Enlightened Exchanges with Sriranga Mahaguru

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Sri Sri Rangapriya Swamiji is well known among lovers of Samskruta and Samskruti as a scholar par excellence, outstanding orator, poet extenipore and an ascetic of the highest order. His personality was a unique blend of Jnaana, Bhakti and Vairagya. Born as Varadadesikacharya in 1927 in the tiny hamlet of Hedathale in Nanjangud near Mysore, he had the great fortune of being a close relative of Sriranga Mahaguru. The kinship got transformed into an intimate Guru- shishya relationship. Under the spiritual tutelage of Sriranga Mahaguru, he studied the basis and beauty of Bharatiya Samskruti and its component vidyas, kalas and shastras. His intimate and insightful conversations with Sriranga Mahaguru form the subject matter of this book. He completed formal education at the Samskrutha Pathashala, Mysore and later at Saugar University, M.P. He taught at National College in Bangalore from where he retired as HOD of Sanskrit. He delivered hundreds of invited lectures and inspired countless numbers of people to follow the path of Dharma in the best traditions of our culture. His written articles and transcribed lectures have been compiled into several books on a variety of topics such as Festivals, Bhagavad Gita, Vivaha, Upanayana and other Samskaras. His words and thought appealed to one and all-be it students or professionals, scholars or common folk, children or the elderly. His own personal life however was simple, sweet and steeped in devotion to his Guru at whose feet he sürrendered his all. Dr C R Ramaswamy has a penchant for both Physics & Meta- Physics and completed his M.Sc and Ph.D in Nuclear Physics with the association of Bhabha Atomic Research Centre. He was involved in post-graduate teaching & guidance of several doctoral students at Bangalore University, from where he retired as Professor in the department of physics.

Early in his student days he had the great fortune of receiving direct spiritual guidance from and listening to the illustrious Sriranga Mahaguru. later he pursued his study of the nuances of Samskruti under the direct disciples of Maraguru especially HH Rangapriya srih. He has delivered several lectures on the same with a scientific perspective and for a variety of audience. The present book is an off-shoot of his involvement in the translation of Mahaguru's life and works. He currently serves as the Secretary of the Bangalore Branch of the Mandiram.

It is indeed a pleasure to bring out this Book containing the Sweet and Sublime Conversations of a Mahaguru with one of his ardent disciples on varied topics most relished by spiritual aspirants of all times.

The Mahaguru is none other than a humble and pious house-holder for all external appearances but internally a Yogi par excellence and the one who had a complete mastery over the "high-lanes and bi-lanes of Yoga". He was known as Sriranga to the society and Mama to the near and dear ones. The tiny village Hedathale near Mysuru is the place rendered holy through his birth in 1913 and holier through his wholesome life and spiritual teachings. For him, reaching the lofty Samadhi state-the pinnacle of yoga- and getting back to the mundane chores thus creating a Raja Marga (Royal Tra- jectory) was a task much easier than the daily routines of ordinary folks. Thus he was not only a Jnani of the highest order but a Vijnani too which according to him is the natural evolution of Jnana. As a Jnana-vijnana trptatma, he could discern effortlessly the origins of Bharatiya Samskṛti and Nagarikata the grand Culture and its manifest form of Civilization- designed by our ancient Maharsis.