In these thirty-one essays, talks, and informal conversations, Srila Prabhupada reveals the central point of essential self-knowledge–a knowledge that makes all other knowledge and activities pale in comparison.

Srila Prabhupada reveals how the Vedic literature and the techniques of mantra meditation can help us resolve all personal and social conflicts, come to a state of permanent peace and happiness, and satisfy the soul’s timeless thirst for perfection. He also declares, “We don’t say that this scientific knowledge is useless. Mechanics, electronics–this is also knowledge – but the central point is atma-jnana–self-knowledge, knowledge of the soul.”