Swami Venkatesananda

We take this opportunity to express our appreciation to Mr. Anerood Jugnauth, Mr. R. Jaddoo and Mr. A.K. Bhavat for their gracious forewords in the print editions.

We also wish to express our thanks to:

Devotees of Swami Venkatesananda who contributed to the production of the first edition.

Swami Lakshmi Ananda for her work and contributions to Swami Venkatesananda’s legacy.

Swami Ambikananda for her general advice and assistance.

Swami Vidyananda scanning and formatting the current edition.

Swami Ambikananda for proofing the Sanskrit.

Devi Harker, Erica Nielsen, Joan Vaughan, Judy Tobler, Nayna Manga, Pat Markovina and Santosh Van Der Merwe for proof-reading the current edition. Bhaktipriya Uren and Vani Mataji for logistical support.

Note On Gender Pronouns

Swami Venkatesananda spoke equally to both men and women, and his use of the masculine pronouns ‘he’ and ‘him’ does not exclude the feminine. It is, in fact, shorthand for ‘human being’! He did not feel it necessary to distinguish between male and female, and the editor has continued the tradition in this publication.