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The Riddle of Sannyasa
The Riddle of Sannyasa
The figure of the Guru has endured across millennia, invariably conveying renewed visions of Hindu thought through a process of transference, which is direct and intensely personal. To recognize a true guru is vital. Here you will meet two twentieth century saints who lived, taught and passed away, unknown except to thousands of devotees. The narrative is grounded in a vast compendium of documented material. Yet it brings the saints vividly to life by also being anecdotal and experiential. Swami Satyananda, who passed away at the age of ninety two, remained a sannyasi from the age of seventeen. Yet his favorite disciple, Premji Maharaj maintained an enigmatic lifestyle which overturns set Hindu notions of spirituality. A celibate renunciate, and MSc Agriculture, he drove a scooter to his government office, yet remained a mystic yogi and healer. His life and teaching are an epitome of the riddle of sannyasa. Hinduism today needs spiritual direction that goes deeper than temple construction (or reconstruction). Swami Satyananda deplored what he called the Hindu obsessions with ‘gurudom’, as also sur and surat (song, dance, pomp and show).The Amrit Vani movement started by him will be completing hundred years of the celestial revelation of Ram Naam received by him in seclusion of deep forests on a moonlit night of 7th July 1925. His vision picturises multiple, yet interiorised spaces held in steadfast oneness of Name devotion, inclusive in every and each sense, and interwoven with singular threads of continuity from the Upanishads, Bhagwad Gita and Bhakti saints.
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The figure of the Guru has endured across millennia, invariably conveying renewed visions of Hindu thought through a process of transference, which is direct and intensely personal. To recognize a true guru is vital. Here you will meet two twentieth century saints who lived, taught and passed away, unknown except to thousands of devotees. The narrative is grounded in a vast compendium of documented material. Yet it brings the saints vividly to life by also being anecdotal and experiential. Swami Satyananda, who passed away at the age of ninety two, remained a sannyasi from the age of seventeen. Yet his favorite disciple, Premji Maharaj maintained an enigmatic lifestyle which overturns set Hindu notions of spirituality. A celibate renunciate, and MSc Agriculture, he drove a scooter to his government office, yet remained a mystic yogi and healer. His life and teaching are an epitome of the riddle of sannyasa. Hinduism today needs spiritual direction that goes deeper than temple construction (or reconstruction). Swami Satyananda deplored what he called the Hindu obsessions with ‘gurudom’, as also sur and surat (song, dance, pomp and show).The Amrit Vani movement started by him will be completing hundred years of the celestial revelation of Ram Naam received by him in seclusion of deep forests on a moonlit night of 7th July 1925. His vision picturises multiple, yet interiorised spaces held in steadfast oneness of Name devotion, inclusive in every and each sense, and interwoven with singular threads of continuity from the Upanishads, Bhagwad Gita and Bhakti saints.
Author
Career Bureaucrat Career Bureaucrat, avid traveler and independent scholar Neeru Nanda was born on 3rd April 1948.After graduating from Delhi School of Social Work, with a First Division (First in the University) Neeru Nanda entered the prestigious Indian Administrative Services in 1971, from which she retired in 2008. Neeru Nanda has remained a prolific writer throughout her life. She started her career in border areas of Arunachal Pradesh, serving as Additional District Commissioner, Tawang, Arunachal Pradesh, India in 1974-1977. Her first book Tawang, the Land of Mon, was based upon her observations and experiences with the borderland Monpas. After a stint in Home Ministry, she undertook an evaluation project of Afforestation strategies in the Bhagirathi catchment in 1986-87, which culminated in her second book Forests for Whom? Her hobbies have been reading, writing and trekking in the Himalayas. She qualified the Basic Mountaineering Course of Nehru Institute of Mountaineering, Uttarkashi with Distinction, in 1978. She has trekked to Kailash Mansarovar in 1984 and camped six nights at Base Camp Everest North Face (Tibet) in April, 2004.Since retirement she has been devoted to Vedanta studies, learning Sanskrit and continuing writing . This is her third book. neeru.nanda2333@gmail.com
Book Details |
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| Author | Career Bureaucrat |
| ISBN | 978-81-964039-04-9 |
| Subject | Religion |
| Number of Pages | 262 |
| Weight | 290 |
| Publisher | HAR-ANAND PUBLICATIONS PVT LTD |
| Publication Year | 2025 |
| Language | English |
| Binding | Paperback |
