{"id":68,"date":"2023-01-05T09:10:40","date_gmt":"2023-01-05T09:10:40","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/language-studies.kmics.ac.in\/?p=68"},"modified":"2023-12-06T18:47:51","modified_gmt":"2023-12-06T18:47:51","slug":"the-concept-of-guru-in-indian-philosophy-its-interpretation-in-the-soul-of-the-world-concept-in-the-alchemist-paulo-coelho","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/language-studies.kmics.ac.in\/index.php\/2023\/01\/05\/the-concept-of-guru-in-indian-philosophy-its-interpretation-in-the-soul-of-the-world-concept-in-the-alchemist-paulo-coelho\/","title":{"rendered":"The concept of GURU in Indian philosophy, Its interpretation in the \u2018soul of the world\u2019 concept in -The Alchemist &#8211; Paulo Coelho"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><strong>ABSTRACT<\/strong>:  The In the Novel \u201cThe Alchemist\u201d by Paulo Coelho we find the main character Santiago leaves his home Andalusia in search of a treasure. The King of Salem encourages him to find the treasure in Egypt. He learns to read the omens by Urim and Thummim. He understands that there is a language of the Universe without words and all things are one. During his treasure hunt he understands the world has a Soul of its own. The boy constantly endeavors to find meaning to the signs of the universe. The guidance given by the Alchemist helps him to listen to his own heart. The Alchemist character says \u201ceverything has a Soul\u201d \u2013 including the inanimate objects like rocks and water. The boy constantly endeavors to find meaning to the signs sent by nature.<br>I seek to interpret the concept of the Guru (who is Omnipresent) as proposed by Indian thought and philosophy in the boy\u2019s search for the \u2018soul of the world\u2019. Guru Dattatreya in Avadhuta Gita Says the Pancha Bhootas are his Guru. The beings created in this universe have taught him the presence of the all pervading God and his oneness. I seek to find answers for The Principle of favorability as proposed by the Alchemist, the interpretation of omens, listening to the heart, contemplation to seek the truth. The boy realizes that \u201clife is generous to those who pursue their destiny\u201d.<br>KEYWORDS : Guru, Soul, Omnipresence, omens, signs of the universe, language of signs.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-buttons is-layout-flex wp-block-buttons-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-button\"><a class=\"wp-block-button__link has-white-color has-text-color has-background wp-element-button\" href=\"http:\/\/language-studies.kmics.ac.in\/index.php\/uma-devi-nandan-1-jan-5-2023\/\" style=\"background-color:#00665b\">Read Full Text<\/a><\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Author and Affiliation: <\/strong>Uma Devi Nandan, Keshav Memorial Institute of Commerce and Sciences, Hyderabad \u2013 500029<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>ABSTRACT: The In the Novel \u201cThe Alchemist\u201d by Paulo Coelho we find the main character Santiago leaves his home Andalusia in search of a treasure. The King of Salem encourages him to find the treasure in Egypt. He learns to read the omens by Urim and Thummim. He understands that there is a language of [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-68","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/language-studies.kmics.ac.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/68","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/language-studies.kmics.ac.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/language-studies.kmics.ac.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/language-studies.kmics.ac.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/language-studies.kmics.ac.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=68"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/language-studies.kmics.ac.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/68\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":81,"href":"https:\/\/language-studies.kmics.ac.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/68\/revisions\/81"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/language-studies.kmics.ac.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=68"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/language-studies.kmics.ac.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=68"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/language-studies.kmics.ac.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=68"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}