The Nature of the True Religious Life - 5.1. - Swami Krishnananda.
================================================================================= Wednesday 18, June 2025, 06:30. Books Mysticism Chapter 5: Becoming Fit for Moksha-1. Swami Krishnananda. ================================================================================== We noted in the previous session that the religious spirit has an element of transcendence, inasmuch as it cannot be discovered in the objects of the world. Here is a very important point which should draw anyone's attention. This feature of the religious ideal as a necessary transcendence, rather than an immediate presence, has given a novel touch to the religions of the world. All that people do in the name of religion can be explained by this very important feature of the transcendence of the religious ideal. People take to asceticism; they leave homestead and chattel, and all property. Every connection is severed, and the severest attempt is made to withdraw oneself from every visible phenomenon of the world. R...