Ethical Teachings

by Swami Sivananda

Ethics is the science of conduct. Ethics is the study of what is right or good in conduct. Ethical science shows the way in which human beings behave towards each other as well as towards other creatures. It contains systematized principles on which a man should act. Works on ethics there have been many. More often than not these dealt purely with the theoretical aspect of it, various types of ethical theory, evolution of ethical thought in the course of history. What man today urgently needs is to know how exactly he ought to act and live his life if he were to confirm the basic principles of goodness and virtue. This need, the present volume, most eminently fulfils.

A glance at the contents will reveal how no aspect of the subject has been left untouched. Extremely valuable instructions are given to the students, householders, retired men and ascetics alike. This invaluable work will be of utmost and immense help in making the human nature grow into the Divine and in ushering in a blessed new ear in the land.

About the Author:

Sri Swami Sivananda , born on the 8th September, 1887, in the illustrious family of Sage Appayya Dikshita and several other renowned saints and savants, Sri swami Sivananda had a natural flair for a life devoted to the study and practice of Vedanta.

He was an inborn eagerness to serve all and an innate feeling of unity with all mankind. He is the author of over 300 volumes and has disciples all over the world, belonging to all nationalities, religions and creeds. To read his works is to drink at the Fountain of Wisdom Supreme. On 14th July, 163 he entered Mahasamadhi.