Meditation and Other Spiritual Disciplines

A collection of essays on spiritual disciplines according to the exponents of various Indian philosophical schools along with articles on specific spiritual practices, like meditation, papa, prayer, etc.  Most of these articles were published in various journals over the years.

Contents:

Types of Meditation;  Japa or Repetition of Holy Words;  Japa in Different Traditions;  The Divine Name;  Prayer;  Ritual;  Image-worship;  Self-effort in Spiritual Life;  Self-negation or Self-expansion?  Nine Means of Devotion;  The Holy Mother and Simple Faith;  Spiritual Discipline and Shankara;  Spiritual Discipline and Ramanuja;  Spiritual Discipline and Madhva;  Spiritual Discipline and Nimbarka;  Spiritual Discipline and Vallabha;  Spiritual Discipline and Chaitanya;  Spiritual Discipline and Shrikantha; and In the Scriptures.