A thorough, well-referenced study of Vedanta philosophy's view of the individual, from the physical through the mental and other subtler sheaths to the inmost Divine Self. Reincarnation and the law of karma are explained in detail. Concludes with a discussion of the Vedantic perspective on life?s aims, both secular and spiritual. Many comparisons with Western thought are provided.
Face the brutes. That is a lesson for all life -- face the terrible, face it boldly. Like the monkeys, the hardships of life fall back when we cease to flee before them.
-Swami Vivekananda