The Avadhut: And His Twenty-Four Teachers in Nature

This is a very clever book, a modern day equivalent in the classic style of something like the Yoga Vasistha. It reads like a novel, an autobiography of a great yogi sage and the story pulls you in and makes for compulsive reading. Interwoven are incredible spiritual insights, instruction, gem quotes from the classic vedantic scriptures and much much more. It's a wonderful ride offering immense value. Enjoy!

Beautiful! The vedantic teachings of India are placed so well within the journeys of an ascetic travelling through the country of India. I cannot get over the amount of wisdom found on each page of this piece. An absolute treasure, you would do well to discover it.

Ekanta (the protagonist in this fine book) was born into a time when the old ways of life were being displaced by the advancement of the technical age. This threatened to destroy the timeless tenets which had fostered and maintained harmony for so many centuries. Ekanta was born to be a free soul who is beyond dualities though still abiding in human form as an example for others. Ekanta is an Avadhut.The Avadhut is about the vital lessons Ekanta learned that added immensely to his understanding of The Universal Form and how It expresses Its infinite, indivisible and formless Essence during extended periods of manifestation. And it may be that Babaji Bob Kindler is the only person on Earth who could set down these 700 pages in such an orderly and understandable format, and have the vast religious training to write it so well.Ekanta learned many lessons; forbearance from Earth...the patient and selfless desire to help others; Peace from the Maiden...the sense of tranquility knowing only One reigns supreme; equanimity from the Ocean...a sense of balance and poise in the face of trials and imperfections as well as happiness and bliss; and transcendence from the Sky...the awareness to rise above all dualities to be peaceful and content.Additionally, The Avadhut teaches us (as Ekanta was taught) so much more...from freedom, grace, purity and unity to heedfulness, detachment, contentedness and moderation. Here is a way of life that can strip you bare of the unnecessary and fill you up with the reality of true spiritual presence.Babaji Bob Kindler was initiated into the Ramakrishna Order by Swami Aseshananda, a direct disciple of Sri Sarada Devi, wife of Sri Ramakrishna Paramahansa; is founder of the SRV Independent Associations as well as teacher, musician and extremely prolificand powerful writer.The Avadhut, in this reviewer's opinion, is the means to find a better way of life, a life we were meant to lead, but lost our way. This is a book to embrace, devour and let its wisdom nourish you to enlightenment!

This book is a must to read for anyone who has embarked on the journey of self-inquiry and is moving toward self-realization; an opportunity to follow in the footsteps of one who has been there - The Avadhut, a fully liberated being.The book reads like a mystery novel, but the content is distilled nectar from the scripture and spiritual teachings of the East [Yoga and Vedanta]. Following the path of the Avadhut on his travels is as easy, enjoyable and painless as summer vacation, and as fruitful as the ascension of the highest of spiritual heights.Not just a book but an exercise in spiritual self-transformation - a pilgrimage of the mind, with the Avadhut as the most inspiring and delightful of guides. Go there and be free!