May I Answer That?

by Sivananda Saraswati

This book is a compilation from the various published works of the holy master Sri Swami Sivananda, including some of his earliest works extending as far back as the late thirties.

The questions and answers deal with some of the commonest but most vital, doubts raised by practicing spiritual aspirants. What invests these answers and explanations with great value is the authority, not only of the sage's intution,but also of his personal experience.

Swami Sivananda was a sage whose first concern, even first love, shall we say, was the spiritual seeker, the Yoga student. Sivananda lived to serve them: and this priceless volume is the outcome of that Seva Bhav (service inclination) of the great Master.

216 pages, Paperback

Published December 1, 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

[Andromeda · Rating 5 out of 5]

This book, as are all the other works of Swami Sivananda, is a veritable gift to mankind, whose life, from its earliest recollection, is punctuated by doubts, sorrows, helplessness, anxieties, and unremitting struggle.

The questions that one encounters in its pages are commonplace, almost to the point of seeming prosaic; yet the answers imparted by Swami Sivananda are extraordinarily uplifting --- not because they are novel or unlike what others have said, but because they are imbued with his sincerity, conviction, faith, and devotion, which cause his responses to shine forth amidst all others.

The text may well serve as an introduction to his other three hundred books, as well as to those written about him. No one who is desirous of bringing to an end his weary journey through the laborious cycle of births and deaths should forgo the opportunity to immerse himself in the works of Swami Sivananda, particularly this volume, which offers answers to many of the profound questions that beset every mind pondering the mystery of existence.

[dr kiran sood · Rating 5 out of 5]

Yes Swami ji answered perfectly

He gave crystal clear answer to all questions, clearing readers doubts.every new aspirants must read it
Naman to Shivanand ji