Prabuddha Bharata or Awakened India

"If our young men wish to win the respect and admiration of tilg world let them draw their inspiration from the wonderful life of the Swamiji who was not only a seer and the greatest standarhearer of Vedantism in the East and the West but the very impersonation of all that is great and noble in life."—A. [...] But the true meaning of religion and spirituality is very clear in the minds of the followers of the Master. [...] II Just as matter and its nature formed the beginning of the study of physical science in the West so in India the Jiva the individual and his nature formed the study of philsophy. [...] If during all the changes of the body during life the Atman remains the same it stands to reason that the death of the body which is but another change cannot affect the true nature of the Atman. [...] 9). That is the appearance of the abiding of the Paramatman in the three states of waking dream and deep sleep is only due to Maya like the rope appearing as the snake.