This book is based on the address given by Swami Ranganathnanda at a luncheon meeting to a cosmopolitan gathering organized in his honour at the American Club in Tokyo in 1986. Originally published by Bharatiya Vidya Bhavan, this is a revised edition of the book.

Addresses the question of what it is that makes Vedanta appeal to thinking minds and relevant in today's world.

Transcript of a talk given by Swami Ranganathananda at the Ramakrishna Mission, New Delhi in 1998.

Sub-title: An exposition in the light of modern thought and modern needs. This illuminating and inspiring work was originally presented as a series of weekly lectures in the 1980s at the Ramakrishna Math, Hyderabad. Particular emphasis is given in these talks to the sections of the Upanisad especially relevant to the globally concerned, modern mind.

A verse by verse study of three principal Upanishads, Isa, Kena, and Katha, in the light of modern thought and needs.

Though constituting a small portion of the total Upanishadic literature, they contain a lucid exposition of all the essential ideas of this immortal literature.

The spiritual insights of the Upanishads are an exception to the tyranny of time. Subsequent scientific advances have not only not affected their truth-value but have, on the contrary, only helped to reveal the rational basis of their insights and enhanced their spiritual appeal. This is no wonder, because these insights are the products of an equally scientific investigation into a different field of experience, namely, the world of man’s inner life.

An exposition of Vivekachudamani in the light of modern thought and modern needs.

Four lectures in which the swami addresses the grave problems arising from the erosion of moral values in the world today and gives sound and practical solutions found in the Vedanta philosophy.

Two lectures by Swami Ranganathananda: Science and Religion, and Faith and Reason.