In the pages of this book are recorded inspiring incidents from the day-to-day life in various centres of Ramakrishna Math and Mission giving the readers an idea of what life is like in the monasteries of the Ramakrishna Order in India. Self-effacement, dedication to a spiritual ideal, insights into spiritual matters � the book has much to motivate. A generous helping of humour and practical jokes makes the narrative lively and highly readable.
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