The Philosophy of Bhakti and Significance of Hindu Image-worship
S. S. Raghavachar
This book contains the text of three highly appreciated lectures given by Prof S. S. Raghavachar at the Ramakrishna Mission Institute of Culture in March 1978.
The important thing is how much less you think of the body, of yourself as matter -- as dead, dull, insentient matter; how much more you think of yourself as shining immortal being. The more you think of yourself as spirit, the more eager you will be to be absolutely free from matter, body and senses. This is the intense desire to be free.
-Swami Vivekananda