Chinmaya Granthapushpam Series

CHINMAYA GRANTHAPUSHPAM SERIES

Gitanjali
 – The celebrated work of our national poet has been given a simple Sanskrit translation in beautiful Sanskrit verses.

Sri Ramakrishnacaritam – The book covers the Paramahamsa’s whole life, his divine experiences, marriage, detailed chapters on his wife Saradadevi, his expositions on dvaita and advaita, his disciples including the famous Swami Vivekananda and finally his ill health and consequent mahasamadhi.

Sri Padmapadacaritam – This book chronicles the various events in Sri Padmapada’s glorious life of dedication to knowledge, meeting his great Guru, various incidents connected with his life and his teachings. It is based on a 13th century manuscript.

Laghukarnamritam – A concise version of Sri Krishna’s childhood exploits from a hitherto unpublished manuscript written by Sri Govindakavi of Kerala.

Smartaprayascittam -A compendium of various kinds of prayaschittas found in the Smritis of Asvalayana, Kaushitaka, Baudhayana, Badhulaka and Jaimini.

Synthesis of Yoga -A very beautiful and simplistic exposition on the three core yoga – Bhakti, Jnana and Karma

Logic of Paramarsha -This text elaborates the inferential cognition presented by the Nyaya-Vaiseshika school and how the great logician Sasadhara defends the Nyaya position.

Primal Spirituality, Philosophical Knowledge and Plenary Experience –A good summarization of important thoughts on the pristine concepts of spirituality, knowledge and experience as presented in the Upanishads and literature of Advaita Vedanta.

Tarkasangraha of Annambhatta –Basic text of Nyaya-Vaishesika School with Text in Sanskrit and transliteration in roman along with lucid and simple English translation and augmented by elaborate explanatory notes with diagrams where ever necessary. An index of key terms of Nyaya with their English equivalents and list of all available 93 commentaries on the work composed by various traditional scholars along with detailed bibliography have been appended at the end of the text.

Bandhanastho’niruddha –A beautiful romantic lyric on Usha and Aniruddha composed in Malayalam by famous Kerala Poet Vallathol. The poetry was translated by V. G. Raman Master in 73 Shikharini chandas.

Chinmayanandacharitam –This a poem that delineates the complete life of H. H. Swami Chinmayananda, founder of the Chinmaya Mission who rendered yeomen service in the spiritual, educational, cultural and social fields. It begins with Pujya Gurudev’s birth and ends in His Mahasamadhi. The poem is an original rendition of the whole life of Swami Chinmayananda in 18 chapters by Shri. K. Ramakrishna Warrier in simple Sanskrit verses which is pleasing even to people who has only basic knowledge of Sanskrit.

Sri Kavyakanthacaritam –It is a poetry narrating the life of Sri Kavyakantha Ganapatimuni who was born in Andhra Pradesh in 1878, endowed with a rare poetic talent. He composed many poems and won the most coveted title Kavyakantha and known to be Kavyakantha Ganapatimuni. He was an extra ordinary scholar, a perfect yogin, a patriot, an astrologer par excellent and saintly. He composed about a hundred books in metric style besides books in the form of sutras and bhashyas. Kavyakanthacaritam is an epic poem complete in 21 cantos in about 1000 verses. The  description begins with the eulogy of the Andhra State, its culture and people and goes on elaborating his birth, childhood, education, marriage, his desire to do penance, meeting with Sri Ramana Maharshi and accepting him as his spiritual Guru, his last days etc.

Parisaranitisatakam – A very interesting book on environmental science written in the form of Sanskrit verses with English versification.

Sri Ramanuja: The great integreator – It was the golden period of the imperial Cholas a thousand years ago in south India. Yet, the society here as elsewhere had many fault-lines which needed the corrective touch of an incarnational personality. As if the Time Spirit had taken note of all this, Śrī Rāmānuja appeared in the land south of the Vindhyas as a guardian of Sanātana-dharma. During his long life of 120 years (1017-1137 A.D), he successfully strove to integrate the society, teach the people forget caste and credal differences and remain united to save the Vedic religion from external challenges.