THE PATH BEYOND SORROW
By
SRI SWAMI CHIDANANDA
Sri Swami Sivananda
Founder of
The Divine Life Society
SERVE, LOVE, GIVE,
PURIFY, MEDITATE,
REALIZE
So Says
Sri Swami Sivananda
Sri Swami Chidananda
A DIVINE LIFE SOCIETY PUBLICATION
Third Edition:
1991
(5,000 Copies)
World Wide Web (WWW) Edition: 1999
WWW site: http://www.rsl.ukans.edu/~pkanagar/divine/
This WWW reprint is for free distribution
© The Divine Life Trust Society
ISBN 81-7052-078-9
Published By
THE DIVINE LIFE SOCIETY
P.O. SHIVANANDANAGAR—249 192
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Himalayas, India.
PUBLISHERS’ NOTE
We have great pleasure in releasing this beautiful volume of sixteen lectures by Sri Swami
Chidanandaji Maharaj, our revered President, on the eve of his 75th Birthday, which fails on the
24th September, 1991.
In a way, these lectures are the outcome of the holy Satsankalpa of His Holiness Sri Swami
Sivanandaji Maharaj, who deputed his foremost disciple Swami Chidananda to the West, to convey
personally his message of Divine Life to aspiring seekers.
Thirty years have passed since these talks were delivered; but their meaning and relevance
are as valid today as they were at the time they were delivered. Also, the teachings and guidance
contained in these lectures are universal in scope and intensely practical in their approach. It is our
earnest hope that this small volume will help in its own way to further the right understanding of the
timeless message of spiritual life.
—THE DIVINE LIFE SOCIETY
AUTHOR’S PREFACE
Beloved Immortal Self! Rays of the Eternal Light Divine! It gives me great happiness to
write this little preface to the series of lectures included in this volume. All these lectures, with the
exception of the talk “Worship of God as Mother Divine”, were delivered by me in the year 1960 in
Canada where I went as a personal representative of my holy Master Sri Swami Sivananda to carry
India’s message of Yoga and Vedanta to the West.
Gurudev Swami Sivananda was revered all over India as one of its foremost spiritual leaders
and