Steps to Enlightenment

About the Author Dr.S. Chidambara Thanu Pillai born in 1934 belongs to a family of Siddha Medical Practitioners for 46 generations in Eranice, Kanyakumari District. He has made years of research on Siddha Medical Literature, and produced about 60 books on Siddha Medicine in English and Tamil. Further he has been doing extensive research on ancient palm leaves, left by his fore-fathers and has written more than 40 books on Thanuology (Varmam) in both Tamil and English. Being a Yogi, he has produced 4 books on Yoga.

He is a graduate in Arts, Commerce and Law, and a Post-graduate Diploma holder of the Institute of Purchasing and Supplies, London.

He has Membership with All India Bar Council, New Delhi, and Institute of Purchasing and Supplies, London. He is an Advocate and Notary Public. He has served a number of years in different capacities in Southern Raiway, B.H.E.L., and M.P.T. He has authored about 20 books on Inventory Management. He is a Director of International Institute of Materials Management, E-32, Anna Nagar (East), Chennai-600 102, which conducts 2 years Inventory Management Course by Correspondence.

He is the Founder and Managing Director of Thanu Foundation, Chennai-600 102, which administers a number of Educational Institutions including international Institute of Thanuology, International Open Academy of Siddha Medical Sciences and Siddha Medical Literature Research Centre, Chennai-600 102. He is responsible for conducting a number of Correspondence Courses He has participated in the Il world Tamil Conference at Chennai in 1968, exhibiting hundreds of ancient palm leaves on Siddha Medical Sciences, inherited from his fore fathers. He has also had the distinction of having attended and conducting a number of seminars and workshops on various subjects.

Dr. S.C. Thanu Pillai has found out that Thanuology can be made use of in India sports medicine, due to his long years of research of Varmam (Thanuology). Some seminars were conducted on Indian Sports Medicine at Chennai and Published a few books on Indian Sports Medicine.

He is responsible for starting the Thanuological Society' to prevent mankind from being exposed to impact ailments.. He is the Editor of "Siddha System of Life" a quarterly English Magazine to uphold the cause of Siddha Medical Sciences & Thanuology since 1984. In order to supply genuine medicines to the qualified students of Thanu Foundation and its subsidies, he has registered a company called Kayakalpa Pharmaceuticals (P) Ltd. Chennai. He has arranged to get Thanu Foundation registered with BAPASI in 1996 so as to sell his own Publications totaling 90 in numbers thro' the Exhibition stall under the banner "THANU FOUNDATION". He participated in many exhibitions thro' out Tamilnadu and Kerala. He has received the accreditations viz. Vidya ratna, Panditha ratna, Siddha Maruthuva Elakkiya Selvar, Appreciation Certificate issued by Sri. Jayanthra Saraswathi Sankarachari Swamigal. He has received "INDIAN CITIZEN ACHIEVEMENT in 2000 and "LIFE TIME ACHIEVEMENT Award from International Institute of Education and Management, New Delhi.

Preface Sadhana is the Sanskrit word referring to the spiri tual practice an aspirant adopts for attaining Self-realiza tion. Most people feel they have no time for sadhana. Some would rather postpone their practice until the au tumn of their life, feeling that there is no need to rush.

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