ART TEMPLE - THE STORY OF TAMILMANI (RAMANATHAN) TO ESTABLISH AN ART TEMPLE DEDICATED TO LORD SHIVA

Assa - EAN : 9782940393305

BHARATI SHUDDHANANDA

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EAN13 : 9782940393305
Réf. éditeur : 041
Collection : EDITIONS ASSA
Editeur : Assa
Date Parution : 15 nov. 2011
Disponibilite : Disponible
Barème de remise : NS
Nombre de pages : 296
Format : 2.00 x 14.80 x 21.00 cm
Poids : 450gr

Résumé

Résumé : Art Temple

Art Temple is a rare book which acts as an inspiration to us all. It tells the story of Tamilmani (Ramanathan) and his struggles to establish an Art Temple dedicated to the Tamil language and to Lord Shiva. Ramanathan’s mother, the pious and chaste Visalakshi was inspired by the teachings of Swami Vivekanada. She and her husband, Sivanesam, educated their son so that he developed his talents fully. Art Temple describes the struggles of Tamilmani as he sought funds and recruited supporters to fulfil Visalakski’s dying ambition to establish an Art Temple. Vivekanada’s vision was of a community of like-minded people working together to support themselves while focusing on a temple which celebrated Tamil art and culture.

The road for Tamilmani was not easy and he had to overcome many setbacks. He was set upon by thieves and tricksters who stole his money and perverted his ideas. However Tamilmani never lost sight of his goal, even though at times it seemed everything was against him. With the aid of generous supporters in Japan, America and other countries, he was eventually able to realise his dream. He established an Art Temple where talented performers presented the beauties of his Tamil art and culture to the world. The people around the temple lived and worked to create a self-supporting community which was an example of peace and harmony. Learning, industry and spirituality were all combined.

Tamilmani helped restore the ancient Tamil language from its position as a worthless tongue, suitable only for lowly labourers, to a venerated language recognised for its beauty and flexibility. Language and culture are intertwined; by restoring respect for the Tamil language, Tamilmani helped preserve his ancient culture. By bringing Tamil arts to a wider audience, the dwellers at the Art Temple introduced the world to the amazing riches inherent in this ancient culture.

Tamilmani proved that, by keeping our goals always in mind, we can achieve our dreams despite what may seem like overwhelming obstacles and setbacks. His life is an inspiration to us all.

A warm thank you to Daye Craddock for her help in careful editing of this book and for writing the introduction.

It is a real pleasure for me to present Art Temple to you. Thank you, Dr. Shuddhananda Bharati for having transmitted Art Temple to us. With the blessing of Aum Shuddha Shakti Aum.

Editions ASSA, Christian Piaget
Biographie : Presentation of Dr. Shuddhananda Bharati 11th May 1897 – 7th March 1990

The wise one to the cosmic age.

Although more than 90 years old, in his school in the south of India, Kavi Yogi Maharishi (great divine visionary, wise poet), Dr. Shuddhananda Bharati worked like a young man of twenty. When he was asked his age, he answered: “My age is Courage!”

The Yogi wrote several hundred works in English, French, Tamil, Hindi, Telugu and Sanskrit: five thousand songs, and fifteen hundred poems in French. The magnum opus of the man conscious of the presence of God in him, Bharata Shakti, (in 50,000 verses) described his ideal: only One Humanity living in communion with only One God in a transformed world! Bharata Shakti is a monumental and unique work. The Yogi depicts the essence of all the religions, of all the prophets and saints, all the approaches of Yoga and all the cultures on an allegorical table. It is a book for any age which all spiritual researchers and all nations should read and meditate on. This work was completed and appreciated by Sri Aurobindo, the Mother, Mahatma Gandhi, Rabindranath Tagore, Romain Rolland, Annie Besant, Bertrand Russell, George Bernard Shaw and so many others. It installs the author among the great, men such as Dante, Homer, Racine, Shakespeare, Vyasa, and Valmiki.

Dr. Shuddhananda Bharati is one of the greatest Tamil poet, having translated into this language: Gita, Upanishads, Veda, the Bible, the Koran, Avesta, the Buddha-Dhamma-Sangha and Tattvartha Sutra, the life and teachings of Lao-Tseu and Confucius. From their original languages, he also translated into Tamil The Divine Comedy of Dante, the tragedies of Racine, the comedies of Molière, the dramas of Corneille, Shakespeare, Goethe and the novels of Anatole France, Victor Hugo, Alexandre Dumas and others.

Shuddhananda’s works are innumerable. Malcolm Macdonald, who chaired the Congress on the Unity of the Conscience in Singapore, said in his short speech about him: “He is such a remarkable man, having such a diversity of raised gifts, that it is difficult to know where to start and where to finish when one speaks about Kavi Yogi Dr. Shuddhananda Bharati. Few men have achieved as many things in only one human life.” His name appears moreover in the Encyclopaedia of the World’s Great Men, which says: “Dr. Shuddhananda Bharati is the author of literary works of varied styles: works epic and lyric, melodramas, operas, comedies, pastoral, romance, novels, biographies, commentaries on famous works and texts. Bharata Shakti is his magnum opus.” He had a presentiment that he would receive the Nobel Prize for Peace or for Literature but did not live to see it. His commitment is summarized in his book celebrating his life, “Experiences of a Pilgrim Soul (Expérience d’une Âme de Pèlerin)”.

God I loved and lived in him,
Making His commandment
Leave to Man his entire talents
This is my will! Dr. Shuddhanananda Bharati

Editions ASSA, Christian Piaget