Nithyananda Vol 1 - Glimpses from the biography of Paramahamsa Nithyananda🔗

Chapter-1
Master: The Master Surgeon
Who are we? 9
Role of the Master 11
We are all saints within 13
Discontentment leads to the Master 17
Master – the Master Surgeon 21
Truth and Fact 24

Chapter-2
Arunachala: The Spiritual Incubator
Legend of Arunachala: Shiva resolves dispute between Vishnu and Brahma 30
Temple of Arunachaleshwara: Largest Shiva Temple 33
Living Masters of Arunachala: Bhagavan Sri Ramana Maharishi 35
Why Enlightened Masters are buried and not cremated 37
Shiva's Presence in Arunachala: Promise to stay in 3 forms 39
Who are Incarnations? Why do they take birth? 40
Uniqueness of each Incarnation 45
Incarnations are not miracle makers: Teleporting and
Energy Healing are scientific 46
Who is a Paramahamsa? 50
Why does a Paramahamsa need to struggle, when he is already enlightened? 52
Purification of the Paramahamsa 58

Chapter-3
A Paramahamsa Appears
An Incarnation and a Paramahamsa is born in Tiruvannamalai
Story of a conscious birth 62
Quantum spirituality 63
Portents of the future 66
Conscious birth of Incarnations 71
Nithyananda Avatar 74
Why do Hindus worship idols? 76
How can the concept of God become a reality? 81

Chapter-4
A growing Consciousness
Growing up in spirituality 86
An instant pooja room 87
Book Fair in Tiruvannamalai 89
An affair with the Elephant God 91
Ganesha Chaturthi: Awakening of Spiritual Inclinations 95
Raghupati Yogi 97
Yogi Ram Surat Kumar - Visiri Swamigal 108
Mystique of Arunachala 110
Telepathic Old Man and the Silent Sage 111
The Math Master 116
Isolated incidents of interest 116
The sage and the child 119
Previous births 121

Chapter-5
Shiva Appears in human form
God as a friend 124
The mystical banyan tree of Dakshinamurthy 135
How enlightened Masters influence us even after they pass away 138
Background Information on the story of two birds from Mundaka Upanishad 141

Chapter-6
First Spiritual Awakening
Choicelessness is an attribute of enlightened beings 146
Kuppammal, the neighborhood Guru, takes charge 151
Primal fear on being attacked by Hyenas 153
Meeting Rudraksha Muni 155
Annamalai Swamigal and the self-inflicted wound 157
Spiritual awakening 164

Chapter-7
Leaving Home
Why is an ashram environment needed for spiritual growth? 172
Distaste for society's hypocrisy 175
Moving away from home 177

Fish see the Swan's reflection and wish to own it 192
Mystery, Thou art My Master 196