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"One of the finest examples of a spiritual autobiography. *To Live Within* is pioneering in revealing the Western woman's spiritual quest in Asia. Its simple elegance is a joy to read" Sw. Chetanananda "*To Live Within* will serve to deepen our questions about the nature of spiritual work - not only in the traditions of India, but in the heart of all life" Jacob Needleman
Themes & subjects
Spiritual lifeSankhyaMeditations
First published 1971Characters & people
Setting
ShillongKolkataCalcuttaAssamGuwahatiAlmora1947
About the author
Sri Anirvan
8 July 1896 – 31 May 1978
Sri Anirvan was born on July 8, 1896 in the town of Mymensingh, then a part of British India and now in Bangladesh. His birth name was Narendrachandra Dhar. He was the son of Rajchandra Dhar, a doctor, and Sushila Devi. He was a spiritually and intellectually inclined child, who by age 11 had memorized the Astadhyayi of Pāṇini and the Bhagavad Gita. He was named Baroda Brahmachari after going through the sacred thread ceremony. He also won a state scholarship as a teen and completed university IA and BA degrees at the University of Dhaka and an MA from the Sanskrit College of the University of Calcutta. At 16, he joined the Assam Bangiya Saraswata Math (the ashram), located in the villag…
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