GURU CHARITRA: The Two Incarnations of Lord Dattatreya

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Item Code: IDF853
Author: Edited & Revised By: Dr. V.R. Prabhu
Publisher: Jaico Publishing House
Edition: 2005
ISBN: 817992419X
Pages: 311
Cover: Paperback
Other Details 8.5" X 5.5"
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The Dattatreya Sampradaya has kept alive the eternal principles of Truth, Righteousness, peace, Divine Love and Non-Violence in Bharat for thousands of years. It extends back in time to the very beginning of the human race and over thousands of years this Sampradaya produced other Sampradayas like the Shiva and Vishnu Sampradayas to name only two. As the other Sampradayas kept increasing in number the Dattatreya Sampradaya was largely forgotten by the laity in virtually the whole of Northern Bharat.

Lord Krishna revived the Datta Sampradya by telling Uddhava the teachings of Lord Dattatreya to King Alark and Yadu. He then gave Uddhava Darshan of Lord Dattatreya. This is recounted in the Srimad Bhagvat. Once again the data Sampradaya became the preserve of sanyasis, as civil society was devastated by the Mahabharat war.

The revival of Datta Sampradaya in the last millennium was largely due to Sri Sripad Sri Vallabha and Sri Narasimha Saraswati. The Guru Charitra is the biography of these two incarnations of Lord Dattatreya. This text has been used for the last 300 years to revive our lost Vedic heritage. Besides many lost rituals were revived by Sri Narasimha Saraswati an dare recounted in this text.

This book will he useful for people who wish to review part of our Vedic heritage dealing with Prayers and rituals, as well as people practicing Bhakti Yoga.

CONTENTS
Foreword i
Foreword to First Edition ii
Preface iv
Acknowledgement xi
K. V. R. Rao's Introduction xii
1 Namdharak is bless with the vision of Sri Guru Nath 1
2 The power and Glory of Guru Bhakti 6
3 The cause for Sri Hari Taking incarnations on earth 16
4 Sri Dattavataara 20
5 Incarnations of Sripada Srivallabha 24
6 Gokarna Mahabaleswar 28
7 Gokarna Sthala Mahatmya 33
8 Shanipradosha Vrata Mahatmya 39
9 Sripada Sri Vallabha blessed the Washerman 44
10 Sripada Sri Vallabha continued showering of His grace on His devotees even after His Mahaprasthan 47
11 Birth of Sri Narasimha Saraswati 50
12 Narahari taking to Sanyasa 53
13 Narasimha Saraswati curing the chronic stomach ulcer of the Brahmin 57
14 Narasimha Saraswati rescuing the life of Sayamdev by His Grace 62
15 The holy pilgrimage places of Bharat 64
16 The fruits of devotion to the Guru 69
17 The blockheaded youth metamorphosed into a great Pundit 75
18 The Poor Brahmin finds a treasure 77
19 Guru Nath's showering of special grace on the Yogini-Ganas and ganganuja's darshan of kasi, Prayaga and Gaya - the holy triple kshetras 80
20 Gangadhar's wife getting riddance from the persecution by the Brahmin ghost through Guru Nath's grace 84
21 The revival of the dead boy 88
22 The advent of Guru Nath at Gangapur 92
23 The Branha-Rakshasa gets liberation 95
24 Sri Narasimha Saraswati confers the Viswaroopa Darsana on Trikrama Bharati 98
25 The pride and conceit of the two foolish pundits 102
26 The infinite glory of the Vedas and their true purport 106
27 The Harijan's chanting of the Vedic Mantras and humbling the conceit of the foolish pundits 110
28 Actions and their consequences 113
29 The Significance and Power of Holy Ash 120
30 Giving of Philosophical consolation to a woman who was bemoaning her husband's death 126
31 The supreme power of chastity 131
32 Reviving to life the dead husband of the young woman 134
33 The Power of the Rudraksha and the merit one earns by wearing it on the body 139
34 Rudhrabhisheka- Mahima 143
35 Somavara Vrata Mahima 146
36 Vedic injunctions of man's duties and obligations 153
37 What is to be observed and what is to be avoided- The Do's and the Don'ts 157
38 Feeding of thousands of people with but a small measureful of rice 165
39 The barren woman past her sixties bears children 168
40 Dead-wood puts forth Twig's and grows into tree 171
41 The unflinching devotion of Sayamdev to Gurunath 176
42 Lord Viswanath's grace on Twasta 182
43 Ananta Padmanabha Vrata Mahima 186
44 The weaver Tantuku's pigrimage to Srisaila 194
45 The leprosy of Nandi Sarma cured completely 198
46 The poet-devotee of Lord Sri Kalleshwara 201
47 Guru Nath presents himself at many houses in different villages at one and the same time to accept Bhiksha 203
48 The farmer-devotees rich harvest 205
49 The holiness and power of Gangapur 209
50 The story of Bhadrayuvu and Guru Nath's showering of grace on the Nawab 216
51 The Mahaprasthan 223
52 Review 228
53 Epilogue 249
Appendix 1 272
Appendix 2 278
Appendix 3 284
Appendix 4 289
Glossary 291

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