The book is divided into four parts. Part I deals with "Western admirers of Sri Ramakrishna", Part II with "Western admirers of Sri Sarada Devi", Part III with Western admirers of Swami Vivekananda", and Part IV with "Western admirers of the other disciples of Sri Ramakrishna"
Jnana teaches that the world should be given up, but not on that account to be abandoned. To be in the world but not of it -- is the true test of the sannyasin.
-Swami Vivekananda