Nataraja Guru
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Nataraja Guru (Dr. P Natarajan) was a direct disciple of Narayana Guru, a sage and social reformer of India. Nataraja Guru was the second son born to a medical stalwart called Dr. Palpu (Padmanabhan) who had been educated and trained in England. Narayana Guru, prompted him to be an educator. Nataraja Guru was academically trained in Geology, Zoology and Educational Psychology. He received his D.Litt from the Sorbonne in Paris and began his career in 1930 as a physics teacher for five years at the International Fellowship School in Geneva, Switzerland. Later he established Narayana Gurukula, contemplative educational centers in India, the first of which was in Fernhill, Nilgiris. He was remarked for his simplicity and aversion for materialistic ambitions. He lead an ascetic life and served his life to enrich the spiritual needs of fellow human beings. His life was dedicated to serve the cause of the deprived millions who were socially, culturally, economically and literally struggling in the 19th and 20th centuries.
Nataraja Guru founded Narayana Gurukulam, a worldwide contemplative community based on the teachings of Narayana Guru. He translated into English and wrote commentaries on all the major works of Narayana Guru. He has also written on a wide variety of subjects, employing throughout a protolinguistic or structural approach. He had influenced Gary Davis and introduced him to Sree Narayana Guru's teachings.
Books
- The Word of the Guru: Life and Teachings of Narayana Guru
- Vedanta Revalued and Restated[1]
- Autobiography of an Absolutist
- The Bhagavad Gita, Translation and Commentary [2]
- An Integrated Science of the Absolute (Volumes I, II)[3]
- Wisdom: The Absolute is Adorable[4]
- Saundarya Lahari of Sankara[5]
- The Search for a Norm in Western Thought[6]
- The Philosophy of a Guru[7]
- Memorandum on World Government[8]
- World Education Manifesto
- Experiencing One World
- Dialectical Methodology[9]
- Anthology of the Poems of Narayana Guru
References and sources
- Works of Natataraja Guru
- Autobiography of an Absolutist by Nataraja Guru - Gurukula Publishing House - 1989