The word of the Guru : the life and teachings of Guru Nārāyaṇa /
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| Author / Creator: | Nataraja Guru, 1895-1973. |
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| Imprint: | New Delhi : D.K. Printworld, 2008. |
| Description: | xx, 451 p. : ill. (some col.) ; 23 cm. |
| Language: | English |
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| Format: | Print Book |
| URL for this record: | http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/7725296 |
| Summary: | 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 Guru¿s scheme of correlation between science and mysticism amounts to an epochal advance in philosophy. 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. |
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| Physical Description: | xx, 451 p. : ill. (some col.) ; 23 cm. |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references (p. [431]-435) and index. |
| ISBN: | 9788124604649 8124604649 9788124602416 8124602417 |