The World of the Guru

by Nataraja Guru

Million of people have been deeply affected by the life and teachings of the Guru Narayana, who is the central figure of this book.This is a biography, not only of the Gur Narayana, but of Guruhood itself.Religion and philosophies have their sources in such men, and the aim here is to clarity this fact, without being sentimental or sensational.In doing so, many hitherto baffling enigmas of Indian life are given a rational explanation for the first time.This book representing the voice of the Guru.The spirituality of India is set forth here in its clearest terms, unambiguous and shorn of all limiting frontiers, suitable for readers in all parts of the world.About The AuthorNataraja Guru was born in Bangalore in 1895.After graduation from the University of Madras he became a close disciple of the Guru Narayana (1854-1928).As the disciple-successor of Narayana Guru he is a representative of the same pure,direct vertical line of Succession of philosophical revaluators extending back of the history of human thought.He has translated into English and commented on all the major works of Narayana Guru, and has written on a wide variety of subjects,employing throughout a protolinguistic or structural approach which could be said to be his unique contribution to the perennial wisdom-heritage of mankind.