Way to Attain Bliss in Old Age

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Swami Ranganathananda was the 13th President of Ramakrishna Math and Ramakrishna Mission. He was an internationally acclaimed speaker whose stirring eloquence captivated thousands of people in India and abroad. He has a number of books to his credit, notable amongst which are: the Message of the Upanishads, A Pilgrim Looks at the World, Eternal Values for a changing Society, Vedanta and the Future of Mankind and social Responsibilities of Public Administrators. Among his recent publications are his expositions of the Bhagavad Gita and of the Brihadaranyaka Upanisads.

When he visited New Delhi in 1986, he gave an informal talk at the Ramakrishna Kutir at Vasant Vihar on 26th November on the subject Way to Attain Bliss in Old Age. We are happy to publish the same in a book form and earnestly hope that it will be immense benefit to all aspiring for peace and bliss. Our thanks to all who made this speech available to us.

Sri Ramakrishna Math
Chennai

About the Author

Born in village of Trikkur, Kerala State, on December 15, 1908, Swami Ranganthananda joined the Ramakrishna Order, the international spiritual and cultural movement founded by Swami Vivekananda, at its branch in Mysore in 1926. He was formally initiated into Sannyasa in 1933 by Swami Shivananda, one of the eminent disciples of Sri Ramakrishna and the second President of the Order. After spending the first twelve years in the Order's branches in Mysore and Bangalore, the first six years of which as cook, dishwasher and house-keeper and later as warden of student's hostel, he worked as Secretary and librarian at the Ramakrishna Mission branch at Rangoon- from 1939 to 1942, and thereafter as President of the Ramakrishna Math and Mission, Karachi, from 1942 to 1948.

From 1949 to 1962, he worked as the Secretary of the New Delhi branch of the Mission, and from 1962 to 1967, he was the Secretary of the Ramakrishna Mission Institute of Cultural Studies, and Editor of its monthly journal.

From 1973 to 1993 he was President of Ramakrishna Math, Hyderabad and from 1994-1998 he was Vice President of Worldwide Ramakrishna Math and Ramakrishna Mission. Now he is its President, and stays at Belur Math.

H has undertaken extensive lecture tours form 1946 to 1972 covering 50 countries. Form 1973 to 1986 he visited annually Australia, USA, Holland and Germany.

In 1986 he was awarded the first Indira Gandhi Award for National Integration.