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Born	29 December 1904 Hirekodige, Koppa, Chikmagaluru, Kingdom of Mysuru[1]
Died	11 November 1994 (aged 89) Mysuru, Karnataka, India
Pen name	Kuvempu
Occupation	Poet, novelist, playwright, professor
Language	Kannada
Nationality	Indian
Genre	Fiction, drama
Literary movement	Navodaya
Notable awards	Karnataka Ratna (1992) Padma Vibhushan (1988) Jnanapith Award (1967) Padma Bhushan (1958)
Spouse	Hemavathi (m. 1937–1994)
Children	Poornachandra Tejaswi
Website
Official website

Kuppali Venkatappa Puttappa (29 December 1904 – 11 November 1994),^[2] popularly known by his pen nameKuvempu, was an Indian novelist, poet, playwright, critic and thinker. He is widely regarded as the greatest Kannada poet of the 20th century.^{[3][4][5][2][6]} He is the first among Kannada writers to be by decorated with the Jnanpith Award.^[7]

Atma Darshan Krishna Menon

Kuvempu studied at Mysuru University in the 1920s, taught there for nearly three decades and served as its vice-chancellor from 1956 to 1960. He initiated education in Kannada as the language medium. For his contributions to Kannada Literature, the Government of Karnataka decorated him with the honorific Rashtrakavi ('National Poet') in 1958 and Karnataka Ratna ('The Gem of Karnataka') in 1992. His epic narrative Sri Ramayana Darshanam, a modern rendition of the Indian Hindu epicRamayana is regarded as the revival of the era of Mahakavya ('Great Epic Poetry') in contemporary form and charm. His writings and his contribution to 'Universal Humanism' (in his own words, 'Vishwamaanavata Vaada') gives him a unique place in modern Indian literature. He was conferred the Padma Vibhushan by the Government of India in 1988. He penned the Karnataka State Anthem Jaya Bharata Jananiya Tanujate.

• 1Biography
• 2Works and message
• 3Bibliography
• 5Memorials

Biography[edit]

Early life and education[edit]

Kuvempu was born in Hirekodige, a village in Chikmagalur district of the erstwhile Kingdom of Mysore (now in Karnataka),^[5] into a Kannada-speaking Vokkaliga family. His mother Seethamma hailed from his birthplace while his father Venkatappa Gowda was from Kuppali, a village in Thirthahalli taluk (in present-day Shimoga district), where he was raised.^[8][5] Early in his childhood, Kuvempu was home-schooled by an appointed teacher from South Canara. He joined the Anglo-Vernacular school in Thirthahalli to continue his middle school education. Kuvempu's father died when he was only twelve. He finished his lower and secondary education in Kannada and English languages in Thirthahalli and moved to Mysore for further education at the Wesleyan High School. Thereafter, he pursued college studies at the Maharaja College of Mysore and graduated in 1929, majoring in Kannada.

Family[edit]

Kuvempu married Hemavathi on 30 April 1937. He was forced into enter marital life on this faculty out of Ramakrishna Mission. Kuvempu has two sons, Poornachandra Tejaswi and Kokilodaya Chaitra, and two daughters, Indukala and Tharini. Tharini is married to k.Chidananda gowda the former Vice-Chancellor of Kuvempu University. His home in Mysore is called Udayaravi. His son Poornachandra Tejaswi was a polymath, contributing significantly to Kannada literature, photography, calligraphy, digital imaging, social movements, and agriculture

Career[edit]

Kuvempu began his academic career as a lecturer of Kannada language at the Maharaja's College in Mysore in 1929. He worked as an assistant professor in the Central college, Bangalore from 1936. He re-joined Maharaja's college in Mysore in 1946 as a professor. (group photo) He went on to become the principal of the Maharaja's college in 1955. In 1956 he was selected as the Vice-Chancellor of Mysore University where he served till retirement in 1960. He was the first graduate from Mysore University to rise to that position.^[6]

Works and message[edit]

Kuvempu started his literary work in English, with a collection of poetry called Beginner's Muse but later switched to his native Kannada. He spearheaded the movement to make Kannada the medium for education, emphasizing the theme 'Education in the Mother tongue'. To cater to the needs of Kannada research, he founded the Kannada Adhyayana Samsthe ('Institute of Kannada Studies') in the Mysore University, which has since been renamed after him as 'Kuvempu Institute of Kannada Studies'. As Vice-Chancellor of Mysore University, he pioneered the study of sciences and languages. He championed the publishing of Knowledge for the laymen with by G. Hanumanta Rao.

Kuvempu was more than a writer for his life was in itself a 'great message'. He was against casteism, meaningless practices and religious ritual. Kuvempu's writings reflect his resentment against these practices. The Shoodra Tapaswi ('untouchable saint') was one such writing. Kuvempu gave a perspective to the ancient epic Ramayana that was quite unlike the portrayal of the characters by the original author Valmiki. Kuvempu's version of the epic called Sri Ramayana Darshanam won him the prestigious Jnanpith Award. His epic underscores his vision of Sarvodaya ('upliftment of all'). The protagonist of his epic, the Hindu god Rama, personifies this when he tests himself along with his consort Sita by jumping into the fire.

The speech he made during the convocation ceremony of Bangalore University was published in the book Vichaarakranthige Aahwaana. It calls for a re-assessment of developmental policies. Though it was delivered in 1974, the message is still considered relevant to modern society. In the year 1987, The Government of Karnataka started the Kuvempu University in the Shimoga district, Karnataka. This is located in the Jnana Sahyadri campus, 28 km from Shimoga city.

Quotes[edit]

• Chakracharanake swagatha – 'Welcome to wheel footed' when he bought his first car
• Uluva Yogi ('tilling Yogi' or 'tilling farmer') is the title he gave the farmer
• Sarvarige samapaalu, sarvarige samabaalu ('Equal share for all, Equal life for all', when he called for egalitarian society).
• O nanna chetana, Agu nee aniketana ('Be unhoused O my soul, only the infinite is your goal').

Bibliography[edit]

Epic[edit]

• Sri Ramayana Darshanam/ಶ್ರೀ ರಾಮಾಯಣ ದರ್ಶನಂ - Volume-01 (1949), Volume-02 (1957)
• Chitrangada/ಚಿತ್ರಾಂಗದಾ

Novels[edit]

• Kaanuru Heggadati/ಕಾನೂರು ಹೆಗ್ಗಡತಿ (1936)
• Malegalalli Madumagalu/ಮಲೆಗಳಲ್ಲಿ ಮದುಮಗಳು^[9] (1967)

Plays[edit]

• Birugaali/ಬಿರುಗಾಳಿ (1930)
• Maharaatri/ಮಹಾರಾತ್ರಿ (1931)
• Smashana Kurukshethra/ಸ್ಮಶಾನ ಕುರುಕ್ಷೇತ್ರ (1931)
• Jalagaara/ಜಲಗಾರ (1931)
• Raktaakshi/ರಕ್ತಾಕ್ಷಿ (1932)
• Shoodra Tapaswi/ಶೂದ್ರ ತಪಸ್ವಿ (1944)
• Beralge koral/ಬೆರಳ್ಗೆ ಕೊರಳ್ (1947)
• Yamana solu/ಯಮನ ಸೇೂಲು
• Chandrahasa/ಚಂದ್ರಹಾಸ
• Balidaana/ಬಲಿದಾನ
• Kaaneena/ಕಾನೀನ (1974)

Autobiography[edit]

• Nenapina Doniyali/ನೆನಪಿನ ದೇೂಣಿಯಲಿ (1980)

Collection of stories[edit]

• Sanyaasi Mattu Itare Kathegalu / ಸನ್ಯಾಸಿ ಮತ್ತು ಇತರೆ ಕಥೆಗಳು (1937)
• Nanna Devaru Mattu Itare Kathegalu / ನನ್ನ ದೇವರು ಮತ್ತು ಇತರೆ ಕಥೆಗಳು (1940)

Essays[edit]

• Malenaadina Chittragalu / ಮಲೆನಾಡಿನ ಚಿತ್ರಗಳು (1933)

Literary criticism[edit]

• Atmashreegagi Nirankushamatigalagi (1944)
• Kavyavihara (1946)
• Taponandana (1951)
• Vibhuthi Pooje / ವಿಭೂತಿ ಪೂಜೆ (1953)
• Draupadiya Shrimudi (1960)
• Vicharakrantige Ahvana (1976)
• Sahityaprachara
• Ithyadi
• Raso Vai Saha

Essay and Other[edit]

• Manujamatha Viswapatha
• Kavya Vihara
• Mantramangalya

Biography[edit]

• Swami Vivekananda(1932)
• Sri Ramakrishna Paramahamsa (1934)

Translation[edit]

• Guruvinodane Devaredege
• Janapriya Valmiki Ramayana

Stories and poems for children[edit]

• Bommanahalliya kindarijogi(1936)
• Mari vijnani(1947)
• Meghapura (1947)
• Nanna mane (1947)
• Nanna gopala
• Amalana kathe
• Sahasa pavana
• Modannana Tamma
• Narigaligeke Kodilla
• Haluru
• Panchajanya
• Prema Kashmira
• Anuttara : Premopanisattu
• Kutichaka

Movies[edit]

• Kanooru Heggadithi (directed by Girish Karnad).

= Drama[edit]

Awards and honours[edit]

• Karnataka Ratna (1992)^[10]
• Padma Vibhushan (1988)^[11]
• Pampa Award (1987)^[10]
• Jnanpith Award (1967)^[12]
• Rashtrakavi ('National Poet') (1964)^[10]
• Padma Bhushan (1958)^[11]
• Sahitya Akademi Award (1955)^[10]
• To landmark the golden jubilee of Kannada's first Jnanapeeth award, on 29 December 2017, Kuvempu's 113th birth anniversary, Google India dedicated a Google Doodle in his honor.^[13][14]

Memorials[edit]

Kavimane — Kuvempu Memorial[edit]

The childhood home of Kuvempu at Kuppali has been converted into a museum by Rashtrakavi Kuvempu Pratishtana (a trust dedicated to Kuvempu). This trust has undertaken immense developmental works in Kuppali to showcase Kuvempu and his works to the external world.^[15] On November 23, 2015 night, many valuables including the Padma Shri and Padma Bhushan awards conferred on poet laureate Kuvempu were stolen from Kavimane.^[16][17][18]

The entire museum has been ransacked. The surveillance cameras there have also been damaged. The Jnanapith award kept there has remained intact.

Kavishaila[edit]

The gradually rising hill south of the house is named Kavishaila, Kuvempu's mortal remains were placed at Kavishaila.^[15]

Biographies on Kuvempu[edit]

• Annana Nenapu, Poornachandra Tejaswi
• Yugada Kavi, K.C. Shiva Reddy
• Kuvempu, Pradhan Gurudatta
• Magalu Kanda Kuvempu, Tharini Chidananda,

Commemoration[edit]

The Kuvempu University in Shimoga, Karnataka was established in 1987.^[19] The Vishwamanava Express^[20] was named in honour of Kuvempu's idea of 'Vishwa Manava' ('Universal Man').^[21]

India Post honoured Kuvempu by releasing a postage stamp in 1997^[22] and 2017.^[23]

See also[edit]

• Rashtrakavi, for a list of poets who have borne that title

References[edit]

1. ^'Who is Kuppali Venkatappa Puttappa? Know all about Indian novelist honoured by Google through doodle'. The Financial Express. Retrieved 29 December 2017.
2. ^ ^ab'The Gentle Radiance of a Luminous Lamp'. Ramakrishna Math. Archived from the original on 22 August 2006. Retrieved 31 October 2006.
3. ^'Kuppali Venkatappa Puttappa: Kuvempu's Kannada legacy'. www.aljazeera.com.
4. ^'Kuvempu's 113th birth anniversary: Google doodle honours 20th century Kannada poet'. hindustantimes. 29 December 2017.
5. ^ ^abcRao, L. S. Sheshagiri (2012). Kuvempu. Sapna Book House Pvt. Ltd. ISBN9788128017933. Retrieved 29 December 2017.
6. ^ ^abBharati, Veena. 'Poet, nature lover and humanist'. Deccan Herald. Archived from the original on 18 March 2006. Retrieved 2 September 2006.
7. ^'Jnanpith Awards'. Ekavi. Retrieved 31 October 2006.
8. ^'After burglary, Kuvempu museum steps up security'. The Hindu. 25 November 2015.
9. ^https://www.mahitiloka.com/malegalalli-madumagalu-book-pdf-download-free/
10. ^ ^abcd'Culture p484-485'(PDF). A Handbook of Karnataka. Government of Karnataka. Archived from the original(PDF) on 8 October 2011. Retrieved 10 December 2010.
11. ^ ^ab'Padma Awards Directory (1954–2009)'(PDF). Ministry of Home Affairs. Archived from the original(PDF) on 10 May 2013. Retrieved 10 December 2010.
12. ^'Jnanpith Laureates Official listings'. Jnanpith Website. Archived from the original on 13 October 2007.
13. ^'goldenJubliee'.
14. ^'googleIndiaTwitter'.
15. ^ ^ab'Where the poet once lived'. Deccan Herald. 29 June 2009.
16. ^Correspondent, STAFF (24 November 2015). 'Kuvempu memorial ransacked'. The Hindhu.
17. ^'Padma Awards, Cash Stolen From magane Memorial'. The New Indian Express. 25 November 2015.
18. ^Kumar R B, Santosh (29 June 2009). 'Padma awards of renowned Kannada poet Kuvempu stolen'. The Indian Express.
19. ^http://www.kuvempu.ac.in/php/about.php
20. ^Vishwa Manava Express hits the tracks. The Hindu (2017-05-23). Retrieved on 2018-11-06.
21. ^'Vishwamanava Express', and story behind the name. Deccan Herald. 27 May 2017
22. ^Jnanpith Award Winners, Kannada (click for stamp information) ::: 1996-1997 » Commemorative Stamps » Stamps. Indianphilatelics.com (1997-03-28). Retrieved on 2018-11-06.
23. ^Postage Stamps, Stamp issue calendar 2014, Paper postage, Commemorative and definitive stamps, Service Postage Stamps, Philately Offices, Philatelic Bureaux and counters, Mint stamps (unused stamps). Postage Stamps. Retrieved on 2018-11-06.

Further reading[edit]

• Gowda, Chandan (12 January 2015). 'Shadow on the glen : legendary writer Kuvempu's liberal legacy is revered in Karnataka'. Outlook. 55 (1): 74–75. Retrieved 7 January 2016.

External links[edit]

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Indiana to India: A Bio-Bibliography of a Swami's Journey to Neo-Sannyas by Swami Samarpan David (aka David Leslie Kent) is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 3.0 Unported License.Based on a work at https://sites.google.com/site/samarpandavid/home.

This document is autobiographical, in the form of a bio-bibliography of books influential in my life. The title Indiana to India bears no relation to the book: India to Indiana: Via Dulles and Dallas. (Thrissur: Mar Narsai Publication, 2002), which I discovered after I had titled this work. But it does go to show that cultural migrations happen in both directions! Mine could have been similarly called: Indiana to India: Via Medellín and Mumbai!


My Glossary .. to Explain the Subtitle


Major Bibliographic Influences 1964-1981 (in chronological order)

• Wood, Ernest. Great Systems of Yoga. New York: Philosophical Library, 1954.
• Jones, E. Stanley (1884-1973). Christ's Alternative to Communism. New York: Abingdon Press, 1935.
• Gandhi. An Autobiography; the Story of My Experiments with Truth. Boston: Beacon Press, 1957.
• Camus, Albert. The Myth of Sisyphus, and Other Essays. New York: Knopf, 1955.
• Assagioli, Roberto. Psychosynthesis; a Manual of Principles and Techniques. New York: Hobbs, Dorman, 1965.
• Merton, Thomas. The Seven Storey Mountain. New York: Harcourt, Brace, 1948.
• Lawrence, Brother. The Practice of the Presence of God: Being Conversations and Letters of Nicholas Herman of Lorraine, Brother Lawrence. Westwood, N.J.,: Revell, 1958.
• Heard, Gerald. Training for the Life of the Spirit. New York: Harper, 1942.
• Hennacy, Ammon, and Steve Allen. The Book of Ammon. [with an Introd. By Steve Allen]. N.pl.1966.
• Osho. Meditation : The Art of Ecstasy. New York: Harper & Row, 1976.
• Wilber, Ken. The Atman Project : A Transpersonal View of Human Development. Wheaton, Ill.: Theosophical Pub. House, 1980.

Chronological Bio-Bibliographic Notes on a Cosmological Journey -- 1961-2013
1961
Baptized in the Mt. Pleasant Christian Church (Smith Valley, Indiana). Sent to summer Bible camp to read the Good Book.

• The New Testament of Our Lord and Saviour Jesus Christ: Translated Out of the Original Greek; and with the Former Translations Diligently Compared and Revised. New York: American Bible Society, 1926.

1964
Read about Yoga and India in the Center Grove High School Library (Smith Valley, Indiana). Center Grove got me to India, to yoga, but not to Gandhi.

• Wood, Ernest. Great Systems of Yoga. New York: Philosophical Library, 1954.
• Brunton, Paul. A Search in Secret India. New York: E.P. Dutton & Co., Inc, 1935.

1966
High school civics teacher asks me one day after school: “What are you going to do about Vietnam?” I had never heard of Vietnam.

1967
Read E. Stanley Jones, Gandhi, and Tolstoy and became a conscientious objector to war.

• Jones, E. Stanley (1884-1973). Christ's Alternative to Communism. New York: Abingdon Press, 1935.
• Gandhi, Mohandas Karamchand (1869-1948). An Autobiography; the Story of My Experiments with Truth. Boston: Beacon Press, 1957.
• Tolstoy, Leo. The Law of Violence And the Law of Love. London: Unicorn Press, 1959.
• Tolstoy, Leo, and Aylmer Maude. 1936. The Kingdom of God and Peace Essays. London,: Oxford university press.

A local Presbyterian minister loaned me a copy of a book by E. Stanley Jones and through that book I arrived at Gandhi. Through Jones I was able to envision the kingdom of God on earth, without private property and without competition. In place of competition (upon which capitalism thrives), Jones substitutes “cooperation.” According to Jones the world is ready for cooperation on a grand or universal scale.

Reading E. Stanley Jones accomplished two things: 1) it moved me further away from literal belief in what the Bible says and moved me toward direct spiritual experience independent of religious scriptures, and 2) it continued my learning about India and led me to Gandhi, ahimsa, and social gospel. I began to identify myself as a pacifist.

Upon discovering pacifism I soon came upon writings by Tolstoy and Gandhi and other writers in the traditional “peace churches” (Mennonites, Brethren, and Quakers). In addition to the many books I found in the Center Grove High School Library, which introduced me to Hinduism and the “mysterious” land that is India, I also explored the holdings of the Greenwood Public Library. The librarian and I became friends. She was later more than happy to write a letter to the draft board in support of my application for conscientious objection to war. My local minister would not write such a letter of support. He called me a traitor and a communist for refusing to join the armed forces and fight the 'godless communist enemy.' Never mind that he was the one who had for years said to follow Christ's example, but I guess he didn't think that applied to the part where Jesus said to 'love your enemies.' (Matthew 5:44 .. those years in Bible Camp were not wasted!)

The fundamentalist Christian brainwashing of my first fifteen years was so thorough it took the next fifteen years of my life to get out of it. But, thanks to my minister, I knew I needed to look elsewhere and I had a good idea of where to start looking.

1968
Read Daybreak by Joan Baez. Marched against Vietnam War with Martin Luther King and Joan Baez in Washington, D. C.

• Baez, Joan. Daybreak. New York: The Dial Press, 1968.

1969
Read Myth of Sisyphus by Albert Camus and became an “existential atheist pacifist.” Start two years of alternative service working in a hospital library.

• Camus, Albert. The Myth of Sisyphus, and Other Essays. New York: Knopf, 1955.
• Russell, Bertrand. 1957. Why I Am Not a Christian, and Other Essays on Religion and Related Subjects. New York,: Simon and Schuster.

While working at the University of Washington Health Sciences Library, doing my alternative service as a conscientious objector, I took advantage of the incredible resources of the UW Libraries.
1970
Read more Gandhi (on constructive program) and read John Woolman. Became a Quaker.

• Gandhi, Mohandas Karamchand. (1869-1948). Sarvodaya (the Welfare of All). Ahmedabad: Navajivan Pub. House, 1954.
• Woolman, John, and John Woolman. The Journal of John Woolman, and a Plea for the Poor. New York: Corinth Books, 1961.

1971
Readradical Catholic pacifist/anarchist/personalist writers,who seduced me back to theism. Become active with Catholic Worker Movement.

• Merton, Thomas. The Seven Storey Mountain. New York: Harcourt, Brace, 1948.
• Merton, Thomas. [spoken audiocassettes] Life and community. Life and prophecy. Life and celebration. Life and work. Life and solitude. Life and truth. Life and God's love. Life and the Holy Spirit. Life and contemplation.
• Merton, Thomas. 1953. The sign of Jonas. New York: Harcourt, Brace.
• Merton, Thomas. 1968. Albert Camus' The plague; introduction and commentary. New York: Seabury Press.
• Maurin, Peter. Radical Christian Thought: Easy Essays. West Hamlin, W. Va: The Green Revolution, 1971. Print.
• Maritain, Jacques, and John J. Fitzgerald. The Person and the Common Good. New York: C. Scribner's Sons, 1947.
• Hennacy, Ammon, and Steve Allen. The Book of Ammon. [with an Introd. By Steve Allen]. s. n., 1966.
• Day, Dorothy. The Long Loneliness: The Autobiography of Dorothy Day; Illustrated by Fritz Eichenberg ; [introduction by Daniel Berrigan]. Garden City: Doubleday, 1959.
• Day, Dorothy. Loaves and Fishes. New York: Harper & Row, 1963.
  

1972
Read Training for the Life of the Spirit by Gerald Heard, and read more on Vedanta.. and Perennial Philosophy.. and Psychosynthesis. Meet and take classes from Robert Gussner [Swami Anand Jina] while studying comparative religion at University of Vermont.

• Heard, Gerald. Training for the Life of the Spirit. New York: Harper, 1942.
• Assagioli, Roberto. Psychosynthesis; a Manual of Principles and Techniques. New York: Hobbs, Dorman, 1965.
• Deutsch, Eliot. Advaita Vedānta: a Philosophical Reconstruction. Honolulu: East-West Center Press, 1969.
• Huxley, Aldous. The Perennial Philosophy. New York: Harper & Brothers, 1945.
• Vivekananda. Raja-yoga, or Conquering the Internal Nature. New York: Ramakrishna-Vivekananda Center of New York, 1939.

1973-1974
Read Practice of the Presence of God by Brother Lawrence. Read Berdyayev and practice Eastern Orthodox Christian prayer 'hesychia' (quiet, solitude, stillness).

• Lawrence, . The Practice of the Presence of God: Being Conversations and Letters of Nicholas Herman of Lorraine, Brother Lawrence. Westwood, N.J.,: Revell, 1958.
• Berdyayev, Nikolay A. Freedom and the Spirit. London: G. Bles, 1935.
• Marcel, Gabriel. 1956. The philosophy of existentialism. New York: Citadel Press.
• Berdyaev, Nikolai, and Donald A. Lowrie. 1965. Christian existentialism. London: Allen & Unwin.
• Sandperl, Ira. A Little Kinder. Palo Alto, Calif: Science and Behavior Books, 1974.
• Assagioli, Roberto. The Act of Will. New York (N.Y.: The Viking Press, 1973.
  

1975
Ultimately, I failed to integrate spirituality and social action into an ethical mysticism and dropped out of “the anti-war movement,” beginning a transition from activist to quietist. 1975 was the year I dropped out of social activism (seven years of constant anxiety, guilt, and protest against the War in Vietnam left me exhausted). In 1975 I stopped trying to change the world, and became more quietist, though my social conscience was never completely submerged. My ego was surprised to learn that the movement was quite capable of continuing without me!
1976
Discover Osho through my 'mentor' Swami Anand Jina (Robert Gussner at UVM). Begin doing Osho’s active meditations.

• Osho. Meditation : The Art of Ecstasy. New York: Harper & Row, 1976.

1977
Read Ranganathan’s Five Laws of Library Science and decided to attend graduate school in librarianship.

• Ranganathan, S R. The Five Laws of Library Science. Bombay, New York: Asia Pub. House, 1963.

1978
Attended Graduate School of Library and Information Science at University of Washington (now called The Information School). Create a 42-page 'preliminary work toward a comprehensive bibliography of the works by and about Gerald Heard.'
1979
Discovered the South Asian collections of the University of Washington Libraries, developed using the U.S. Library of Congress Public Law 480 buying program. Among the treasures I discovered there were the many works of one Bhagwan Shree Rajneesh. (Today you will see this message in the UW Libraries Catalog: Rajaneesh, Ācarya, Śri, 1931-1990 is not used in this library's catalog. Osho, 1931-1990 is used instead.)
Altogether I read 40 of Osho’s books (there are now over 300 titles) mostly darshan diaries and discourse commentaries. Simultaneously I began doing active meditations at the Rajneesh Meditation Center in West Seattle.
1980
Read The Atman Project by Ken Wilber and finally find an intellectual answer to my “metaphysical curse” that I can accept. If Osho was my main spiritual influence, Wilber was my main transpersonal theorist to explain what was going on in the evolution of consciousness, both globally and personally. Between 1981 and 2001 I read about 12 of Wilber’s works. The Atman Project was the second Wilber book I read, after No Boundary. Wilber satisfied my intellectual skepticism and my curiosity in a way no other philosophical writer had. Of course, I loved it that Wilber is a meditator and knowledgeable in both eastern and western approaches to transformation.

• Wilber, Ken. The Atman Project : A Transpersonal View of Human Development. Wheaton, Ill.: Theosophical Pub. House, 1980.
• Wilber, Ken. No Boundary: Eastern and Western Approaches to Personal Growth. Boston: Shambhala, 1979.

1981
Continue reading Osho, meditating, and begin to dye all my clothes and underwear red.. My Italian-American wife at that time (who ironically later became involved with Werner Erhard and est training), did not want Osho’s books in the house and did not want me going to Osho meditations. Red clothes? She said I looked like a clown. She gave me an ultimatum to choose between her and Osho.
I wrote to Osho, requesting to take sannyas, and received the reply that, if it was going to cause domestic rough waters, it would be better not to take sannyas. I then read 39 more books by Osho and continued to meditate at the Rajneesh Meditation Center in Seattle. Many weekly sessions.. months of marriage counseling.. were followed by the decision to divorce. In the absence of turbulent domestic waters I received neo-sannyas from Osho on June 4, 1982, a mala, and a new name: Swami Samarpan David. I already had the red clothes.
1982
Neo-Sannyas, June 4 ; First Annual World Celebration (July) in Rajneeshpuram, Oregon. The first song I hear after embracing sannyas is Linda Ronstadt’s “It’s so easy to fall in love, It’s so easy to fall in love, People say that love’s for fools.. Here I go breakin’ all the rules.” The most meaningful Osho quote in that moment: “Life is not a problem to be solved, but a mystery to be enjoyed.”
1983
Danced regularly to Jamaican reggae and African dance music as part of my neo-sannyas meditation. Go to the Reggae Sunsplash annual festival in Montego Bay. Everyting Irie, Mon!
1984
Moved to Medellín, Colombia to work as the Columbus School Head Librarian and to become fluent in Spanish.
1985
Started Padma Rajneesh Meditation Center in Medellín and traveled to Pune, India. Osho says wearing red clothes and the mala are now optional, emphasizing that meditation is what is essential.
1986
Traveled to Ecuador, Peru, Guatemala, Costa Rica, Brazil, and most parts of Colombia
1987
Published bilingual edition of ¡Celebra! ¡Medita! in Medellín, from my translation of two Osho discourses into Spanish.

• Rajneesh, Bhagwan Shree. ¡Celebra! ¡Medita! : Charlas dadas en la India por Bhagwan Shree Rajneesh sobre la meditación como respuestas a las preguntas de discípulos y visitantes. [Discourses given in India by Bhagwan Shree Rajneesh on meditation as answers to questions by disciples and visitors.] Bilingual Edition. Translated by Swami Samarpan David. Medellín, Colombia : Padma, 1988. ISBN 958-9171-00-1

“This book contains [translations of] two discourses:
“Unless the whole existence..” (Bombay, India, 31 Oct. 1986)

1988
Returned to Pune, India to meditate in the Osho International Commune.
1990
Osho leaves the body. I am kidnapped by ELN (National Liberation Army) and try to take advantage of the kidnapping (free room and board) to do Osho's Mystic Rose meditation. The guerrillas order me to stop laughing before I can finish the first three hours of laughter. After my release I leave Colombia to return to USA.
1991
Return to Pune, India to meditate. Travel north to Jammu and Srinagar, Kashmir where I visit the Rozabal Tomb of Jesus Christ in the Kan Yaar district of Srinagar. Work as Head Librarian of Kent Place School in Summit, New Jersey, USA.

• Faber, Kaiser A. Jesus Died in Kashmir: Jesus, Moses and the Ten Lost Tribes of Israel. London: Gordon & Cremonesi, 1977.

1993
Move to Cali, Colombia and begin three-year “hard salsa” meditation practice at the Taberna Latina. Wrote Ode to Librarianship.

• Domínguez, Gary. El Cuaderno Latino De La Salsa : 100 Biodiscografías Salseras De La Taberna Latina, Cali, Colombia. Ediciones Salsa Latina, 2005.
• Rondón, César M. El Libro De La Salsa: Crónica De La Música Del Caribe Urbano. Caracas, 1980.

1995
Made a presentation on Sufism to a school general assembly and demonstrated whirling dervish spinning. Instituted reggae dance lunches in the library of Colegio Bolivar in Cali, Colombia where I danced like a mad man. Students think I’m on drugs and do not understand ecstatic dance without chemical stimulation. Taught elective class on meditation to thirty mostly uninterested students, 'hijos de mami y papi.'

• Jalal, al-Din R, Kudsi Erguner, and Pierre Maniez. 150 Cuentos Sufíes. Barcelona [etc.: Paidós, 1991.
• Shah, Idries, and Richard Williams. The Exploits of the Incomparable Mulla Nasrudin. New York: E.P. Dutton, 1972.

1996
Meet Beatriz. We dance together for 9 hours without stopping. Nine months later we get married.

1997
Beatriz and I begin giving dance workshops in Cali called “Danzando Hacia Tu Interior” [Dancing Toward Your Center]
1998
Begin doing Sufi Sam's (Samuel L. Lewis) Dances of Universal Peace in Cali as response to car bombs creating craters in Cali streets.

• Lewis, Samuel L. Spiritual Dance and Walk: An Introduction from the Work of Murshid Samuel L. Lewis (sufi Ahmed Murad Chisti). Fairfax, Ca: Peace Works Center for the Dances of Universal Peace, 1990.

1999
Return to USA (New Mexico) due to guerrilla activity in Colombia. Had a close call when guerrillas came to our 'vereda' asking for 'the gringo.' For fear of another kidnapping, I do not return to my house in Colombia. In New Mexico I continue meditation with Hicksite Quakers & Theravada Buddhists, and dancing and zikr with Sufi Ruhaniat International Sufis. Become a certified laughter leader.
2000
Work as university librarian and present programs for the community on Osho, Wilber, laughter, jokes, “salsa dura,” Tibetan Book of the Dead, etc. Invite and join with Sufis in doing Dances of Universal Peace in the lobby of the library on a regular basis. 'Hasya yoga' (laughing for no reason) was my motivation for becoming a laughter leader, but I found most I came across in the American laughter movement were involved for serious (read 'therapeutic') or financial reasons. I became an ex-certified laughter leader. LOL!

• Kataria, Madan. Laugh for No Reason. Mumbai, India: Madhuri International, 1999.
• Katarian, Madan. Laughter Exercises A to Z. (http://www.laughteryoga.org)
• Osho. Take It Really Seriously: A Revolutionary Insight into Jokes. London: Grace, 1998.
• Dove, Pragito. Lunchtime Enlightenment: Meditations to Transform Your Life Now--at Work, at Home, at Play. New York: Penguin Compass, 2002
  

• Dollens, Dennis. Simone Swan: Adobe Building. Santa Fe, N.M: SITES Books, 2005.
• Steele, James, and Hassan Fathy. An Architecture for People: The Complete Works of Hassan Fathy. New York: Whitney Library of Design, 1997.
• Tibbets, Joseph M. The Earthbuilders' Encyclopedia: The Master Alphabetical Reference for Adobe & Rammed Earth. 2nd edition. PDF format, 2001.
• Engaging Our Theological Diversity: A Report. Boston, MA: Unitarian Universalist Association, 2005.
• Trungpa, Chogyam, and John Baker. Cutting Through Spiritual Materialism. Berkeley: Shambhala, 1973.

• Chagdud Tulku, and Shenpen Drolma. Change of Heart: The Bodhisattva Peace Training of Chagdud Tulku. Junction City, CA: Padma Pub, 2003.
• Surya, Das. Awakening to the Sacred: Creating a Spiritual Life from Scratch. New York: Broadway Books, 1999.
• Sogyal Rinpoche, Patrick Gaffney, and Andrew Harvey. The Tibetan Book of Living and Dying. New York: PerfectBound, 2003.
  
• Karma-gliṅ-pa, , and Richard Gere. The Tibetan Book of the Dead. Boston, MA: Shambhala Publications, 1990. Sound recording.
  
• Swami Veetman. Bardo: Awakening from the Dream: Meditation on The Tibetan Book of the Dead. [s.l.], Osho Institute for Living and Dying. Sound recording.
• Munck, Majbritt, and Jon C. Jensen. The Art of Dying. Encinitas, CA: Inner Directions Video, 1994. DVD video.
  
• Cohen, Leonard, Yukari Hayashi, Barrie A. McLean, Hiroaki Mori, Atsunori Kawamura, and David Verrall. The Tibetan Book of the Dead: A Way of Life ; the Great Liberation. New York: Wellspring Media, 2003. DVD video.
  

2013
Publish ¡Celebra! ¡Medita! in iBooks iPad edition (Spanish only) : https://itunes.apple.com/us/book/celebra!-medita!/id571590965?mt=11
Begin reading books about sannyasin journeys to Osho and life with Osho.

• Anand Bhagawati. Past the Point of No Return: Inner and Outer Journeys. New Delhi, India: Osho World Foundation, in association with Pragun Publication, 2010.
• Swami Devageet. Osho: The First Buddha in the Dental Chair: Amusing Anecdotes By His Personal Dentist. Sammasati Publishing (Kindle e-book). 2013.
• Satya Vedant. Osho, the Luminous Rebel: Life Story of a Maverick Mystic. New Delhi: Wisdom Tree, 2010.
• Subhuti, Anand. My Dance with a Madman: Tales by a British Journalist About His Life with a Controversial Indian Mystic. Cambridge: Perfect Publishers, 2011.
• Brecher, Max. A Passage to America: A Radically New Look at Bhagwan Shree Rajneesh and a Controversial American Commune. Revised PDF edition, 2013. [original publication: Bombay: Book Quest Publishers, 1993]. Available from author at http://maxbrechersbookstobuy.com/passage-to-america.html

• Atmananda, Sri [Krishna Menon]. Atma Nirvriti: Freedom and Felicity in the Self. Austin, Tex: Advaita Publishers, 1983.
• Atmananda, Shri [Krisna Menon]. Some Teachings from Shri Atmananda (Krishna Menon).
• Wood, Sri Ananda. The Teaching of Sri Atmananda Krishna Menon on Advaita Vedanta.
• Levy, John. The Nature of Man According to the Vedanta. Boulder, CO: Sentient Publications, 2004.
• Goode, Greg. Standing As Awareness: The Direct Path. Salisbury: Non-Duality Press, 2009.
• Goode, Greg. The Direct Path: A User's Guide. Salisbury: Non-Duality Press, 2012.

Begin reading books on The Headless Way (Douglas Harding).

• Harding, D. E. On Having No Head: Zen and the Rediscovery of the Obvious. Carlsbad, Calif: InnerDirections Pub, 2002.
• Harding, D. E. Little Book of Life and Death. S.l.: Shollond Trust, 2009. Foreword by Ram Dass.
• Harding, D. E. Hierarchy of Heaven & Earth: A New Diagram of Man in the Universe. London: Shollond Trust, 2011.
• Harding, D E. Head Off Stress: Beyond the Bottom Line. London, England: Arkana, 1990.
• Harding, D E, and David Lang. Face to No-Face: Rediscovering Our Original Nature. Carlsbad, Calif: InnerDirections Pub, 2000.
• Harding, D E. Look for Yourself: The Science and Art of Self-Realization. Encinitas, CA: InnerDirections Pub, 1998.

• June: Visit Kyoto, Japan en route to the Kalachakra ceremony with the Dalai Lama.
• July: Visit Leh, India and suffer Acute Mountain Sickness. Have to leave Kashmir to go back down to New Delhi.

July 2014: Visit Nara, Japan
August 2014: Inspired by Osho, who spoke often (nine books) of Kabir (1440-1518) the poet, mystic, and weaver, I decide to explore weaving as sadhana and celebrate my 65th birthday by taking a backstrap weaving class in Arroyo Seco, New Mexico.

• Taber, Barbara, and Marilyn Anderson. 1975. Backstrap weaving. New York: Watson-Guptill Publications.

2015-2016 ???
2017 Three months in Colombia, hip and back pain, hospice care for my mother who died in Nov. 2017.
2018 Family reunion in Lake Tahoe, CA, USA. Sufi retreats. Buddhist retreats. Native American Flute School.

Sri Atmananda Krishna Menon

• Abbott, Carl. Blowing Zen. Santa Cruz, Calif: Center for Taoist Thought and Fellowship, 2005. Musical score.
• Abbott, Carl. Blowing Zen II. Santa Cruz, Calif: Center for Taoist Thought and Fellowship, 2005. Musical score. 'This booklet carries on where 'Blowing Zen' left off. It contains musical scores for additional Hon Kyoku, San Kyoku and Japanese folk music.'
• Blasdel, Christopher Y. The Shakuhachi: A Manual for Learning. Tokyo, Japan: Printed Matter Press, 2008.
• Blasdel, Christopher Y. The Single Tone: A Personal Journey into Shakuhachi Music. , 2008. Print.
• Brooks, Ray. Blowing Zen: Finding an Authentic Life. Boulder: Sentient Publications, 2011. Print.
• Johnson, Henry M. The Shakuhachi: Roots and Routes. Leiden: Brill, 2014. Print.
• Kypros, Jon. Your Shakuhachi Journey: How to Play the Shakuhachi Japanese Bamboo Flute. Place of publication not identified: Flutedojo.com, 2015. Print.
• Lee, Riley K. Blowing Zen: Aspects of Performance Practices of the Chikuho Ryū Honkyoku. , 1986. Print. Thesis (M.A.)--University of Hawaii, 1986.
• Matoušek, Vlatislav. 'Suizen - 'blowing Zen': Spirituality As Music and Music As Spirituality.'Estetyka I Krytyka. 2011 (2011): 61-72. Print.
• Seldin, Ronnie Nyogetsu. Sui Zen: Blowing Meditation on the Shakuhachi. Hoboken, NJ: Sterner Editorial Services, 2004. Print.

Shakuhachi Immersion : 20th Annual Shakuhachi Summer Camp of the Rockies (Loveland, CO, USA, June 21-25, 2018) https://shakucamp.com

The International Shakuhachi Society .. Hélène Seiyu Codjo

Zen and Suizen

Ro-Buki in Rhyme : Reflections on Blowing Zen (2018 Samarpan David Kent)

This year turns out my spiritual path involves breathing and plastic

The simple practice called blowing zen has really been fantastic!

In spiritual traditions breathing is utilitarian

For monotheists, polytheists, even Unitarians

In my spiritual journey, I’ve had philosophies galore.

Atheism, agnosticism, anarchism, and more.

Pantheism, panentheism, pacifism … Oh my! … What schisms!

Existentialism, theism… and many many more “isms.”

Forty five years I searched for Truth. To find practices, there was no dearth.

Searching philosophies… Religious traditions … Of Planet Earth.

And from all that searching, what have I learned… of what I was after?

V K Krishna Menon

I found the non-verbal most valuable: silence, music, laughter.

Krishna Menon Advaita

This year I began a new Zen nothingness practice, Ro-Buki,

Breathing into emptiness with Shunya, my plastic Shakuhachi.

I AM thankful to be alive, to STILL be alive… and breathing.

My search led me to Shunya … Had nothing to do with believing.

From Mahāyāna Buddhism Shunya is short hand for Shunyata

By blowing zen, Buddhist emptiness comes right straight back atcha

Now I no longer meditatively dance my way to pure stoned bliss

Due to an M. R. I. diagnosing osteoarthritis

With all five holes covered the lowest Shakuhachi note is Ro

Ro-Buki means to blow Ro, so every day … Ro I must blow

Ro-Buki inspires “shugyo,” which is a deep body-mind training

I practice Ro-Buki every day … Sun shining or raining

Ro-Buki … Suizen . is important … Both for playing and being

Enlightenment through a single pure note … And new ways of seeing.

The Shakuhachi flute is paradox … both form and emptiness…

Form is emptiness. Emptiness is form. Gotta love those Buddhists!

My flute is a Shakuhachi Yuu, made of plastic not bamboo

Will not dry or crack in desert climate … and my heart, it did woo.

Recommended for beginners… this Shakuhachi . Y . U . U

Wet will not harm it… and amazon dot com gave a good review!

Shakuhachi arrived in Japan fourteen hundred years ago

Not an ensemble instrument … Meditatively played … Solo

Shakuhachis are part of Zen culture … As very sacred tools

The Komuso, “monks of emptiness” who played them were smart, not fools

Komuso of Fuke Zen Sect… Suppressed by Meiji Restoration

Their honkyoku song pieces are still here for meditation

The works they composed used sound and silence in their originality

The gaps between notes express beautifully Zen non-duality

Instead of sitting watching breath, a sitting practice called zazen

Tengai baskets over their heads they were always blowing sui zen

Wandering monks, baskets covering faces, eyes following the ground

Playing Shakuhachis … Uniting opposites: Silence and sound

Suizen practice has breathed energy into my spiritual life.

Thankfully I have a very supportive, understanding wife!

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Suizen gets me out of bed … Ro-Buki … Five a. m. … A new day

Age sixty-nine … Beginner … Blowing Ro … Emptiness … On my way.