Concentration and Meditation  (English, Paperback, Sivananda Swami)

Swami Sivananda, in his book Concentration and Meditation, provides insights into the power of meditation and its necessity in everyone’s life.

Summary Of The Book

Swami Sivananda's book Concentration & Meditation deals with the meanings of yoga and meditation in our day-to-day lives.

Both aspects, as stated in the title of this book, are important in order for any individual to attain inner peace. Daily practice of yoga, hence, becomes crucial and necessary in order for anyone to understand the bigger picture of life.

This work does not deal with vague philosophical theories but provides a practical guide that anyone can follow. This book helps people who are seeking inner peace or are deeply involved in the process of introspection by making it easy to really understand the tenets of meditation. In order to achieve harmony, one has to go through a process that purifies the mind. This involves daily practicing of good conduct.

Concentration is essential and must also be practiced regularly. Swami Sivananda states how one has to have a fixed object in one’s mind and concentrate on that object for a long time. It is through the first step of concentration that one is able to truly meditate.

This is an intense process and can be achieved only when the individual has removed all distracting elements from the mind. Gaining a pure mind is most important and through meditation, this book states that one will also be able to achieve salvation. This unites one with not only humanity but also the Divine.

Through this book one will be able to forget all pains, displeasures, and sadness. The book cultivates the perfect road map which will lead one to achieving happiness and peace permanently.

About Swami Sivananda

Sri Swami Sivananda was a Hindu spiritual leader and an astute practitioner of Yoga and Vedanta.

His most famous works are Concentration and Meditation, Yoga of Synthesis, Raja Yoga: theory and practice, Yoga practice, for developing and increasing physical, mental and spiritual powers, Japa Yoga: a comprehensive treatise on mantra-sastra, Lord Shanmukha and his worship, Music As Yoga, Sivananda's letters to Sivananda-Kumudini Devi, Fourteen lessons in raja yoga and more.

He has written over 300 books which deal with Vedanta, Yoga and other religious practices from all over the world.