Religion in Practice - Softcover

Swami Prabhavananda

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0874810280 ISBN 13: 9780874810288

Publisher: Vedanta Press & Bookshop, 1969

Synopsis

Swami Prabhavananda spoke and lived in the United States for over 50 years. The talks as collected in this book show he was completely familiar with the western mind and the problems that we as westerners have to deal with.

In Religion in Practice the swami discusses:
Man and God
The Problem of Evil
The Goal of Life
Happiness
Perfection
Samadhi or Transcendental Consciousness
The Mind -- It's Powers and Usage
Control of the Subconscious Mind
Overcoming Obstacles in Spiritual Life

The swami then answers the 26 most common questions he has encountered during his years of teaching in America, including:

If God is so good, why is there evil?
What is the role of sex in religion?
What is your opinion of drugs?
Is it wrong to eat meat?
How can we believe that God loves us?

About this title

About the Author

Swami Prabhavananda was the founder of the Vedanta Society of Southern California.
He is the author of numerous books and translations including How to Know God: the Yoga Aphorisms of Patanjali, Bhagavad Gita: The Song of God, The Upanishads: Breath of the Eternal, Shankara's Crest Jewel of Discrimination - all available from Amazon.

About this edition

• Publisher: Vedanta Press & Bookshop
• Publication date: 1969
• ISBN 10: 0874810280
• ISBN 13: 9780874810288
• Binding: Paperback
• Edition number: 2
• Number of pages: 351
• Editor: Cliff Johnson