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	Meanwhile, his search for a guru led to his day-long meeting with Swami Yogananda (not to be confused with [[Paramahansa Yogananda]]) in 1919. In 1923, he assumed the name Sri Atmananda and started teaching [[Jnana Yoga]].<ref name="ad" /> After retirement from government service, he resided in his family home, ''Anandavadi'' on the river [[Pamba River\|Pampa]] in Malakara.<ref name="ad"/>		Meanwhile, his search for a guru led to his day-long meeting with Swami Yogananda (not to be confused with [[Paramahansa Yogananda]]) in 1919. In 1923, he assumed the name Sri Atmananda and started teaching [[Jnana Yoga]].<ref name="ad" /> After retirement from government service, he resided in his family home, ''Anandavadi'' on the river [[Pamba River\|Pampa]] in Malakara.<ref name="ad"/>

	He died at Trivandrum (now known as [[Thiruvananthapuram]]) in 1959.<ref>{{Cite book\|last=Atmananda\|url=https://www.worldcat.org/title/notes-on-spiritual-discourses-of-sree-atmananda-of-trivandrum/oclc/45610684\|title=Notes on spiritual discourses of Sree Atmananda (of Trivandrum)\|last2=Nitya Tripta\|date=1963\|publisher=Reddiar Press\|location=Trivandrum\|pages=560\|language=English\|oclc=45610684}}</ref>		He died at Trivandrum (now known as [[Thiruvananthapuram]]) in 1959. .<ref>{{Cite book\|last=Atmananda\|url=https://www.worldcat.org/title/notes-on-spiritual-discourses-of-sree-atmananda-of-trivandrum/oclc/45610684\|title=Notes on spiritual discourses of Sree Atmananda (of Trivandrum)\|last2=Nitya Tripta\|date=1963\|publisher=Reddiar Press\|location=Trivandrum\|pages=560\|language=English\|oclc=45610684}}</ref>

	==Legacy==		==Legacy==

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{{For|the political figure|V. K. Krishna Menon}}
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'''Śrĩ Atmananda''' (8 December 1883 – 14 May 1959), also referred as '''Sri Atmananda Krishna Menon''', was an Indian [[Wise Old Man|sage]], [[guru]], and philosopher. He has been described by scholars as a "neo-Hindu".<ref>{{cite book|last1=Lucas|first1=Phillip|title=New Religious Movements in the Twenty-first Century|url=https://archive.org/details/newreligiousmove00luca|url-access=limited|date=2004|publisher=Routledge|location=New York|pages=[https://archive.org/details/newreligiousmove00luca/page/n316 306]}}</ref> His teachings have become a foundation for a spiritual method<ref>{{Cite book|title=Be As You are|last=Godman|first=David|publisher=Penguin India|year=2000|isbn=978-0140190625|pages=115}}</ref> called the Direct Path.<ref>{{cite book|last1=Lucas|first1=Phillip|title=New Religious Movements in the Twenty-first Century|url=https://archive.org/details/newreligiousmove00luca|url-access=limited|date=2004|publisher=Routledge|location=New York|pages=[https://archive.org/details/newreligiousmove00luca/page/n316 306], 312}}</ref>

==Biography==

===Early life===
Nitya Tripta (S. Balakrishna Pillai), one of Menon’s disciples, included a detailed life sketch toward the end of a collection of Menon’s teachings.<ref name=":0">{{Cite book|last=Atmananda|url=https://www.worldcat.org/title/notes-on-spiritual-discourses-of-sree-atmananda-of-trivandrum/oclc/45610684|title=Notes on spiritual discourses of Sree Atmananda (of Trivandrum)|last2=Nitya Tripta|date=1963|publisher=Reddiar Press|location=Trivandrum|pages=535|language=English|oclc=45610684}}</ref>

He was born as P. Krishna Menon in 1883 at Cherukulathu House, in [[Peringara]], near [[Tiruvalla]], in the state of [[Travancore]], now a part of [[Kerala]].<ref name="ad">{{Cite web|title=The Teaching of Sri Atmananda Krishna Menon|url=http://www.advaita.org.uk/discourses/atmananda/atmananda.htm|access-date=2021-03-20|website=www.advaita.org.uk}}</ref>

After studying law, he became a Government Advocate and Inspector and [[Superintendent of Police (India)|District Superintendent of Police]] and remained in service until 1939.

===Sadhana & Realization===
Meanwhile, his search for a guru led to his day-long meeting with Swami Yogananda (not to be confused with [[Paramahansa Yogananda]]) in 1919. In 1923, he assumed the name Sri Atmananda and started teaching [[Jnana Yoga]].<ref name="ad" /> After retirement from government service, he resided in his family home, ''Anandavadi'' on the river [[Pamba River|Pampa]] in Malakara.<ref name="ad"/>

He died at Trivandrum (now known as [[Thiruvananthapuram]]) in 1959.<ref>{{Cite book|last=Atmananda|url=https://www.worldcat.org/title/notes-on-spiritual-discourses-of-sree-atmananda-of-trivandrum/oclc/45610684|title=Notes on spiritual discourses of Sree Atmananda (of Trivandrum)|last2=Nitya Tripta|date=1963|publisher=Reddiar Press|location=Trivandrum|pages=560|language=English|oclc=45610684}}</ref>

==Legacy==
Menon's teachings have become a foundation for a spiritual method<ref>{{Cite book|last=Godman|first=David|title=Be As You are|publisher=Penguin India|year=2000|isbn=978-0140190625|pages=115}}</ref> called the Direct Path.<ref>{{cite book|last1=Lucas|first1=Phillip|url=https://archive.org/details/newreligiousmove00luca|title=New Religious Movements in the Twenty-first Century|date=2004|publisher=Routledge|location=New York|pages=[https://archive.org/details/newreligiousmove00luca/page/n316 306], 312|url-access=limited}}</ref> His disciple, Nitya Tripta (S. Balakrishna Pillai), compiled his teachings from 1950 to 1959 into a large volume titled ''Notes on the Spiritual Discourses of Sree Atmananda (of Trivandrum),'' which appeared in 1963.<ref>{{Cite book|last=Atmananda|url=https://www.worldcat.org/title/notes-on-spiritual-discourses-of-sree-atmananda-of-trivandrum/oclc/45610684|title=Notes on spiritual discourses of Sree Atmananda (of Trivandrum)|last2=Nitya Tripta|date=1963|publisher=Reddiar Press|location=Trivandrum|language=English|oclc=45610684}}</ref>

Menon’s eldest son K. Padmanadbha Menon (Sri Adwayananda) continued his teachings from his home in Anandawadi, Malakkara, near [[Chengannur]], until his own death in 2001. He authored several books himself, including ''Atmaswarupam.''<ref>{{Cite book|last=Padmanabha Menon|first=K|url=https://www.worldcat.org/title/atmaswarupam-ones-own-real-nature/oclc/222356090|title=Atmaswarupam: one's own real nature|last2=National Centre for the Performing Arts (India)|date=1988|publisher=Advaita Publishers|isbn=978-0-914793-15-1|location=Chengannur; Austin, Tex.|language=English|oclc=222356090}}</ref>

[[Jean Klein (spiritual teacher)|Jean Klein]], [https://advaitachannel.francislucille.com/en/home/ Francis Lucille], [[Rupert Spira]] and [https://www.stephanbodian.org/about Stephan Bodian] are prominent members of Menon’s [http://www.advaita.org.uk/teachers/atmananda_parampara.htm spiritual lineage].<ref>{{Cite book|last=Bodian|first=Stephan|url=https://www.worldcat.org/title/wake-up-now-a-guide-to-the-journey-of-spiritual-awakening/oclc/163625241|title=Wake up now: a guide to the journey of spiritual awakening|date=2008|publisher=McGraw-Hill|isbn=978-0-07-149428-1|location=New York|pages=17|language=English|oclc=163625241}}</ref>

=== Recollections by Others ===
American mythologist Joseph Campbell sought out Menon during one of his trips to India in the 1950s. [https://www.google.com/books/edition/A_Joseph_Campbell_Companion/hagSEAAAQBAJ Campbell later recounted], "I wanted to meet a real, first-class master, and I didn’t want to hear any more slop about māyā and how you’ve got to give up the world and all that kind of thing. I’d had enough of that for about fifteen or twenty years."<ref>{{Cite book|last=Campbell|first=Joseph|url=https://www.overdrive.com/search?q=ABBDA6CC-34A1-477E-8412-70C7EC25831A|title=A Joseph Campbell companion: reflections on the Art of living|last2=walter|first2=Robert|date=2017|isbn=978-1-61178-006-2|language=English|oclc=1019873155}}</ref> When Campbell eventually found Menon, he engaged him in a discussion about [[brahman]]. "Then [Menon] gave me a little meditation: 'Where are you between two thoughts?' That is to say, you are thinking all the time, and you have an image of your-self. Well, where are you between two thoughts? Do you ever have a glimpse beyond your thinking of that which transcends anything you can think about your-self? That’s the source field out of which all of your energies are coming."

=== Publications ===
Menon published several books during his lifetime. Nitya Tripta (S. Balakrishna Pillai), one of his disciples, included a bibliography and publication history toward the end of a collection of Menon’s teachings.<ref>{{Cite book|last=Atmananda|url=https://www.worldcat.org/title/notes-on-spiritual-discourses-of-sree-atmananda-of-trivandrum/oclc/45610684|title=Notes on spiritual discourses of Sree Atmananda (of Trivandrum)|last2=Nitya Tripta|date=1963|publisher=Reddiar Press|location=Trivandrum|pages=562|language=English|oclc=45610684}}</ref>

''Radhamadhavam'' was composed in 1919. A typed, spiral bound, English translation was copyrighted by [[John Levy (philosopher)|John Levy]] in 1958. The title page states, “These verses were composed by the Author some 36 years ago ... . They are for private circulation only, and on no account are they to be published.” Nonetheless, according to Tripta, a corrected and approved version was ultimately published that same year.<ref name=":0" /> It was reprinted by Advaita Publishers in 1983.<ref>{{Cite book|last=Atmananda|url=https://www.worldcat.org/title/radhamadhavam/oclc/17075283|title=Radhamadhavam|date=1983|publisher=Advaita Publishers|isbn=978-0-914793-12-0|location=Austin, Tex.|language=English|oclc=17075283}}</ref>

''Atmaramen'' was published in 1935.<ref name=":0" /> It has been described as “a continuation of Radhamadhavam in the ladder of spiritual progress.”

''Atma-Darshan'' was published in 1945 in Malayalam.<ref name=":0" /> An English translation, stated by Menon to be “my own free translation from the original Malayalam," appeared in 1946.

''Atma-Nirvriti'' was published in 1951 in Malayalam.<ref name=":0" /> An English translation, described as “a free rendering of the Malayalam Poetical work of the same name by the author himself,” appeared in 1952.

The English editions of ''Atma-Darshan'' and ''Atma-Nirvriti'' were later published together in a single undated volume as ''Atmanadopanishat''.<ref name=":0" /><ref>{{Cite book|last=Menon|first=Krishna|url=https://www.worldcat.org/title/atmanandopanishat-1-atma-darshan/oclc/833652116|title=Atmanandopanishat. 1 1|date=1946|publisher=Vedanta Publishers|location=India|language=English|oclc=833652116}}</ref><ref>{{Cite book|last=Menon|first=Krishna|url=https://www.worldcat.org/title/atmanandopanishat-2-atma-nirvriti/oclc/833652119|title=Atmanandopanishat. 2 2|date=1952|publisher=Vedanta Publishers|location=India|language=English|oclc=833652119}}</ref> Advaita Publishers issued a corrected edition in 1983 to mark the centenary of Menon’s birth.<ref>{{Cite book|last=Atmananda|url=https://www.worldcat.org/title/atma-darshan-at-the-ultimate/oclc/17075773|title=Atma darshan at the ultimate|date=1983|publisher=Advaita Publishers|isbn=978-0-914793-02-1|location=Austin, Tex.|language=English|oclc=17075773}}</ref>

After his death, ''Atmananda Tattwa Samhita'', based on tape-recorded talks between Menon and some disciples, was published in 1973.<ref>{{Cite book|last=Atmananda|url=https://www.worldcat.org/title/atmananda-tattwa-samhita-the-direct-approach-to-truth/oclc/10752426|title=Atmananda tattwa samhita: the direct approach to truth|last2=Padmanabha Menon|first2=K|date=1973|publisher=Advaita Publishers|location=Austin, Tex.|language=English|oclc=10752426}}</ref> The title page indicates that the book was compiled, edited and Malayalam portions translated by his son, K. Padmanadbha Menon.

==Bibliography==
* ''[http://libgen.io/book/index.php?md5=49AE51DB44211A9D3E8195304C2F2659 Atma Darshan]'' (Malayalam and English). Advaita Publishers,1983.
* ''[http://libgen.io/book/index.php?md5=652016F9CF810CD5D34BF866631FA2EA Atma Nirvriti]'' (Malayalam and English), Advaita Publishers, 1983.
* ''Atmaramam'' (in Malayalam)
* ''[http://docslide.us/documents/sri-atmananda-atmananda-tattwa-samhita.html Atmananda Tattwa Samhita: The Direct Approach to Truth as Expounded by Sri Atmananda]''. Advaita Publishers, 1983. {{ISBN|0914793187}}.
* Narayana Pillai, N. Atmananda Krishna Menon: Direct Path to Realization – 'I'-Principle. Trivandrum, Centre for South Indian Studies, 2019

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