Twenty-seven well-researched biographical sketches of Indian saints and mystics beginning with Nivritti, Jnanadeva, Sopana and Muktabai and ending with Mirabai.
The meditative state is the highest state of existence. So long as there is desire, no real happiness can come. It is only the contemplative, witness-like study of objects that brings to us real enjoyment and happiness.
-Swami Vivekananda