Jivanmukti Viveka is an important Sanskrit treatise chiefly dealing with understanding and explaining the state of ‘being spiritually free while living’. A highly revered book written sometime in 13th century, it is read with great interest by all genuine seekers of spirituality.
The present book is a translation of his original work in Kannada. The translation has been done by Dr. H. Ramachandra Swamy, a long standing devotee from Sringeri in Karnataka. He is a retired professor of Chemistry and a former visiting professor of Vivekananda Chair, Mysore University.
ABOUT THE AUTHOR Swami Harshananda
Swami Harshananda is a senior monk of the Ramakrishna Order. Initiated into spiritual life by Swami Virajananda, the sixth president of the Ramakrishna Order, he joined the Bangalore branch of the Ramakrishna Math in early 1954. He was administered the monastic vows by Swami Vishuddhananda, the eighth president, in 1962. The Swami has worked in the various centers of the Order such as Bangalore, Mangalore, Mysore, Belur Math (the Headquarters of the Order) and Allahabad. He has been the president of the Ramakrishna Math of Bangalore since 1989. He has several books to his credit in English, Kannada and Sanskrit. Some of his books have been translated into foreign languages like French, Korean and Indonesian. He is a good speaker in English and Kannada (his mother-tongue). The Swami can also sing devotional songs well. His cassette tapes and CD's of discourses and Bhajans are quite popular.
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