Swami Sivananda
73 books
The language of the intuitive mystic has always been aphoristic. The flashes of intuition revealing the Truth that the mystic experiences have always been conveyed to mankind in sparkling words of wisdom. These words possess a living force that transforms everything it touches. Such has been the style of H.H. Sri Swami Sivanandaji Maharaj. Quite a number of his books are aphorisms; and these aphorisms have deeply embedded themselves in the hearts of millions of ...
From the divine pen of H. H. Sri Swami Sivanandaji Maharaj has emanated a ceaseless stream of soul-elevating spiritual literature; his Holiness's message has penetrated every part of world.
Swami Sivanandaji Religion of the Heart which he has significantly termed' 'Divine life' is not the cave dwellers concern for the monopoly of the monks. It is for all. In the plainest language Swamiji tells each one of us how to translate our daily life into Divine Life and ...
From the divine pen of H.H. Sri Swami Sivanandaji Maharaj has emanated a ceaseless stream of soulelevating spiritual literature; and it would be quite true to say that today His Holiness's message has penetrated every part of the world and has won for the forces of God and goodness millions of hearts into which Sri Swamiji has instilled a natural love of fellowmen and a keen aspiration to realize the goal of life.
Besides being the author of over 300 books, and ...
In this book the many faceted person ality of Swami Sivananda is depicted through examples and stories as told by his close disciples as well as from his letters and official accounts in The Divine Life Magazine. They relate the Story of a very great human being in a most effective manner. All the complexities of a sage of infinite wisdom, compassion and love are explored. His unparalleled selfless service of humanity (first as a medical doctor and later as a ...
The present volume contains the Text, Translation, important . Notes and exhaustive Commentary on Nine Principal Upanishads. Originally, these Principal Texts appeared in two volumes in earlier editions, and sometime after the publication of the same, these works of His Holiness Sri Swami Sivanandaji Maharaj went out of print for many years. For some reason or other, the reprinting of these famous Scriptures with the Commentary of His Holiness could not become ...
Commentary on Brahmasutra of Badarayaṇa, basic work on Vedanta philosophy.
Dealing with a wide range of subjects on the natural way of living and treatment of diseases, the most striking feature of the present work is that it is completely free from any bias or prejudice against other systems of medicine. On the other hand, its approach is synthetic, which lays great emphasis on the practical way of treating diseases-mainly through observing the natural rules of living, improving the general standard of health and harnessing the forces ...
We are happy to present to the readers the present edition of the book " Health and Happiness", a work on health by Sri Swami Sivanandaji Maharaj. This book gives a detailed and comprehensive idea about the fundamental laws of health and hygiene. It provides the key to real happiness, which can be achieved only through radiant health of body, mind and soul. The book has been divided into ten chapters. Nature's aid to health dietetic principles a ...
Validates the title by incomparabely presenting the quintessence of the great epic. A pithy summation in Swamiji's inimitable style.
The life of man in this sense-universe is a life of temptation. Man is born for Self-realisation. He is born for leading a religious life. But he is led astray by the temptations of his environments. He is spoiled by society. He has not got the strength of will to resist the temptations. Life is a great battlefield. Life is a conquest. To live is to fight for the ideal and the goal. Life is a series of awakenings. You must conquer your mind and the senses. These ...
Practice of Brahmacharya is not only the foundation of spiritual evolution, and Yogic advancements, but also it is the basis of material as well as psychic achievements, a sine qua non, for all progress - social, political, economical, physical, mental and spiritual. Because the wastage of vital energy under the impulse of lust is the source of all morbid conditions of mind and body. Lust curdles into anger, anger into infatuation and loss of ethical and ...
These are the days when the world is very busy running after material achievements. For a worldly mind blinded by gross sensuality, nothing beyond the ken of material sciences appears to have any value or charm. Progress is always conceived and measured by them in terms of worldly goods and chattel. The materialistic philosophy has many a camp follower, and the prophets of the creed of “Eat, Drink and be Merry†are also increasing in number. As a ...
Who is a saint? He who lives in God or the Eternal, who is free from egoism, likes and dislikes, selfishness, vanity, mine-ness, lust, greed and anger, who is endowed with equal vision, balanced mind, mercy, tolerance, righteousness and cosmic love, and who has divine knowledge, is a saint. Saints and sages are a blessing to the world at large. They are the custodians of superior divine wisdom, spiritual powers and inexhaustible spiritual wealth. Even kings bow ...
Man gets tired on account of hard work or monotonous actions. He wants some change or variety. He wants relaxation. He wants something to cheer him up. These festivals make him cheerful and happy and give him rest and peace. All Hindu festivals have a deep spiritual import or high religious significance. All great Hindu festivals have religious, social and hygienic elements in them. This book explains the significance and the philosophy of many of our fasts ...
Life is Divine in its origin, content and meaning. There is a Divine spark in everyone. Bliss is indeed, thy essential nature. The obstacles to bliss and Divine nature are in the mind. To be a slave of mind is ignorance. Nothing, therefore, can bring you bliss but the conquest of mind. Lead the Life Divine, track back your innate Divinity. Bliss, then, is yours. This book shows to the seekers, a clear-cut, well-defined open path free from all mystifications and ...
Children are the future of the nation. A good character makes one a good human being. The generation of tomorrow should be filled with deep love for their motherland. Chatrapati Shivaji received an allround training on life and its values from his mother since his childhood and became an inspiration for generations. The noble values like righteousness, good character, kindness, patience, parent-worship, true friendship, respect for elders, sincerity, hard work, ...