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The author Sri "M" is an extraordinary individual. His uniqueness lies not only in the fact that at the young age of 19 and a half, he travelled to snow-clad Himalayas from Kerala, and there he met and lived for several years with a "real-time" yogi, Babaji, but also that he should undertake such an unusual and adventurous exploration, given his non-Hindu birth and antecedents.Â
The metamorphosis of Mumtaz Ali Khan into Sri "M", a yogi with profound knowledge of the Upanishads and deep personal insights, born of first-hand experiences with higher levels of consciousness is indeed a fascinating story.Â
The bonus for those interested in the secrets of yoga, meditation, and sankhyan metaphysics is that Sri "M" is still living and easily reachable. He leads a normal life, married with two children, wears no special robes and conducts himself without pomp or paraphernalia.Â
Someone who met him recently said, "I expected a flashy godman and instead I saw a jean clad gentleman with a smile on his face, ready to discuss my problems. In five minutes flat, I said to myself, this is no ordinary man. The peace and tranquility that enters your system is tangible."
Read Online Apprenticed to a Himalayan Master A Yogi Autobiography Audible Audio Edition Sri M Gaurav Sajjanhar Audible Studios Books
"If you're on a spiritual path, and are working on your liberation (although Ramana Maharshi used to say, we are liberated already, why work on it?) you will benefit immensely from this book. The author ("M") writes beautifully about his spiritual development. We meet the great deathless Babaji, Shirdi Sai Baba (who appears in person, although he has been dead many years), and many other saints too numerous to mention in a review. Sri Ramakrishna and Vivekananda are discussed, and we meet monks (swamis) of the Ramakrishna Order. Truth is eternal, which means it does not change. Knowledge is acquired, but truth exists. As Jesus said, the truth shall set you free. Or as Socrates put it, know thyself. The author lived all this himself, and warns us that much of it will be hard to swallow.
There is so much to absorb in this book, it will take many readings. Thankfully, we don't have to deal with the likes of sloppy translations from the New Testament, where those who did the various translations had little real understanding of what Jesus taught."
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Apprenticed to a Himalayan Master A Yogi Autobiography Audible Audio Edition Sri M Gaurav Sajjanhar Audible Studios Books Reviews
- This is a very good source of inspiration for serious seekers of God or spiritual truths. The book focuses mainly on Hindu practices but successfully drives the point home that religious bias and prejudices are meaningless. If the seeker is sincere and true in his quest for the truth or God, any religion and path will take you to your goal.
A very common sense approach to religion and helps put the horse and the cart in the right perspective. Religion was made for man and not the other way around. Man, his welfare and quest for God comes first. And any religion is only a means to this end.
This may be hard to digest for blind believers and followers of orthodox religion who place more importance on the method, rules, regulations and protocols of their preferred religion; where rules become more important than an all embracing love for God and the diversity in his creation. - Everything and more than I expected based on the reviews. I never thought that there could be another spiritual autobiography to compare with 'Autobiography of a Yog.'' This was a compelling and rivering read. It is serious stuff and may be only appreciated by the seriously spiritually-inclined. To the spiritually uninitiated this may seem like a fairy tale which it is definitely not. One slight drawback is the quality of the language. The punctuation needs to be improved since it interferes with smooth reading of the material. Overall it is a spiritual classic.
- This fellow has had some really good mystical experiences with powerful yogis and it is hard to put the book down once you start reading it if you are on any kind of a true spiritual path. It is not at the level of Autobiography of a Yogi, but it is great in its own way and should be a must read for anyone who meditates and knows something about the yogic energy arts.
- If you're on a spiritual path, and are working on your liberation (although Ramana Maharshi used to say, we are liberated already, why work on it?) you will benefit immensely from this book. The author ("M") writes beautifully about his spiritual development. We meet the great deathless Babaji, Shirdi Sai Baba (who appears in person, although he has been dead many years), and many other saints too numerous to mention in a review. Sri Ramakrishna and Vivekananda are discussed, and we meet monks (swamis) of the Ramakrishna Order. Truth is eternal, which means it does not change. Knowledge is acquired, but truth exists. As Jesus said, the truth shall set you free. Or as Socrates put it, know thyself. The author lived all this himself, and warns us that much of it will be hard to swallow.
There is so much to absorb in this book, it will take many readings. Thankfully, we don't have to deal with the likes of sloppy translations from the New Testament, where those who did the various translations had little real understanding of what Jesus taught. - What a wonderful treasure for the devotional seeker of God! I have thanked Sri M (by email) for his story and his faithfulness. In his description of his spiritual journey, he includes visits with many saints and sadhus. His discussion of meeting Mahavatar Babaji is thrilling, and the yogi who becomes his guru (at Mahavatar Babaji's command) talks of his experience with Sri Shyamacharan Lahiri Mahasaya (documented in Yogananda's Autobiography of a Yogi).
There are super- and supra-rational experiences related, which are astounding but believable; but rather than describe them here, I heartily recommend to the reader to obtain a copy of this narrative, and enjoy the journey with Sri M. - Journey of a mystics which actually begins many many lives ago. The author, who seems to be an enlightened being, explains his spiritual journeys from the very beginning that might spin some brains. The events are really interesting and very difficult to accept. But one could read it without accepting, analyzing or judging. The humbleness of the enlighted being is note-worthy.
- Chock full of stories about his time in the Himalayas, easy-to-read while making his mystical experiences seem accessible to the common person.. His Muslim background (he cannot be dismissed as a Hindu nationalist) allows him to show skeptical, modern-day, educated Indians that perhaps there is something in their traditions too, something they should cherish and leverage for themselves and the world. The world needs more people becoming spiritual. The only complaint I have is that it ends rather abruptly. I thought of giving it 4 stars for that, but reconsidered because really this book has achieved its purpose already. ps apparently there's a sequel coming
- It has a strong pull as a story. Read it again as a diary and tried to reflect on it as a learner, researcher and enthusiast. It ended up as a smooth transition to the path of an experiential learner, at least to me.
This is a book, an autobiography and more importantly a collection of experience of an elevated soul. Its a real opportunity to get a glimpse to a transparent life story of a yogi. It is a living example to us how a humble human being, a persistent seeker, a devoted disciple and moreover, a common man opened up to a special state of mind.
There are few things which all of us may not be able to experience. The seeker and elevated, who ascends and descents from the common man’s life, occasionally plunging it to supreme intellectual discussions of heavenly souls. He takes us through the path one travelled chasing the inner calling, yet grounded to full fill his masters wish, taking the divine lamp to another million hearts. Experience, destiny and an infinite power of human mind. Indeed a rare combination.
After a read, i come back and stand with a boy named Mumtaz Ali Khan, somewhere close to his backyard jack fruit tree, enjoying the charismatic smile on that young boy’s face. Everyone should begin somewhere! Mine is here.
