Open Daily: 10am - 10pm | Alley door pickup 10am - 7pm 3038 Hennepin Ave Minneapolis, MN
612-822-4611

  • Open Daily: 10am - 10pm
    Alley-side Pickup: 10am - 7pm

    3038 Hennepin Ave Minneapolis, MN
    612-822-4611

Open Daily: 10am - 10pm | Alley-side Pickup: 10am - 7pm
3038 Hennepin Ave Minneapolis, MN
612-822-4611
The Nectar of Self-Awareness: A Poet's Rendering of Jnaneshwar's Amritanubhav

The Nectar of Self-Awareness: A Poet's Rendering of Jnaneshwar's Amritanubhav

Franklin, George

Paperback

General PoetryHinduism

Publisher Price: $14.99

ISBN13: 9798989775651
Publisher: Nicasio Press
Published: Sep 14 2024
Pages: 118
Weight: 0.37
Height: 0.32 Width: 6.00 Depth: 9.00
Language: English

The Nectar of Self-Awareness (Amritanubhav) is an original work describing, in part, the spiritual experiences and state of enlightenment of its author, Jnaneshwar, the great thirteenth-century Indian poet-saint. Written originally in Marathi, it has few English translations. This poetic rendering by the poet George Franklin captures its gloriously, extravagantly figurative language, as George describes it. George goes on to say, It is preeminently a poem and manages to have all the attributes of a poem while expounding philosophical ideas with extraordinary subtlety. As such, it has a rich use of metaphors, similes, and analogies... At the same time, and equally, it is a cogent philosophical critique. The verses, though carefully reasoned and ordered, feel, as a result of their dazzling wit, almost casual, offhand. Yet there is something magisterial, even supremely, self-confidently aristocratic in their tone. This volume also contains an essay George wrote describing how he came to create the manuscript, which was initially lost and is now being published posthumously.

Also from

Franklin, George

View All

Also in

Hinduism

View All