Sivananda: Biography of a Modern Sage

His life, by Swami Venkatesananda

Swami Venkatesananda’s life of Swami Sivananda: his heritage and childhood, his years as a doctor in Malaya, renunciation and sadhana at Swarg Ashram, and the founding and growth of The Divine Life Society, with its photographs.

Swami Venkatesananda

Contents

  1. Introduction
  2. How God Came Into My Life
  3. Heritage and Childhood
  4. Medical Career
  5. Renunciation
  6. Swarg Ashram
  7. Birth of the Mission
  8. The Second Renunciation
  9. Formal Training
  10. Unconventional Methods
  11. Guru and Disciple
  12. Integral Perfection
  13. Devotion
  14. Sivananda’s Daily Life
  15. Miracles
  16. The Assailant
  17. Milestones
  18. The Mission Spreads
  19. Sivananda Medical Organisation
  20. Communication and Education
  21. Dissemination of Spiritual Knowledge
  22. Last Days
  23. Appendix
  24. Glossary

Opening pages

  1. Title page
  2. Acknowledgements