A collection of fourteen editorials written by Swami Ashokananda between 1926 and 1930 when he served as editor of Prabuddha Bharata. These editorials deal with the vital role, spiritual and practical, that India must play in this age if she is to attain her full potential and from which the whole world will necessarily benefit. The following list includes all chapter titles:

Some Fundamentals of Hinduism-I

Some Fundamentals of Hinduism-II

Fire-Bath of Reason

Swami Vivekanada: The Inner Man

The Origin of Swami Vivekanada's Doctrine of Service

The Dream of New Perfection

So Simple Yet So Complex: The Anatomy of Universal Religion

Will the Twain Meet?

Looking Beyond the Frontier

Through the Dark to the New Dawn

Ring Out the Old, Ring In the New

Lest We Forget

The Synthetic Vision

A Call to the Eternal

These conversations, drawn from the diary of a personal attendant of the swami and translated into English, contain memories of Akhandananda's brother disciples, valuable spiritual instructions, and glimpses of ashrama life.

The book contains a map, many photographs, as well as text explaining Buddha's journey from Birth to Nirvana. Also included are descriptions and photographs of other places of Buddhist interest.

Definitions and pronunciations of 600 terms and proper names. Terms given in transliterated Sanskrit.

Devanagari text, English translation, and Shankara's commentary.