Samvidullasah : Manifestations of Divine Consciousness: Swami Lakshman Joo (Saint-Scholar of Kashmir Saivism)/edited by Bettina Baumer and Sarla Kumar. New Delhi, D.K. Printworld, 2007, xiv, 238 p., photos, ISBN 81-246-0414-2.

    Contents: Preface/Prabha Devi. Key to transliteration. Introduction/Bettina Baumer. 1. Gurustuti -- Verses in Praise of the Master/AcArya Rameshvar Jha. I. Life: 2. A Yogi of Kashmir/Jaideva Singh. 3. The Sage of Ishber/Jankinath Kaul "Kamal". 4. Sri Guru Isvara Svarupa -- His way of life/Prabha Devi. 5. Guruparampara: three generations of Saiva Saints/R.C. Raina. II. The Acarya of Kashmir Saivism: 6. Lilian Silburn and Swami Lakshman Joo -- a fertile relationship/Jacqueline Chambron. 7. Swami Lakshman Joo and his place in the Kashmirian Saiva tradition/Alexis Sanderson. 8. Tribute to the sage of Kashmir/Kapila Vatsyayan. 9. The power of pure awareness/Bettina Baumer. III. The Enlightening Master: 10. The making of a Yogini/Mohan Lal Sopory. 11. The Ascent to the Lord/Sarla Kumar. 12. The scientist and the saint/Sudhir K. Sopory. 13. My Gurudeva/Motilal Sopory. 14. I saw Siva in Him/Arunditi Raina. 15. In search of Myself/Rajan Khosa. IV. The Presence Continues: 16. A transforming meeting/Ernst Furlinger. 17. The "Icon" of the Divine/Borghild Baldauf. 18. Love-song to the Master/Ariane Hentsch Cisneros. Appendix: Published works of Swami Lakshman Joo. The contributors. Glossary of Sanskrit Terms. Index. 

    "Swami Lakshman Joo Raina, also called Lakshman Brahmacarin and Isvara Svarupa (1907-1991) was one of the greatest saints of 20 century India, who was at the same time an extraordinary scholar who relived and revived the almost forgotten tradition of Kashmir Saivism. His high spiritual state was matched by his profound knowledge of the Saiva scriptures and of the great thinkers and commentators of the tradition -- Abhinavagupta, Ksemaraja and others. Swami Lakshman Joo lived a secluded life in his ashram in Kashmir, but he taught the texts of Kashmir Saivism to Pandits and scholars from different countries, besides giving spiritual guidance to a number of seekers and disciples. 

    On the occasion of his Birth Centenary, a volume in his memory is being brought out containing articles by scholar-disciples, devotees and relatives which throw light on the extraordinary life of this saint and on his contribution to reviving and continuing the tradition of Kashmir Saivism. Articles on his life by his close disciple Prabha Devi and his scholar-disciples Jaideva Singh and Jankinath Kaul 'Kamal', an exhaustive article on his place in the Kashmirian Saiva tradition by Professor Alexis Sanderson of Oxford, to mention only a few, provide an insight into his saintly personality and his great qualities as a teacher. Even scholars and seekers who have never met him and have been deeply influenced by his spiritual presence have contributed an account of their experience.

    This volume is richly illustrated by historical photographs which provide a visual testimony of the life of Swami Lakshman Joo. A list of his published works is an important complement." (jacket) 

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