The Big Banyan Tree

About the Book

"Fetch me a fruit of the banyan tree."
"Here is one, sir."
"Break it."
"I have broken it, sir."
"What do you see."
"Very tiny seeds, sir."
"Break one."
"I have broken it, sir."
"Now what do you see?"
"Nothing, sir."
"My son," the father said, "What you do not perceive is the essence, and in that essence the mighty banyan tree exists. Believe me, my son, in that essence is the self of all that is. That is the Truth, that is the self. And you are that self, _vetaketu!"
Chándogya

About the Author

Ishu Acharya, 1929-1994, was born in Karachi, India. She migrated to Bombay after her partition of India and Pakistan. She was a dermatologist from University of Bombay. Ishu Taught in Bombay and then in Iran. After her chemotherapy she began writing this book.