A discussion of the rich symbolism of Hinduism, ranging from the familiar symbols of Om and lotus to the representation of India?s great deities, incarnations and saints, and including such scriptures as the Adhyatma Ramayana. The practical implications of the forms and traditions are stressed in a volume of interest to both beginners and advanced students.
Nature, body, mind go to death, not we. We neither go nor come. The man Vivekananda is in nature, is born and dies; but the Self we see as Vivekananda is never born and never dies. It is the eternal and unchangeable Reality.
-Swami Vivekananda