Yoga, Enlightenment And Perfection
A Book Expounding Yoga, Bhakti & Vedanta
H.H. Jagadguru Sri Abhinava Vidyatheertha Mahaswamigal, the 35th pontiff of Sri Sringeri Sharada Peetham, was an unmatched authority on the scriptures, a peerless Yogi, a consummate Jivanmukta, an ocean of mercy and a perfect preceptor.
This book contains a detailed account of His intense spiritual practices that culminated in His Enlightenment and Jivanmukti at a very young age, as enumerated below:
- Hatha Yoga
- Bhakti & Karma Yoga
- Kundalini Yoga
- Nada Anusandhana
- Meditation on Divine forms
- Intense reflection on Brahman
- Nirvikalpa Samadhi
- Enlightenment and Jivanmukti
Thus, this book serves as an authoritative exposition of Yoga, Bhakti and Vedanta.
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H.H. Jagadguru Sri Abhinava Vidyatheertha Mahaswamigal was born on November 13, 1917, and was initiated into Samnyasa on May 22, 1931, by the 34th pontiff, the renowned Jivanmukta, H.H. Jagadguru Sri Chandrasekhara Bharathi Mahaswamigal. His Holiness intensely engaged in spiritual practices, which strictly conformed to the scripture, right from the day of His Samnyasa and these culminated in His full realization of and steadfast establishment in the Supreme Brahman on December 12, 1935.
This book contains a short account of the life of His Holiness in the words of the reigning 36th pontiff of Sringeri Sharada Peetham, H.H. Jagadguru Sri Bharathi Theertha Mahaswamigal. This is followed by a short account in the words of Acharyal – which is how His Holiness has been referred to in the book – about His Guru. Then, after some relevant information about Acharyal’s pre-Sannyasa days, commences a detailed account of His practice of Hatha Yoga, devotion, Karma Yoga, Kundalini Yoga, Nada Anusandhana, contemplation on the Atman, meditation and Samadhi on divine forms, scripture-based reflection on the Truth, Savikalpa Samadhi and Nirvikalpa Samadhi (the acme of Yoga) on the Absolute; and of His thorough elimination of notions of the non-Atman, His enlightenment and Jivanmukti. Citations from the scriptures and other authoritative texts as also extracts from the discourses and dialogues of His Holiness have been included to provide clarifications and additional information. H.H. Jagadguru Sri Bharathi Theertha Mahaswamigal has approvingly conferred on the work a benedictory foreword (Srimukha).
