The words he spoke during simple daily transactions or in response to a question served as powerful lessons toward a deeper understanding of self and the world. Even a simple action could become a potent teaching. A look, a word, a small but telling action was all that was needed to divinise the given moment or help the student resolve an inner conflict.
This book unfolds the vision of Vedanta through actual accounts of his students' personal encounters with Swamiji.
Just soak gently in his presence as he reacts, interacts and dialougues with others around him on issues, trivial and sublime, big and small. You will get insights into life and people - and what is more, you will feel a personal connect with him.
We would like to express our gratitude to Chinmaya Prakashanam for its tireless rounds of proof-reading and Chinmaya Kalpanam for taking care of the finer details.
'At Every Breath, A Teaching' is a keepsake of valuable anecdotes. We are sure that this much awaited edition of the book will be a joy to read and a treasure to treasure in your heart.
Another devotee, Sheela Sharma of New Delhi, writes: "I have always wondered if an experience could be written. The moment one makes an attempt to write one, it turns into an event. An experience, and especially a spiritual one, leaves one mute. The deeper the experience, the closer it is to the heart and, invariably, it leaves one more speechless than ever."
Swami Tejomayananda, the man who inherited Swami Chinmayananda's mantle as the head of Chinmaya Mission worldwide, says of his Guru:
I saw him as a perfect Jivanmukta puruşa - a person liberated while living. Many a time I have felt that it is easier to describe Brahman [the supreme Reality] than to describe a Jivanmukta. We find very many verses in our scriptures in praise of such an enlightened soul.
Many who had the fortune to sit silently at the feet of Swami Chinmayananda as he worked through endless stacks of correspondence knew how much teaching each silent moment held. The moment spoke of total alertness, dedication to the task, love of service to others, release from one's personal sense of agency and more. Watching him perform even the most mundane of actions was as powerful a teaching as listening to him expound Vedanta from the lecture platform.
Swamiji never stopped teaching. His every movement and action, no matter how simple, became a lesson in conscious living, dynamic loving, and joyous acceptance of the divine law.
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Goddess (472)
Bhakti (241)
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Shiva (341)
Journal (143)
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