Saints, Sages and Sampradayas
Anandamayi : Her Life and Wisdom
As The Flower Sheds its Fragrance
"When approaching God, one has to give everything, all one possesses. But people say: "How am I to give up my pride, my anger, my self-importance, how can I bear insult without a murmur?' When you give everything, you get everything." -Anandamayee Ma
"The Universe was created out of joy and this is why you find joy in the fleeting things of the world. Without joy, life is an ordeal. You must try to attain to that great joy which has brought forth the world." -Anandamyee Ma
Death Must Die
Death Must Die gives an intimate first-hand account of a courageous woman's spiritual quest in close association with several of India's greatest modern saints. Unfolding against the back-drop of Banaras in the 1940s, where she lived as a teacher and musician, we are given an in-depth picture of her intense relationship with the extraordinary woman who becomes here guru--Sri Anandamayee Ma.
Keywords of Vedanta in the light of the teachings of Sri Ramana Maharshi
Mother Reveals Herself
This book is an English rendering from the Bengali manuscript, which Shri Bhaiji, an ardent devotee of Shree Shree Ma, faithfully recorded with infinite care and precision from Her sayings on many occasions covering the early period of Matri Lila.
It is hoped that this translation will fulfil the long-felt desire of Shree Ma' countless devotees to know more about Ma, and through Her own words, find guidance in their quest for the unknowable. While going through the pages they may also gain some idea of that uniquye phenomenon of our time-Shree Shree Ma Anandamayee.
Yogirajadhiraj Swami Vishuddhanand Paramahansadeva
Baba Vishuddhanandaji the master of Yoga and self-realization who lived in the first half of this century was an embodiment of Yoga and knowledge of reality combined with compassion for one and all. Babaji possessed the eight siddhis Anima, Mahima etc., and demonstrated the same to his admirers. Surya-Vijnan, Chandra-Vijnan, Nakshatra-Vijnan and Vayu-Vijnan worked at his command. Dr. Gopinath Kaviraj, deeply struck by his feats in his early years became his disciple all his life and got his initiation in Mantras. It is a pity that Independent India has not produced even one of Baba's type.
मनीषी की लोकयात्रा
कविराज जी के दार्शनिक चिंतन और कृतित्व से भारतीय संस्कृति तथा साहित्य अनेक विध समृद्ध हुआ है. वाराणसेय संस्कृत विश्वविद्यालय (पूर्व गवर्नमेंट संस्कृत कॉलेज, बनारस) और उसका विश्वप्रसिद्ध 'सरस्वती-भवन' विविध रूपों में उनके द्वारा की गयी सेवाओं से ही वर्त्तमान स्थिति प्राप्त करने में समर्थ हुआ. यह हिंदी-भाषी क्षेत्र का सौभाग्य था की पूर्वी बंगाल में जन्मा ग्रहण करते हुए भी इस महापुरुष की शिक्षा-दीक्षा और साधना भूमि होने का गौरव उसे प्राप्त हुआ. भौतिक दृष्टि से जन्मभूमि के आकर्षक एवं उत्कर्षविधायक प्रलोभनों तथा दबाओं के बावजूद इनकी काशिनिष्ठा ढृढ़ रही और वही आजीवन इनकी क्षेत्र-संन्यास-स्थली बानी रही. इनका अपना विशीष्ट क्षेत्र दर्शन, भक्तिसाधना तथा तंत्र था. इन विषयों पर पिछले पचास वर्षों में निर्मित हिंदी साहित्य के वे प्रमुख प्रेरणास्रोत रहे हैं.