A Sage is Born

Book excerpt: This book is about Pujya Swami Chinmayananda and the saints who ignited his spiritual quest. Rare anecdotes about his interactions with these saints and hitherto unpublished letters of Swami Tapovan Maharaj are presented in this authentic story about the formative years of Shri Swami Chinmayananda. A brief free-flowing life sketch of Shri Chattambi Swamigal, Shri Swami Sivananda Maharaj and Shri Swami Tapovan Maharaj recreates the spiritually charged atmosphere that nourished him. New information and details unearthed by Chinmaya Archives through its years of painstaking research are blended into this narrative. An ordinary reader will find an interesting story here. A newcomer in the spiritual arena will find this book to be an eye-opener. A mature seeker will be catapulted into the highest meditative states in the very process of reading this.