eines erweiterten Wissenschaftsverständnisses. Peter Lang Vlg. 

C. Brehmer ist Lehrer der Transzendentalen Meditation und belegt in dieser Promotionsarbeit die These, dass die gegenwärtige globale Krise vor allem eine Krise des Bewußtseins ist, die nur durch eine evolutionäre Erweiterung des Bewußtseins gelöst werden kann. Anspruchsvoll und hochinteressant!

Prof. Dr. Dr. Klaus Engel: Meditation – Geschichte, Systematik, Forschung, Theorie. Peter Lang Vlg., 2. stark erweiterte Auflage 1999, 479 S.

Ein ausführliches wissenschaftliches Werk mit hervorragenden sachlichen Darstellungen der wichtigsten Meditationsrichtungen. Wer dies Buch gelesen hat, ist wissenschaftlich auf dem absolut neuesten Stand !! Läßt sich allerdings nicht wie ein Roman lesen... 

Swami Vivekananda: Raja Yoga, Hermann Bauer Vlg., 286 S.

Über den Yoga-Pfad, Atemkontrolle (Pranayama), Konzentration und Meditation sowie die Yoga-Aphorismen des Patanjali. Wer die Grundlagen des Yoga studieren möchte, ist hier richtig.

Swami Vivekananda: Karma-Yoga und Bhakti-Yoga, Bauer Vlg., 261 S.

Handeln in Nicht-Anhaftung und der Pfad der Liebe sind hier die Themen.

Swami Vivekananda: Jnana-Yoga I und II. Bauer Vlg. Bd. I 262 S., Bd. II 253 S.

Advaita Vedanta, Atman, Brahman, das Absolute, die EINHEIT, die Freiheit der Seele sind hier die Themen.

Moderne Erwachte und Erleuchtete über Erwachen und Erleuchtung

I AM THAT; Talks with Sri Nisargadatta Maharaj, translated by M. Frydman, ed. by S. Dikshit, Chetana Ltd. Bombay

Sri Nisargadatta Maharaj: Ich Bin. Gespräche mit Sri Nisargadatta Maharaj. Hrsg. M. Frydman, Peters & Kamphausen Vlg.

Raphael: Jenseits des Zweifels, Lüchow Vlg.

Raphael: Yoga - Initiationswege zum Transzendenten.Kamphausen Vlg.