This book published by Advaita Ashrama, a publication house of Ramakrishna Math, Belur Math, borrows its title from an inspired utterance of Swami Vivekananda which forms the subject of the Swami’s deliberations presented herein as the first lecture. By his forceful lectures based on deep reasoning, the Swami turns our attention to the Divine within.
The lectures and articles included here were earlier published in the Prabuddha Bharata and the Vedanta Kesari, another English monthly of the Ramakrishna Order. They are intended for all sincere spiritual aspirants, irrespective of caste, creed, or gender, who strive to transform their daily lives through the invigorating tonic of Advaita Vedanta.
Swami Ashokananda (1893 - 1969) was a disciple of Swami Vivekananda and a monk of the Ramakrishna Order of monks. He served as the editor of Prabduddha Bharata Magazine from 1926 to 1930 and was the Minister-in-charge of the Vedanta Society of Northern California, San Francisco from 1932 until his passing away in 1969.