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Word of the Guru (PB...
Word of the Guru (PB)
The Life and Teachings of Guru Narayana by: Nataraja GuruThe book is a biography of the eminent saint-philosopher of modern India, Guru Narayana. It deals with the meaning and essence of guruhood and gives rational explanations for many baffling aspects of life. It reveals the significance of his Advaita Vedanta method for introducing a new science of wisdom dialectics. It also describes the physical and psychological conditions of South India and explores the spirituality of India.
$32.00
ISBN: 9788124604649
Year Of Publication: 2017
Edition: 3rd
Pages : xx, 451
Bibliographic Details : Appendices; Glossary; Bibliography; Index;
Language : English
Binding : Paperback
Publisher: D.K. Printworld Pvt. Ltd.
Foreword By : John Spiers
Size: 23 cm.
Weight: 800
Millions of people have been deeply affected by the life and teachings of the Guru Narayana, who is the central figure of this book. This is a biography, not only of the Guru Narayana, but of Guruhood itself. Religions and philosophies have their sources in such men, and the aim here is to clarify this fact, without being sentimental or sensational. In doing so, many hitherto baffling enigmas of Indian life are given a rational explanation for the first time. Nataraja Guru, the disciple-successor of the Narayana Guru, uses the contemplative discipline which was characteristic of the Guru Narayana, and brings the Advaita Vedanta method into the forefront of global thought as understood today, introducing a new science of Wisdom-Dialectics. Nataraja Gurus scheme of correlation between science and mysticism amounts to an epochal advance in philosophy. This book represents the voice of the Guru. The Word of the Guru provides a quantity of original material for study, including fully annotated and carefully translated writings of Guru Narayana. It describes the physical and psychological conditions of South India with great brilliance. The spirituality of India is set forth here in its clearest terms, unambiguous and shorn of all limiting frontiers, suitable for readers in all parts of the world.
Foreword
John Spiers
Preface
P. Natarajan
List of Illustrations
Part-I
The Way of the Guru
1. Introductory
2. The Guru at Home
3. Two Random Impressions
4. Brotherhood
5. Mystic Experience
6. Guru Role Begins
7. Principle and Practice
8. From the Past to the Future
9. Later Reminiscences
Part-II
THE WORD OF THE GURU
10. The Dialectics of Advaita Vedanta
11. The Word and the Silence
12. Distant Drums and Word Enigmas
13. Guru and Sisya
14. The Far-flung Affinities of the Word
15. The Ascending Dialectics of Stone Language
16. Blast and Counter-Blast
17. The Guru-Trio of South India
18. The Duality of Ends and Means
19. The Living Method
20. More Intimate Jottings
Part-III
SOME POEMS OF THE GURU
21. Translators Foreword
22. A Critique of Caste (Jati-Mimamsa)
23. Prenatal Gratitude (Pinda-Nandi)
24. Kindness to Life (Jiva-Karunya-Pancakam)
25. Song of the Kundalini Snake (Kundalini-Pattu)
26. Thought and Inertia (Cit-Jadangal)
27. Scriptures of Mercy (Anukampa-Dasakam)
28. The Science of the Absolute
(Brahma-Vidya-Pancakam)
Appendix-1
Essential Biographical Data of Narayana Guru
Appendix-2
Works of Narayana Guru
Glossary
Bibliography
Index