Author: Narayana Guru
Nitya Chaitanya Yati/
Publisher: D K Printworld
Year: 2006
Language: English
Pages: 237
ISBN/UPC (if available): 8124600570
Description
The volume embodies a highly stimulating mystic composition : Atmopadesha Shatakam, literally One Hundred Verses of Self-Instruction, unfolding magnificently the relationship of man with cosmos. Written, originally in Malayalam, by Narayana Guru: a mystic, philosopher, visionary, and poet of yester-years, these verses are like the eternal beacon showing us the way to know the meaning of life through Self-awareness.
The title, Neither This Nor That But - Aum, is derived from the last: the hundredth, verse of Atmopadesha Shatakam. The 99 verses that precede it clearly explain the This and That in which our lives become entangled. But as we progress from verse to verse, we find unveiled before us the untold magic of the silent Word: the secret of supreme realization.
Guru Nitya, who is a key figure in the spiritual hierarchy of Narayana Guru, here reproduces all these ever-enlightening verses of Atmopadesha Shatakam : each in its Roman transliteration, together with its English translation, meaning and, besides these, also the guidelines for meditation.
Contents
FOREWORD
Author’s Note
Narayana Guru
Guide to Malayalam Pronunciation
Vowels
Consonants
Verse 1 to 100