Ex-armymans book mixes mysticism music
New Delhi Feb 26 PTI Former army captain Deepam Chatterjee who had to quit the force due to a debilitating spinal injury has come out with a book that mixes mysticism and music to take readers on a journey of awakeningThe Millennial Yogi is billed as a modern-day parable about reclaiming ones life Published by Penguin Random House imprint Ebury Press it crafts a tale of loss redemption and the fight for ones soul in an increasingly materialistic world and the zeitgeist parable for anyone searching for meaning and purpose in lifeThe book talks about Jayshankar Prasad or Jay who has had a shady-yet-mercurial rise in his journey as an entrepreneur but has little idea as to what is around the corner On the other hand Vini a mystic monk has already been there and knows what it is like to have it all and then lose it in an instant Greed power money – are all transitoryIn a serendipitous twist of fate Jay crosses paths with the enigmatic Vini and thus begins a cathartic and transformative journeyAfter his stint in the army Chatterjee spent time with various spiritual teachers including the Dalai Lama Later he trained under Sri Sri Ravi Shankar and taught the Art of Living courses before embarking on a journey of self-explorationHe writes and lectures on Hindu thought meditation spirituality mysticism mythology and wellness He has translated a significant body of Sanskrit works into easily readable literature for young readers and mainstream audiencesChatterjee says he writes to explore and express the inexpressible And he read everything he could lay his hands onAs I grew older I veered towards introspective philosophical and spiritual literature and this became the main fodder for me after I began understanding the deeper nuances of Maugham Fitzgerald and Hemingway on the one hand and Premchand Nirala Amrita Pritam and Harivansh Rai Bachchan on the other Their influence is evident in my writings he saysHe soon graduated to reading Urdu poetry in Devanagari as he cannot read the original script and to reading translated booksDelving deeper beyond language I began exploring spiritual and mystical poetry and was slowly led to learn and then teach the devotion-soaked writings of the Bhakti saints the exclamations of amazement and joy of the Advaitins and began to realize the infinite depth of the awakened ones he saysSufi Zen Taoist and Vedanta writings eventually directed me towards the Upanishads and the Vedas he adds PTI ZMN SHD SHD
New Delhi Feb 26 PTI Former army captain Deepam Chatterjee who had to quit the force due to a debilitating spinal injury has come out with a book that mixes mysticism and music to take readers on a journey of awakeningThe Millennial Yogi is billed as a modern-day parable about reclaiming ones life Published by Penguin Random House imprint Ebury Press it crafts a tale of loss redemption and the fight for ones soul in an increasingly materialistic world and the zeitgeist parable for anyone searching for meaning and purpose in lifeThe book talks about Jayshankar Prasad or Jay who has had a shady-yet-mercurial rise in his journey as an entrepreneur but has little idea as to what is around the corner On the other hand Vini a mystic monk has already been there and knows what it is like to have it all and then lose it in an instant Greed power money – are all transitoryIn a serendipitous twist of fate Jay crosses paths with the enigmatic Vini and thus begins a cathartic and transformative journeyAfter his stint in the army Chatterjee spent time with various spiritual teachers including the Dalai Lama Later he trained under Sri Sri Ravi Shankar and taught the Art of Living courses before embarking on a journey of self-explorationHe writes and lectures on Hindu thought meditation spirituality mysticism mythology and wellness He has translated a significant body of Sanskrit works into easily readable literature for young readers and mainstream audiencesChatterjee says he writes to explore and express the inexpressible And he read everything he could lay his hands onAs I grew older I veered towards introspective philosophical and spiritual literature and this became the main fodder for me after I began understanding the deeper nuances of Maugham Fitzgerald and Hemingway on the one hand and Premchand Nirala Amrita Pritam and Harivansh Rai Bachchan on the other Their influence is evident in my writings he saysHe soon graduated to reading Urdu poetry in Devanagari as he cannot read the original script and to reading translated booksDelving deeper beyond language I began exploring spiritual and mystical poetry and was slowly led to learn and then teach the devotion-soaked writings of the Bhakti saints the exclamations of amazement and joy of the Advaitins and began to realize the infinite depth of the awakened ones he saysSufi Zen Taoist and Vedanta writings eventually directed me towards the Upanishads and the Vedas he adds PTI ZMN SHD SHD
