Guest guest Posted February 15, 2001 Report Share Posted February 15, 2001 Born in 1934 in a South Indian Smartha family,I am a retired marketing manager.My wife and myself are living in a quiet suburb of Chennai in India.Our three children are all married and settled in the U.S.,making it possible for us to visit them very often at regular intervals. I was initiated into Advaitic Philosophy by my father,whose Guru was 'Babaji', lovingly called 'Narmade Har', a Brahmanishti who had refused to accept the position of Shankaracharya of Sringeri Mutt some time in the 1930s(I do not remember the correct year)and opted to continuously do parikrama of the Narmada river.He had no ashram of his own and preached only when approached and ate what came his way.My late father got his Diksha from Babaji by a mere TOUCH on his shoulder by Babaji's palm. I had the good fortune of spending a week with Babaji along with my father when Babaji was teaching Patanjali Yoga Sutras by the banks of the Narmada in Barwaha at the foothills of Omkareshwar. My father has left behind several volumes of handwritten Tamil translations and his own thoughts and commentaries in Tamil and English on important Upanishad Mantras,Mandukya Karika, Ishtasidhi and Brahmasutra Bhashya all of which are now being studied and pursued by me.I hope to sort them out this time on my return to Chennai and see if I can find a publisher for the same. Hari Om! Swaminarayan Get personalized email addresses from Mail - only $35 a year! http://personal.mail./ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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