This book is a compilation of lectures given by the Swamiji during April 1995 at the Yoga-Vedanta Forest Academy of the Divine Life Society. The emphasis is on Yoga and Vedanta besides various other subjects and they are covered in seventeen lectures by the Swamiji. Each lecture is complete yet progressive in content as it builds on the previous lecture towards the apex of understanding-the heart and soul of spiritual practice.
Table of Contents:
- Introductory
- Love of God
- The Approach to God
- The Art of Meditation on God
- Pulling God into Yourself
- A Brief Survey of Spiritual Practices
- The Psychology of Meditation
- The Quintessence of the Bhagavadgita
- Meditation on Cosmic Consciousness
- Tantra Sadhana
- Meditational Techniques
- The Totality of the Infinite
- The Foundation of Yoga
- Attaining Peace of Mind
- The Development of Religious Consciousness in India
- Parting Advice to Students
- The Importance of Knowledge.
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.
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