Comprehensive history of India's philosophy and religions. Illuminating discussion on the Vedas, Upanishads, Bhagavad Gita, Buddhism, Jainism, and India's six systems of philosophy. Includes liberal quotations from scriptures and supplementary writings. Also presents lives and ideas of a few great Indian philosophers.
Let us make our hearts as big as an ocean, to go beyond all the trifles of the world and see it only as a picture. We can then enjoy the world without being in any way affected by it.
-Swami Vivekananda