Wandering in the Himalayas

by Tapovanam

In this book one reads how a man of Divine vision beholds truth everywhere.Be it in the lifeless stones,or in the dumb trees,or among the singing birds,in the roar of animals,in the silent womb of the jungle,in the bright expanse of the summer sky,or the whispering darkness-everywhere,all the times,here is a master mind who detects and perceives the play of the unseen in and through the seen. Wonderings in the Himalayas gives poetic descriptions of places of importance in the Himalayas,sacred in their cultural love and in the traditional faith of India.And it is at once as many pictures that smile forth their infinite beatitude-all captured and framed by the Swami's mighty pen.The sincerity of the writer lends a secret charm to his words and conveys truly the same feelings to the readers to enjoy the vison of the Infinite that plays in and through every form

First published January 1, 2008

Reviews

[M · Rating 5 out of 5]

Great book for travelers to the Himalayas as well as spiritual seekers who wish on pursuing the Chinmayanda path.

[Justeen Ward · Rating 5 out of 5]

A nice spiritual book about finding everything one needs right
in the middle of wandering the mountains of northern India.

[Vinay]

very interesting

[Sumanta A]

Wonderful book for self realisation

In and through the wanderings in nature, here Swamiji brings to us the spiritual principle, which is our own essence.

[Katherine · Rating 5 out of 5]

have the original first edition. An excellent story

[Anand Mull · Rating 5 out of 5]

When I longed for the mountains while stuck in lockdown and border controls, this book transported me to the beauty of the Himalayan range with the wise words of a Realized Saint. It was a treat seeing the beauty of the untouched mountains as He saw it along with nuggets of interesting information and stories.

I ignored or rather didn't allow myself to associate with his thinking on caste, complexion and inequality. I skimmed through those parts with an agreement to disagreement.

[Ohad Itai · Rating 3 out of 5]

קראתי את זה כי זה הזכיר לי מקומות שטיילתי בהם לפני 20 שנה. אבל בחלקו הגדול זה כמו לקרוא ספר של רבי שטייל בהרי צפת ומסביר על קברי צדיקים. מלא באקסיומות על קדושה וכו. לא סיימתי.

[Santanu Dutta · Rating 2 out of 5]

This is a book on author's journeys and periods of staying in the then remote places in he Himalayas, what he claims as a sacred spiritual journey. I like reading books of such types, especially such travelogues based on pilgrimage or scientific-geographical explorations or adventures.

The book itself looks good. The narration of the landscapes at different places and different times of day is very beautiful and seems to come up live. But that's all.

The spiritual journey in turn do not look to the common travellers or pilgrims. The spiritual journey of the author ends up in the religious divinity which he depicts as holy act and rest is sin. He summarizes "God or the divine power has created the beauty and sinners can not see the same. Also in occasions the mentioning of castes and caste ism induces some immensely poor taste in the whole book.