Atma Darshan & Atma Nirvriti

by Atmananda Krishnamenon

This book is a republishing of the essential teachings of Śri Atmānanda Krishnamenon, a saint of the Advaita, or non-dual stream of Vedanta. Krishnamenon was born as P. Krishna Menon in 1883 at Cherukulathu House, in Peringara, near Tiruvalla, in the state of Travancore, now a part of Kerala. After studying law, he became a Government Advocate and Inspector and District Superintendent of Police and remained in service until 1939. In 1923, he assumed the name Śri Atmānanda, and began teaching Jnana Yoga. After retirement from government service, he resided in his family home, Anandavadi on the river Pampa in Malakara. He died at Trivandrum (now known as Thiruvananthapuram) in 1959. Although capable of being used for śravana, manana, or as a prakarana granthi, this collection of pointing-out instructions is best used as a form of nidhidhyāsana – familiarizing oneself with and resting within the knowledge attained from direct experience. It is not advised to read through the teachings like a typical work of fiction, but to take each individually numbered statement as an invitation to investigate its truth within the depths of one’s own being. For a fit student of Vedanta, this text can embody the presence of a fit teacher, and ferry one across the shores of birth and death.

102 pages, Kindle Edition

Published July 11, 2024