Practical Spirituality

These are a number of editorials which appeared in the Bulletin of the Ramakrishna Mission Institute of Culture Gol Park Kolkata. The articles all written by Swami Lokeswarananda are brief but self-contained thought-provoking and clear and precise in expression. These are brought out in this book form. The articles cover a wide range of topics but as the readers will observe there is a unity of thought underlying them. Secular or spiritual each object is dealt with from a commonsense point of view logically and free from dogmatism. The plea that is constantly made is that man has a higher destiny which he must try to fulfill. Professor A. L. Basham's scholarly introduction to the text gives some background and context to the work and explains how the Swamis approach follows the spirit of Swami Vivekananda’s teachings. Some of the Articles are listed below: Practical Spirituality Being and Doing At Peace with Oneself The Will to Live A Saint is no Kill-Joy Get up and Begin Again Religion and Social Action The Light of Asia Jesus Christ World Leadership The Death of an Ideal Spiritual Aspirations Idolatry Be a Lamp unto Yourself Secular versus Spiritual Self-Criticism A World Citizen The Christian Spirit Knowledge is Power The Individual and Society Progress and Education Thoughts on Education The Indian Unity Poverty and Religion Divine Intervention Arnold Toynbee Religion and Social Change Knowledge Versus Wisdom The Atom and the Universe Being and Becoming