The Philosophy of Religion

by Swami Krishnananda

Table of Contents:

1. Introduction
2. What is Philosophy?
3. The Structure of the Universe
4. The Study of the Self from Physics To Metaphysics
5. The Nature of the Individual
6. The Nature of the Self
7. The Theory of Knowledge
8. Religion as the Perfection of Life
9. Methods of Practice
10. The Art of Meditation
11. The Way of Reason
12. The System of Yoga
13. Appendix: Practical Hints on Spiritual Living.

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.