Some source books on Brahmaleen Shankaracharya Swami Brahmananda Saraswati

स्वाध्यायान्मा प्रमदः
svaadhyaayaanmaa pramadaH
'Do not neglect your daily study of the scriptures'
[- quotation from siksha valli - Taittriya Upanishad]
[image & text from back cover of 'amR^ita - kaNa']

अमृत-कण
'amR^ita-kaNa'
compiled by Balbrahmachari Shri Maheshji*, 1952
- A series of Hindi quotations from Shankaracharya Swami Brahmanand Saraswati with forward by Balbrahmachari Shri Maheshji *later known as Maharishi Mahesh Yogi
OUT OF PRINT
[1st edition cover ] [ 2^nd edition cover] ['amrita-kaNa' Itrans file] [translation] [jpegs 35Mb] [ हिन्दी में ]

श्री ज्योतिर्ष्पीठोद्धारक
'shrii jyotirshhpiiThoddhaaraka'
presented by Shri Rameshwar Prasad Tiwari, 1965
- The lifestory of Shankaracharya Swami Brahmananda Saraswati, in Hindi
OUT OF PRINT
[cover] ['Shri Jyotishpeethaddharaka' Itrans file] [jpegs 41.7Mb] [ हिन्दी में ]

श्री शंकराचार्य उपदेशामृत
'shrii shaMkaraachaarya upadeshaamR^ita'
edited by Rameshwar Tiwari c1969
- 108 Hindi quotations of Shankaracharya Swami Brahmanand Saraswati
OUT OF PRINT
[cover] ['Shri Shankaracharya UpadeshAmrita' Itrans .txt file] [translatons] [jpegs 28Mb][ हिन्दी में ]

'Booklet of Quotations'
- booklet of 30 short quotations of Shankaracharya Swami Brahmanand Saraswati translated into English language.
OUT OF PRINT
[translated quotations]

कल्याण 'Kalyana'
magazine p1 [varsha 20 : ank 1], Gita Press, 1946
'Godhana'
OUT OF PRINT
[translation] [Itrans] [jpg]

श्री शंकराचार्य उपदेश 'Shri Shankaracharya Upadesha'
- Shankaracharya ashram newletter 1949-53
OUT OF PRINT
[ jpegs of 20^th July 1953 issue ]
[ jpegs of 24th August 1953 issue ] [ rough Itrans]
Does anyone have any other issues of this newsletter?
Please contact me: premanandpaul@yahoo.co.uk

कल्याण 'Kalyana'
magazine, pp104-5 [varsh 76 : ank 1], Gita Press, 2002 [cover]
'Niitimaan Bano' [jpegs of pp104-5]

श्री गुरुवंश पुराण 'Shri Guruvansh Purana' (dwitiiya khanda)
- Pashthah Parichcheda / adhyaaya 1-6, pp 511-40

'Maharishi on Guru Dev - Sayings of Shri Guru Dev'
edited Rade Sibila, Zivot bez stresa, 2005
- Some recollections of Guru Dev by Maharishi Mahesh Yogi, photographs of Guru Dev & also various quotations of Guru Dev
(NB No acknowledgement is made that these Guru Dev quotations previously appeared on this website at www.paulmason.info)
ISBN 953-6427-72-9 [cover]

'Source of Silence: Guru Dev Satsang'
comb-bound book, published 2007
'Part of the series of books from Croatia, this one is sayings of Guru Dev. The sayings come from multiple sources*.'
*Contains photographs and quotations of Guru Dev previously displayed here at www.paulmason.info
(NB No reference or acknowledgement is made by editor or publisher to the fact that most of these translations are the work of Paul Mason).
ISBN 953-6427-25-7 [cover]

'Beacon Light of the Himalayas'
'Souvenir of the Great Spiritual Development Conference of Kerala., October, 1955'
- Contains a brief biography and two photographs of Guru Dev.
Also contains the first published discourses of Bal Brahmachari Mahesh (later known as Maharishi Mahesh Yogi).
OUT OF PRINT
[link to transcripts & jpegs]

'Sage of A New Generation' DVD
Film footage of Guru Dev is included in this documentary (which is not about Guru Dev). NB Unfortunately most of this Guru Dev material has been flip reversed (it needs to be viewed in a mirror!).
Further information at > http://www.alanwaite.com/maha_dvd.html
श्री गुरुदेव की स्वर्ण जयन्ती
' shrii gurudeva kii svarNa jayantii '
'Swarn Jayanti Golden Jubilee of Shri Guru Dev' DVD
A presentation consisting mainly of computer generated images mixed with film footage and stills of Guru Dev. Further details

'Indiens Meister' VHS Pal
A compilation video of many 'masters' of the 19^th and 20^th centuries, including a copy of the Guru Dev film footage (unfortunately, not top picture quality).
Narration in Deutsch
Padma Films
ISBN 3 - 922 - 477 - 77 - 1 [cover] Further details

'Swami Brahmananda Sarasvati & Maharishi Mahesh Yogi - Das Licht, das uns leuchtet'
('The Light, Which Shines For Us')
Including a copy of the Guru Dev film footage (unfortunately, not top picture quality).
Video Nr. S 141 - DVD - VHS/PAL
Narration in Deutsch
Padma Films
ISBN 3 - 922 - 477 - 27 - 5 [cover] Further details

Does anyone have a copy of the original 1951 small edition of 'Amrit Kana'

अमृत-कण
or
an original copy of 'Beacon Light of the Himalayas' ?

also sought are copies of two Hindi books
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श्री शंकराचार्य उपदेशामृत 'shrii shaMkaraachaarya upadeshaamR^ita' & श्री ज्योतिर्ष्पीठोद्धारक
'shrii jyotirshhpiiThoddhaaraka'

All information or copies of any relevant material welcome, particularly the photos of Guru Dev taken by Raj Varma!!
these can be sent to premanandpaul@yahoo.co.uk,
or anonymously, if preferred, via http://www.yousendit.com/

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