Vedanta Philosophy Author:Swami Abhedananda Vedanta means 'the end of the Veda.' It is also the name for India's most profound system of philosophy. In this book, based on a lecture given in 1901, Swami Abhedananda concisely and vividly expounds a vision of human and cosmic existence rooted in this philosophy. While he argues vigorously for the reality of reincarnation, which forms the... more » keystone of his thinking, he also explores human nature and Divine nature; reincarnation in other religions; reincarnation and the scientific worldview; and reincarnation in relation to Darwinian evolution. In lucid, easily-comprehensible prose, Swami Abhedananda propounds a distinctively Hindu vision of what it means to be human. In doing so, he translates some of India's profoundest spiritual wisdom into terms that are readily comprehensible to a modern western reader.« less