Chapter Two of Bhagavad Gita contains the essence of the entire philosophy of Hinduism. Here Lord Krishna expounds to the bewildered Arjuna the concepts of the Real and unreal, death and rebirth, pleasure and pain, the nature of Atman, the characteristics of the man of wisdom and the need to control the senses. These talks, based on the Chapter Two of Bhagavad Gita, were given at Santa Barbara, California in 2005.

A collection of essays on various techniques of meditation according to different paths and faiths.

A first hand account of two of India's great sacred shrines with details of their legends, and religious and historical significance, particularly in relation to Sri Sarada Devi,Swami Vivekananda and other disciples of Sri Ramakrishna.

The travelogue provides a brief history of well-known centers of pilgrimage with description of their spiritual, cultural and architectural features.

'Nothing is more potent to mould human life than thought' Opening words.

The central idea which has inspired these short essays on a wide variety of topics, is the author's firm faith in the essential divinity of man.

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.

This book is derived from edited transcripts of Swami Prabhavananda's lectures on Vedanta contained in the Archives of the Vedanta Society of Southern California spanning the years 1935-1976.

A program of self-reliance, faith and moral rigor to combat our modern ills.