The Ascent of the Spirit

by Swami Krishnananda

A stimulating logical study starting with the foundations of educational psychology, its philosophical basis and spiritual significance, and covering such important areas of thought and action as the meaning behind social relationship, as well as the ultimate roots of legal and ethical principles involved in the human life.

Table of Contents:

• Introduction
• The Progressive Evolution of Man
• Principles for a Reconstruction of Human Aspiration
• Steps in Educational Methods
• The Adventure of Knowledge
• Render Unto Caesar the Things Which Are Caesar's, and Unto God the Things That are God's
• Human Individuality and Its Functional Features
• The Crisis of Consciousness - I
• The Crisis of Consciousness - II
• The Crisis of Consciousness - III
• The Individual and Society: The Philosophy of Law
• A Study of the Logical Basis of Legal and Ethical Principles
• The Cloister and the Hearth
• The Difficulties of a Spiritual Seeker
• The Aims of Human Existence - I
• The Aims of Human Existence - II
• The Aims of Human Existence - III
• The Individual Nature
• The Spirit of Sadhana
• The Search for the Spirit
• The Fourth Dimension in Psychology
• The Law that Determines Life
• Human Nature and Its Components
• The Infinite Life

About the Author:

Swami Krishnananda was born on the 25th of April, 1922 into a highly religious and orthodox Brahmin family, and was given the name Subbaraya. At an early age, he had become very well versed in the Sanskrit language and its sacred texts. The longing for seclusion pulled him to Rishikesh, where he arrived in the summer of 1944 and met Swami Sivananda, who initiated the young Subbaraya into Sannyasa on the sacred day of Makara Sankranti, the 14th of January, 1946, and gave him the name Swami
Krishnananda.

Swami Krishnananda is a highly respected philosophical writer, especially on metaphysics, psychology and sociology. Swamiji's books are known the world over as excellent presentations of answers to the daily questions that arise in the day-to-day confrontations of a human being. Swami Krishnananda was the General Secretary of The Divine Life Society from 1961 until 2001. Swamiji was a direct disciple of His Holiness Swami Sivananda, founder of this Institution. Swamiji attained Mahasamadhi in 2001.