A comprehensive collection of essays on different techniques of meditation, including those found in various scriptures, such as the Bhagavata, the Yoga Vashishtha, the Yoga Aphorisms of Patanjali, and the writings of Vivekananda, as well as in the Islamic and Christian traditions. General advice on meditation and a scientific appraisal are also included.
I do not want to get material life, do not want the sense-life, but something higher. That is renunciation. Then, by the power of meditation, undo the mischief that has been done.
-Swami Vivekananda