Combo of Everyday Yogi by Shivaprakash H.S. and Relationship ( Pb ) (Set of 2 Books)

This combo product is bundled in India but the publishing origin of this title may vary.Publication date of this bundle is the creation date of this bundle; the actual publication date of child items may vary.Not every spiritual master receives devotees and disciples in an ashram nor delivers discourses for the public. Many stay away from the mainstream focused on their spiritual goals and practice. They do not believe in institutions; their intent is achieving and guiding others towards self-realization. H.S. Shivaprakash a renowned poet scholar and playwright has known many spiritual adepts in the course of his life and has had the good fortune to be accepted as a disciple by them. Translated from the bestselling Kannada book Batteesa Raga Everyday Yogi tells the stories of powerful Christian mystics Hindu gurus and Sufi pirs - untold stories that are as surprising as they are inspiring. The paths to enlightenment are many and the author remains open to the wisdom of all the masters he meets. They transform him in profound ways not just through their spiritual practices but through their lightness of being their dignity and compassion. They also help him navigate the waters of his own artistic life often torn by great personal sorrow. Shivaprakash through this clear-eyed account of his spiritual journey shares with you the difficulties that can arise on the spiritual path. But he shows you how it is only with the guru - be it the guru within or an external master - that you can achieve self-realization. The journey with a true guru is exacting and challenging but also immensely rewarding and full of grace. Everyday Yogi offers both common-sense wisdom as well as the hope of transcendence in the turbulent times we live in.In this exchange of letters dating from an extremely turbulent period of their lives Nayantara Sahgal and E.N. Mangat Rai two very public figures who had remained at the same time intensely private broke their self-imposed silence for the first time.When Relationship was first published in 1994 it was received with varying degrees of shock and appreciation. This newly revised edition includes all of the correspondence carried in the previous one with a short but significant addition: Diary from Chandigarh is an honest and often emotionally wrenching account of Nayantara's life with her husband and children before the break-up.Both the diary and the letters highlight one woman's endeavour to remain true to herself her writing her ideals and relationships both outside and within marriage. They speak of a growing and passionate involvement of the author's joy and pain at discovering an intellectual companionship while recognizing the difficulties of keeping such a relationship alive. They reflect too on the dilemmas and compulsions that bind men and women into particular relationships and the exigencies of public life and its implications for the private sphere.A mirror of the times when a kind of idealism and commitment still seemed possible Relationship gives the reader an insight into the life and thoughts of one of India's most successful writers and one of the most distinguished civil servants of his generation