This little book is an attempt to answer some of the typical questions posed by students as well as critics. These answers help remove misconceptions by offering explanations indicative of the origin of familiar ideas and institutions.
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