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Studies of the works of Sri Kapali Sastry. All those who aspire to learn the spiritual import of Sastriar are welcome here.

A yogi, poet and scholar of unfathomable depth, Sastriar created works that sculpt an integral yogic pathway for aspirants of Sri Aurobindo's Integral yoga. This page is designed to study, share and bring to light some of the gems from Sastriar.

All quoted material here is from the Collected works of T.V.Kapali Sastry, edited by Sri.M.P.Pandit and published by Dipti Publications, Sri Aurobindo Ashram, Pondicherry. The administrators of this page will endeavor to stay as close as possible to original texts in these study circle posts.

The first objective shall be to provide an introduction to the various topics that Sastriar has written upon. Each new area of study will be posted under a separate status update and further related posts shall be posted as comments. Those posts that have comments are identified by the presence of a comments icon at the right hand side bottom.

Tuesday, July 23, 2013

Bhagavan Sri Ramana Maharishi

Bhagavan Sri Ramana Maharishi

Sri Kapali Sastry came to the feet of the Maharishi in 1911, as a disciple introduced by Kavyakanta Ganapati Muni.

He was not an inmate of the Ashram, as his relationship preceded the formation of the Ramanashramam and he later came to reside permanently at the Sri Aurobindo Ashram.

He wrote the commentary on Sat Darshana, titled the Sat Darshana Bhashyam. The Sat Darshana was the Muni's Sanskrit rendering of the Maharishi's Tamil உள்ளது நாற்பது (Ulladu Narpadu). He also wrote the English translation of this commentary, making it accessible to a much wider audience and is readable mostly in its own right directly, even without reference to the original Sanskrit.

Another signal work by him is the Ramana Gita Prakasa. This was a very significant exposition of the Maharishi's Mahayoga by the Muni, in Sanskrit. There is one chapter in the Ramanagita which renders in a question-answer form, the Maharishi's instructions to Sri Kapali Sastry.

Sastriar wrote the Prakasa and dedicated it, in October 1941, at the feet of Bhagavan, with the blessing of the Mother. He also drafted an English translation of the introduction.

The Collected works also give the other poetic, prose and excerpts from Sastriar's writings, notes and speech on the Maharishi.

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