May the Great Swan illumine us .
Swami Gambhirananda Biography book
by
Bibhas De
May the Great Swan illumine us
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FOOTFALLS�
Swami Gambhirananda and other journeys
Swami Gambhirananda biography book - Front Cover
Back Cover
A biographical work on Swami Gambhirananda � an expanded and embellished version of the long-standing and oft-visited online article � is now available as a regular book. At this time, this is the only biographical book on Swami Gambhirananda in a language other than Bengali.
PLEASE NOTE:
- This is a self-published book, and is "published by" Lulu.com in the USA.
- This is a simple story-telling book written in a personal and narrative vein, meant for the most general readership. All the biographical details are here -- it is only that they are woven into stories. Additionally, biographical data are summarized in an Appendix.
- Even with the publication of this book, the online article will continue to be available for reading free of charge.
EXPLORE THE INSIDE OF THE BOOK!
[To browse, click and then use back arrow]
- See a Chapter Title page
Each chapter has an illustrated title page
- See a "markings" page
The "markings" pages are handwriting or other markings of remarkable individuals (not necessarily related to the subject of the book), inspired by a quotation of Swami Vivekananda: "As you have come into the world, leave some mark behind." Elsewhere in the book, many correspondences from remarkable individuals have been reproduced.
- See an illustration page
The book is profusely illustrated with B&W photos and artwork
- Read a page from Elizabeth Usha Harding's Reminiscences
An endearing portrait of the stern and distant scholar-monk as an accessible human being
- Read a poem
The book is sprinkled with poetry
- See full-color version of the image that forms the central theme of the book: Italo Calvino's Invisible City, Diomira, as imagined by Sanchari De (presented in B&W in the book)
- See the author ABOUT page
WHAT "OTHER JOURNEYS"?
Read about the journeyers such as:
- The famous pioneer monk whose sister and Swami Gambhirananda's sister were married to two brothers
- Two nephews of Swami Gambhirananda: The deeply spiritual, adventure-loving brothers who sculpted the wild terrain of nature in untamed frontierland amid rumors of war
- The unknown benefactor whose timely generosity lifted a fledgling Narendrapur Ramakrishna Mission Ashram from dire straits to become the phenomenal and prestigious education complex it is today. Without this benefactor, it might not have been.
- The Jewish boy who esacaped holocaust to become a Nobel prizewinning American scientist, and a fine poet! He would come to love Bengal and introduce the Bengali poet Joy Goswami to the world
- The great physicist who concluded at the very end of his career that the ultimate essence of all exploration is .....
- The atheist who unsealed the Book of Life, and then wanted to write in it!
- Two evening chess-players in a Rangoon flat who had more than check-mate on their minds
- Some remarkable young sons and daughters of the American soil whom Sri Ramakrishna drew into his hands
- and many others in this vein � some unknown, some well-known - all having one thing in common: The journey's heading.
Posted 25 October 2008
