By Swami Prabhavananda,Huston Smith
Included are discussions at the Bhagavad Gita: The tune of God, tips on how to recognize God: The Yoga Aphorisms of Patanjali, The Upanishads: Breath of the everlasting. There also are chapters at the Vedas, Tantras, and different scriptures and well-known lecturers of India
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