ThirukkuralThirukkural has been translated into many languages. English translations in prose and verse by eminent scholars have appeared in print. Of those done in verse, G. U. Pope's verses are in varying metres, Rev. Popley's in blank verses (of five feet), K. M. Balasubramaniam's in heptametric couplets and Robinson's in tetrametre. The very name Kural in Tamil means short verse in venba metre of 2 lines each, the first line containing 4 feet and the second line 3. Great truths are found imbedded within the brief compass of those two lines.Aphoristic brevity and felicity of expression, impregnated with great moral truths, distinguish Kural from other works. So a translation that comes very near this high ideal has to be preferred to others. Robinson's translation of Kural in tetrametric couplets being the shortest in structure, perfect in diction and felicitous in expression, besides being faithful to the original, we thought at first we could arrange to get the third part of Kural on Love translated into English in tetrametric verse (Part III not having been translated by Robinson) and publish Kural in its entirely in uniform tetrametric verse. But since many old Tamil commentaries have now become available (after Robinson) and since it would be advantageous to get the Kural translated by a single eminent hand in uniform metre, taking advantage of the new commentaries since made available. The great saint and savant, poet-philosopher Dr. Shuddhananda Bharati was requested to undertake the task. He readily agreed to do so. He completed the translation in tetrametric couplets, French metre being adopted.Dr. Shuddhananda Bharati, the reputed author of many valuable books in varied languages, with his wide knowledge and travel experiences, with his mastery over several languages like Tamil, English, Sanskrit, Telugu, Hindi, French, etc., with his delving into the depths of Yogic silence and Light and Divine inspiration, has brought out the great truths of Tiruvalluvar in apt and resonant verses, in crystal-clear tetrametric couplets, which can be set to music.Explanatory notes for difficult words in English verses have been added at the end.It is hoped the English reading public will appreciate this new venture of ours and benefit by it.It is a real pleasure for me to present this treatise on Thirukkural to you. Thank you, Dr. Shuddhananda Bharati for having transmitted Thirukkural to us. The first edition of this book is dated on October 11, 1968. With the blessing of Aum Shuddha Shakti.Editions ASSA, Christian Piaget
Dans Les Secrets du Sama Yoga, Shuddhananda Bharati nous amène au coeur des connaissances du Yoga, des Upanishad, de la Gita, à la source de l'équilibre gnostique et de la dévotion psychique. Il analyse et explique toute la réalité, depuis le fonctionnement physique du corps jusqu'au fonctionnement spirituel de l'être humain.Avant de se déverser dans l'océan, le fleuve arrose collines et vallons, passe par des niveaux fluctuants. La terre le vide ; le ciel le remplit. Les hommes, les animaux et les plantes y puisent chaque jour ; la pluie et les sources le remplissent. A travers plaines et plateaux, champs et prairies, villes et hameaux, il poursuit sa course en chantant « Je suis Aum ». De même, le courant de la vie coule à travers diverses incarnations limitées pour se déverser dans la Béatitude infinie. Le passé est sa source, le présent son cours, l'avenir son but. La force spirituelle est sa ressource.
Sama YogaKavi Yogi Maharshi Shuddhananda Bharati was a scholar, linguist, scientist, seer poet, saint and the sage of the Cosmic Age. He was ever agile and active, writing, singing and doing good. He was a Universalist, who was not bound to caste, religion, colour and race or geographic boundaries. He was an apostle of Sama Yoga which seeks for a synthesis of science and yoga, West and East, the actual and the ideal in life. Maharshi Purnananda Bharati taught him Gita, and he learnt Raja Yoga from sage Patanjali. Jnana Siddha initiated him in Sama Yoga. Shirdi Sai Baba taught him Sabda Yoga. Siddaruda Swami taught him Mantra Yoga. Ramana Maharshi opened his heart and made him meditate in the cave of Tiruvannamalai Hills. During this time Kavi Yogi wrote Bharata Shakti or the Epic of Supermen, a scripture of New Era Humanity in Tamil. His Yoga Samaj is a spiritual, cultural and scientific centre, which teaches Higher Yoga to real seekers, cures diseases by Nature and cultivates science and Yogic life. He has written 1500 songs. His political creed is Spiritual Socialism, based upon cosmic soulhood.The Earth is one, the breath is one, The sky above is one;Humanity in soul is one; The goal of life is one.North and South and East and West are one in horizon;This harmony of life is best when all are everyone.Prosper all! Prosper all!Our aim in life. Our life is a soul force involved in matter. The matter and the soul are like the body and the driver of a car. Yoga goes deep into the soul and opens inner mysteries and releases the divine force in our mental and psychic being. Science solves the external problems of life. Both unite to build up the harmony of collective universal life. Then we can see a transformed new humanity and ring in the blessed anthem of Peace for All. A constructive science and dynamic Yoga can lead nations to live a life of purity, unity and divinity and liberate the mind from war mania.There are rare powers pent up in the psychic centres; there are higher inspirations that can kindle genius and manifest the divinity in humanity; Sama Yoga equally releases psychic forces and inspirations in men and women and promotes the vision of One Divine Humanity. The world is our temple; the sum-total of mankind is our universal God in the soul. To love and serve is our worship for the felicity of mankind. Let us dedicate our life to attain this goal; let us come together, walk abreast, speak from our conscience, think alike and live one body in the inner Spirit for the total felicity of mankind. Prosper all, conscious of the One in all.It is a real pleasure for me to present this treatise on Sama Yoga to you. Thank you, Dr.Shuddhananda Bharati for having transmitted Sama Yoga to us. The first edition of this book is dated on October 8, 1978.Editions ASSA, Christian Piaget
Secrets of Sama YogaBy means of a simple explanation, clear, precise and meticulous, Dr.Shuddhananda Bharati reveals to us the Secrets of Sama Yoga.In the heart of the knowledge of Yoga, of Upanishads, of Gita, of gnostic balance, of psychic devotion, all is analyzed and explained, from the physical functioning of the human body to its spiritual functioning.The various plans of the conscience, the synthesis of spiritual yoga and material science and the approach of this spiritual socialism make Secrets of Sama Yoga an important book for spiritual researchers.Thank you Dr.Shuddhananda Bharati for having transmitted to us Secrets of Sama Yoga. With the energy of Shuddha Shakti!Editions ASSA, Christian Piaget
Secrets of YogaThe first secret of Yoga is that there is no secret in it (Dr.Shuddhananda Bharati). This book is a discovery, a comprehensive and unprecedented treatise on Yoga in general, an access to Aum Shuddha Shakti, a step forward in union with the Self, a clear and precise explication of the gnostic equilibrium which guides us through the ups and downs of life and helps us for the unity with the Divine that is the reality of our inner being. Let His Grace blossom in us.Dr. Shuddhananda Bharati wrote: Pure Bliss calls us from within, to a new life of immortal delight. Faith, love, aspiration, concentration, consecration, conscious surrender and pure receptivity - these are the offerings necessary to attain Divine Bliss. Everything good shall follow when we follow the path of this Pure Yoga. We can live in tune with the Divine as conscious children of one Spiritual Communion. Our life shall be an efflux of the Divine Spirit. Our earth shall be a heaven of peace where all wars shall cease and nations shall walk like angels of God. This was the flaming aspiration of ages of human existence. This was the fond vision of sages and seer-poets.It is a real pleasure for me to present this treatise on Secrets of Yoga to you. Thank you, Dr. Shuddhananda Bharati for having transmitted Secrets of Yoga to us. With the energy of Aum Shuddha Shakti!Editions ASSA, Christian Piaget
The Secrets of Sadhana The word Sadhana means effort, accomplishment. It is making effort towards self-finding and towards the perfection of the human through union with the Divine.
This book will be very useful to the aspirants of self-perfection. The first part of the book was a contribution to the Kalyana Kalpa Taru.
The second part, Hints on Sadhana, has been gleaned from Swamiji's letters to his friends written before the year 1929.
This book on Yogic Sadhana is written in an easy-flowing style, and contains infinite riches in a little room. Every word of it, the author speaks from self-realization. Seekers of Reality, Peace and Bliss will find this practical treatise a real boon.
It is a real pleasure for me to present this treatise on The Secrets of Sadhana to you. Thank you, Dr. Shuddhananda Bharati for having transmitted The Secrets of Sadhana to us.
Guiding LightsThis Book gives the Yogic illuminationsgot by the Indian Author, Kavi Yogi MaharshiDr.Shuddhananda Bharati from inspired SagesPerfect and saintly Yogis like Jnana SiddhaSai Baba, Ramana Maharshi, Sai Ram,Aurobindo, Gandhiji and fromA study of Ramathirtha,Sadasiva Brahman,Saint Francis,Arunagiri,etc.This is a valuable Guide for Sadhaks.It is a real pleasure for me to present this treatise on Guiding Lights to you. It was written in Madras in the south of India. Thank you, Dr.Shuddhananda Bharati for having transmitted Guiding Lights to us, it is written with so much love. The first edition of this book is dated on 11 May 1976.Editions ASSA, Christian Piaget
Gospel of Perfect LifeSpiritual Socialism, Sama Yoga is the fulfilment of all human hopes and endeavours. It is the pattern of a better, higher, purer collective life in tune with the Soul that is one in all. The spiritual socialist sees all in the One and the One in all. The universe is his temple. The collective human soul is his God and dedicated service is his worship. To see all happy is his Self-Delight. The allness of the individual is the basis of this Socialism - to feel one with all in cosmic consciousness. Behold the flower that blossoms in the peace of the crimson dawn. Its smile is an ecstasy of self-giving. Its beauty is a poem of joy. Its perfume plays with the wind and spreads around for the health of all. The Aumful bees drink its honey and collect it in the hive for the good of all. The beehive socialism is the example of an active collective life. Behold the rain clouds woven by the solar heat from the tossing waves. What is drawn up falls as rain and cherishes Earth with golden yields. Such is Spiritual Socialism which is a battery of two forces - material Science and spiritual Yoga. Yoga is the psychic science of better life which trains the body, life, mind, heart, intellect and innate powers to a perfect harmony. Yoga is a life of beauty, harmony and energy in tune with the Infinite Spirit that is the core of beings. Yoga realises in meditation the unique One that is the Self of beings. It offers unity of consciousness that is the foundation of one world and one humanity. A scientific life set upon this spiritual harmony is the potent remedy for the ills of vital egoistic passions that rush to a sanguine nuclear holocaust. Spiritual Socialism is the panacea for the war-worn world. This Gospel of Perfect Life gives you in twelve treatises the graded Sadhanas of Sama Yoga.Dr.Shuddhananda Bharati
Cosmic RiddlesCosmic Riddles is an important work of Dr.Shuddhananda Bharati. Culture, as many artists understand it, unifies the people and enters them through song, literature, cinema, theatre, etc. Many messages pass from this fact by the culture. Dr.Shuddhananda Bharati had already understood this strongly a long time ago and made a point in his work of underlining it.The harmony of the religions is a second important plan for the future of the men and the women of this world. The future belongs to a common denominator, which rejoins and not divides society. But let us return to Cosmic Riddles. This is an approach to the relation between man and God. It contains a perceptible description and specifies many of the riddles of existence to help human beings to an understanding.The content of the book is an explanation of the journey from birth to death until we find the Divine in Oneself, which is the source, the course and the resource of life.Dr.Shuddhananda Bharati wrote this work in South India, in Madras (Chennai). His great knowledge, as well as cultural and spiritual insight, is very interesting and opens innumerable doors for us.Cosmic Riddles gives us the possibility of apprehending in a more direct way, spiritual dimension by an awakening and an interior research. It is a real help for any evolution, enabling us to integrate happiness and peace inside us with inspiration and wisdom for a noticeable improvement of our existence.The need to become aware now of the unity of heart to heart, of man to man is of primary importance for the future of humanity.To connect microcosm with the macrocosm and to become One on the whole planet are the projections to come from the vision from Dr.Shuddhananda Bharati.Few changes are necessary, each one keeps their own identity and their belief, but develops inside themselves a union with the Divine One which is our true being. We all breathe the same air! Oxygen filling our lungs and making us live is similar for us all!Our common destiny is of living still a long time under this celestial canopy! With us to improve the daily life of it!Good reading. How each one discovers what interests them in this first publication of Cosmic Riddles!Editions ASSA, Christian Piaget
Yoga for All This work is a complete analysis of human physical, psychic and spiritual operation. It is identical to Cosmic Riddles which was published in April 2005 in French. The more one advances in the reading, the more one feels the great knowledge of Dr.Shuddhananda Bharati.With simple and precise explanations of Yoga, it takes us along on the way of the Divine as well as giving guidance for the wellbeing and the evolution of the heart by means of the physical health gotten by the various yogic exercises. A feeling of softness and peace in its introduction lets us discover the major relation which it has with the Divine one - the Total Union with the Pure Spirit of a perfect Yogi in fact.In Yoga for All, it is held that we must embellish the majestic side of our terrestrial life through the expression of Yoga. Yoga is not the extinction of that life; it is for Dr.Shuddhananda Bharati the blooming of life. Yoga gradually evolves us towards the expression of Divine in Oneself.Dr.Shuddhananda Bharati created and synthesized in his Sama Yoga (Yoga for All) all the old vedantic and tantric yogic techniques. His explanation is clear: Sama Yoga is the integral life of the Pure Spirit in matter. Hatha Yoga gives you a virile body, Rajah Yoga the conquest of self by the control of the spirit and Jnana Yoga gives self-knowledge. Bhakti Yoga ensures divine happiness by enthusiasm, prayer, song and devotional dance. Karma Yoga seeks the Divine Grace by devoted service and tenderness. Gita Yoga teaches us how to live in the detached active world of our actions. Japa Yoga develops the concentration and the vibrations of the psychic elements. Through the Will, Tantra Yoga joins boldly with Nature and conquers it by cosmic force. The final goal of all old Yogas is the delivery from the risks and the sorrows of this fleeting life. Sama Yoga makes a synthesis of the best of all the old ways and tries to build a new collective life on the ground. It is a synthesis of material science and spiritual Yoga.It is a real pleasure for me to present this treatise on Yoga to you. It was written in Madras in the south of India. Thank you, Dr.Shuddhananda Bharati for having transmitted Yoga for All to us. May its leitmotiv: Unit, Purity, Divinity radiate through this book!Editions ASSA, Christian Piaget
Die Geheimnisse der SadhanaVorwortWenn man das liest... zuerst gehen die Worte ins Herz und in die Seele.Wenn man weiter liest hat man das Gefühl, Blumendüfte zu riechen... Rosen, Lilien... Liebe, Reinheit... ein Wegweiser für ein besseres Leben.Und wenn man es gelesen hat, hat man ein Gefühl der Glückseligkeit und das Gefühl, gewachsen su sein.In Dankbarkeit an Dr. Shuddhananda Bharati für dieses wunderbare Werk und Danke an Christian Piaget, es für andere Volker und Sprachen verständlich zu machen.In Dankbarkeit, Françoise ErnstFür alle Leute, die die Realität, den Frieden und die Glückselichkeit suchenSadhana bedeutet Anstrengung, Verwirklichung. Dieses Wort bezeichnet die vollbrachte Anstrengung zur Entdeckung seiner selbst und der Vervollkommnung des Menschen, und zwar durch die Verbindung mit Gott. Die Flüsse kämpfen sich in der Natur durch dick und dünn, bis sie sich in den weiten Ozean ergiessen. Die menschliche Seele kämpft, um die Hürden des Schicksals und die tausend und eine Schwierigkeiten des Lebens zu überwinden, bevor sie in den einzigartigen Ozean des Friedens, der Glückseligkeit und der Wahrheit gelangt. Das Ziel des Wassers ist das Meer, das Ziel des Menschen ist Gott.Editions ASSA, Christian Piaget
I Segreti della SadhanaA chi cerca Autenticità, Pace e BeatitudineIl termine Sadhana significa sforzo, conseguimento di un obiettivo. È lo sforzo che si compie per trovare se stessi e raggiungere la perfezione dell'umano attraverso l'unione con il Divino.L'animo umano si fa strada attraverso le incognite del Destino e le vicissitudini della vita per arrivare a perdersi in un oceano assoluto di pace, beatitudine e verità.Il fine delle acque è il mare. Il fine dell'Uomo è Dio.
Autor: Dr. Shuddhananda BharatiAn alle, die über die ewige Wahrheit denken und forschenDie zwolf Aphorismen des Yogi St. Meikandar sind ein Klassiker der tamilischen Literatur des 13. Jahrhunderts. Für uns stellen sie einen wertvollen Führer dar auf der Suche nach der ewigen Wahrheit.Dieses Buch von seltener Qualität über Existenz und Evolution der Seele ist ein Geschenk an diejenigen, die die Wahrheit suchen. Der Name Meikandar (der die Wahrheit sieht) bezeichnet einen perfekten Yogi, einen gottlichen Jnani, der aus dem Inneren heraus die reine und lautere Wahrheit verkündet über die drei ewigen Entitäten : Gott, die Seele und das Universum.
The Integral YogaI. The Integral YoginA dynamic message rose from the battle-field of Kurukshetra, fifty centuries ago: Be a yogin, live in yoga with the Divine, act in the Divine Consciousness. That was the message of Sri Krishna to the progressive humanity, through the medium of the heroic Arjuna. Through the thick maze of headlong Time, the word Yoga was struggling for a perfect expression. Its voice was almost drowned by the hell-cries of the battling vital movements.Here and there, some ascetics added attributes to it according to individual predilections and sought through yoga to still or kill the mind in featureless trance. Books were written on yogas; but yoga was still a mystery or monopoly or a thing dreaded by family men. Humanity was still groping through the blind alleys of ignorance without knowing the saving virtue of yoga.Editor's NotesThe Integral Yoga of Sri AurobindoLive in Yoga with the Divine, a Life Divine !The Yoga of Sri Aurobindo by Kavi Yogi Maharishi Dr.Shuddhananda Bharati is a rare volume of Dr.Shuddhananda Bharati written about Sri Aurobindo.There is a growing demand for yoga books now. This Integral Yoga is an abridged edition of the above book. We have extracted in this volume only portions relating to Sri Aurobindo's New Yoga of Transformed Life; other things come in just to show the distinct feature of the Integral Yoga.The style has been made simpler and clearer and the substance more interesting.A warm thank you to Daye Craddock for her help in careful editing of this book. Editions ASSA, Christian Piaget
Aantekeningen van de uitgeverHet woord Sadhana betekent inspanning, volbrenging. Het is de inspanning om het Zelf te vinden en perfect te worden als mens door zich te verenigen met het Goddelijke.Dit boek zal zeer nuttig zijn voor hen die zelf-perfectie nastreven. Het eerste deel van het boek is een bijdrage aan de Kalyana Kalpa Taru. Het tweede deel, Hints on Sadhana, is ontleend aan brieven van Swamiji aan zijn vrienden tot het jaar 1929. Dit boek over Sadhana Yoga is in een vlotte stijl geschreven en bevat een oneindige rijkdom in weinig woorden. In elk woord heeft de auteur het over zelf-realisatie. Zij die naar waarheid, vrede en gelukzaligheid op zoek zijn, zullen deze praktische verhandeling als een ware zegen ervaren.Met groot genoegen presenteer ik de verhandeling De geheimen van Sadhana aan de lezer. Dank u, Dr. Shuddhananda Bharati voor de overdracht van De geheimen van Sadhana aan ons. De eerste uitgave van dit boek is gedateerd op 10 januari, 1944.Een grote dank aan Johan Mulder voor zijn uitstekende vertaalwerk.Editions ASSA, Christian Piaget
Der Zweck der ExistenzUnsere Existenz ist eine in die Materie verkorperte Kraft der Seele. Man kann die Materie und die Seele mit der Karosserie und dem Fahrer eines Autos vergleichen. Yoga dringt ins Innerste der Seele, offnet die inneren Rätsel und befreit die gottliche Kraft unseres mentalen und psychischen Seins. Die Wissenschaft lost die äusseren Probleme. Yoga und Wissenschaft bauen zusammen die Harmonie des universellen gemeinschaftlichen Lebens auf. So sehen wir eine veränderte neue Menschheit, wir horen das gesegnete Lied des Friedens für alle.Die konstruktive Wissenschaft und das dynamische Yoga konnen die Nationen zu einem Leben von Reinheit, Einigkeit und Gottlichkeit führen und die Gedanken vom kriegerischen Wahn befreien. In den psychischen Zentren gibt es wertvolle Kräfte. Hohe Inspirationen konnen das Genie entfachen und die Gottlichkeit der Menschheit zum Ausdruck bringen. Das Sama Yoga befreit psychische Kräfte und die Inspiration bei den Männern und bei den Frauen, es begünstigt die Vision einer einzigartigen gottlichen Menschheit.Die Welt ist unser Tempel, die Menschheit in ihrer Ganzheit unser universeller Gott in der Seele. Lieben und dienen ist unser Kult für das Glücklichsein der Menschheit. Widmen wir unser Leben diesem Ziel. Vereinigen wir uns, marschieren wir geradeaus, lassen wir unser Gewissen sprechen, denken wir zusammen und leben wir wie ein einziger Korper im Inneren Geist für das vollkommene Glück der Menschheit. Schreiten wir voran, im Bewusstsein des Einen in allem!Einen herzlichen Dank an Frau Geneviève Vuilleumier für ihre grossartige Übersetzungsarbeit. Sie hat die Geisteshaltung des Dr. Shuddhananda Bharati auf bewundernswerte Art auf Deutsch hervorheben konnen. Es ist für mich eine aufrichtige Freude und eine grosse Ehre, Ihnen diese Abhandlung über Sama Yoga vorzulegen. Danke, Shuddhananda Bharati, uns das Sama Yoga überliefert zu haben. Die erste Ausgabe geht auf den 8. Dezember 1978 zurück.Mit dem Segenswunsch: Aum Shuddha Shakti Aum.Editions ASSA, Christian Piaget
The Secret of Karma, Editor's notesWe submit The Secret of Karma (Gita Yoga) at the divine feet of God and bow our heads in worship. The Bhagavad Gita is the Bible of India; it is an incomparable tome of Vedic philosophy which the entire world should follow; it has been interpreted in several different ways but it still allows scope for new interpretations.The Gita is an explanation of the Supreme Soul's Yoga. It explains in detail the three distinct types of yoga, namely karma, devotion and wisdom in the chapters 1-6, 7-12, 13-18. We should study the Gita and its origin to understand its meaning. With this objective in mind, the Kavi Yogi has written and presented The Secret of Karma (Gita Yoga).This rare book will be published in three parts. The first part will throw light on The Secret of Karma in the chapters I - IV. The second part consists of the chapters VII - XII in which the practice of devotional yoga is explained. The third part will deal with the yoga of wisdom in the chapters XIII - XVIII. The Gita incorporates elements of the Vedas and the Upanishad. In the elucidations provided in Gita Yoga, readers will be able to perceive the essence of divine books relating to the Hindu principles of life in many places.Meditational verses are given at the beginning of the book to enable our people to realize the spiritual path envisioned by Hindu sages and to meditate on God. These have been uttered by divinely-endowed sages. Clarity of mind can be obtained by chanting them in the mornings and evenings. The profound doctrines found in each chapter have been separated into small sections for elucidation so that everyone is able to read them daily without difficulty. This book also deals with the path shown by the Gita and covers several new topics.Editions ASSA, Christian Piaget
Sri Aurobindo's LightThe Light of Sri Aurobindo opens the way to a higher consciousness, the supra-consciousness.In this book, Shuddhananda Bharati reveals his immense Love for Sri Aurobindo, and thus reveals a path that is perceptible over time for all of us. To open one's perception of unity, the unity of consciousness while keeping in oneself and developing one's self, one's own individuality. With gratitude and fullness! Aum!Editions ASSA / Christian Piaget
