What the River Has Taught Me
by N. Ananthanarayanan
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Book Code: EO41
Paperback: viii+180 pages
ISBN: NA
Book Dimensions: 8.5 x 5.5 x 0.45 inches
Shipping Weight: 230 grams
Table of Contents
| Publishers’ Note | iii |
| What the River Has Taught Me | 1 |
| Are You a Spiritual Seeker? | 6 |
| Why Do Sadhana? | 12 |
| Good Life and God-life | 20 |
| Theory and Practice in Spiritual Life | 23 |
| The Sense of Spiritual Direction | 28 |
| The Fire and the Frying Pan | 32 |
| Juvenile Enthusiasm vs. Settled Conviction | 36 |
| Sivananda’s Stress on Practice | 40 |
| Sense of Urgency in Sadhana | 46 |
| The Means and the End | 52 |
| Time for Introspection | 57 |
| Whither Mr. Sadhak? | 60 |
| Thirty Years in the Spiritual Path | 65 |
| Instant Realisation | 74 |
| Meditation Purifies | 79 |
| Lives of Saints | 82 |
| The Borderland between Virtue and Vice | 85 |
| Congenial Company for the Sadhak | 91 |
| Distracting Sights and Sounds | 95 |
| Choose Your Environment | 99 |
| The Corrective Dose | 102 |
| The Moment of Surrender | 106 |
| God’s Mercy – Myth or Reality? | 109 |
| How to Get over Maya | 114 |
| Destiny or Karmic Purgation | 119 |
| Fate, Free Will and God’s Will | 123 |
| Give Up Value Judgment | 127 |
| Which Is True? Which False? | 133 |
| Spirituality Is Expansion | 138 |
| Being, Doing, Possessing | 143 |
| How to Get Your Desires Fulfilled | 147 |
| Is Prayer Necessary? | 151 |
| Living in the Present | 155 |
| Choosing a Career – The Spiritual Angle | 160 |
| Positive Aids to Peace of Mind | 165 |
Publishers’ Note
This book, with three exceptions, is a collection of the author’s articles published in the Divine Life magazine in the seventies and early eighties.
“Sivananda’s Stress on Spiritual Practice”, “Instant Realisation” and “Spiritual Education for Youth” are taken from the Commemoration/Souvenir Volumes published by our Ahmedabad, Chickmagalur and Bhavnagar branches in 1975, 1982 and 1983 respectively.
In these articles, the author, Shri N. Ananthanarayanan, a direct disciple of Holy Master Swami Sivananda and an inmate of the Ashram for many years, seeks to share with the readers his views on Sadhana and spiritual life in the light of his own experiences. These articles are more the direct outcome of the author’s spiritual struggle than the product of any intellectual effort. As such, they should have a special appeal to practising spiritual seekers everywhere.
We have great pleasure in releasing this book on the most sacred occasion of Vijaya Dasami. May the Grace of the Divine Mother shower upon all readers of this book and bring all success in their spiritual endeavour and lead them on to supreme spiritual blessedness.
SHIVANANDANAGAR,
OCTOBER 14, 1994.
–THE DIVINE LIFE SOCIETY