Go ahead. Take a look inside. You could use a good laugh. This colourful All! WisdOl/l Book will knock your socks off! It's a collection of short, REAL LIFE incidents, where Swami Tejomayananda has given the highest wisdom during casual interactions with devotees. In a witty and simple way, his playful statements are instantly engaging - when unravelled, they provide the basic building blocks of everyday life.
Featuring titles such as Lock, stock and all sl1loking barrels and Tile nanislting tiger, these delightful stories - accompanied by vibrant cartoons - wrap great insight and inspiration. It's a one-of-a-kind book. It's Vedanta - and a prescription for happy living - in a fun, practical way.
In folk tales, a sage often appears homeless, wearing ragged clothes and funny shoes.
But this is not a tale. This is about a Real sage. Most real sages look very much like ordinary people. They live in ordinary homes and work in ordinary jobs. Only, they do things extraordinarily.
In these short stories, an attempt has been made to capture the resplendence of a real sage- Swami Tejomayananda.
As head of Chimneys Mission, he is much sought after. Yet in his everyday interactions, Guruji is at perfect ease with his surroundings. The depth of his personality is vividly seen in his wisdom, wit and simplicity.
These 73 stories have been selected from over 600 that were gathered from devotees of Chinmaya Mission around the world, to be presented to Guruji in this surprise book, as a token of have appreciation.
Each of these stories is true, although some editing was necessary in exercising in exercising creative license.
The explanation at the end of each story is sourced from the work of Masters, namely, Swami Chinmayananda (Founder, Chinmaya Mission), Swami Tejomayanada (President Divine Life Society) and Swami TeJomayananda (Head, Chinmaya Mission). Our humble salutation and thanks to them.
We thank the main sponsors of The Ah! Wisdom Book: Harish, Lakshmi & Sacheen Hiranand, Bela Pandya, Chinmaya Seva Center Singapore, Arvind & Meena Mathur, Rajbir & Nicki Singh and Gopala & Shashikala Dwarkanath, We also thank the many others who have generously contributed and worked to put this book together. And, a special note of appreciation for talented cartoonist, who wishes to stay anonymous.
Preface | 9 | |
Introducing | 11 | |
When does life begin | 13 | |
Real new world | 16 | |
The phantom world | 18 | |
Man and Wiseman | 20 | |
The heart of the matter | 23 | |
Master of the mind | 25 | |
The tricky business of the mind | 28 | |
Making lemonade from lemons | 31 | |
Light years ahead of y’all | 33 | |
A world without me | 35 | |
Mirror, mirror on the wall, who’s the changeless of us all | 38 | |
The earth, moon and the vocabulary of knowledge | 41 | |
The night has a thousand eyes | 45 | |
The magical of the pied piper | 48 | |
Why pray | 50 | |
The homecoming | 52 | |
The length of your love line | 54 | |
Thank God you’re here | 56 | |
Well-wisher or wish-fulfiller | 59 | |
Head or heart: At wit’s end | 61 | |
Standpoint of dharma | 64 | |
Time tested and fool proof | 69 | |
Love’s loopy logic | 71 | |
The omission commission | 73 | |
Hey! Look around You | 75 | |
The altered ego | 77 | |
The luggage of life | 78 | |
Kurdle the choice | 80 | |
The Philosophy of chen and tana tana | 82 | |
Easy come, easy go | 84 | |
Nothing of value | 87 | |
Restlessness on the run | 89 | |
Why did God create the world | 91 | |
Sense and sensibility | 94 | |
A matter of time and pace | 97 | |
Essay on a cow | 99 | |
A few good men | 101 | |
A leap of faith | 103 | |
Mind your business | 104 | |
Lock, stock and all smoking barrels | 107 | |
Creators, leaders and producers | 109 | |
The mind catcher | 111 | |
What’s in a name | 114 | |
Always a question mark | 117 | |
Rule of patience | 119 | |
Give you, get me free | 121 | |
Inside out wisdom | 122 | |
The empirical in the Absolute | 125 | |
Alone to the alone all is the way | 127 | |
The wandering minstrel | 129 | |
Dance of the delectable | 133 | |
In the twinkling of an eye | 135 | |
The paradoxical nature of Consciousness | 138 | |
Supercalifragilistic expialidocious | 140 | |
The mighty illusion | 144 | |
What is Truth | 148 | |
The vanishing tiger | 152 | |
Enjoy in joy | 154 | |
Letting out the fizz | 155 | |
The zero sum solution | 157 | |
The time hand of God | 159 | |
Dead bees on a cake | 163 | |
Twice upon a time | 165 | |
The motor, the driver and the fuel | 167 | |
Who’s giving to whom | 169 | |
I’m fine, thank you | 170 | |
The whole world in my palms | 175 | |
Secret of the deep | 176 | |
Veparvaha | 178 | |
Nonchalance | 180 | |
Total contentment of a Jivanamukta | 181 | |
I am where I am | 183 | |
Whichever way the wind blows | 186 | |
Transliteration and Pronunciation Guide | 190 | |
Glossary | 191 |
Go ahead. Take a look inside. You could use a good laugh. This colourful All! WisdOl/l Book will knock your socks off! It's a collection of short, REAL LIFE incidents, where Swami Tejomayananda has given the highest wisdom during casual interactions with devotees. In a witty and simple way, his playful statements are instantly engaging - when unravelled, they provide the basic building blocks of everyday life.
Featuring titles such as Lock, stock and all sl1loking barrels and Tile nanislting tiger, these delightful stories - accompanied by vibrant cartoons - wrap great insight and inspiration. It's a one-of-a-kind book. It's Vedanta - and a prescription for happy living - in a fun, practical way.
In folk tales, a sage often appears homeless, wearing ragged clothes and funny shoes.
But this is not a tale. This is about a Real sage. Most real sages look very much like ordinary people. They live in ordinary homes and work in ordinary jobs. Only, they do things extraordinarily.
In these short stories, an attempt has been made to capture the resplendence of a real sage- Swami Tejomayananda.
As head of Chimneys Mission, he is much sought after. Yet in his everyday interactions, Guruji is at perfect ease with his surroundings. The depth of his personality is vividly seen in his wisdom, wit and simplicity.
These 73 stories have been selected from over 600 that were gathered from devotees of Chinmaya Mission around the world, to be presented to Guruji in this surprise book, as a token of have appreciation.
Each of these stories is true, although some editing was necessary in exercising in exercising creative license.
The explanation at the end of each story is sourced from the work of Masters, namely, Swami Chinmayananda (Founder, Chinmaya Mission), Swami Tejomayanada (President Divine Life Society) and Swami TeJomayananda (Head, Chinmaya Mission). Our humble salutation and thanks to them.
We thank the main sponsors of The Ah! Wisdom Book: Harish, Lakshmi & Sacheen Hiranand, Bela Pandya, Chinmaya Seva Center Singapore, Arvind & Meena Mathur, Rajbir & Nicki Singh and Gopala & Shashikala Dwarkanath, We also thank the many others who have generously contributed and worked to put this book together. And, a special note of appreciation for talented cartoonist, who wishes to stay anonymous.
Preface | 9 | |
Introducing | 11 | |
When does life begin | 13 | |
Real new world | 16 | |
The phantom world | 18 | |
Man and Wiseman | 20 | |
The heart of the matter | 23 | |
Master of the mind | 25 | |
The tricky business of the mind | 28 | |
Making lemonade from lemons | 31 | |
Light years ahead of y’all | 33 | |
A world without me | 35 | |
Mirror, mirror on the wall, who’s the changeless of us all | 38 | |
The earth, moon and the vocabulary of knowledge | 41 | |
The night has a thousand eyes | 45 | |
The magical of the pied piper | 48 | |
Why pray | 50 | |
The homecoming | 52 | |
The length of your love line | 54 | |
Thank God you’re here | 56 | |
Well-wisher or wish-fulfiller | 59 | |
Head or heart: At wit’s end | 61 | |
Standpoint of dharma | 64 | |
Time tested and fool proof | 69 | |
Love’s loopy logic | 71 | |
The omission commission | 73 | |
Hey! Look around You | 75 | |
The altered ego | 77 | |
The luggage of life | 78 | |
Kurdle the choice | 80 | |
The Philosophy of chen and tana tana | 82 | |
Easy come, easy go | 84 | |
Nothing of value | 87 | |
Restlessness on the run | 89 | |
Why did God create the world | 91 | |
Sense and sensibility | 94 | |
A matter of time and pace | 97 | |
Essay on a cow | 99 | |
A few good men | 101 | |
A leap of faith | 103 | |
Mind your business | 104 | |
Lock, stock and all smoking barrels | 107 | |
Creators, leaders and producers | 109 | |
The mind catcher | 111 | |
What’s in a name | 114 | |
Always a question mark | 117 | |
Rule of patience | 119 | |
Give you, get me free | 121 | |
Inside out wisdom | 122 | |
The empirical in the Absolute | 125 | |
Alone to the alone all is the way | 127 | |
The wandering minstrel | 129 | |
Dance of the delectable | 133 | |
In the twinkling of an eye | 135 | |
The paradoxical nature of Consciousness | 138 | |
Supercalifragilistic expialidocious | 140 | |
The mighty illusion | 144 | |
What is Truth | 148 | |
The vanishing tiger | 152 | |
Enjoy in joy | 154 | |
Letting out the fizz | 155 | |
The zero sum solution | 157 | |
The time hand of God | 159 | |
Dead bees on a cake | 163 | |
Twice upon a time | 165 | |
The motor, the driver and the fuel | 167 | |
Who’s giving to whom | 169 | |
I’m fine, thank you | 170 | |
The whole world in my palms | 175 | |
Secret of the deep | 176 | |
Veparvaha | 178 | |
Nonchalance | 180 | |
Total contentment of a Jivanamukta | 181 | |
I am where I am | 183 | |
Whichever way the wind blows | 186 | |
Transliteration and Pronunciation Guide | 190 | |
Glossary | 191 |