Siva's life is God's Guarantee to mankind. It is the Sadhak's Guide, an open scripture for all to learn from. It is a divine bridge, linking the finite with the Infinite, connecting the land of mortals with the Realm of Immortality.

As a student, he exemplified in himself the ideals of obedience and reverence. The young Dr. Kuppuswami showed that selfless and dynamic service paved the way to material prosperity too! He set an example in indiscriminate charity and proved that it invited wealth, peace and happiness. As a flourishing doctor in Malaya during the 1920's, his cheerful countenance and robust body, proclaimed that intense work done with the correct mental attitude, strengthened the body, lengthened life, and infused peace into the heart and bliss into the soul of man.

By the single act of renunciation of all that riches and a prosperous career, Siva had taught more than any scripture could, that realisation of the Self is dearer than wealth, dearer than everything, than life itself. Awe-inspiring austerities, begging and penniless, caused - not unhappiness nor suffering in the heart of the zealous seeker Dr. Kuppuswami, but - an intensification of the faith in God and His Unfailing Mercy.

To mankind, blinded by the cataract of materialism, faithlessness and egoism, Siva extended his helping hand - The Divine Life Society. He gave asylum to aspirants in his Ashram. In the Forest University Siva's students have their inner vision unveiled.

This God has clothed himself in a human garb. He has come amidst us as a Divine Invitation to a Perennial Feast of Immortal Bliss.

DLS Australia's note to reader: The above article is part of a larger multipart article "All About Sivananda" by Swami Venkateshananda reproduced from the Yoga-Vedanta Forest University Weekly Vol. VIII Pg 386  from sometime between the late 1950s to early 1960s. This is from a collection of periodicals in the possession of Sri and Smt Aravindji formerly from Johor, Malaysia and based currently residing in Parramatta, Australia. Sri Aravindji kindly loaned the periodical for reproduction in this manner.