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 greatest help to spiritual life is meditation. In meditation we divest ourselves of all material conditions and feel our divine nature. We do not depend upon any external help in meditation. The touch of the soul can paint the brightest color even in the dingiest places; it can cast a fragrance over the vilest thing; it can make the wicked divine--and all enmity, all selfishness is effaced.
-Swami Vivekananda