This absorbing collection of essays arises from the teachings of MahaGuruJi, a Brahmin priest born in India, who came to the U.S. and in 1960 founded the Vedic Society of America in California. His lectures, known as "Soul Seminar Classes," focused not only on classical Hindu epics, Vedic literature, and the Upanishads, but also on the words and writings of philosophers, mystics, and theologians spanning different religions, time periods, and geographical and cultural boundaries. The essays assembled in this volume take MahaGuruJi's lectures as their impetus, drawing on some two decades of...