The Nature of the True Religious Life - 5.2. - Swami Krishnananda.
================================================================================================== Tuesday 23, December 2025, 20:00. Books Mysticism Chapter 5: Becoming Fit for Moksha-2. Swami Krishnananda. ========================================================= We have seen ascetics barely wearing clothing, eating almost nothing, not sleeping, not speaking, having no physical contact with any human being, and living in deserts, in forests and in caves because the religious ideal is not here, it is in the heavens. While it is true that it is in the heavens, and nothing in this world can help us in this great pursuit—granted it is a fact that any amount of contact with the things of this world, organic or inorganic, will not help us in the realisation of the religious ideal—this is not the whole truth. There is some hidden significance which we have missed in our analysis of this theme. We are living in this world. We have a physical body, a mind, social relations, and all the co...