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.
Avoid excessive merriment. A mind in that state never becomes calm; it becomes fickle. Excessive merriment will always be followed by sorrow. Tears and laughter are near kin. People so often run from one extreme to the other.
-Swami Vivekananda