Chapter 1 A Prelude As the 35th Shankaracharya of the Sringeri Sri Sharada Peetham established by Sri Adishankara Bhagavatpada,…
Chapter 2 The Divine Advent and Boyhood The blessed child incarnated on earth, quite befittingly, on Deepavali day, asvayuja krishna chaturdashi, 13…
Chapter 3 The Beatific Brahmacharin The time had come for destiny to fulfil Sri Srinivasa Sastry’s aspiration to realize God.…
Chapter 4 Initiation into Sannyasa On jyeshta shukla panchami, 22 May 1931, His Holiness was initiated into sannyasa by Jagadguru…
Chapter 5 Hatha Yoga Mastered On the night of His sannyasa-sweekara day, His Holiness had a dream in which Lord…
Chapter 6 Everything to God In the days after His Holiness was initiated into sannyasa, the senior Jagadguru personally familiarized…
Chapter 7 Contemplation of Self When staying in Narasimhavana with His Guru, His Holiness used to go every evening to…
Chapter 8 Meditation on God One morning in January/February 1934, when His Holiness went to offer His namaskaras to His…
Chapter 9 Mastering the Kundalini Yoga His Holiness had His first experience of the kundalini and the chakras a few months…
Chapter 10 An Extraordinary Blessing At a little past 4 pm on 5 December 1935, as His Holiness was about…
Chapter 11 Enlightenment and Perfection On the 6th December 1935, His Holiness reached His meditation spot on the hill around…
Chapter 12 The Ideal Disciple For His Holiness, His Guru was everything there was. He was ever prepared to serve…
Chapter 13 The Multifaceted Jagadguru Jagadguru Sri Chandrashekhara Bharathi Mahaswamin, the unparalleled Tapasvin and Jivanmukta, the 34th Pontiff of the…
Chapter 14 Chosen Successor His Holiness, being the 35th pontiff of the hallowed Dakshinamnaya Sri Sharada Peetham that has…
Chapter 15 His Grace Continues His Holiness observed the chaturmasya of 1989 in Sringeri and for its duration stayed in…
