MYSTIC TREASURE - RHYTHMIC ENGLISH RENDERING OF THE HYMNS OF TAMIL SAINTS AND SAGES

Assa - EAN : 9782940393039

BHARATI SHUDDHANANDA

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EAN : 9782940393039

Paru le : 18 déc. 2008

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EAN13 : 9782940393039
Réf. éditeur : 014
Collection : EDITIONS ASSA
Editeur : Assa
Date Parution : 18 déc. 2008
Disponibilite : Disponible
Barème de remise : NS
Nombre de pages : 230
Format : 1.60 x 14.80 x 21.00 cm
Poids : 350gr

Résumé

Résumé : Mystic Treasure

No hold have I except thy Grace O God pervading Time and Space.

Gold and silver and gems are treasures dug out of earthly mines. They adorn the body; but the body dies one day. This Mystic Treasure is the immortal wealth of Wisdom-lit souls. They are melodious sermons of the Spirit, the supernal voice of Master Mystics. We have a plethora of such hymnal treasures in Tamil. Their emotional symphony moves our hearts. Such is the rich legacy of spiritual treasure bequeathed to us by God-men and God-women like Appar, Sambandar, Sundarar, Manikkavachakar, Andal, Ammaiyar, Nakkirar, Alvars, Pattinattar, Tayumanar, Avvaiyar and inspired Saints of modern days. We have chosen in this Mystic treasure 676 such inspiring hymns suitable for singing, meditation, prayer and lectures. My books Revelations of Meikandar, the Grand Epic of Saivism and Alvar Saints, Saint Ramalinga, voice of Tayumanar etc., will give the reader a detailed account of the Siddhanta Philosophy and the lives of Tamil Saints. So without repetition, we go ahead directly to the Mystic Treasure.

I have taken a pearl-diver’s plunge into the ocean of Tamil hymns and brought out in this handy volume fine gems with rhythmic English translation. This is meant for daily study and for use in temples. During my travels abroad, I often sang these hymns and simultaneously translated them into English so that Non-Tamilians were able to follow the significance of the sage-voice. These hymns are suitable for temple worship.

Temples are centres of spiritual radiation which purifies heart and mind and prepares the soul for the descent of the Divine Grace. During my recent tour in South Africa, I was singing Thevaram hymns before a large audience and explaining them in English. Mr. G. N. Naidu, gem of Kimberly, came forward to publish these hymns in a book form. Mr. Naidu with his wife Jagadambal is a large hearted philanthropist. He was a friend of Mahatma Gandhi and his family was associated with Gandhiji’s movement in South Africa. He visited India in 1925 and saw all our leaders and scholars. He appeared before many commissions to plead for the Indian People. He was the President of the Indian Council in South Africa. He was presented to the Prince of Wales and the royal family in London. He attended the Queen’s coronation in 1953. He has built a Gandhi Library for the reading public. He has raised an ideal Temple, the Siva Subrahmaniam Temple, in which he himself conducts Puja and Prayer. I call him Gem Naidu and to him this Mystic Treasure is dedicated. Mr. and Mrs. Gem Naidu visited India recently and graced the Yoga Samaj. They took a photo in the Meditation Hall which is printed here. Let many such patrons come forward to help our Jnana Yejna. Prosper all Large Hearted Souls. Now, friends, sing the hymns with me and enjoy Divine ecstasy.

Dr. Shuddhananda Bharati
Biographie : Presentation of Dr. Shuddhananda Bharati 11th May 1897 – 7th March 1990

The wise one to the cosmic age.

Although more than 90 years old, in his school in the south of India, Kavi Yogi Maharishi (great divine visionary, wise poet), Dr. Shuddhananda Bharati worked like a young man of twenty. When he was asked his age, he answered: “My age is Courage!”

The Yogi wrote several hundred works in English, French, Tamil, Hindi, Telugu and Sanskrit: five thousand songs, and fifteen hundred poems in French. The magnum opus of the man conscious of the presence of God in him, Bharata Shakti, (in 50,000 verses) described his ideal: only One Humanity living in communion with only One God in a transformed world! Bharata Shakti is a monumental and unique work. The Yogi depicts the essence of all the religions, of all the prophets and saints, all the approaches of Yoga and all the cultures on an allegorical table. It is a book for any age which all spiritual researchers and all nations should read and meditate on. This work was completed and appreciated by Sri Aurobindo, the Mother, Mahatma Gandhi, Rabindranath Tagore, Romain Rolland, Annie Besant, Bertrand Russell, George Bernard Shaw and so many others. It installs the author among the great, men such as Dante, Homer, Racine, Shakespeare, Vyasa, and Valmiki.

Dr. Shuddhananda Bharati is one of the greatest Tamil poet, having translated into this language: Gita, Upanishads, Veda, the Bible, the Koran, Avesta, the Buddha-Dhamma-Sangha and Tattvartha Sutra, the life and teachings of Lao-Tseu and Confucius. From their original languages, he also translated into Tamil The Divine Comedy of Dante, the tragedies of Racine, the comedies of Molière, the dramas of Corneille, Shakespeare, Goethe and the novels of Anatole France, Victor Hugo, Alexandre Dumas and others.

Shuddhananda’s works are innumerable. Malcolm Macdonald, who chaired the Congress on the Unity of the Conscience in Singapore, said in his short speech about him: “He is such a remarkable man, having such a diversity of raised gifts, that it is difficult to know where to start and where to finish when one speaks about Kavi Yogi Dr. Shuddhananda Bharati. Few men have achieved as many things in only one human life.” His name appears moreover in the Encyclopaedia of the World’s Great Men, which says: “Dr. Shuddhananda Bharati is the author of literary works of varied styles: works epic and lyric, melodramas, operas, comedies, pastoral, romance, novels, biographies, commentaries on famous works and texts. Bharata Shakti is his magnum opus.” He had a presentiment that he would receive the Nobel Prize for Peace or for Literature but did not live to see it. His commitment is summarized in his book celebrating his life, “Experiences of a Pilgrim Soul (Expérience d’une Âme de Pèlerin)”.

God I loved and lived in him,
Making His commandment
Leave to Man his entire talents
This is my will! Dr. Shuddhanananda Bharati

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