Author: Swami Sivananda
Publisher: Divine Life Society
Year: 2002
Language: English
Pages: 480
ISBN/UPC (if available): 8170520959
Description
Who is a saint? He who lives in God or the Eternal, who is free from egoism, likes and dislikes, selfishness, vanity, mine-ness, lust, greed and anger, who is endowed with equal vision, balanced mind, mercy, tolerance, righteousness and cosmic love, and who has divine knowledge, is a saint.
Saints and sages are a blessing to the world at large. They are the custodians of superior divine wisdom, spiritual powers and inexhaustible spiritual wealth. Even kings bow their heads at their lotus feet. King Janaka said to Yajnavalkya, O venerable sage! I am grateful to your exalted holiness for obtaining the ancient wisdom of the Upanishads through your lofty and sublime instructions. I offer my whole kingdom at the feet. Further, I am thy servant. I will wait on thee like a servant.
The present work has been divided into thirteen sections. Saints do not strictly belong to any clime or country and no geographical limits can stop their influence from overflowing the boundaries. They belong to the whole world. Hence, to attach to them any provincial basis is to facilitate the easy understanding of the spiritual current started by each separately and by all conjointly for the spiritual regeneration of the land.
Contents
PUBLISHERS NOTE
PRAYER
INTRODUCTION
Saints of Ancient Times
The Prophets
The Acharyas
The Saivite Acharyas of Tamil Nadu
The Alwars or Vaishnava Mystics of South India
Saints of Maharashtra
Saints of North India
Saints of South India
Women Saints
Sufi Saints
Christian Mystics
The Sikh Gurus
Saints of Recent Times