Platinum Jubilee Series No. 23

SIVANANDA

The Singer of Salvation

Adhyatma-Ratna

Prof. Sri B. S. MATHUR, M.A., S.D.L.S.,

Principal, M.M.H. College, Ghaziabad.

Published by

The Yoga-Vedanta Forest University,

Ananda Kutir,

P.O. Sivanandanagar

Rishikesh : [ Himalayas ]

Price ] 1957 [R8. 2

Published by

Sri Swami Chidananda

for

The Yoga-Vedanta Forest University

First Edition: 1957

THE DIVINE LIFE TRUST SOCIETY

Printed

Out of the magnanimous donation of

SRI M. S. KERKENEZOV,

Carlingford [ Australia ]

The Yoga-Vedanta Forest University Press, P.O. Sivanandanagar,

Rishikesh, (U.P.)

Contents 
PURPOSE OF LIFE ................................................................................................................... 9 
MAN THE UNKNOWN ..............................................................................................................12 
THE MYSTERY ABOUT MIRACLES .......................................................................................16 
THE QUINTESSENCE OF YOGA ............................................................................................18 
VEDANTIC IDEALISM ..............................................................................................................21 
THE PHILOSOPHY OF LOVE ..................................................................................................22 
SONG OF SELF-SURRENDER ................................................................................................23 
PROVERBS OF SWAMI SIVANANDA .....................................................................................25 
GURU GITA ..............................................................................................................................26 
WISCOM NECTAR ...................................................................................................................27 
PATH TO PERFECTION ..........................................................................................................28 
GRACE OF GOD ......................................................................................................................29 
PRAYER AND PILGRIMAGE ...................................................................................................30 
NAVA VIDHA BHAKTI .............................................................................................................32 
NINE MODES OF DEVOTION ..................................................................................................32 
NAVADHA BHAKTI..................................................................................................................33 
Chapter One ............................................................................................................................36 
SINGER OF SALVATION .........................................................................................................36 
Chapter Two ............................................................................................................................38 
SINGER OF HOPE ...................................................................................................................38 
Chapter Three ..........................................................................................................................40 
SINGER OF LIBERTY AND TOLERANCE ..............................................................................40 
Chapter Four ...........................................................................................................................43 
DIVINE SINGER .......................................................................................................................43 
Chapter Five ............................................................................................................................46 
MODERN THINKER OF SACREDNESS ..................................................................................46 
Chapter Six ..............................................................................................................................50 
PRACTICAL THINKER ............................................................................................................50 
Chapter Seven .........................................................................................................................52 
POET OF SACREDNESS.........................................................................................................52 
Chapter Eight ..........................................................................................................................59 
OCEAN OF SACREDNESS .....................................................................................................59 

Chapter Nine............................................................................................................................61 
WAVES OF BLISS ...................................................................................................................61 
Chapter Ten .............................................................................................................................64 
PERENNIAL LIGHT..................................................................................................................64 
Chapter Eleven ........................................................................................................................66 
PILLAR OF POWER.................................................................................................................66 
Chapter Twelve .......................................................................................................................68 
FIGHTER FOR PEACE ............................................................................................................68 
Chapter Thirteen .....................................................................................................................71 
COSMIC LOVER ......................................................................................................................71 
Chapter Fourteen ....................................................................................................................73 
CONQUEST OF THE LIFE EARTHY .......................................................................................73 
Chapter Fifteen ........................................................................................................................76 
MESSAGE OF SWAMI SIVANANDA .......................................................................................76 
Chapter Sixteen .......................................................................................................................78 
SWAMI SIVANANDA'S PHILOSOPHY ....................................................................................78 
Chapter Seventeen..................................................................................................................80 
ONE IMPULSE FROM SWAMI SIVANANDA ...........................................................................80 
Chapter Eighteen ....................................................................................................................83 
SWAMI SIVANANDA AND STUDENTS ...................................................................................83 
Chapter Nineteen ....................................................................................................................87 
IF BUT TO GOD WE TURN ......................................................................................................87 
STORY OF SWAMI SIVANANDA ............................................................................................90 
SIVANANDA 'S ........................................................................................................................91 
SPEECHES AND PHILOSOPHICAL ........................................................................................91 
SONGS .....................................................................................................................................91 
SANGEETA RAMAYANA ...................................................................................................... 114 
(In three records) ......................................................................................................... 114 
 
 
   

PUBLISHERS' NOTE

Sri Swami Sivanandaji Maharaj is a divine artist.

He sings the Names of the Lord. He sings of the glory of divine lite; and his

songe are laden with sublime philosophical thoughts. He paints vivid literary

pictures of the Supreme Truth, the nature of the world and the grandeur of

the individual soul.

Thus he is a divine artist.

A great and worthy follower of this divine artist, Prof. B.S. Mathur, in this

delightful volume, presents the reader with a fine picture of life and work of

Gurudev.

A few articles, songs and speeches of Sri Gurudev are added to the volume,

which greatly enhance its utility as the constant companion of Sadhake.

P.O. Sivanandanagar,

} Publishers

18th November, 1957