What Life Has Taught me

The above title is frequently referenced in several blogs discussing the life and discourses of Maha Periyava. We have tried hard to get the details of the original article in Bhavan's Joural but this seems to be rather elusive except for a reference provided by Dr. TMP Mahadevan in his book on "Preceptors of Advaita" in the section titled "Sage of Kanchi".

A link to the said article at the Kamkoti website provides the text.

In this anecdote, talked about by periyava himself in the article, there are some intriguing questions which have come up in the minds of devotees. These questions came up after the following blog was seen on the web. A photo in the blog had raised the questions!

http://mahaperiyavapuranam.org/a-rare-photo-a-million-questions/

Here is an enhanced version of the photo and the answers to the questions provided by Sri. Ganesha Sharma follow in another link.

    

http://mahaperiyavapuranam.org/a-rare-photo-answer-to-the-million-questions/