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    The Little Guide to Greater Glory and A Happier Life
    The Little Guide to Greater Glory and A Happier Life
    The Little Guide to Greater Glory and A Happier Life
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    The Little Guide to Greater Glory and A Happier Life

    By Sri M

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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 unusu

    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherMagenta Press & Publication Pvt Ltd
    Release dateFeb 8, 2022
    ISBN9789382585961
    The Little Guide to Greater Glory and A Happier Life
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    Sri M

    Sri M was born in Tiruvananthapuram, Kerala. At the age of nineteen and a half, attracted by a strange and irresistible urge to go to the Himalayas, he left home. At the Vyasa Cave, beyond the Himalayan shrine of Badrinath, he met his Master and lived with him for three and a half years, wandering freely, the length and breadth of the snow clad Himalayan region. What he learnt from his Master Maheshwarnath Babaji, transformed his consciousness totally. Back in the plains, he, as instructed by his Master, lived a normal life, working for a living, fulfilling his social commitments and at the same time preparing himself to teach all that he had learnt and experienced. At a signal from his Master he entered the teaching phase of his life. Today, he travels all over the world to share his experiences and knowledge. Equally at home in the religious teachings of most major religions, Sri M, born as Mumtaz Ali Khan, often says "Go to the core. Theories are of no use" Sri M is married and has two children. He leads a simple life - teaching and heading the Satsang Foundation, a charitable concern promoting excellence in education. At present he lives in Madanapalle, Andhra Pradesh, just three hours from Bangalore.

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      The Little Guide to Greater Glory and A Happier Life - Sri M

      © The Author 2002.

      Second Edition 2010.

      Third Edition 2014.

      Reprint 2020.

      All rights reserved. No part of this publication may be reproduced, stored in a retrieval system or transmitted, by any means, electronic, photocopying, recording or otherwise, without prior written permission of the copyright holders.

      Book Design: J. Menon. www.grantha.com

      Printed at Thomson Press India Ltd.

      Published by Magenta Press & Publication Pvt. Ltd.

      No.9, 1st Floor, Webster Road, Cox Town,

      Bengaluru, - 560005. Karnataka, India

      Tel: +91 93430 715 37 / +91 63630 835 90

      [email protected] / www.magentapress.in

      To buy CDs and DVDs of discourses by Sri M log on to magentapress.in

      eISBN: 978-93-82585-96-1

      My Param Guru Sri Guru Babaji.

      My Guru Sri Maheshwaranath Babaji.

      CONTENTS

      Cover Image

      Title Page

      Copyright & Permissions

      A Profile of ‘M’

      1. The Opening

      2. The Path

      3. Abhyasa—The Practice

      4. Benefits

      5. Adjuncts

      6. The Lover

      7. The Master

      8. Dhyana–Meditation

      The Satsang Foundation

      Other Titles by Sri M

      Backcover

      A PROFILE OF ‘M’

      The boy was just eight years old when he saw the strange being. He was the son of a deccani Muslim family, settled in Trivandrum, the beautiful capital of Kerala. Having heard stories of angels coming down to bless Mohammed and other prophets and saints from his devout grandmother, he thought at first that it was an angel. He was frightened.

      Standing under the big jackfruit tree behind the house was an effulgent figure. The boy was rooted to the spot. The figure approached. It was not an angel.

      The man in a single white loin-cloth, with long hair and sparse beard touched the boy on his shoulders and said in Deccani, I am your teacher. You will not meet me for many years after this, but you will have to finish the studies that you left incomplete. You will not be allowed to tell anyone about me until the time is ripe. With that he walked away.

      That was the first initiation. Two years later, while playing hide and seek, the boy experienced what may be described in yogic terms as Keval Kumbhak – the suspension of inhalation and exhalation. Bliss filled his heart. The breathing resumed in a few minutes.

      Soon he could get into it at will with a deep sigh. The bliss that he experienced convinced him that a greater world existed within his being – a world of spiritual bliss.

      To all outward appearance he was just like any other boy except that he loved religious scriptures and philosophy – no matter of which religion, devotional songs and discussions on God, saints and sages.

      When he was ten, he used to go in the evenings to

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