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The Collected Works of

 

Vasishtha Kavyakantha Ganapati Muni

 

ON Sunday, 22 February, 2004 a formal launching

 

of the first of a 12-volume set of books, containing

 

the Collected Works of Vasishtha Kavyakantha

 

Ganapati Muni was released before the Samadhi

 

Shrine of Sri Bhagavan at Sri Ramanasarmam.

 

The President of Sri Ramanasramam, Sri V. S.

 

Ramanan, presided over the book release and gave

 

the gathered devotees a brief life sketch of Sri K. Natesan,

 

the editor of this colossal undertaking.

 

Sri K. Natesan was introduced to Kavyakantha

 

Ganapati Muni when just a teenager in the 1920s and

 

became his disciple. He once asked the Muni how he

 

could best learn Sanskrit and was told to continue

 

writing and reciting the Muni's written works as much

 

as possible. Encouraged by Bhagavan Sri Ramana, Sri

 

K. Natasen faithfully followed this advice throughout

 

his life. These simple instructions have also inspired

 

him to collect all the inspired compositions of Ganapati

 

Muni, set them in order and now, in final days of a

 

fruitful life, undertake the editing and publishing of the

 

complete works of this great Vedic seer and saint.

 

Dr. S. P. Pani, the son-in-law of Sri K. Natesan,

 

gave an enlightening, soulful talk on the deep

 

significance of the Muni's association with Sri

 

Bhagavan, the greatness of the Muni's literary

 

outpourings and the dedication of Sri K. Natesan, his

 

father-in-law, who at ninety years old is as alert and energetic

 

as ever.

 

Inscribed books were presented to devotees by Sri

 

Natesan, and everyone congratulated him on his

 

astounding achievement. The second volume should be

 

printed in a few months and the other ten, which are nearly

 

ready, will be printed as resources become available.

 

This first 400-page, hardbound volume, containing

 

the famous "Umasahasram," and many other hymns of

 

adoration, printed in Sanskrit, along with the English

 

transliterated text, will be available at Arunachala

 

Ashrama, New York.

 

For inquires, please call (718) 575-3215 or email

 

"ashrama@a...".

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Hari Om

 

by the Grace of God it begins

 

ever since hearing of the Umasahasram

 

and other works of Ganapati Muni

 

I have been drawn to them

 

they are the corner stone of the new epoch

 

Siva's two son's walked the earth together

 

Lord Skanda came to us in the form

 

of Ramana Maharshi and His Vel

 

"Who Am I"

 

opened the door to the divine Self

 

Lord Ganesha came to us as

 

Vasishtha Kavyakantha Ganapati Muni

 

in these 12 volumes are laid out

 

the Path to the Mother

 

Dr Frawely has proclaimed the coming

 

and now they are placed in the hands of mankind

 

let us chant them

 

the words of our Beloved Lord Ganesha

 

let us burn the dross away

 

a new age has arisen

 

Jai Maa

 

Love baba