10 Facts About Krishnananda Saraswati

Swami Krishnananda Saraswati was a disciple of Sivananda Saraswati and served as the General Secretary of the Divine Life Society in Rishikesh, India from 1958 until 2001.

Author of more than 40 texts, and lecturing extensively, on yoga, dharma, and metaphysics, Krishnananda was a prolific theologian, saint, yogi and philosopher.

Krishnananda Saraswati was President of the Sivananda Literature Research Institute and the Sivananda Literature Dissemination Committee.

Krishnananda Saraswati served as editor of the Divine Life Society's monthly paper, Divine Life, for 20 years.

Krishnananda Saraswati learnt Sanskrit at an early age and took to reading and memorising Sanskrit works.

Krishnananda Saraswati yearned for spiritual learning and renunciation his father persuaded him into accepting a government job at Hospet Government Training School in Bellary in 1943.

Krishnananda Saraswati worked as an editor in the Ashram and in 1948, on Sivananda's request, he wrote his first book Realisation of the Absolute.

Krishnananda Saraswati spent his life in the Ashram giving lectures and writing over 40 books on philosophy, Hindu scriptures, yoga, meditation, mysticism and poetry till his death on 23 November 2001.

Swami Krishnananda Saraswati valued and was a scholar of Western philosophy and was an exponent of Advaita Vedanta philosophy, the most influential sub-school of Vedanta.

Swami Krishnananda Saraswati taught and practiced Yoga of Synthesis, which combines the four main paths of the discipline - Karma Yoga, Bhakti Yoga, Raja Yoga, and Jnana Yoga.