Letters

Chattampi Swami’s letters expresses his personality and character. They are natural like his thoughts. The words come from the depth of his heart. There is a natural and uncontrolled flow of words and ideas. They become complex only when he tells something on Vedanta. The letters of Swami are the reflections of the waves of unending love from his heart. The way in which he addresses disciples and friends reveals the openness, love and consideration that he was having with his friends and disciples. To one in the family life it is a letter or words from an experienced head of the family, to a friend it is the considerate words of an elder brother, to a child it is the loving words of the mother to a small baby to the spiritual aspirant it is the undisputed words of the Master.

Extract from: Chattampi Swami: An Intellectual Biography. By R. Raman Nair and L. Sulochana Devi. Trivandrum, Centre for South Indian Studies, 2010.