Eka Eka Okkharera by Sanmatrananda [Hardcover]

"In essence, a person is inherently solitary. Even amid all social engagements and struggles, this inner solitude of a person remains suppressed. It never completely dies. From time to time, it is necessary to retreat into solitude to meet oneself. It is also important to encounter someone whose presence reminds one of oneself.

This 'self' is not a mere bundle of flesh and bones, nor is it a marketplace of thoughts. It is not some wild fantasy, nor an incomplete library filled with the judgments and thoughts of others. It is where the sun sets among clusters of Arjun trees, where a nameless river just merged into the mist, where the dark sky overhead reveals the star Shatabhisha, and where the fragility and compassion of life are suddenly felt in the silent descent of dew.

In that forest, amidst the enchanted moonlight, an unnamed being has been waiting for eons upon eons. Throughout life, one meets countless people, but has yet to meet that waiting figure. It is necessary to meet that being because it is the true ‘self’ of a person.

All the writings in this book are the articulate expressions of the author’s intimate dialogue with that being."