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1 Appendix - A SELECTED BIOGRAPHICAL DATA OF THE GURU NARAYANA : Birth on August 20th at Vayalvaram House in Chempazhanthi, a village ten miles north of Thiruvananthapuram the capital of Kerala State. Father : Madan Asan Mother : Kutty Amma 1859 : Early education starts at the age of five under Chempazhanthi Mootha Pillai : Completes primary education. Death of mother : Higher education under distinguished Sanskrit scholar Kummum Pilli Raman Pillai Asan at Puthupally 1879 : Severe attack of dysentery. Higher education completed and returns home. Teaching and contemplative life of seeker begins : Marriage and then complete renunciation begins : Death of Father. Renounced life at Maruthuvamala : Aruvippuram Shiva prathishta on 10th February : Consecrates Mannanthala Devi Temple. 1894: The Guru met young Kumaran Asan at Chirayankizhu. Sends him to Bangalore for education : Composition of Atmopade;a Satakam at Aruvippuram : Recognition as a spiritual leader. State census records him as Erudite Sanskrit scholar. 1903: Association known as Sree Narayana Dharma Paripalana Yogam (S.N.D.P. Yogam) comes into being : Settler at Sivagiri, Varkala. Consecrates temples at Peringottumkara and Kumaramangalam : Bangalore tour with Dr. Palpu : Consecration of Jagannatha temple at Thalassery.

2 1909 : Mangalore tour : Consecration of temple at Calicut and Mangalore. I 1912 : Consecration of Sarada Temple at Sivagiri, Varkala : Establishment of Advaida Ashram at Alwaye : Celebration of 601h birthday (Due to uncertainty of his year of Birth, which the Guru left unrecorded, there is an error of two Years). Composition of ~arkana-m& in Sanskrit : First tour of Sree Lanka : Conference on brotherhood at Alwaye : Rabindra Nath Tagore visits Guru at Sivagiri : Conference of all religions at Advaida Ashram, Alwaye : Mahatma Gandhi visits Guru. Laid foundation stone of Brahma Vidya Mandir at Sivagiri : Visits Coimbatore and Nilagiris. Second visit to Sree Lanka : Mahasamadhi on 20Ih September.

3 Appendix - B THE LIST OF WRITTEN WORKS OF THE GURU. I. Hymns on Vinsyaka or Gaqapathi 1. Vinayakashtakam (Sanskrit) - Eight verses to Vinayaka, II. Hymns on Vish~u. 1. Srikrishna Da~shanam (Malayalam) 2. Sriklishn5sthavam (Malayalam) 3. Sri VasudevZshtakam (Sanskrit). Eight verses to Vasudeva, Vishnu ishtakam (Sanskrit). Eight verses to Vishnu. Ill. Hymns on Shiva 1. Ardhanareeswaristhavam (Malayalam). Hymn to Androgynous God. 2. Cidambarsshtakam (Sanskrit). Eight verses on Cidambaran or Mental space, ' Cijada-Cindanam (Malayalam). Reflection on Mind and Matter, lndriya vairzgyam (Malayalam). Detachment from sense pleasure ' Kolatiresa satvam (Malayalam). Hymn on Kolatiresa - A hymn on the deity of Shiva installed by the Guru at Kolathukara or Kolathera, ~anana5tam (Malayalam). Beyond comprehension Pindanandi (Malayalam). Prenatal gratitude, 1887-' Prapancha Srishti (Malayalam). Creation of the World. 9. Sad; Shiva arka an am (Malayalam). A vision of sadsshiva, 1887-' Shiva Prasada Panchakam (Malayalam). Five verses on Shiva's Grace ' Shiva Satakam (Malayalam). One hundred verses on Shiva. 12. ~vznubhava giti (Malayalam). Amrutha Tharangini - Song of intuitive experience, Tevzra Patikankal (Tamil). Four Tamil Songs of ten verses, each praising Shiva -Nayinar Temple - Re-consecration at Arumanoor, 1887.

4 IV. Hymns on Devi- the Mother Goddess. 1. BhadrakalySsthakam (Sanskrit). Eight verses on Bhadrakali, Devi Prana'm5stakam ( Sanskrit). Eight verses prostrating to Devi. 3. Devi Stavam (Malayalam). Hymns on Devi, 1887-' Kali ~ztakam (Malayalam). The Dance Drama of Kali, 1887-' Mannanthala Devisthavam (Malayalam). Hymns on the Devi of Mannanthala, V. Hymn on subrahmapya. l. Bhuleyashtakam (Sanskrit). Eight verses on Bhuleya Subrahmanya, 1887-' GuhZstakam (Sanskrit). Eight verse on Guha (Subrahmanya), Navamanjeri (Malayalam). A bouquet of nine verses, Sanmaturiistavam (Malayalam). Hymn on Sanmatura - the six mothered God. 5. Sa~mukha Dasakam (Malayalam). Ten verses on Sanmukha - the six headed God, 1887-' Sacmukha Stotram (Malayalam). Hymn on Sanmukha - the six headed God, 1887-' ~ubrahman~akhhanam (Malayalam). In praise of Subrahmanya. 8. Subrahmanya Stuthi (Malayalam). A hymn of sixty verses on Subrahmanya. VI. Philosophical Poems 1. Advaita Deepika (Malayalam). The lamp of Non- Duality. 2. Arivu (Malayalam). Knowledge - consciousness - Gnosis, 1887-' Atm6padeia Satakam (Malayalam). One hundred verses on self instruction, Brahmavidya Panchakam (Sanskrit). Five verses on Final absorption, Daiva Dasakam (Malayalam). Ten verses to God - a universal prayer, 1914.

5 6. ~arlana-~a'la'(sanskrit). Garland of visions of the Absolute - One hundred verses in ten sections, Homa-Mantras (Sanskrit). A mantra for Burnt-Sacrifice. Prescribed on the essence of Vedic ritual and adapted for use in Ashrams dedicated to wisdom, Janani-Navaratna- Manjeri (Malayalam). A cluster of nine Gemmed Bouquet to Mother, Kundalini-Pattu (Malayalam). Song of Kundalini snake - Seventeen verses, with a refrain, 1887-' Sloka-Trayi (Sanskrit). A work in three verses. 11. Vedgnta SGtras (Sanskrit). The philosophy of Vedanta in Aphorisms. VII. Instructive Composition. 1. Ahimsa (Malayalam). Five verses on Non-violence. 2. An Obituary of Two Verses on Chattambi Swamikal, Anukampa - Dasakam (Malayalam). Ten verses on Mercy, ~kramam (Sanskrit). Five verses on how to run an Asram, Bhsryi-Dharmam (Malayalam). Pattern of good behaviour of Housewives. 6. Dharmam (Sanskrit). One verse on Dharma. 7. Filling of an Incomplete verse (Malayalam). 8. Greetings to the Dharmakumaram - Monthly (Malayalam), Jsti - Lakshanam (Malayalam). Definition of Kind, Nicnayam - Five verses - the first in Sanskrit, the remaining four in Malayalam - A critique of Caste. 10. ~ gti 11. ~Tva-~srun~a-~anchakam (Malayalam). Five verses on kindness to life, Municharya Pnachakam (Sanskrit). Five verses on the Way of the Renounced Recluse, Sadacharam (Malayalam). Pattern of good behaviour. 14. Sanyzsi-Mahima (Malayalam) Ten verses on the greatness of Recluse. 15. Varsha-Varnanam (Malayalam). Ten Verses on the Importance of Rain.

6 VIII. Translations. 1. A Tamil Single Verse - Sanskrit to Tamil. 2. ls/a-~~anisad - Sanskrit to Malayalam ' Tiru-Kural - Tamil to Malayalam IX. Prose work. 1. Atma-vilGsam (Malayalam). Self S self-manifestation. 2. Cijjada-Chintakam. (Malayalam). Reflections on mind and matter, Daiva Chintanam I (Malayalam). Reflections on Devine, Daiva Chintanam I1 - (Malayalam). Reflections on Devine, Gadya ~rgghana (Malayalam). A prayer in prose form. Aadvaita Jeevitham is a prose in Malayalam published by Kumaran Asan on behalf of Sree Narayana Guru in It contains the principles given by the Guru at the time when the foundation stone of Sivagiri Mutt at Varkala was laid. Sree Narayana Dharmam is another prose in Malayalam written by Swami Atmananda in It is a code of conduct instructed by the Guru.

7 vii SELECTED BIBLIOGRAPHY Bai, Sathya Sivadasan, Sree Narayana Guru - The Practical Philosopher, Secunderabad : Sree Narayana Educational and Cultural Society, Balakrishnan, C.K., Hundred Teachings of Sree Narayana Guru, Koorkanchery : Published by the Author,I 988. Bharati, Swaminah Chandrasekhara Jagadguru, Sri Sankara's Vivekacudamani with an English Translation of the Commentry in sanskrit, Bombay : Bharatiya Vidya Bhavan. Bhaskaran, T., Sree Narayana Guruvinte Sampoornakrithikal, Kozhikkode : Mathrubhumi Printing and Publishing Company,l985. 1I Sree Narayana Darsanam, Nishakala, Bhatacharya, Haridas. (Ed.), The Cultural Heritage of India - Vol I to VI, Calcutta : Ramakrishna Mission Institute of Culture,1993. Buchanan, Deborah, Gesturies in Silence, Varkala : East West University of Brahmavidya. Byron, Jevons Frank, The History of Religion, New Delhi : Orient Publications. Canney, M.A., An Encyclopaedia of Religion, New Delhi : NAG Publishers,l988. Chandrika, Sankaranarayanan, Gurupadam, Kollam : Imprint Books,1994. Das Gupta, Surendra Nath, Religion and Rational Outlook, New Delhi : Motilal Banarasi Das, 1954.

8 viii Das, I.V. (Ed.), Nitya Chaitanya -A Study, Kannoor : Nitya Chaitanya Vedi,2001. Drake, Durant, Problems of Religion, New York : Green Wood Press Publishers,l968. Guru Kumaranashante Drshtiyil, Kottayam : D.C. Books. Guru, Nataraja, One Hundred Verses of Self Instruction, Varkala : Gurukula Publishing House,1967.,, An Anthology of the Poems of Narayana Guru,(Trans.) Karnataka : Gurukula Institute of Aesthetics Values,1977.,I The Word of the Guru, Ernakaulam : Paico Publishing, I, Life and Teachings of Narayana Guru, Fernhill : An East West University Publication,l990. P, The Philosophy of a Guru, Varkala : Narayana Gurukulam,1986. I, An Integrated Science of the Absolute, Vol. I and II Varkala : East West University of Brahmavidya,l The Way of the Guru, Geneva : The Suji Publishing Association,l931. I, Experiencing One World, New Delhi : D.K. Print World,1996. Hiriyanna, M., Outlines of Indian Philosophy, Bombay : Blackie and Son Pulishers, Karunakaran, R., Darsanamala of Sree Narayana Guru, Quilon : Sree Sankara Sanskrit Vidyapeetam, Kesavan, M.G., Sree Narayana Gurudevante Darsanavum Viswamanavikathayum, Thalassery : Current Books,2000.

9 Koyikkal, K. Jacob, Sree Narayana Guru, Ernakulam : Nava Sobha Publications Kunjappa, Moorkoth, Sree Narayana Guru, New Delhi : National Book Trust, Kumaran, N.C., Narayana Guru - Relevancy Today, Varkala : Narayana Gurukulam,l988. Kurup, A. Pathmanabhan, Sree Narayana Guruvinte Sahityadarsanam, Kozhikkode : Mathrubhumi Printing and Publishing Company,l989. Mahadevan, T.M.P. and Saroj G.V., Contemporary Indian Philosophy, New Delhi : Sterling Publications,l981. Mishra, R.S., Studies in Philosophy and Religion, Varanasi : Bharatia Vidya Prakasan, Mohapatra, A.R., Philosophy of Religion, New Delhi : Sterling Publishers, Moorthi, Sachidananda, Revelation and Reason in Advaita Vedanta, New Delhi.: Motilal Banarasi Das,1974. Masih, Y., Introduction to Religious Philosophy, New Delhi : Motilal Banarasidas Publishers,l971. Murti, Sharma Ram, Some Aspects of Advaita Philosophy, New Delhi : Eastern Book Linkers,1986. Nair, Balakrishnan, Sree Narayana Gurudeva Krthikal Samboorna Vyakyanam, Vol. I, Varkala : Sree Narayana Dharma Sangham Trust. Nair, Maheswaran k., Sree Narayan Guruvum Navodhanavum, Trivandrum : Chintha Publications,2000. Nehru, Jawaharlal, The Discovery of India, Culcutta : Signet Press,1946.

10 Panicker, Balaram K., Sree Narayana Guru Prabandhangaliloode, Varkala : Sree Narayana Dharma Sangham Trust Sivagiri Mutt,1969. Panicker, Damodaran, Five Gems of Sree Narayana Gurudev and Other Poems, Chengannur : Perera, J. Jerald, Narayana Guru - A Social Educator, Varkala : R.R. Publishers,l989. Peterson, Michael, Philosophy of Religion - Selected Readings, New Delhi: Oxford University Press,1996. Prasad, Muni Narayana, Ved5nta Sutras of Narayana Guru, New Delhi : D.K. Print World (P) ~td,1993. Radhakrishnan, S., Eastern Religion and Western Thought, Delhi : Oxford University Press,? 939. n The Hindu View of Llfe, lndia : Blackie and Son, , Indian Religions, New Delhi : Orient, I, The Spirit of Religion, New Delhi : Pankaj Publications, I! 6hagavatg7taI Bombay : Blackie and Son, I, Search for Truth, New Delhi : Hind Pocket Books, Raju, P.T., The Philosophical Traditions of lndia, New Delhi : Motilal Banarasidas Publishers,l992. Ramachandran, K., Sree Narayana Guru - Life History, Kottayam : Childrens Book Trust. Rao, Nagaraja P., Introduction to Vedsnta, Bombay : Bharatiya Vidya Bhavan,l990.

11 Reddy, Rethna A.V., The Political Philosophy of Swamy Vivekananda, New Delhi : Sterling Publishers,l984. Ronald, Romain, The Life of Ramakrishna, Almora : Advaita Ash ram, l 930. Sanoo, M.K., Narayana Guru, (Trans.), Bombay : Bharatiya Vidya Bhavan, Sarma, D.S., Hinduism Through the Ages, Bombay : Bharatiya Vidya Bhavan,l973. Sharma, Chandradhar, A Critical Survey of Indian Philososphy, New Delhi : Motilal Banarasidas Publishers,l960. S piers, John, A Warrier Rshi - The life and teaching of Sree Narayana guru., colombo : Sree Narayana Guru Celebration Committee. Spiers, John, The Guru, Karnataka : Visranti Munishthanam. Swamy, Dharma Theertham, A Prophet of Peace or Sree Narayana Guru of Malabar, Trivandrum : City Press,l 933. Swamy, Guru Prasad, The Perfect Guru, Mangalore : S. Chandrasekher. Swamy, Harshananda, Hinduism - Through Questions and Answers, Madras : Sri Ramakrishna Mutt1984 Swamy, Vivekanandan, Hinduism, Madras : Sree Ramakrishna Mutt. Swamy, Vivekanandan, Parliament of Religion, New Delhi : Swamy Vivekananda Centinary Committee,l965. Tiwari, N. Kapil, Dimensions of Renunciation in Advaita Vedanta, New Delhi : Motilal Banarasi Das,1986. Vaidyar, Kesavan C.R., Sree Narayana Guru - Oru Symposium, Kottayam : D.C. Books,1992.

12 ,l Sree Narayana Guru Swantham Vachanangaliloode, Kottayam : Current Books, Warrier, E.J., Swathantryathilekku Nayiccha Acharyanmar, Trivandrum : Kerala Bhasha lnstitute,1998. Yati, Nitya Chaithanya, The Psychology of ~ar;anamal& Varkala : Gurukula Publishing House,1987. I Epistemology of Gnosis (Arivu), Varkala : Narayana Gurukulam.,I Sree Narayana Guru, Sreenivasapuram : East West University of Brahmavidya, Beyond Cause and Effect, Varkala : Narayana Gurukulam, I, A Bouquet of Verses in Praise of the Supreme Mother, Fernhill : Nitya Books, 1999.

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