Nagendra by S. E. Meredith

by S.E. Meredith

The Next Generation Nagendra is a profound, and profoundly entertaining, sequel to Herman Hesse's classic novel Siddhartha, which enchanted millions of readers and shaped the 1960s counterculture. Nagendra is the story of Siddhartha’s young son, who leaves his father and rejects his birth name, setting out on a spiritual adventure of ecstatic highs and soul-crushing lows in his quest for personal power – contrasting sharply with Siddhartha's pious yearning for purity and truth. As the youth traverses ancient India, from the sacred southern mountain Arunachala to the holy Himalayan city Badrinath, his fiery nature embroils him in a maelstrom of temporal and spiritual conflict, ardent love, world-shattering violence, and absolute despair. But the eternal hope of transcendence, enlightenment and unification with god, refracted through the timeless traditions of Tantra, Yoga, Indian martial arts, and the great Indian epic legends, illuminates it all. With its intimate stylistic and thematic affinity to Siddhartha, Nagendra has the deep rhythm of a classic fable, while its frank engagement with the full spectrum of human passions imbues it with a uniquely intimate intensity. Blending Hesse's gentle poetic sensibility with the austere wisdom of traditional Indian spirituality, Nagendra will shock your mind, grip your heart, and rock your soul.

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First published August 27, 2015