Narada Bhakti Sutras

by Sivananda Saraswati

Book description:an exemplary work that traces the birth, growth, development and expression of bhakti in a lucid and simple manner a valuable commentary to the pithy aphorisms about author:sri swami sivanandaji maharaj was a healer of the body in his purvashram (before he entered the holy order of sannyasa) he was a born healer, with an extraordinary inborn love to serve humanity; that is why he chose the medical profession as a career that is why he edited and published a health journal ambrosia that is why he went over to malaya to serve the poor in the plantations there and, strangely enough, that is why, he renounced the world and embraced the holy order of sannyasa he was a healer of the body and the soul this truth is reflected in the ashram which he has established in rishikesh the huge hospital equipped with modern instruments was set up and the entire ashram where all are welcome to get themselves healed of their hearts sores and thoroughly refresh themselves in the divine atmosphere of the holy place sri swamiji wanted that all systems of healing should flourish he had equal love and admiration for all systems of healing he wanted that the best of all the systems should be brought out and utilised in the service of man he has written a number of books on all aspects of healing-from the naturopathic and allopathic points of view this one dealing with ayurveda is a valuable addition to the healers armamentarium

158 pages, Paperback

First published December 31, 2008

About the author

Swami Sivananda Saraswati (September 8, 1887—July 14, 1963) was a Hindu spiritual teacher and a well known proponent of Sivananda Yoga and Vedanta. Sivananda was born Kuppuswami in Pattamadai, in the Tirunelveli district of Tamil Nadu. He studied medicine and served in Malaya as a physician for several years before taking up monasticism. He lived most of the later part of his life near Muni Ki Reti, Rishikesh.

He is the founder of The Divine Life Society (1936), Yoga-Vedanta Forest Academy (1948) and author of over 200 books on yoga, vedanta and a variety of other subjects. He established Sivananda Ashram, the location of the headquarters of The Divine Life Society (DLS), on the bank of the Ganges at Shivanandanagar, at a distance of 3 kilometres from Rishikesh.

Sivananda Yoga, the yoga form propagated by him, are now spread in many parts of the world through Sivananda Yoga Vedanta Centres, but these centres are not affiliated with Swami Sivananda's original ashrams which are run by the Divine Life Society.

Reviews

[Tanmay Meher]

This book can't be reviewed, can only be experienced.

[Mohit]

I think it is not easy to review this book because it needs to be read on own to form an opinion as whatever is experienced will be according to the sensibilities one has accumulated over years. There were parts of this book that I just completely ignored, while some parts I detested for their backwardness and regressive approach. But then there were some parts wherein there were life lessons and those are the parts that make it worth a read.

It was fine for an agnostic me but an atheist reader might get further resolute in his/her view of God.