Author: Swami Paramarthananda
Publisher: Sri Ramakrishna Math
Year: 2006
Language: English
Pages: 142
ISBN/UPC (if available): NA
Description
From time immemorial, India produced many great saints and sages, the living Tirthsas, who demonstrated through their lives, the characteristics of a perfect man. The Vedas and the Upanishads took a concrete shape to guide mankind towards perfection in the form of these great saviours. The light emitting from them cleared the path for many struggling souls and showered the nectar of peace and happiness on them.
The study of these great lives and their teachings will certainly be a source of inspiration to every one. In order to understand the meaning, purpose and goal of human life, we need to study these great souls. We need to understand the lives and teachings of these great personalities, who are the source of inspiration to mankind. By emulating them and by following their teachings, we will certainly free ourselves from the mess of confusion and misunderstanding we live in. with this noble intention, the Ramakrishna Math, Hyderabad, has set up a beautiful and permanent museum where the oil painting portraits of the great saints are displayed.
This volume contains all those paintings, along with their brief life sketches and inspiring messages for the benefit of larger number of admirers of our heritage and culture.
Contents
SAINTS:
Andal
Akka Mahadevi
Annamacharya
Aurobindo
Basaveshwara
Bharati Prana
Brahmananda Swami
Chaitanya Mahaprabhu
Handrasekhara Saraswati
Francis of Assisi
Dayanda Saraswati
Eknath
Gauri Ma
Guru Nanak
Guru Govind Singh
Jayadeva Goswami
Jnanasambandar
Jnaneshwar
Namdev
Kabirdas
Madhvacharya
Mahavir
Malayala Swami
Brother Lawrence
Mirabai
Ramanand
Nandanar
Narsi Mehta
NarayanaGuru
Lallesvari
Mansur Al-hallaj
Jalaud-din Rumi
Potana
Purandara Dasa
Kulasekhara Alwar
Raghaendra Swamy
Ramdas Swami
Ramdas (Papa)
Ramadasu Bhadrachala
Ramana Maharshi
Ramanujacharya
Ramprasad
Shirdi Sai Baba
Santkumara
Sankaracharya
Sankara Deva
Swami Shivanananda
Swami Shvananda
Swaminarayan
Surdas
Tiruvalluvar
Trailinga Swami
Tukaram
Tulasidas
Tyagaraja
Vallabhacharya
Vaswani T.L. Sadhu
Yogananda Paramahamsa
Wisdom of Christian Saints
WISDOM OF THE SAGES
Vasistha
Vyasa
Kapila
Valmiki
Yajnavalkya
Shukadeva
Astavakra