Encounter the Enlightened: Conversations with the Master (English, Tamil and Telugu Edition) [Paperback]

Sadguru Jaggi Vasudev (Author)

Book Description

Publication Date: September 3, 2001

Encounter the Enlightened is a guiding beacon of divine wisdom and inspiration for all persons seeking self-realization and an experience of the unbounded nature of life. Master, mystic and yogi Sadhguru Jaggi Vasudev presents a rare glimpse of undiluted truth from discourses given to yoga disciples and other audiences at his ashram in south India and around the world. A tool of tremendous value in an age imprisoned by materialism and dogma, these dialogues are an essential key to inner exploration of the profound questions of humanity: Who am I? Why are we here? What happens after death? What is the meaning of life? The master speaks with undeniable logic and wisdom that penetrates the deepest realms of our heart and soul.

Encounter the Enlightened examines some of the most controversial social and spiritual issues of our time through the lens, wisdom and words of an enlightened being whose teachings are simple and pristine. Sadhguru's compelling and often-provocative responses lead readers to an understanding of the ego that keeps us in bondage, the fragmentary nature of the mind and the crippling conditioning of society. Sadhguru presents a possibility to transcend the limitations of the three-dimensional world and awaken the absolute - the ultimate fulfillment. In the words of Sadhguru, the fruit of such an awakening is that "you can go through life untouched, you can play with life whichever way you want and still life cannot do anything to you; life does not leave scars on you. That is the miracle that we are working to manifest in everybody's life."

The book is a rare gem for all who seek truth beyond solace and who are willing to abandon sensibilities for the sacred. It is a glimpse of the divine potential that we are.

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About the Author

Sadhguru Jaggi Vasudev is a master, mystic and yogi from South India. The master is an open doorway to divinity. He offers an opportunity to transcend the body and mind and experience the boundless divine bliss within. Sadhguru's very presence has transformed tense, indecisive, temperamental, rigid and timid minds to calm, relaxed, effortless and dynamic ones. Medically hopeless cases have been cured in his presence, and hard-core criminals have been transformed into sage-like beings by his grace.

Sadhguru Jaggi Vasudev embodies universal truth of the great spiritual masters of east and west, which transcends religious boundaries. His life-transforming yoga programs help individuals regain their natural state of health, inner peace, freedom and bliss. Sadhguru offers yoga as a science and vehicle for expansion of human consciousness. Through his wisdom and love, the master shows us that individual transformation is the only lasting way to establish a peaceful and prosperous global society.

Sadhguru's life and work spring from his compassion and determination to alleviate suffering. He is the founder of Isha Foundation, a non-profit organization conducting public welfare programs worldwide to advance physical, mental and spiritual health. Sadhguru's humanitarian initiatives with the United Nations for world peace and his outreach programs for life-term prisoners and destitute children are internationally renowned. Among his most powerful gifts is the Dhyanalinga multi-religious temple and meditation shrine, an eternal energy center of tremendous proportions which radiates the seeds of enlightenment and liberation for all mankind. About himself, Sadhguru says, "This life for me is an endeavor to help people experience and express their divinity."

Product Details

• Paperback: 264 pages
• Publisher: Motilal Banarsidass, (September 3, 2001)
• Language: English, Tamil, Telug
• ISBN-10: 8187910011
• ISBN-13: 978-8187910015
• Product Dimensions: 8.2 x 5.5 x 0.7 inches
• Shipping Weight: 11.2 ounces
• Average Customer Review: 4.7 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (6 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #1,684,057 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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14 of 14 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars A New Look at the Truth, January 9, 2002

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Cindy Martin (Nashville, TN, USA) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Encounter the Enlightened: Conversations with the Master (English, Tamil and Telugu Edition) (Paperback)

Sadhguru Jaggi Vasudev reaches inside you and takes your intellectualizations, your emotional needs and desires, your beliefs, and all the effects of your past experiences on your life and wraps them up like a wet towel and wrings them out. What remains is an exhilarating, liberating freedom. . .

- Cindy Martin

12 of 13 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Getting to Your Truth & blowing away all distractions, November 15, 2002

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Alain Despierres (Denver, CO) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Encounter the Enlightened: Conversations with the Master (English, Tamil and Telugu Edition) (Paperback)

Yesterday I finished reading this book for the second time and, once again, at one single sitting. This man blows away all dogmas, all "isms", all religious beliefs and brings us back to WHAT IS. Where are you now? Who are you? What will you do between now and your death, which could very well be immanent? He doesn't tell you what to do, just strips away the whole host of distractions that would prevent us from truly seeing the nature of our ensconcement in our perceived world. Read it! You will feel the kick to your backside that you've been waiting for.

12 of 13 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars ENCOUNTER THE ENLIGHTENED, February 5, 2002

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Dr. Walter M. Nicholes, President and Developer (The Columbus International Preparatory Academy, P.O. Box 30916, Columbus, Ohio 43230-0916) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Encounter the Enlightened: Conversations with the Master (English, Tamil and Telugu Edition) (Paperback)

Encounter the Enlightened by Sadhguru Jaggi Vasudev is a great reinforcement, enrichment, and remediation tool for initiates on the path to "self-realization". As an educator,self-realization is the goal of my work for every person I am privileged to teach. In Western culture, education is an "outside in proposition" and as a result fails miserably in the overall development of the individual. Education, for me equals self- realization, the foundation for self-actualization, the ultimate product of human evolution, an "inside out proposition"!

The Master has given us the practice, Sahaja Sthithi Yoga and the guide (in his absence), Encounter the Enlightened, to help us navigate the road to self-realization. The "choice" is ours to make. It is our God given gift.