Publication
Imprint: New Delhi : Ram (Lee) Alexander in conjunction with Shree Shree Ma Anandamayee Archive Trust, 2020. Context: First edition 2000. Edition: Fourth edition. Responsibility: the diaries of Atmananda edited with introduction, commentary, and final chapter by Ram Alexander. OCLC Number: 47256695-close. Physical: Text : 1 volume : 620 pages : illustrations (some color) ; 21 cm. Features: Includes bibliography, glossary.
Call number
Biography / Atman
ISBN
8186569197 / 9788186569191
Original publication date
2000
Collections
CSS Library Notes
Description: Death Must Die gives an intimate first-hand account of a courageous woman's spiritual quest in close association with several of India's greatest modern saints. Unfolding against the back-drop of Banaras in the 1940's, where she lived as a teacher and musician, we are given an in-depth picture of her intense relationship with the extraordinary woman who becomes her guru - Sri Anandamayee Ma.
Atmananda, as she came to be known, was also closely associated with J. Krishnamurti, and a unique picture is given of him here in comparison with his peers and contemporaries within India. In her almost obsessive desire to "understand" J.K., as she calls him, she was driven ever deeper into the heart of Indian spirituality, encountering Sri Ramana Maharshi, as well as other outstanding Indian sages, before ultimately coming to the feet of Anandamayee Ma.
In particular, this book gives a true darshan (an experience of the presence) of Anandamayee Ma and the unique way in which she guided people to self-illumination.
Ram Alexander was a close friend of Atmananda as well as a fellow disciple of Anandamayee Ma, with whom he stayed in India for 10 years.
Table of Contents:
Introduction to the revised edition
Theosophy and J. Krishnamurti (JK)
Ramana Maharshi
Benares
First meetings with Ma
Lewis Thompson
Almora
Life at Rajghat
Vindhyachal
Moonlight on the Ganges
"On can't remain on this earth looking after her"
Thoughts of JK (J. Krishnamurti)
The plunge
Diksha (initiation)
The experiment continues
A new mantra
Back at Rajghat
"All one has to do is surrender ever more perfectly"
Krishnamurti returns
"Are these dreams only dreams?"
A devastating departure
The process deepens
"Are you not mine?"
"Everything is He, He alone Is"
"Isn't that the way of love"
"Blood of your blood, bones of your bones am I"
Words of wisdom
The final years
Appendix 1 : interview with Atmananda
Appendix 2 : Dhaulchhina Ashram
FY2021 /
Atmananda, as she came to be known, was also closely associated with J. Krishnamurti, and a unique picture is given of him here in comparison with his peers and contemporaries within India. In her almost obsessive desire to "understand" J.K., as she calls him, she was driven ever deeper into the heart of Indian spirituality, encountering Sri Ramana Maharshi, as well as other outstanding Indian sages, before ultimately coming to the feet of Anandamayee Ma.
In particular, this book gives a true darshan (an experience of the presence) of Anandamayee Ma and the unique way in which she guided people to self-illumination.
Ram Alexander was a close friend of Atmananda as well as a fellow disciple of Anandamayee Ma, with whom he stayed in India for 10 years.
Table of Contents:
Introduction to the revised edition
Theosophy and J. Krishnamurti (JK)
Ramana Maharshi
Benares
First meetings with Ma
Lewis Thompson
Almora
Life at Rajghat
Vindhyachal
Moonlight on the Ganges
"On can't remain on this earth looking after her"
Thoughts of JK (J. Krishnamurti)
The plunge
Diksha (initiation)
The experiment continues
A new mantra
Back at Rajghat
"All one has to do is surrender ever more perfectly"
Krishnamurti returns
"Are these dreams only dreams?"
A devastating departure
The process deepens
"Are you not mine?"
"Everything is He, He alone Is"
"Isn't that the way of love"
"Blood of your blood, bones of your bones am I"
Words of wisdom
The final years
Appendix 1 : interview with Atmananda
Appendix 2 : Dhaulchhina Ashram
FY2021 /
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Physical description
620 p.; 21 cm
Language
Original language
English