
Author: Meera S Sashital
Publisher: Bharatiya Vidya Bhavan
Year: 2004
Language: English
Pages: 324
ISBN/UPC (if available): 817276345X
Description
The saints occupy a unique poison in our national life, literature and culture. In fact, they have been the main sources of inspiration in our life for over last 5000 years. By investing shrines and sacred places with religious and spiritual significance, the saints have enabled us to maintain unimpaired sense of the unity of India and, of the continuity of her cultural life.
It is not easy to write about the saints. They are rare and sometimes even difficult to understand; but because of the rarity and difficulty one ought not to turn away from trying to discourse. It is better to attempt something magnificent and even fail than to accomplish inconsequential ends. Most of us, most of the time, are busy with trivialities, not realizing that they are so.
It is only when we put these aside and strive to rise to the dimension of eternity which is that of the saints that we really begin to live Following the lives of saints and on their teachings is a potent means to elevating our own lives and for gaining sublimity. This book is a modest but sincere attempt in this direction.
Contents
FOREWORD
GENERAL EDITOR’S PREFACE
AUTHORS PREFACE
CHAPTER
Zoroaster
Vardhamana Mahaveera
Jesus and His Message of Love
Mohammed the Prophet
The Saint Poet Tiruvalluvar
Appar or Thirunavukkarasu
Manikkavachkar
Thiru Jnana Sambandhar
Shankaracharya
Sundaramurit
Ramanuja
Chokamela
Basaveswar
Madhvacharya
Jaidev
Saint Francis of Assisi
Farid
Jalal-ud-din Rumi
Gorakhnath
Narahari The Goldsmith
Namdev
Ramananda
Gora Kumbhar
Damaji Pant
Jnanadev
Kanak Das
Kurmadas
Bhanudas
Vidyapati
Raidas
Purandara Das
Vallabhacharya
Chaitanya Mahaprabhu
Chandidas
Nandanar
Kabir
Narsi Mehta
Guru Nanak
Sena The Barber
Saint Appayya Dikshitar
Tulsidas
Eknath
Dadu Dayal
Rahim Raskhan
Saint Francis Xavier
Arunagiri
King Pipa
Samarth Ramdas
Tukaram
Bulleh Shah
Guru Govind Singh
Ramprasad
Shah Latif
Tyagaraja
The Story of King Shantbrahmani
Haridas
Sadasiva Brahman
Saint Gudidi Baba
Ramakrishna Paramahamsa
Sri Ramana Maharshi
Swmi Ramdas of Kanhangad
Yogi Vemana
Vasuki
Tadagai
Vandi
Anal
Avvai
Rabia
Alagi of Thanjavur
Muktabai
Janabai
Kanhopatra
Mira Bai
Sakhubai
Bahinabai