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'''Nitya Chaitanya Yati''' (2 November 1924 – 14 May 1999) was an Indian philosopher, psychologist, author and poet, best known for his commentaries on [[Advaita Vedanta]] as well as his literary criticisms. He was a disciple of [[Nataraja Guru]], the successor to [[Narayana Guru]]. Yati published over 140 books in English and [[Malayalam]] including a commentary on ''Darsana Mala'' of Narayana Guru, titled, ''Psychology of Darsana Mala''. [[Kerala Sahitya Akademi]] honoured him with their [[Kerala Sahitya Akademi Award for Literary Criticism|annual award for literary criticism]] in 1977.

==Biography==
Nitya Chaitanya Yati was born K. R. Jayachandra Panicker on 2 November 1924<ref name="Biography on Kerala Sahitya Akademi portal">{{Cite web |url=http://www.keralasahityaakademi.org/sp/Writers/Profiles/Nityachaitanyayati/Html/Yatigraphy.htm |title=Biography on Kerala Sahitya Akademi portal |date=2019-04-02 |website=Kerala Sahitya Akademi portal |access-date=2019-04-02}}</ref> at Vakayar, a village in the [[Pathanamthitta district]] of the south Indian state of [[Kerala]] to Pandalam Raghava Panicker, a poet, teacher , and his wife, Vamakshi Amma<ref name="Yati - biography">{{Cite web |url=http://aranya.me/uploads/3/4/8/6/34868315/nitya_chaitanya_yati_brief_bio.pdf |title=Yati - biography |date=2019-04-02 |website=aranya.me |access-date=2019-04-02}}</ref> and nephew of [[Muloor S. Padmanabha Panicker]]. After early education by a local teacher by name, Nanu Pillai, he studied at Kulathingal High School from where he passed the [[Secondary School Leaving Certificate|SSLC]] examination. Subsequently, he left home and traveled for the next eight years during which period he learnt [[Buddhism]], [[Jainism]] and [[Sufism]] and met such people as [[Mahatma Gandhi]] and [[Ramana Maharshi]]. On his return from his wanderings, he joined [[Union Christian College, Aluva]]<ref name="Guru Nitya">{{Cite web |url=http://www.narayanagurukula.org/Pages/nitya.html |title=Guru Nitya |date=2019-04-02 |website=narayanagurukula.org}}</ref> and earned his graduate degree in philosophy before securing a master's degree in philosophy from the [[University College Thiruvananthapuram|University College, Thiruvananthapuram]] in 1952.<ref name="Biography on Kerala Sahitya Akademi portal" />

Yati was influenced by [[Ramana Maharshi]] after his meeting with the spiritual leader and he took up [[sanyasa]] in 1951.<ref name="Yati - biography" /> After serving as a faculty at the Sree Narayana College, Kollam for a while, he moved to [[Mumbai]] to research on the physically challenged until his move to [[Chennai]] to teach at [[Ramakrishna Mission Vivekananda College]] in 1953.<ref name="Biography on Kerala Sahitya Akademi portal" /> He stayed in Chennai till 1955 and returned to Mumbai for further research work before moving to [[New Delhi]] in 1963 to join the Institute of Psychiatric and Spiritual Research as its director. Later, he succeeded [[Nataraja Guru]] as head of the ''Narayana Gurukulam'', a worldwide contemplative community, after a long apprenticeship.<ref>Scott Teitsworth, "Introduction to the American Edition" in "Love and Blessings: The Autobiography of Guru Nitya Chaitanya Yati". (Varkala, Kerala, Bainbridge Island, Washington, Portland, Oregon: Narayana Gurukula, 2003), XXVI.</ref> In between, he was also associated with the [[Indian Council of Medical Research]] as the head of the division of [[Yoga]] and with the East West University,<ref name="East-West University">{{Cite web |url=https://www.narayanagurukula.org/Pages/Contemplations/ewu.html |title=East-West University |website=www.narayanagurukula.org |access-date=2019-04-02}}</ref> of which he was the founder chairperson.<ref name="Guru Nitya" />

Nitya Chaitanya Yati died on 14 May 1999, at ''Fernhill Gurukula'' of Narayana Gurukula,<ref name="Narayana Gurukulam, Fern Hill, Ooty (Guru Nitya Chaitanya Yati Samadhi)">{{Cite web |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ByAkkCYtmY4 |title=Narayana Gurukulam, Fern Hill, Ooty (Guru Nitya Chaitanya Yati Samadhi) |last=Digital Malayalam |date=2016-10-16 |access-date=2019-04-02}}</ref> near [[Ooty]], at the age of 74.<ref name="Guru Nitya" />

==Legacy ==
Nitya Chaitanya Yati authored over 140 books of which 120 are in Malayalam and the rest in English, covering such topics as philosophy, psychology, social ethics and aesthetics<ref name="Yati - biography" /> and was involved with the [[World Government of World Citizens]] as a committed sponsor.<ref name="Guru Nitya" /> ''Nalini Enna Kavyashilpam'' (Nalini, a poetic sculpture)), his critical study of the Kumaran Asan's poem, ''Nalini'', fetched him the [[Kerala Sahitya Akademi Award for Literary Criticism]] in 1977.<ref name="Kerala Sahitya Akademi Award for Literary Criticism">{{Cite web |url=http://www.keralasahityaakademi.org/sp/Writers/ksa/Awards/Criticism_Studies.htm |title=Kerala Sahitya Akademi Award for Literary Criticism |date=2019-04-02 |website=Kerala Sahitya Akademi |access-date=2019-04-02 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170705154427/http://www.keralasahityaakademi.org/sp/Writers/ksa/Awards/Criticism_Studies.htm |archive-date=5 July 2017 |url-status=dead }}</ref> He wrote two more critiques on Asan's works, ''Chinthavistayaaya Seetha, Oru Padanam'' and ''Duravastha, Oru Padanam''.<ref name="NatarajanNelson1996">{{cite book|author1=Nalini Natarajan|author2=Emmanuel Sampath Nelson|title=Handbook of Twentieth-century Literatures of India|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=1lTnv6o-d_oC&pg=PA202|year=1996|publisher=Greenwood Publishing Group|isbn=978-0-313-28778-7|pages=202–}}</ref> He published a book on [[Narayana Guru]], with the same name,<ref name="Yati2005">{{cite book|author=Nityacaitanya Yati|title=Narayana Guru|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=7IbXAAAAMAAJ|year=2005|publisher=Indian Council of Philosophical Research|isbn=978-81-85636-89-4}}</ref> and commentaries on Guru's ''Darsanamala''<ref name="The psychology of Darśana mālā">{{Cite book |title=The psychology of Darśana mālā |last=Nityacaitanya Yati, 1924-1999. |date=2004 |publisher=D.K. Printworld |isbn=8124602549 |location=New Delhi |oclc=63517039}}</ref> and ''Atmopadeshashathakam''.<ref name="Yati2003">{{cite book|author=Nityacaitanya Yati|title=That Alone, the Core of Wisdom: A Commentary on Ātmopadeśa Śatakam, the One Hundred Verses of Self-instruction of Narayana Guru|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=R7LWAAAAMAAJ|year=2003|publisher=D.K. Printworld|isbn=978-81-246-0240-9}}</ref> He also translated [[Brhadaranyaka Upanisad]] into English, which has the original text in transliteration as well as English translation<ref name="Yati2000">{{cite book|author=Nityacaitanya Yati|title=Brhadaranyaka Upanisad: with Original Text in Roman Transliteration, English Translation and Appendices|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=DJwlAQAAIAAJ|date=1 December 2000|publisher=D.K. Printworld|isbn=978-81-246-0008-5}}</ref> and published critiques on the [[Bhagavat Gita]],<ref name="Yati1981">{{cite book|author=Nityacaitanya Yati|title=The Bhagavad Gita: A Sublime Hymn of Yoga Composed by the Ancient Seer Vy錫sa|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=92EpAAAAYAAJ|year=1981|publisher=Vikas|isbn=978-0-7069-1129-9}}</ref> ''Saundaryalahari'' of [[Sankaracharya]]<ref name="Yati2015">{{cite book|author=Nityacaitanya Yati|title=The Saundaryalaharī of Śaṅkarācārya: A Translation and Commentary on the Ānandalaharī|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=aEeIjwEACAAJ|year=2015|publisher=D.K. Printworld|isbn=978-81-246-0810-4}}</ref> and [[Marxism]].<ref name="Yati1980">{{cite book|author=Nityacaitanya Yati|title=Marxism and Humanist Nonarchy|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=vmtjGQAACAAJ|year=1980|publisher=East-West University of Brahmavidya}}</ref> ''Wandering'' by [[Hermann Hesse]] was another work translated by Yati which was published under the title, ''Deshadanam''.<ref name="Desadanam">{{Cite book |url=http://www.indulekha.com/desadanam-philosophy-hermann-hesse-nitya-chaitanya-yati?author_id= |title=Desadanam |last1=Hermann Hesse |last2=Nitya Chaitanya Yati (translator) |publisher=Green Books |year=2014}}</ref> His autobiography, ''Love and Blessings'', is a detailed narrative of his life and includes anecdotes and his letters.<ref name="Love and Blessing the Autobiography of Guru Nitya Chaitanya Yati">{{Cite book |title=Love and Blessing the Autobiography of Guru Nitya Chaitanya Yati |isbn = 097065491X|last1 = Yati|first1 = Nityacaitanya|last2 = Oppenheimer|first2 = Peter|year = 2003}}</ref>

== Selected bibliography ==
=== Works in Malayalam ===
* {{cite book|author=Nityacaitanya Yati|title=Chinthavistayaya Sita|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=g9EqAQAAIAAJ|year=1976|publisher=Gurukula Publishing House}}
* {{cite book|author=Nityacaitanya Yati|title=Yaticharitaṃ|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=H2sZAAAAIAAJ|year=1984|publisher=Nārāyaṇa Gurukulaṃ|language=Malayalam}}
* {{cite book|author=Nityacaitanya Yati|title=Mar̲akkānāvāttavar|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=4ZYrAAAAIAAJ|year=1988|publisher=DC Books|isbn=978-81-7130-005-1}}
* {{cite book|author=Nityacaitanya Yati|title=Rōgaṃ Bādhicha Vaidyaraṅgaṃ|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=pkMsAAAAIAAJ|year=1986|publisher=Nārāyaṇa Gurukuḷam}}
* {{cite book|author=Nityacaitanya Yati|title=Bhagavadgītāsvāddhyāyaṃ|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=er5mzmxdbmcC|year=1992|publisher=DC Books|isbn=978-81-7130-225-3}}
* {{cite book|author=Nityacaitanya Yati|title=Jeevithathile Vasanthaaraamam|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=BzQzAAAACAAJ|year=1993|publisher=DC Books|isbn=978-81-7130-280-2}}
* {{cite book|author=Nityacaitanya Yati|title=Pr̲ēmavuṃ Bhaktiyuṃ: Jayadēvant̲e Gītagōvindaṃ Aspadamakkiyuḷḷa Padanaṃ|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=UFiTAAAAIAAJ|year=1994|publisher=Current Books|isbn=9788124001073}}
* {{cite book|author=Nityacaitanya Yati|title=Oru Vimōchana Sāmūhyaśāstr̲aṃ|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=O2LXAAAAMAAJ|year=2000|publisher=Nārāyaṇa Gurukuḷam}}
* {{cite book|author=Nityacaitanya Yati|title=Saundaryaṃ, Anubhavaṃ, Anubhooti|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=h8mfAAAAMAAJ|year=2000|publisher=Muḷberry Publishers|isbn=9788124008713}}
* {{cite book|author=Nityacaitanya Yati|title=Snēhasparśhaṃ|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=ZXrIAQAACAAJ|year=2002|publisher=Muḷberry Publishers|isbn=978-81-240-1176-8}}
* {{Cite book |url=http://keralabookstore.com/book/nalini-enna-kavya-shilpam/1863/ |title=Nalini Enna Kavya Shilpam |last=Nitya Chaitanya Yati |publisher=Lipi Publications |year=2013 |isbn=978-8188012725 |language=ml}}
* {{Cite book |url=http://www.indulekha.com/desadanam-philosophy-hermann-hesse-nitya-chaitanya-yati?author_id= |title=Desadanam |last1=Hermann Hesse |last2=Nitya Chaitanya Yati (translator) |publisher=Green Books |year=2014}}

=== Works in English ===
* {{cite book|author=Nityacaitanya Yati|title=Meditations on the Self|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=i08qAAAAYAAJ|year=1974|publisher=Narayana Gurukula}}
* {{cite book|author=Nityacaitanya Yati|title=An Intelligent Man's Guide to the Hindu Religion|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=Ijl8GQAACAAJ|year=1976|publisher=Narayana Gurukula Foundation}}
*''In the Stream of Consciousness'', East-West University (1976)
* {{cite book|author=Nityacaitanya Yati|title=Marxism and Humanist Nonarchy|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=vmtjGQAACAAJ|year=1980|publisher=East-West University of Brahmavidya}}
* {{cite book|author=Nityacaitanya Yati|title=The Bhagavad Gita: A Sublime Hymn of Yoga Composed by the Ancient Seer Vy錫sa|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=92EpAAAAYAAJ|year=1981|publisher=Vikas|isbn=978-0-7069-1129-9}}
* {{cite book|author=Nityacaitanya Yati|title=Meditations on the way: a contemplative and personalized study of the Tao teh ching|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=W_kXAAAAIAAJ|year=1981|publisher=Narayana Gurukula}}
* {{cite book|author1=Nityacaitanya Yati|author2=Yati Nitya Chaitanya|title=Sri Narayana Guru: A Brief Biographical Sketch|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=fWd_NQAACAAJ|year=1984|publisher=East-West University of Brahmavidya}}
* {{cite book|author1=Nitya C. Yati|author2=Nityacaitanya Yati|title=Love and Devotion|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=kuWYbwAACAAJ|year=1995|publisher=D. K. Print World (P) Limited|isbn=978-81-246-0058-0}}
* {{cite book|author=Nityacaitanya Yati|title=Neither this Nor that But ... Aum: One Hundred Meditations Based on Narayana Guru's Ātmōpadeśa Śatakam|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=7Cx-wgEACAAJ|year=1995|publisher=D.K. Printworld}}
* {{cite book|author=Nityacaitanya Yati|title=Brhadaranyaka Upanisad: with Original Text in Roman Transliteration, English Translation and Appendices|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=DJwlAQAAIAAJ|date=1 December 2000|publisher=D.K. Printworld|isbn=978-81-246-0008-5}}
* {{cite book|author=Nityacaitanya Yati|title=Love and Blessings: The Autobiography of Guru Nitya Chaitanya Yati|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=JjsqAAAAYAAJ|year=2000|publisher=Narayana Gurukala|isbn=978-0-9706549-0-8}}
* {{cite book|author=Nityacaitanya Yati|title=That Alone, the Core of Wisdom: A Commentary on Ātmopadeśa Śatakam, the One Hundred Verses of Self-instruction of Narayana Guru|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=R7LWAAAAMAAJ|year=2003|publisher=D.K. Printworld|isbn=978-81-246-0240-9}}
*''Psychology of Darsana Mala'', DK Print World (2004) {{ISBN|81-246-0254-9}}
* {{cite book|author=Nityacaitanya Yati|title=Narayana Guru|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=7IbXAAAAMAAJ|year=2005|publisher=Indian Council of Philosophical Research|isbn=978-81-85636-89-4}}
*''Living the Science of Harmonious Union'' (Patanjali’s Yoga Shastra), DK Print World (2009) {{ISBN|81-246-0494-0}}
*''That Alone, the Core of Wisdom'', DK Print World (2013) {{ISBN|81-246-0240-9}}
* {{cite book|author=Nityacaitanya Yati|title=The Saundaryalaharī of Śaṅkarācārya: A Translation and Commentary on the Ānandalaharī|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=aEeIjwEACAAJ|year=2015|publisher=D.K. Printworld|isbn=978-81-246-0810-4}}

== See also ==
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* [[Muloor S.Padmanabha Panicker]]
* [http://www.dileepkumarthankappan.com/ Guru Dileepji Maharaj]
* [[List of Malayalam-language authors]]
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==References==
{{Reflist}}

== Further reading ==
* {{Cite web |url=https://www.iemalayalam.com/news/features/marakkanavathavar-nitya-chaitanya-yati-ashita/ |title=Guru - still the moonlight and the sunshine |last=Ashitha |date=2018-05-17 |website=Indian Express Malayalam |language=ml |access-date=2019-04-03}}
* {{Cite web |url=https://nityanjalisymphonyofvalues.wordpress.com/2017/08/02/application-of-dialectics-by-guru-nitya-chaitanya-yati/ |title=Application Of Dialectics by Guru Nitya Chaitanya Yati |last=Gayatri |first=Shindo Gita |date=2017-08-02 |language=en |access-date=2019-04-03}}

== External links ==
* {{Cite web |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZLsYzdGEIJ4 |title=Guru Nitya Chaitanya Yati_1998_Interview(1)_Doordarshan_Part 1 of 2 |last=jofy. p.j. |date=2018-05-25 |access-date=2019-04-02}}
* {{Cite web |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LL3NEwXGK_A |title=Guru Nitya Chaitanya Yati_1998_Interview(2)_Doordarshan_Part 2 of 2 |last=jofy. p.j. |date=2018-05-25 |access-date=2019-04-02}}
* {{Cite web |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=L22PJz1QVfk |title=ഗുരു നിത്യചൈതന്യ യതി യുടെ ജീവിതം Part : 01 |last=Media Malayali |date=2018-10-30 |access-date=2019-04-02}}

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