PUBLISHERS’ NOTE
H.H. Sri Swami Sivanandaji Maharaj is renowned, not only for the versatile and prolificoutput of literature on spiritual topics, but also because of his lucid, succinct and direct way of presenting them. In countless hearts he has kindled the light of spiritual aspiration; in numerousmindshehaseffectedthedawnofdivineillumination.Hehasdoneso,amongothermeans,throughhis never-ceasing flow of publications.
Thus Awakens Swami Sivananda
is a pocket-treasure, every sentence of which charges thereader with a wave of spiritual exhilaration, giving him a flash of divine awakening, howevermomentary it might be. Constant study of this booklet, meditation on the truths embodied in it andflowering them in one’s practical life, will surely make one a divine being on earth.
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