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Swami Chetanananda's Sunday lectures from March 1978 to 5/9/2021 1 Self-Knowledge 1978/03/05 2 The Gospel of Sri Ramakrishna 1978/03/12 3 Sri Ramakrishna and His Disciples 1978/03/19 4 Mystery of Resurrection 1978/03/26 5 Chaitanya: An Incarnation of Love 1978/04/02 6 The World We Live In 1978/04/09 7 Blessed are the Simple 1978/04/16 8 The Importance of Pilgrimage 1978/04/23 9 In the Company of the Holy 1978/04/30 10 Shankara and His Message 1978/05/07 11 Truth Alone Triumphs 1978/05/14 12 Buddha and His Message 1978/05/21 13 Devotion 1978/05/28 14 How to be Calm and Active 1978/06/04 15 The Beauty of Philosophy 1978/06/11 16 Four Gates of Liberation 1978/06/18 17 Is Life an Empty Dream? 1978/06/25 18 War and Peace in the Gita 1978/07/02 19 The Powers of the Mind 1978/07/09 20 Self-Surrender 1978/07/16 21 Tell Us the Way 1978/07/23 22 Krishna: The Shepherd Boy of Vrindavan 1978/07/30 23 Is Religion at Fault? 1978/09/03 24 Mystery of Love 1978/09/10 25 God Vision 1978/09/17 26 Human Destiny 1978/09/24 27 Blessed Are The Cheerful 1978/10/01 28 Mother Worship 1978/10/08 29 Dive Deep 1978/10/15 30 Man-making Religion 1978/10/22 vedantastl.org Last update 1/30/19 31 Who Is The Favorite of God? 1978/10/29 32 Religion and Miracles 1978/11/05 33 Kindle the Fire Within 1978/11/12 34 Why Do You Weep, My Friend? 1978/11/19 35 Mysticism 1978/11/26 36 Myth and Its Meaning 1978/12/03 37 They Lived With God - Swami Premananda 1978/12/05 38 They Lived With God - Swami Shivananda 1978/12/12 39 An Unseen Warfare 1978/12/10 40 Unceasing Prayer 1978/12/17 41 Christ: An Incarnation of God 1978/12/24 42 Holy Mother 1978/12/31 43 Be Illumined 1979/01/07 44 God in Everything 1979/01/14 45 Vivekananda and America 1979/01/21 46 Eternal Companion 1979/01/28 47 The Preamble of Vedanta Philosophy 1979/02/04 48 Visions: True or False? 1979/02/11 49 The Philosophy of Karma 1979/02/18 50 Ritual: Its Meaning and Purpose 1979/02/25 51 Sri Ramakrishna: A Forgotten Chapter of His Life 1979/03/04 52 Flee Not - Fight 1979/03/11 53 Eight Teachings of Sri Chaitanya 1979/03/18 54 You Are Never Alone 1979/03/25 55 Six Centers of Kundalini 1979/04/01 56 Does God Think of Us? 1979/04/08 57 Reincarnation 1979/04/15 58 The Power of Faith 1979/04/22 59 Shankara And Ramanuja 1979/04/29 60 God Intoxication 1979/05/06 61 Eightfold Path of Buddha 1979/05/13 62 Be Sugar or Taste Sugar 1979/05/20 63 Environment of Meditation 1979/05/27 64 No One to Blame 1979/06/03 65 The Influence of the Epic (The Ramayana) 1979/06/10 66 Need of Religious Practice 1979/06/17 67 The Influence of the Epic (The Mahabharata) 1979/06/24 68 They Lived With God - Swami Adbhutananda 1979/07/01 69 They Lived With God - Swami Saradananda 1979/07/08 70 They Lived With God - Swami Ramakrishnananda 1979/07/15 vedantastl.org Last update 5/12/21 71 They Lived With God - Swami Turiyananda 1979/07/22 72 The Message of the Gita 1979/09/02 73 Human Affection and Divine Love 1979/09/09 74 Free Will 1979/09/16 75 The Signs of an Illumined Soul 1979/09/23 76 The Glory of the Divine Mother 1979/09/30 77 The Word and Its Power 1979/10/07 78 The Inner Light 1979/10/14 79 Maya and Freedom 1979/10/21 80 The Milestones of Spiritual Life 1979/10/28 81 Transformation through Love 1979/11/04 82 Shall I Assert or Surrender? 1979/11/11 83 From My Diary 1979/11/18 84 Listen To A Story 1979/11/25 85 The Holy Mother 1979/12/09 86 Reminiscences of Swami Shivananda 1979/12/11 87 Be the Witness 1979/12/16 88 Love Thy Neighbor as Thyself 1979/12/23 89 Man, the Maker of His Destiny 1979/12/30 90 Religion of Today 1980/01/06 91 Vivekananda and Vedanta 1980/01/13 92 Spiritual Teachings of Brahmananda 1980/01/20 93 The World, Neither Good nor Bad 1980/01/27 94 They Lived With God - (M) 1980/02/03 95 Philosophy of Non-Attachment 1980/02/10 96 The Voice of Silence 1980/02/17 97 Ramakrishna: A Spiritual Phenomenon 1980/02/24 98 Vedantic Art of Living 1980/03/02 99 Tranquility 1980/03/09 100 The Ladder of Love 1980/03/16 101 They Lived With God (Gopaler Ma) 1980/03/23 102 The Necessity of Studying the Scriptures 1980/03/30 103 Man in Search of Immortality 1980/04/06 104 Divine Incarnation 1980/04/13 105 Three Rare Treasures 1980/04/20 106 Love, Lover and Beloved 1980/04/27 107 Buddha's Message to the World 1980/05/04 108 Adventures in Spiritual Life 1980/05/11 109 The Message of the Upanishads 1980/05/18 110 Karma Yoga (Path of Action) 1980/05/25 vedantastl.org Last update 1/30/19 111 Evolution of the Conception of God 1980/06/01 112 How to Attain Happiness 1980/06/08 113 Knowledge and Devotion 1980/06/15 114 The Glory of Self-Sacrifice 1980/06/22 115 Some Vital Questions of Life 1980/06/29 116 They Lived With God - Swami Akhandananda 1980/07/06 117 They Lived With God - Swami Vijnanananda 1980/07/13 118 Ramakrishna and the Renaissance of Art 1980/07/20 119 The Last Message of Sri Krishna 1980/09/07 120 Seven Stages of Realization 1980/09/14 121 Obstacles to Meditation 1980/09/21 122 Preparation for Higher Life 1980/09/28 123 Yearning for Illumination 1980/10/05 124 Formal Worship 1980/10/26 125 Suffering: Its Cause and Cure 1980/11/02 126 Ideals of Indian Womanhood 1980/11/09 127 We Seek But Find Not - Why? 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    Copyright 2010 by Esther Warkov All rights reserved First printed in 2010 Cover Design by Gregory Fields No portion of this book or accompanying DVD may be reproduced anywhere (including the internet) or used in any form, or by any means (written, electronic, mechanical, or other means now known or hereafter invented including photocopying, duplicating, and recording) without prior written permission from the author/publisher. Exceptions are made for brief excerpts used in published reviews. Photographs on the accompanying disc may be printed for home use only. The song appearing on the accompanying disc may be duplicated and used for non-commercial purposes only. ISBN 978-0-578-04660-0 To order copies of this publication please visit Compendium Publications www.compendiumpublications.com or contact the author at [email protected] (Seattle, WA, USA) Table of Contents Introduction and Acknowledgements v About the Contributors ix Remembrances from Monastic Devotees Swami Yogeshananda 3 Swami Damodarananda “Swami Aseshanandaji: Humble and Inspiring‖ 8 Swami Manishananda “Reminiscences of Swami Aseshananda‖ 11 Pravrajika Gayatriprana 15 Pravrajika Brahmaprana “Reminiscences of Swami Aseshananda‖ 25 Swami Harananda 33 Pravrajika Sevaprana 41 Swami Tathagatananda ―Reminiscences of Revered Swami Aseshanandaji‖ 43 Swami Brahmarupananda “Swami Aseshananda As I Saw Him‖ 48 Anonymous Pravrajika 50 Vimukta Chaitanya 51 Six Portraits of Swami Aseshananda Michael Morrow (Vijnana) 55 Eric Foster 60 Anonymous ―Initiation Accounts‖ 69 Alex S. Johnson ―The Influence and Example of a Great Soul‖ 72 Ralph Stuart 74 Jon Monday (Dharmadas) ―A Visit with a Swami in America‖ 88 The Early Years: 1955-1969 Vera Edwards 95 Marina Sanderson 104 Robert Collins, Ed.