Dev Bhagavān

Books and Essays

Title Description
Confidential Meaning of Lalitā-sahasranāmam Lalitā-sahasranāmam means a thousand names of Lalitā, the gracious, charming and beautiful Universal Mother Goddess. One of the deepest and most important scriptures of the Śrī Vidyā path.
CRC Video Series Catalog The CRC video series in catalog format
Cup of Tea Light on the Teaching of the Buddha. A collection of short pithy essays and Zen stories. Have a cup of tea!
Cūḷasuññatāsutta: The Lesser Sutta on Emptiness This book is to help you get comfortable—cozy, even—with Emptiness. Emptiness is profound, beautiful, immeasurable and beyond understanding. Because of that, it terrifies most of us.
Foundation Series The introduction to Dharmasār, the Essence of Dharma. This is a very broad context containing all the essential views of all authentic spiritual Paths and methods, and showing their inter-relations. Technically this is called an ontology.
Dṛg-dṛśya Vivekaḥ A Sanskrit classic—Inquiry into the Distinction of the Seer and the Seen. Commentary by Svāmī Nikhilānanda
Forest Monastery Journal This Journal covers my experience as a Buddhist Upāsaka from my entering the monastery until my ordination as a Theravāda monk.
Samanvāyādhyāya Pāda 2: Superimposition and Sublimation Graphics from our series on Brahma-sūtra, Chapter 1.
Śrī Bhakti-rasāmṛta-sindhu The nectarean Ocean of Devotion, a compilation of very erudite wisdom on bhakti-rasa, transcendental emotion experienced through devotianal service to God/Goddess.
Śrī Devī-Kalottāra The Direct Path to Self-realization. Should be counted among the greatest Tāntra-sūtras. It gives a very high view and practice leading directly to realization that one’s own Self is directly nondual, unconditioned Brahman.
Śrīmad Devī Bhāgavatam Part 1 What the Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam is to the Vaiṣṇavas, Śrīmad Devī Bhāgavatam is to the Śāktas. Also known as Devi Purāṇa, it was composed in 12 Skandhas containing 18,000 verses by the great Vedavyāsa.
Śrīmad Devī Bhāgavatam Part 2 see above
The Dharmasār Solution The solution to the great problems of life — 100 Days to Enlightenment
The Magical Mind Deep Analysis of the Kālakārāma Sutta
Ulladu-Narpadu Based on video series of Bhagavān Śrī Rāmana Mahārṣi’s magnificent Tamīḷ classic, Ulladu-Narpadu.