A Pilgrimage to Kashi Nag Prakashan The present work forms an

The present work forms an important contribution to the solution of a number of problems more in particular pertaining to the earliest developments of Indian philosophy

with reality as such

After graduating from the University of Tokyo in 1950

and thoughts associated with actual visits to the astral plane

A Pilgrimage to Kashi Nag Prakashan The present work forms anBanaras: where the juice of life (rasa) is always ready (Bana) ! This 'life juice' flows in plenitude herein different colours, varying tones, multiple textures and layers, diverse situations, contrasting conditions, etc. It is the blending or 'mixing' of these which makes the mosaic of culture known as Banaras, the city of Lord Shiva. Shiva's liquid energy flows in the form of the Ganga river, and He is represented in the iconographic form of lingas.