This is a lecture delivered by Swami Vivekananda at the Harvard University. It is perfectly suited for all those who are keen to have a bird's eye view of the Vedanta philosophy. Herein Swamiji puts forward the intricacies of Vedanta metaphysics in a lucid style helping the readers comprehend the matter with an ease that would make the best teachers of Vedanta struck with wonder. The value of the book is further enhanced by the incorporation of the interesting question & answer session that follwed the lecture.
Nature, body, mind go to death, not we. We neither go nor come. The man Vivekananda is in nature, is born and dies; but the Self we see as Vivekananda is never born and never dies. It is the eternal and unchangeable Reality.
-Swami Vivekananda