These small intense mirrors of self-inquiry show Shankar's
footprints of his own self-inquiry of. "Who am I?" Many
small and layered strokes say, "not this, not this" or
"Neti, - neti." And in so doing this miniature work came to
be.
The yellow book, bright as the harvest sun,
came into my hands. It was the ancient book written long,
long ago by sages who collected their watchful experiences
and formulated principles out of the essences of
time.