1<!doctype html> <html lang="en"> 2<!--[if IE 8 ]> <html lang="en" class="ie8"> <![endif]--> 3<head> 4<!-- Basic Page Needs 5================================================== --> 6<meta charset="UTF-8"> 7<!--<meta content="text/html;charset=utf-8" http-equiv="content-type">--> 8<title>Swami Krishnananda - The Divine Life Society - eBooks, Articles, Photos, Audios and Videos on Yoga, Meditation, Spiritual Practice, Philosophy and Hindu Scriptures.</title> 9<meta name="description" content="This is the official website of Swami Krishnananda, and contains ebooks and articles on yoga, meditation, philosophy, scriptures, bhagavadgita, upanishads, spiritual practice, and poetry." /> 10<meta name="keywords" content="krishnananda,sivananda,self-realization,self-realisation,God-realisation,spiritual teachings,yoga philosophy,meditation,yoga,hindism,bhagavadgita,upanishads,veda,philosophy,metaphysics,mysticism,poetry" /> 11 12<!-- Mobile Specific Metas 13================================================== --> 14<meta name="viewport" content="width=device-width, initial-scale=1" /> 15 16<!-- Favicons 17================================================== --> 18<link rel="shortcut icon" type="image/png" href="favicon.png"> 19<link rel="apple-touch-icon" sizes="180x180" href="apple-touch-icon.png"> 20<link rel="icon" type="image/png" sizes="32x32" href="favicon-32x32.png"> 21<link rel="icon" type="image/png" sizes="16x16" href="favicon-16x16.png"> 22<link rel="manifest" href="site.webmanifest"> 23<link rel="mask-icon" href="safari-pinned-tab.svg" color="#5bbad5"> 24<link rel="stylesheet" href="font/myfont.css" /> 25<link rel="stylesheet" href="css/guruji-index7.css" /> 26<link rel="stylesheet" href="css/stylesheets.css" /> 27<link rel="stylesheet" href="css/bootstrap.css" /> 28<link rel="stylesheet" href="css/bootstrap-responsive.css" /> 29<link rel="stylesheet" href="css/component2.css" /> 30<link rel="stylesheet" href="css/jquery.bxslider.css" /> 31<link rel="stylesheet" href="font/font-awesome.min.css" /> 32<style> 33#bookgallery { 34 width: 99%; 35 margin-bottom: 20px; 36} 37 38#photogallery { 39 width: 99%; 40 margin-bottom: 20px; 41} 42 43@media (max-width: 479px) { 44 #bookgallery #slider2 .slide img, 45 #photogallery #slider1 .slide img { 46 width: 100%; 47 height: auto; 48 max-width: 100%; 49 } 50} 51 52</style> 53<!--[if IE 8]> 54<!--[if IE]>
55<script src="js/html5shiv.js"></script>
55
56<script><link rel="stylesheet" type="text/css" href="css/all-ie-only.css" /> 57<![endif]--> 58</head> 59 60<body> 61<header> 62 <div id="headerhome"> 63 <div id="logo_search"> <a href="index.html" alt="Logo: Swami Krishnananda, The Divine Life Society" title="Swami Krishnananda, The Divine Life Society"><span id="logo"></span> </a> 64 <form action="https://www.swami-krishnananda.org/search-result.html" id="search" class="pull-right"> 65 <input type="hidden" name="cx" value="008305522660564360479:4xkv1knbexo" /> 66 <input type="hidden" name="cof" value="FORID:11" /> 67 <input type="hidden" name="ie" value="UTF-8" /> 68 <input type="text" name="q" size="20" /> 69 <input type="submit" name="sa" value="" class="search-btn" title="Search" /> 70 </form> 71 </div> 72 73 <div id="dl-menu" class="dl-menuwrapper"> 74 <button class="dl-trigger">Open Menu</button> 75 <ul class="dl-menu"> 76 <li><a href="index.html">Home</a></li> 77 <li><a href="about.html">About</a></li> 78 <li><a href="javascript:void(0)">eBooks</a><span class="caret"></span> 79 <ul class="dl-submenu"> 80 <li><a href="books_2.html"><span>Yoga & Meditation</span></a></li> 81 <li><a href="books_1.html"><span>Mysticism</span></a></li> 82 <li><a href="books_4.html"><span>Philosophy</span></a></li> 83 <li><a href="books_3.html"><span>Bhagavadgita & Hinduism</span></a></li> 84 <li><a href="books_3a.html"><span>Vedanta & Upanishads</span></a></li> 85 <li><a href="poetry.html"><span>Poetry</span></a></li> 86 <li><a href="booklets.html"><span>eBooklets</span></a></li> 87 </ul> 88 </li> 89 <li><a href="javascript:void(0)">Articles</a> 90 <ul class="dl-submenu"> 91 <li><a href="disc_yoga.html">Yoga & Meditation</a></li> 92 <li><a href="disc_spirituality.html">Spirituality</a></li> 93 <li><a href="disc_philo.html">Philosophy</a></li> 94 <li><a href="disc_scriptures.html">Scriptures</a></li> 95 <li><a href="disc_kbudha.html">Divinities & Saints</a></li> 96 <li><a href="disc_swamisiva.html">Swami Sivananda</a></li> 97 <li><a href="disc_miscel.html">Various Subjects</a></li> 98 <li><a href="darshan.html">Darshan of Swami Krishnananda</a></li> 99 </ul> 100 </li> 101 <li><a href="javascript:void(0)">Media</a> 102 <ul class="dl-submenu"> 103 <li><a href="audio.html">Audios</a></li> 104 <li><a href="video.html">Videos</a></li> 105 <li><a href="gallery_01.html">Photos</a></li> 106 </ul> 107 </li> 108 <li><a href="uploads.html">Latest Uploads</a></li> 109 <li><a href="random.html">Random Page</a></li> 110 <li><a href="sitemap.html">Sitemap</a></li> 111 <li><a href="contact.html">Contact</a></li> 112 </ul> 113 </div> 114 <nav id="navbar"> 115 <div class="container"> 116 <ul class="menu"> 117 <li class="active"> <a href="index.html"><span>Home</span></a> </li> 118 <li> <a href="about.html"><span>About</span></a> </li> 119 <li class="dropdown"> 120 <a href="#"><span>eBooks</span></a> 121 <div class="fulldrop"> 122 <div class="column"> 123 <ul> 124 <li><a href="books_2.html"><span>Yoga & Meditation</span></a></li> 125 <li><a href="books_1.html"><span>Mysticism</span></a></li> 126 <li><a href="books_4.html"><span>Philosophy</span></a></li> 127 <li><a href="books_3.html"><span>Bhagavadgita & Hinduism</span></a></li> 128 <li><a href="books_3a.html"><span>Vedanta & Upanishads</span></a></li> 129 <li><a href="poetry.html"><span>Poetry</span></a></li> 130 <li><a href="booklets.html"><span>eBooklets</span></a></li> 131 </ul> 132 </div> 133 </div> 134 </li> 135 <li class="dropdown"> <a href="#/Url"><span>Articles</span></a> 136 <div class="fulldrop"> 137 <div class="column"> 138 <ul> 139 <li><a href="disc_yoga.html"><span>Yoga & Meditation</span></a></li> 140 <li><a href="disc_spirituality.html"><span>Spirituality</span></a></li> 141 <li><a href="disc_philo.html"><span>Philosophy</span></a></li> 142 <li><a href="disc_scriptures.html"><span>Scriptures</span></a></li> 143 <li><a href="disc_kbudha.html"><span>Divinities & Saints</span></a></li> 144 <li><a href="disc_swamisiva.html"><span>Swami Sivananda</span></a></li> 145 <li><a href="disc_miscel.html"><span>Various</span></a></li> 146 <li><a href="darshan.html"><span>Darshan</span></a></li> 147 </ul> 148 </div> 149 </div> 150 </li> 151 <li class="dropdown"> <a href="javascript:void(0)"><span>Media</span></a> 152 <div class="fulldrop"> 153 <div class="column mediasub"> 154 <ul> 155 <li><a href="audio.html"><span>Audios</span></a></li> 156 <li><a href="video.html"><span>Videos</span></a></li> 157 <li><a href="gallery_01.html"><span>Photos</span></a></li> 158 </ul> 159 </div> 160 </div> 161 </li> 162 <li> <a href="uploads.html"><span>Latest Uploads</span></a> </li> 163 <li> <a href="random.html"><span>Random Page</span></a> </li> 164 <li> <a href="sitemap.html"><span>Sitemap</span></a> </li> 165 <li> <a href="contact.html"><span>Contact</span></a> </li> 166 </ul> 167 </div> 168 </nav> 169 </div> 170</header> 171<div id="content"> 172 <div class="container indexpage"> 173 174 <div class="row"> 175 <section> 176 <div align="center" class="span3 aboutimg"> <img src="images/swami_photo.png" title="Swami Krishnananda" width="270" height="270" id="aboutimage" border="0" /> </div> 177 <div class="aboutdesc span9 pull-right"> 178 <h1 class="title">Swami Krishnananda</h1> 179 <div class="home-txt" > 180 <p>This website is a comprehensive online archive of the life and teachings of Sri Swami Krishnananda (1922â2001), one of the foremost disciples of Sri Swami Sivananda. It brings together his writings, books, recorded talks, lectures, photographs and other materials, making Swamiji's profound exploration of philosophy, religion, yoga, meditation and spiritual life freely available to all.</p> 181 182<p>Swami Krishnananda's teachings range widelyâfrom the great systems of Indian philosophy and the wisdom of the Upanishads and B
182hagavadgita to questions concerning consciousness, the nature of reality, science, religion and the human search for meaning. The extensive collection of audio and video recordings preserves Swamiji's spoken teachings and provides an opportunity to encounter his thought directly.</p> 183 </div> 184 </div> 185 </section> 186 <div class="clearfix"></div> 187 188 <section id="bookgallery"> 189 <h4 align="center"><a href="books_2.html">A Selection of EBooks</a></h4> 190 <hr /> 191 <div id="slider2"> 192 <div class="slide"><a href="realis_0.html"><img src="images/ebooks/realisation.jpg" title="The Realisation of the Absolute" width="125" height="188" /></a></div> 193 <div class="slide"><a href="bgita.html"><img src="images/ebooks/bgita.jpg" title="Commentary on the Bhagavadgita" width="125" height="188" /></a></div> 194 <div class="slide"><a href="brhad_00.html"><img src="images/ebooks/brhad.jpg" title="The Brihadaranyaka Upanishad" width="125" height="188" /></a></div> 195 <div class="slide"><a href="comp_00.html"><img src="images/ebooks/compar.jpg" title="Studies in Comparative Philosophy" width="125" height="188" /></a></div> 196 <div class="slide"><a href="fest_00.html"><img src="images/ebooks/fest.jpg" title="Spiritual Import of Religious Festivals" width="125" height="188" /></a></div> 197 <div class="slide"><a href="ascent_00.html"><img src="images/ebooks/ascent.jpg" title="The Ascent of the Spirit" width="125" height="188" /></a></div> 198 <div class="slide"><a href="patanjali.html"><img src="images/ebooks/patanjali.jpg" title="The Study and Practice of Yoga" width="125" height="188" /></a></div> 199 <div class="slide"><a href="living.html"><img src="images/ebooks/living.jpg" title="True Spiritual Living" width="125" height="188" /></a></div> 200 <div class="slide"><a href="intro_00.html"><img src="images/ebooks/intro.jpg" title="Introduction to the Philosophy of Yoga" width="125" height="188" /></a></div> 201 <div class="slide"><a href="panchadasi.html"><img src="images/ebooks/panchadasi.jpg" title="Commentary on the Panchadasi" width="125" height="188" /></a></div> 202 <div class="slide"><a href="hist_0.html"><img src="images/ebooks/history.jpg" title="A Short History of Religious and Philosophic Thought in India" width="125" height="188" /></a></div> 203 204 205 </div> 206 </section> 207 <div class="testi-quote"> 208 <div class="container"> 209 <div class="row"> 210 <div class="span12 quote-txt"> <div class="quote">Thought for the Day</div> 211 <p class="quote-txt">That is called yoga which is the separation of consciousness from all sources of pain. We must definitely attain it, and unite ourselves with it.</p> 212 </div> 213 </div> 214 </div> 215 </div> 216 <section id="photogallery"> 217 <h4 align="center"><a href="gallery_01.html">Photo Gallery</a></h4> 218 <hr /> 219 <div id="slider1"> 220 <div class="slide"><a href="gallery_01.html"><img src="images/gallery/homepage/home-01a.jpg" title="Swami Krishnananda" width="280" height="154" /></a></div> 221 <div class="slide"><a href="gallery_01.html"><img src="images/gallery/homepage/home-02a.jpg" title="Swami Krishnananda" width="280" height="154" /></a></div> 222 <div class="slide"><a href="gallery_01.html"><img src="images/gallery/homepage/home-03a.jpg" title="Swami Krishnananda" width="280" height="154" /></a></div> 223 <div class="slide"><a href="gallery_01.html"><img src="images/gallery/homepage/home-04a.jpg" title="Swami Krishnananda" width="280" height="154"/></a></div> 224 <div class="slide"><a href="gallery_01.html"><img src="images/gallery/homepage/home-05a.jpg" title="Swami Krishnananda" width="280" height="154"/></a></div> 225 <div class="slide"><a href="gallery_01.html"><img src="images/gallery/homepage/home-06a.jpg" title="Swami Krishnananda" width="280" height="154"/></a></div> 226 <div class="slide"><a href="gallery_01.html"><img src="images/gallery/homepage/home-07a.jpg" title="Swami Krishnananda" width="280" height="154"/></a></div> 227 <div class="slide"><a href="gallery_01.html"><img src="images/gallery/homepage/home-08a.jpg" title="Swami Krishnananda" width="280" height="154"/></a></div> 228 <div class="slide"><a href="gallery_01.html"><img src="images/gallery/homepage/home-09a.jpg" title="Swami Krishnananda" width="280" height="154"/></a></div> 229 <div class="slide"><a href="gallery_01.html"><img src="images/gallery/homepage/home-10a.jpg" title="Swami Krishnananda" width="280" height="154"/></a></div>
230 </div> 231 </section> 232 233 <section id="twitter-feed"> 234 <div class="row"> <a href="audio.html"> 235 <div class="span6 audio_videobg"> 236 <h5><strong class="c1">Audios</strong> <br/> 237 <span>of Swami Krishnananda</span> 238 <div class="audio_icon"> </div> 239 </h5> 240 </div> 241 </a> <a href="video.html"> 242 <div class="span6 audio_videobg"> 243 <h5><strong class="c1">Videos</strong> <br/> 244 <span>of Swami Krishnananda</span> 245 <div class="video_icon"> </div> 246 </h5> 247 </div> 248 </a> </div> 249 </section> 250 </div> 251 </div> 252 <footer id="footer"> 253 <div class="container"> 254 <div class="row"> 255 <div class="span12 email"> 256 </div> 257 </div> 258 </div> 259 <div class="social"> 260 <div class="container"> 261 <ul class="f_nav"> 262 <li><a href="index.html">Home</a>|</li> 263 <li><a href="about.html">About</a>|</li> 264 <li><a href="books_2.html">eBooks</a>|</li> 265 <li><a href="disc_yoga.html">Articles</a>|</li> 266 <li><a href="audio.html">Audios</a>|</li> 267 <li><a href="video.html">Videos</a>|</li> 268 <li><a href="gallery_01.html">Photos</a>|</li> 269 <li><a href="uploads.html">Latest Uploads</a>|</li> 270 <li><a href="random.html">Random Page</a>|</li> 271 <li><a href="sitemap.html">Sitemap</a>|</li> 272 <li><a href="contact.html">Contact</a></li> 273 </ul> 274 </div> 275 </div> 276 <div class="container"> 277 <div class="row"> 278 <div class="span12"> 279 <div class="copyright pull-left">© 2026 Swami Krishnananda</div> 280 <ul class="pull-right social-networks"> 281 <li><a href="https://www.facebook.com/pages/Swami-Krishnananda/207749643343" target="_blank"><i class="icon-facebook"></i></a></li> 282 <li><a href="https://www.youtube.com/c/SwamiKrishnanandaDLS/videos" target="_blank"><i class="icon-youtube"></i></a></li> 283 </ul> 284 </div> 285 </div> 286 </div> 287 </footer> 288</div> 289<a href="#" class="scrollup">Scroll</a>
290<script src="https://www.swami-krishnananda.org/js/jquery.min.js"></script>
290
291<script type="text/javascript" src="https://www.swami-krishnananda.org/js/modernizr.custom.js"></script>
291
292<script src="https://www.swami-krishnananda.org/js/jquery.dlmenu.js"></script>
292
293<script> 294 $(function() { 295 $( '#dl-menu' ).dlmenu({ 296 animationClasses : { classin : 'dl-animate-in-4', classout : 'dl-animate-out-4' } 297 }); 298 }); 299 300 $(document).ready(function(){ 301 302 // Photo slider: keep the desktop layout, but make photos large and readable 303 // on mobile portrait. Two photos remain side-by-side in mobile landscape. 304 var photoSlider = null; 305 function photoOptions() { 306 var rowWidth = $('#photogallery').width(); 307 var width = $(window).width(); 308 if (width < 480) { 309 var slides = (window.innerWidth > window.innerHeight) ? 2 : 1; 310 var margin = 10; 311 var slideWidth = Math.floor((rowWidth - margin * (slides - 1)) / slides); 312 return { slideWidth: slideWidth, minSlides: slides, maxSlides: slides, startSlide: 0, slideMargin: margin }; 313 } 314 return { slideWidth: 280, minSlides: 4, maxSlides: 4, startSlide: 0, slideMargin: 10 }; 315 } 316 photoSlider = $('#slider1').bxSlider(photoOptions()); 317 318 // Book slider: 125px covers on desktop; smaller, closely spaced covers on mobile. 319 var bookSlider = null; 320 var coverSlides = 0; 321 function bookOptions() { 322 var rowWidth = $('#bookgallery').width(); 323 var width = $(window).width(); 324 var coverMargin = (width < 480) ? 8 : 10; 325 var coverWidth; 326 if (width < 480) { 327 coverSlides = 3; 328 coverWidth = Math.min(105, Math.floor((rowWidth - coverMargin * (coverSlides - 1)) / coverSlides)); 329 } else { 330 coverWidth = 125; 331 coverSlides = Math.max(2, Math.floor((rowWidth + coverMargin) / (coverWidth + coverMargin))); 332 } 333 return { 334 slideWidth: coverWidth, 335 minSlides: coverSlides, 336 maxSlides: coverSlides, 337 startSlide: 0, 338 slideMargin: coverMargin, 339 controls: false, 340 pager: false, 341 autoControls: false 342 }; 343 } 344 345 bookSlider = $('#slider2').bxSlider(bookOptions()); 346 347 var resizeTimer; 348 $(window).on('resize orientationchange', function() { 349 clearTimeout(resizeTimer); 350 resizeTimer = setTimeout(function() { 351 var oldPhotoWidth = photoSlider ? photoSlider.getCurrentSlide() : 0; 352 var oldCoverSlides = coverSlides; 353 photoSlider.reloadSlider(photoOptions()); 354 var options = bookOptions(); 355 if (coverSlides !== oldCoverSlides || widthChangedForBooks()) { 356 bookSlider.reloadSlider(options); 357 } 358 }, 250); 359 }); 360 361 function widthChangedForBooks() { 362 return true; 363 } 364 }); 365 366 $(document).ready(function(){ 367 368 $(window).scroll(function(){ 369 if ($(this).scrollTop() > 100) { 370 $('.scrollup').fadeIn(); 371 } else { 372 $('.scrollup').fadeOut(); 373 } 374 }); 375 376 $('.scrollup').click(function(){ 377 $("html, body").animate({ scrollTop: 0 }, 1000); 378 return false; 379 }); 380 381 382 $(window).scroll(function () { 383 if ($(document).scrollTop() > 200) { 384 $( '.dl-menuwrapper' ).css('position','fixed'); 385 $( '.dl-menuwrapper' ).css('width','100%'); 386 $( '.dl-menuwrapper' ).css('background-color','#fff'); 387 $( '.dl-menuwrapper' ).css('opacity','0.95'); 388 $( '.dl-menuwrapper' ).css('left','0%'); 389 $( '.dl-menuwrapper' ).css('top','0%'); 390 $( '.dl-menuwrapper button' ).css('left','3.5%'); 391 392 } else if ($(document).scrollTop() < 200) { 393 $( '.dl-menuwrapper' ).css('position','absolute'); 394 $( '.dl-menuwrapper' ).css('width','90%'); 395 $( '.dl-menuwrapper' ).css('background-color','transparent'); 396 $( '.dl-menuwrapper' ).css('opacity','1'); 397 $( '.dl-menuwrapper' ).css('left','10px'); 398 $( '.dl-menuwrapper' ).css('top','85px'); 399 $( '.dl-menuwrapper button' ).css('left','0%'); 400 } 401 }); 402 }); 403 404 405</script>
405
406<script type="text/javascript"> 407if (screen.width < 1050){ 408 $('.dropdown').click(function(e) { 409 $('.fulldrop').css("display","block"); 410 $('.fulldrop').css("visibility","visible"); 411 $('.column').css("display","block"); 412 $('.column').css("visibility","visible"); 413 }); 414 } 415 416$(function() { 417 $('.fulldrop').mouseenter(function(e) { 418 $(this).parent('li').css("background-color"); 419 $(this).parent('li a span').css("color"); 420 421 }); 422}); 423$(function() { 424 $('.fulldrop').mouseleave(function(e) { 425 $(this).parent('li').css("background-color","transparent"); 426 427 }); 428}); 429$(function() { 430 $('.fulldrop').mouseleave(function(e) { 431 $(this).parent('li.active').css("background-color","#0080c4"); 432 433 }); 434}); 435</script>
435
436<script type="text/javascript" src="https://www.swami-krishnananda.org/js/jquery.bxslider.js"></script>
vendor: 1 bytes, line 436
436
437<script type="text/javascript" src="https://cse.google.com/cse/brand?form=search&lang=en"></script>
437 438</body> 439</html>
Line numbers count LF bytes from the start of the resource, as the search results do. Vendor segments are library code the classifier recognised; they are stored but not indexed. Bytes are shown as Latin1 characters, one per byte.