Swami Krishnananda - Realisation of the Absolute, @Yoga
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THE REALISATION OF THE
ABSOLUTE
by
S
WAMI
K
RISHNANANDA
The Divine Life Society
Sivananda Ashram, Rishikesh, India
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CONTENTS
PUBLISHERS’ NOTE
The primary issues of life are an expression of the
pressing need for peace and happiness. When peace is being
aspired after, the whole universe comes in there as the factor
that goes to form the vital current of this process of
aspiration. It is vain to think that lasting peace or happiness
can be had through resorting to certain aspects alone, while
neglecting or opposing others in the universe. Only a Citizen
of the Universe can be an enjoyer of Peace, the Peace that
passeth understanding. It is the aim of this book to throw a
powerful light on the art of growing into a Universal Citizen,
a Purushottama, a Being inhabiting the whole cosmos; a
Being that, in loving the Universe, loves itself, in knowing
itself, knows the All, and exists as the All. It is the Science of
Perfection and the Practice of the Method to attain it,
Brahmavidya and Yogasastra, that forms the core of this
teaching of immortal value. The author, a direct disciple of
the Great Swami Sivananda, offers to the lovers of Truth, to
those who have dedicated their lives to the pursuit of Truth,
this precious present, the result of his deep study and
experience. This treatise will be found to be of immense
value to all aspirants after Self-realisation, especially to those
who tread the Path of Knowledge.
It is our earnest prayer that all Mumukshus may derive
the full benefit of imbibing this sacred Knowledge, handed
down by the ancient Seers, and of living their lives in
consonance with it.
—THE DIVINE LIFE SOCIETY
FOREWORD
The Upanishads have always been acknowledged and
acclaimed as veritable Mines of Transcendental Wisdom.
They are fountain-sources and treasure-houses of Divine
Knowledge. But they are something more, too. They also
harbour within their precious bosom the key to gain access
thereunto. In them we have not only the revelation of the
radiant realms of the Supreme Brahman-Consciousness, but
also the shining pathway that leads one to it—the secrets of
Vedanta-Sadhana or Jnana-Yoga.
In “The Realisation of the Absolute” of Swami
Krishnananda, we have a forceful and brilliant monograph on
this theme which forms the central core of the Upanishadic
texts. He has presented us with a well reasoned-out, clear
and illuminating analysis of the problem of the appearance of
pluralistic consciousness, and simultaneously given a bold
and precise picture of the practical method of shattering this
illusion and soaring into the empyrean of the
Undifferentiated Absolute-Consciousness, the Reality, the
nature of which has been explained by him very elaborately.
His treatment of the subject of Vedanta is at once direct,
inspiring and compelling, for the statements therein are such
as have been tested by the author’s own practical personal
experience. He is one who is himself living the life of
strenuous quest after Truth. Though quite young in age,
Swami Krishnananda (whom I know very well indeed) is a
seeker of high attainments, full of fiery aspiration and a
monk of a very high order. Himself an advanced Sadhaka,
nay, a seer-sage in the making, possessing intense
renunciation, deep dispassion and keen aspiration, he has
indeed rightly emphasised these factors so indispensable to
fit one for the path of Jnana-Yoga-Sadhana.
Expositions on pure philosophy there are a good many.
Works touching on the broad aspects of Jnana-Yoga, more or
less upon the conventional orthodox lines, too, are there. But
here you have an erudite consideration of the graduated
anatomy of the structure of the practical process through
which to realise the FACT about which philosophies but
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