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An Indian Monk His Life and Adventures

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	Publisher: Gyan Publishing House, New Delhi
	Author Shri Purohit Swami
	Language: English
	Pages: 199
	Cover: HARDCOVER
	9x6 inch
	Weight 460 gm
	Edition: 2024
	ISBN: 9789362083449
	HBW948

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About the Book The book chronicles the life and adventures of an Indian monk, touching on various themes and experiences. From familial influences in "Grandmothers and Nursing Mothers" to spiritual encounters with "Mahatmas and the Divine Master in a Cobra," each chapter unveils a unique aspect of the monk's journey. Delving into concepts like the philosophy of wealth, harnessing yogic powers, and navigating challenges, the narrative weaves a tapestry of spiritual growth and self-discovery. Through trials, reflections, and encounters with divine presence, the monk's path unfolds, culminating in the realization of ultimate truth. The epilogue offers reflective closure, echoing the monk's profound journey, while the frontispiece honors Shri Purohit Swami, a guiding figure throughout.

About the Author Shri Purohit Swami (1882-1941) was a Hindu teacher from Maharashtra, India, bridged Eastern spirituality with the West. Known for translating Hindu texts, his collaboration with WB Yeats produced acclaimed translations like "The Ten Principal Upanishads." His legacy endures in modern spiritual discourse. In 2023, Prime Minister Narendra Modi of India presented "The Ten Principal Upanishads" as a gift to President Joe Biden of America. This gesture underscores India's cultural richness and signifies the strengthening of diplomatic relations between the two nations. About the Author- 2 William Butler Yeats (1865-1939) was an iconic figure in 20th-century literature, co-founded the Abbey Theatre and spearheaded the Irish Literary Revival. Awarded the 1923 Nobel Prize in Literature, he delved into mysticism and spiritualism, influencing his poetic vision and acclaimed works like "The Tower" and "The Wild Swans at Coole."

Acknowledgement DR. W. B. YEATS said he wanted from me a "concrete life, not an abstract philosophy"; here is the result. Had it not been for him, I do not think I would ever have persuaded myself to attempt this autobiography. If any readers find enlightenment in the following pages, let them join me in thanking the greatest living Irish poet. Mr. T. Sturge Moore gave much time and labour to the clarifying and arranging of this book, and. I thank him. Sir Francis Younghusband, whose interest in Indian affairs is well known, kindly went through the manuscript and made some very valuable suggestions. I am indebted also to Mrs. Gwyneth Foden, the novelist ar.l journalist, whose affinity with our spiritual life Indians have recognised, for she has secured a place in their hearts as though she were one of themselves-to her I owe the title of this book; to Mr. Brunton Paul who had gone to India in search of his soul's peace; to Mr. Durga Das of the Associated Press of India, Lady Elizabeth Pelham and Mrs. Margot Foster for their keen interest in my mission; and Mrs. Ronnie Smith, who made the typed copy for me.

Introduction I WROTE an introduction to the beautiful Gitanjali of Tagore, and now, twenty years afterwards, draw attention to a book that may prove of comparable importance. A little more than a year ago I met its author, but lately arrived in Europe, at Mr. Sturge Moore's house. He had been sent by his Master, or spiritual director, that he might interpret the religious life of India, but had no fixed plan. Perhaps he should publish his poems, per-haps, like Vivekananda, go to America. He had gone to Rome thinking it was but courteous to pay his respects to the Holy Father, but though the Abbots of the most orthodox Hindu Shrines had given him their blessing, and "the organiser of the Bharat-Dharma Mahamandal... a general letter of introduction", he was not received. Then he had come to England and called upon the Poet Laureate, who entertained him. He is a man of fifty, broken in health by the austerities of his religious life; he must have been a stalwart man and he is still handsome. He makes one think of some Catholic theologian who has lived in the best society, confessed people out of Henry James's novels, had some position at Court where he could engage the most absorbed attention without raising his voice, but that is only at first sight. He is something much simpler, more childlike and ancient. During lunch he and I, Sturge Moore, and an attaché from the Egyptian Legation, exceedingly well read in European literature, discussed his plans and ideas. The attaché, born into a Jewish family that had lived among Mohammedans for generations, seemed more Christian in his point of view than Moore or myself. Presently the attaché said: "Well, I suppose what matters is to do all the good one can". "By no means," said the monk. "If you have that object you may help some few people, but you will have a bankrupt soul. I must do what my Master bids, the responsibility, is His." That sentence, spoken without any desire to startle, interested me the more because I had heard the like from other Indians. Once when I stayed at Wilfred Blunt's I talked to an exceedingly religious Mohammedan, kept there that he might not run himself into political trouble in India. He spoke of the coming independence of India, but declared that India would never organise. "There are only three eternal nations," he said, "India, Persia, China; Greece organised and Greece is dead." I remembered too that an able Indian doctor I met when questioning London Indians about Tagore said of a certain Indian leader. "We do not think him sincere; he taught virtues merely because he thought them necessary to India". This care for the spontaneity of the soul seems to me Asia at its finest and where it is most different from Europe, the explanation perhaps why it has confronted our moral earnestness and our control of Nature with its asceticism and its courtesy.

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