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Shri Purohit Swami
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Shri Purohit Swami translated selected passages from the 10 principal Upanishads from Sanskrit. Fluent in both Sanskrit and English, Shri Purohit Swami was instrumental in popularising the wisdom of Indian spirituality and philosophy through his translations of ancient Indian texts. His other books include The Geeta: The Gospel of the Lord Shri Krishna, An Indian Monk, The Song of Silence, In Quest of Myself, Harbinger of Love, Honeycomb, and Gunjarao. This book carries an introduction by the noted Irish poet, dramatist, prose writer and winner of the Nobel Prize for Literature in 1923, William Butler Yeats (1865-1939).
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W. B. Yeats
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W. B. Yeats considered this autobiography of Shree Purohit Swami of 'comparable importance' to Tagore's Gitanjali. The book describes Shree Purohit Swami's life and adventures. In fact, in his own words, it is about his 'concrete life, not an abstract philosophy.' The Swami is like a ministrel and story-teller. In his belief he can only offer to God the service learnt in service of man or woman. Shree Purohit Swami possessed ' heroic ecstatic passion prolonged through years, through many vicissitudes. 'In his description of his journey up seven thousand steps at Mount Girnar, Yeats claims one will find a philosophy that wil satisfy the intellect and will be all one wants.
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