This is a compilation of selected writings from Prabuddha Bharata, the Vedanta Kesari, and the Bulletin of the Ramakrishna Mission Institute of Culture. The collection brings together profound and insightful articles authored by Revered Swami Bhajanananda, a former Editor of Prabuddha Bharata and presently a Vice-President of the Ramakrishna Order.
This work expounds the essential principles of Advaita philosophy as taught and propagated by the great Sri Shankaracharya. By highlighting its foundational tenets, it seeks to dispel common misconceptions and present the central ideas of Advaita with clarity and simplicity. Of special importance is the chapter on the meditative disciplines of jñānamārga (the path of philosophical self-enquiry), an integral aspect of the Advaitic tradition. A distinctive feature of this collection is the way it illuminates the timeless truths of Advaita through the teachings of Sri Ramakrishna and Swami Vivekananda, who took the Advaita Vedanta of the Upanishads and Sri Shankaracharya and presented it to the modern world according to the needs of the present times.
