Nataraja Guru
Nataraja Guru | |
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Born | P. Natarajan February 18, 1895 Bangalore, India |
Died | March 19, 1973 | (aged 78)
Occupation | Founder of Narayana Gurukula |
Nataraja Guru (born P. Natarajan, 18 February 1895 – 19 March 1973) was a disciple of Narayana Guru. Nataraja Guru founded Narayana Gurukula on 1923 for the integral study of various wisdom approaches.
Biography
Nataraja Gúrú was born in
Natarajan had come into contact with Narayana Guru and experienced the
In the year that Sree Naryana Guru Great Samadi , 1928, Natarajan received his blessing to study abroad. These studies lasted five years, during which he obtained a doctorate of letters from the
On returning to India, Natarajan spent two years seeking work in various parts of the country because the followers of Narayana were not welcoming to him after the guru's death. In 1935, he returned to the gurukul at Fernhill in Ooty. He spent some time as an Advisor for the
Thereafter, Nataraja travelled widely around the world and, in 1963, established the Brahmavidya Mandiram at Sivagiri in Varkala.[3] He translated into English and wrote commentaries on all the major works of Narayana Guru. He also wrote on a wide variety of subjects, employing throughout a protolinguistic or structural approach.[citation needed]
Nataraja Guru Samadi on 19 March 1973 at the NGM headquarters in Varkala.[1]
Books
- The Word of the Guru: Life and Teachings of Narayana Guru (content archived 5 February 2012) first serialized in The Sufi Quarterly, 1928, published as a book at Geneva, 1931.
- Unitive Philosophy, D.K. Printworld (P) Ltd., New Delhi, 2005, ISBN 81-246-0339-1, comprising:
- Vedanta Revalued and Restated (content archived 4 March 2012), first serialized in Values magazine Nov. 1963 - Nov. 1964.
- The Philosophy of a Guru, (content archived 9 May 2008) serialized in Values magazine Jan. 1965 - Nov. 1965
- The Search for a Norm in Western Thought, (content archived 17 October 2007) serialized in Values magazine Jan. 1966 - Nov. 1966
- Autobiography of an Absolutist
- The Bhagavad Gita, Translation and Commentary, (content archived 5 February 2012)
- An Integrated Science of the Absolute (Volumes I, II)
- Wisdom: The Absolute is Adorable
- Saundarya Lahari of Sankara (content archived 4 February 2012)
- Memorandum on World Government
- World Education Manifesto
- Experiencing One World
- Dialectical Methodology
- Anthology of the Poems of Narayana Guru
References
Citations
- ^ a b c d e Thadathil (2002)
- ^ Lukose (2010), pp. 209–210
- ^ a b Osella & Osella (2000), p. 107
- ^ Kurup (1988), p. 99
Bibliography
- ISBN 9788170990949
- Lukose, Ritty A. (2010), "Recasting the Secular: Religion and Education in Kerala, India", in Mines, Diane P.; Lamb, Sarah (eds.), Everyday Life in South Asia (2nd ed.), Indiana University Press, ISBN 9780253354730
- Osella, Filippo; Osella, Caroline, eds. (2000), Social Mobility In Kerala: Modernity and Identity in Conflict, Pluto Press, ISBN 9780745316932
- Thadathil, George (2002), "The Making of a Tradition: The Vision of Nataraja Guru" (PDF), Divyadaan, 13 (2): 159–190, archived from the original (PDF) on 23 March 2014, retrieved 23 March 2014
Further reading
- Smith, Bardwell L., ed. (1976). Religion and Social Conflict in South Asia. BRILL. ISBN 9789004045101.
External links
- Narayanagurukulam
- Works of Natataraja Guru Archived 11 November 2018 at the Wayback Machine