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.
The Atman alone is eternal. Hospitals will tumble down. Railroad givers will all die. This earth will be blown to pieces, suns wiped out. The Atman endures for ever.
-Swami Vivekananda