Author: Rajiv Mehrotra
Publisher: Hay House
Year: 2010
Language: English
Pages: 311
ISBN/UPC (if available): 9788189988852
Description
In The Mind of the Guru Rajiv Mehrotra presents dialogues with twenty contemporary sages and masters who have illumined the minds of millions around the world. Ranged here are gurus as diverse as B K S Iyengar, who brought yoga from the world of the esoteric to our living rooms, and Mata Amritanandamayi, whose mere presence invokes an overwhelming awareness of love. There is Deepak Chopra discussing a quantum healing of mind and body, Sogyal Rinpoche encouraging us to look at death so that we might live a better life and Sri Sri Ravi Shankar reaffirming each person’s right and access to happiness. And there is the unique and contrary voice of U G Krishnamurti telling us that all talk of transformation is poppycock. There are no grand narrative or final solutions, only guides who can show the way to the light within. Underlying the dialogues is their wisdom on how we make ourselves unhappy-and guidance on how we can turn our lives around to achieve happiness.
As Vipassana guru S N Goenka says, The teacher shows the way. One must walk in the path and experience it step by step. This book is a remarkable journey both for those looking to take their first tentative steps and those already well on the path.
REVIEWS
The guru is our own inner wisdom, our own fundamental clarity of mind.
-The Dalai Lama
Reading this book has been a joy. One learns so much and that, too, almost effortlessly.
-M V Kamath, Free Press Journal
Contents
Foreword by the Dalai Lama
Introduction
THE WHEEL OF DHARMA
Ocean of Wisdom (The Dalai Lama)
Through the Mirror of Death (Sogyal Rinpoche)
Being and Interbeing (Thich Nhat Hanh)
The Truth beyond Thought (S N Goenka)
THE MIND AND THE BODY
Light on Bliss (B K S Iyengar)
The Truth Is a Journey (Deepak Chopra)
Healing from within (David Frawley)
THE PLAY OF THE DIVINE
The Science of the Divine (Swami Ranganathananda)
The Embrace of Divine Love (Mata Amritanandamayi)
The Art of Living (Sri Sri Ravi Shankar)
THE PLAY OF THE DIVINE
The Science of the Divine (Swami Ranganathananda)
The Embrace of Divine Love (Mata Amritanandamayi)
The Art of Living (Sri Sri Ravi Shankar)
THE KNOWER AND THE KNOWN
The Seer and the Seeker (Pir Vilayat Inayat Khan)
Everything Is Consciousness (Radha Burnier)
The End of Knowledge (Swami Parthasarathy)
Spiritual Terrorism (U G Krishnamurti)
THE ETHICS OF ENGAMENT
Restore Justice, Seek Reconciliation (Desmond Tutu)
Work Builds, Charity Destroys (Bala Amte)
Alternative Politics, Alternative Development (Ajarn Sulak Sivaraksa)
Vedic Socialism (Swami Agnivesh)
Celebrate Diversity (The Aga, Khan)
Life as the Quest (Karan Singh)
Acknowledgements
Glossary