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Prabuddha: The clear-sighted
18 Important Stories of Wit and Wisdom
Read these eighteen stories, as they are eighteen steps to achieve the wisdom of Prabuddha. Eighteen stories represent eighteen steps of enlightenment. Eighteen is the number of the rudraksha or beads in a rosary. You can find the eighteen stories in this book as analogous to a rosary.
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The result of long nine years of investigation and journey into spirituality and human consciousness, PRABUDDHA: THE CLEAR-SIGHTED stands as one of the master works of Metaphysical fiction.
Through the important eighteen stories, the author has created a bridge between the rich Indian tradition of the Panchatantra and Jataka Tales and the contemporary Indian English fiction.
All the eighteen stories in this magnificent work of fiction are intertwined with a central theme. One story flows into another in the excellent craftsmanship of Anu Lal, bestselling Indian author of Romantic and Metaphysical fictions.
PRABUDDHA: THE CLEAR-SIGHTED begins with three questions:
What is Prabuddha?
Who is Prabuddha?
Where is Prabuddha?
As the reader flips to the final pages of the book, these questions are answered.
PRABUDDHA: THE CLEAR-SIGHTED is one of those rare books that make one feel complete and fulfilled. It shares the quiet joy of being one with the Cosmos.
The internationally acclaimed author has two previous books to his credit, and a “blog-book” in Kindle, one of its kind in the world, titled Unclassified Intelligence.
GET THE BOOK IN:https://notionpress.com/read/prabuddh...
Read these eighteen stories, as they are eighteen steps to achieve the wisdom of Prabuddha. Eighteen stories represent eighteen steps of enlightenment. Eighteen is the number of the rudraksha or beads in a rosary. You can find the eighteen stories in this book as analogous to a rosary.
GET A COPY: https://notionpress.com/read/prabuddh...
The result of long nine years of investigation and journey into spirituality and human consciousness, PRABUDDHA: THE CLEAR-SIGHTED stands as one of the master works of Metaphysical fiction.
Through the important eighteen stories, the author has created a bridge between the rich Indian tradition of the Panchatantra and Jataka Tales and the contemporary Indian English fiction.
All the eighteen stories in this magnificent work of fiction are intertwined with a central theme. One story flows into another in the excellent craftsmanship of Anu Lal, bestselling Indian author of Romantic and Metaphysical fictions.
PRABUDDHA: THE CLEAR-SIGHTED begins with three questions:
What is Prabuddha?
Who is Prabuddha?
Where is Prabuddha?
As the reader flips to the final pages of the book, these questions are answered.
PRABUDDHA: THE CLEAR-SIGHTED is one of those rare books that make one feel complete and fulfilled. It shares the quiet joy of being one with the Cosmos.
The internationally acclaimed author has two previous books to his credit, and a “blog-book” in Kindle, one of its kind in the world, titled Unclassified Intelligence.
GET THE BOOK IN:https://notionpress.com/read/prabuddh...
101 pages, Paperback
First published June 3, 2014
About the author
Anu Lal
21 books22 followersAnu Lal is one of India's leading short story writers. He has written three books of short stories, one novella, two anthologies and one book of nonfiction. His stories, poems, and articles are also published by various national and international journals. He lives in Kerala, with his family.
He blogs at THE INDIAN COMMENTATOR.
Twitter @Anulalindia
Instagram @authorlal
Facebook @anu.lal.50
He blogs at THE INDIAN COMMENTATOR.
Twitter @Anulalindia
Instagram @authorlal
Facebook @anu.lal.50
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March 27, 2015
PRABUDHA THE CLEAR-SIGHTED : A Pilgrimage to the 'Greater Self '
PRABUDHA THE CLEAR-SIGHTED, is a genuine exploration through the intrinsic process of human psyche ,the ecstatic sensation of naked ,stunning revelations_the CLEAR SIGHTEDNESS_ leading to spectroscopic visions of human lives. This collection of short fictions is rather a spontaneous ascendece towards "Enlightenment" as implied in the title. Furthur more ,the author's endeavour to give birth to these magnificent stories through the 'inevitability' of human lives_coincidences_is truly awesome.The various means selected to ufold the omnipresent mysteries of human lives ,ENLIGHTENMENT, is so genuine and suitable, that enables each reader to find simple connotation to the above concept as a soft devine, invisible spark that swiftly turns the 'supreme mortals' of this universe to PRABUDHAS.
At the outset itself, through the image of a butterfly, author brings our imagination to a higher plane , a world of fantasy or illusion. This illusionary world evolved through a meagre but the most beautiful object exactly is a brilliant source for the author to disclose the infinite wisdom of Mother nature to guide us towards clear-sightedness.The same notion is emphasized through the immature dialoguge of the Father in the story "Aharya's Sacrifice" insisting that the small boy must become a rich doctor when he grows up. Certainly the father is entangled in an illusionary world ,a land full of man-made hypocracies.This illusion later leads the father no where, instead the nature's could work wonders leading us to the undeniable truths regarding our identity in this universse.
It is transparent that the author is immensely blessed with the power of words to render the readers opportunities to float through unfamiliar psychic realms that finally sanctify their souls with bits of enlightening thoughts. In this journey through "Prabudha...", the ever haunting nigtmare of humanity, the struggle for existence, is made visible to the readers in different dimensions. Even then the quest for life is retained through the struggle to reach the hypothetical end -the unfulfilled dreams -of human conscience.The present dilemmas of mankind, hopelessness and existential crisis,are vividly mirrored in the stories "The Dew Collectors" and" Marquez Is Innocent",since they carry off the struggling communities; Teachers, Artists and Writers.The message conveyed is truly striking when the author says "It is the observer, who changes the observed...." Both the observed and the observer are the two sides of a single coin ,the two entities of this universe full of contradictions. The inevitability of such paradoxes is ensured when human beings commence an infinite struggle to find meanings from this illusionary, meaningless world.
As we turn the pages, one thing that strikes each reader's attention is how the most insignificant things, as we consider, are elevated and happen to be the means of materialising great thoughts into fragments of words, ultimately evolving into immotal symbols of creations; the eighteen realms of clear-sightedness. In the stories titled "Gangotri" and "Rakta" ,where the authors's imagination is extremely praise worthy ,as the messages conveyed are beyond the peripheral worth of the objects_snow and earth worm_ humans often attributed to them. Yet another universal concept _the holistic, eco-friendly existence_is brought into physical manifestation, when the author's strange but humble attempt to encounter the insignificant Rakta, the earth worm, blossomed into a marvellous creation. The amazing blend of verbal and nonverbal communication between the two valuable creations of Almighty discloses the necessity 'to respect and be respected' one another.
Futility and insensibility of war is well drawn in the story "Lesson Snow" as the title reveals. Definitely ,the cold ,undeniable fact that the core of announcing a war is nothing but a consent for a mass irradication of human race irrespective of due justice to be ensured by the so called written laws.But the aesthetic aspect of the creation reflected through 'a red pond out of the oozing blood from a dead body' in this context is" awesome" in the actual sense. Multi dimensional connotations are attributed to the concept of 'love' to disclose its impact on human psyche through out the text. The intensity of this emotion may lead to insanity,which is poisonous as depicted in the stories Godhra Shoes and Poison For Poison .Nothing can cure the wound caused by love but loneliness as both appear equally poisonous during certain situations as the author asserted. As the readers' imagination glides to the saturation, the author's objective becomes transparent :
What is Prabudha? Who is Prabudha? Where is Prabudha?
Prabudha is the omnipotent, the omnipresent ,the omnicient , ultimately ,the 'Greater Self' self-actualised in miraculous reflections of this mysterious indefinable universe.
PRABUDHA THE CLEAR-SIGHTED, is a genuine exploration through the intrinsic process of human psyche ,the ecstatic sensation of naked ,stunning revelations_the CLEAR SIGHTEDNESS_ leading to spectroscopic visions of human lives. This collection of short fictions is rather a spontaneous ascendece towards "Enlightenment" as implied in the title. Furthur more ,the author's endeavour to give birth to these magnificent stories through the 'inevitability' of human lives_coincidences_is truly awesome.The various means selected to ufold the omnipresent mysteries of human lives ,ENLIGHTENMENT, is so genuine and suitable, that enables each reader to find simple connotation to the above concept as a soft devine, invisible spark that swiftly turns the 'supreme mortals' of this universe to PRABUDHAS.
At the outset itself, through the image of a butterfly, author brings our imagination to a higher plane , a world of fantasy or illusion. This illusionary world evolved through a meagre but the most beautiful object exactly is a brilliant source for the author to disclose the infinite wisdom of Mother nature to guide us towards clear-sightedness.The same notion is emphasized through the immature dialoguge of the Father in the story "Aharya's Sacrifice" insisting that the small boy must become a rich doctor when he grows up. Certainly the father is entangled in an illusionary world ,a land full of man-made hypocracies.This illusion later leads the father no where, instead the nature's could work wonders leading us to the undeniable truths regarding our identity in this universse.
It is transparent that the author is immensely blessed with the power of words to render the readers opportunities to float through unfamiliar psychic realms that finally sanctify their souls with bits of enlightening thoughts. In this journey through "Prabudha...", the ever haunting nigtmare of humanity, the struggle for existence, is made visible to the readers in different dimensions. Even then the quest for life is retained through the struggle to reach the hypothetical end -the unfulfilled dreams -of human conscience.The present dilemmas of mankind, hopelessness and existential crisis,are vividly mirrored in the stories "The Dew Collectors" and" Marquez Is Innocent",since they carry off the struggling communities; Teachers, Artists and Writers.The message conveyed is truly striking when the author says "It is the observer, who changes the observed...." Both the observed and the observer are the two sides of a single coin ,the two entities of this universe full of contradictions. The inevitability of such paradoxes is ensured when human beings commence an infinite struggle to find meanings from this illusionary, meaningless world.
As we turn the pages, one thing that strikes each reader's attention is how the most insignificant things, as we consider, are elevated and happen to be the means of materialising great thoughts into fragments of words, ultimately evolving into immotal symbols of creations; the eighteen realms of clear-sightedness. In the stories titled "Gangotri" and "Rakta" ,where the authors's imagination is extremely praise worthy ,as the messages conveyed are beyond the peripheral worth of the objects_snow and earth worm_ humans often attributed to them. Yet another universal concept _the holistic, eco-friendly existence_is brought into physical manifestation, when the author's strange but humble attempt to encounter the insignificant Rakta, the earth worm, blossomed into a marvellous creation. The amazing blend of verbal and nonverbal communication between the two valuable creations of Almighty discloses the necessity 'to respect and be respected' one another.
Futility and insensibility of war is well drawn in the story "Lesson Snow" as the title reveals. Definitely ,the cold ,undeniable fact that the core of announcing a war is nothing but a consent for a mass irradication of human race irrespective of due justice to be ensured by the so called written laws.But the aesthetic aspect of the creation reflected through 'a red pond out of the oozing blood from a dead body' in this context is" awesome" in the actual sense. Multi dimensional connotations are attributed to the concept of 'love' to disclose its impact on human psyche through out the text. The intensity of this emotion may lead to insanity,which is poisonous as depicted in the stories Godhra Shoes and Poison For Poison .Nothing can cure the wound caused by love but loneliness as both appear equally poisonous during certain situations as the author asserted. As the readers' imagination glides to the saturation, the author's objective becomes transparent :
What is Prabudha? Who is Prabudha? Where is Prabudha?
Prabudha is the omnipotent, the omnipresent ,the omnicient , ultimately ,the 'Greater Self' self-actualised in miraculous reflections of this mysterious indefinable universe.
June 6, 2014
PRABUDDHA: THE CLEAR-SIGHTED begins with three questions:
What is Prabuddha?
Who is Prabuddha?
Where is Prabuddha?
As the reader flips to the final pages of the book, these questions are answered.
PRABUDDHA: THE CLEAR-SIGHTED is one of those rare books that make one feel complete and fulfilled. It shares the quiet joy of being one with the Cosmos.
The internationally acclaimed author has two previous books to his credit, and a “blog-book” in Kindle, one of its kind in the world, titled Unclassified Intelligence.
What is Prabuddha?
Who is Prabuddha?
Where is Prabuddha?
As the reader flips to the final pages of the book, these questions are answered.
PRABUDDHA: THE CLEAR-SIGHTED is one of those rare books that make one feel complete and fulfilled. It shares the quiet joy of being one with the Cosmos.
The internationally acclaimed author has two previous books to his credit, and a “blog-book” in Kindle, one of its kind in the world, titled Unclassified Intelligence.
August 24, 2014
Read Prabudha the Clearsighted; replete with mesmerizing stories. To the questions – who is wise, what is wise, where is the golden port of wisdom, how could we enter into it, Prabudha the clearsighted has answers. Sanskrit word ‘prabudha’ connotes ‘an awakened being from ignorance to sapience’. Prabudha takes you into the land of a wise weltanschauungs of the world, and transform the shadow of duskiness to eternal soundness. Prabudha is a well weaved platform for finding the wise in you. A GREAT work indeed!!
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