Review of 'Back to the Truth'- The Cheque is in the Mail!

[Guest guest]

Professorji :

 

First, let me wish you all a Happy Rama Navami.

 

Lord Rama was known for being true in 'Word and Deed'.Similarly, you

have carried out the promise of writing a book review of Dennisji's

book 'Back TO the Truth' in Amazon.com and let me also LIVE UP TO ll

my promise of rewarding the $100 prize money ... please send me your

current address to my email address .Thanks. Although,

member 'advaita rules ' was the first one to print his review of the

book, i decided to award the prize money to Professorji simply

because i found Professorji's review more helpful and more inspiring-

so much so that the Review itself turned out to be a masterpiece.

 

here is an excerpt from Professorji's wonderful review :

 

 

" A marathon 600-page compendium, in English, of the entire

philosophical field of spiritual knowledge known as `Advaita' (Non-

duality) -- that is `Back to the Truth' by Dennis Waite. It is in

fact more than a compendium; it is a masterly thesis presented by

Waite from scratch all the way up to the dizzy heights of whatever

peak you have heard about in Vedanta. It is a classic, unique in

several respects.

 

Its first, and greatest, uniqueness is its strategy of presentation.

The author strides like a colossus on the shoulders of all the

giants of this ancient philosophy that was originally formally

streamlined from the teaching of the Upanishads, by towering

authorities like Gaudapada and Shankara, then supplemented and

strengthened by a whole lineage of Masters over the centuries down

to the times of Ramakrishna and Vivekananda, now propagated

worldwide in the twentieth century by Seers of the stature of Ramana

Maharishi, Nisargadatta Maharaj, Atmananda Krishna Menon, and the

like and expounded resoundingly by Swami Sivananda, Swami

Ranganathananda (and others of the Ramakrishna Mutt), Swami

Chinmayananda, Swami Dayananda and scores of others through lectures

as well as writings almost up to the present time. We hear the words

of these originators and expositors all throughout the book.

Further, the book testifies to the power of the electronic media of

modern times most dramatically in the fact that, in addition to this

time-tested foundation on which the author stands high on a

pedestal, there are elaborate quotations of diverse writings (with

most proper acknowledgments, of course) on the web by various modern

authors on anything even remotely connected with advaita. Tons of

credit are due to the author for his masterly handling of all this

varied material and for his insightful stringing together of all of

them - each one in its place, at the right time, in the right

context, for the right purpose and with the right effect. Excerpts

from traditional and modern teaching are presented in a wide variety

of styles, says the author, " in the hope that something will click " .

Rest assured, everything clicks! "

 

Progfessorji , only a Mathematics professor can write such

a 'Precise Review' that the readers are encouraged to read the

originAl book to see if all this praise is warranted. i am not a

great writer but i am a fairly good reader and therefore for

readers like me find book reviews such as these very helpful in

buying the book .

 

Thanks once again

 

Jai Ram ! Jai Sita Ram!

[Guest guest]

advaitin , " dhyanasaraswati "

<dhyanasaraswati wrote:

>

> Professorji :

>

> First, let me wish you all a Happy Rama Navami.

>

> Lord Rama was known for being true in 'Word and Deed'.Similarly,

you

> have carried out the promise of writing a book review of Dennisji's

> book 'Back TO the Truth' in Amazon.com and let me also LIVE UP TO

ll

> my promise of rewarding the $100 prize money ... i decided to award

the prize money to Professorji simply

> because i found Professorji's review more helpful and more

inspiring-

> so much so that the Review itself turned out to be a masterpiece.

>

> here is an excerpt from Professorji's wonderful review :

 

 

 

Namaste Dhyanasaraswatiji

 

Thank you. I received the check today.

 

Incidentally, let me remind the readers that your quote in the above

letter was only an excerpt from the review; the full review needs to

be read on Amazon.com.

 

Thank you once again.

 

PraNAms to all advaitins

profvk

[Guest guest]

Thank you Professorji:

 

You desrserved the 'award' for you did write a brilliant review - not

only that , your review showed the precious time and effort you put

in reading this 600 page Magnum Opus ! IT IS MY PLEASURE ENTIRELY .

 

I AM VISITING MY DAUGHTER ON THIS EASTER DAY WEEKEND - THE BABY AND

MOM ARE DOING WELL AND BONDING NICELY. Today is my daughter's

birthday - she was born on Easter Sunday . This year , she got the

best gift a woman can get -the gift of a baby.

 

Wishing you all a Happy Easter !

 

And he departed from our sight that we might

return to our heart, and there find Him. For

He departed, and behold, He is here

St. Augustine

 

 

love to all

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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>

>

> Namaste Dhyanasaraswatiji

>

> Thank you. I received the check today.

>

> Incidentally, let me remind the readers that your quote in the

above

> letter was only an excerpt from the review; the full review needs

to

> be read on Amazon.com.

>

> Thank you once again.

>

> PraNAms to all advaitins

> profvk

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