In this rewarding work, Swami Adiswarananda, a senior monk of the Ramakrishna Order of India and Spiritual Leader of the Ramakrishna-Vivekananda Center of New York, provides a substantive overview of meditation in the Hindu tradition. The author outlines the scientific, psychological, and spiritual aspects of Yoga and Vedanta and elucidates ways in which teachings from these traditions can be put into practice. There are chapters on the goals and benefits of meditation; the objects of meditation; methods of concentration; posture, physical condition, eating habits, and spiritual exercises; mystical experiences and realization; and obstacles in meditation and ways of overcoming them.

The four universal principles of Yoga and Vedanta that undergird meditation in Hinduism are divinity of the individual soul, unity of existence, oneness of the Ultimate Reality, and harmony of religions. Swami Adiswarananda goes on to discuss meditation as the highest form of worship that enables us to "listen to the soundless voice of God within us." He quotes Swami Vivekananda on the best time to practice: "the junction time of dawn and twilight, when all nature becomes calm." Sri Ramakrishna advises that meditation should be done in secret and in solitude. Spiritual advice here is in abundance along with quotations from sacred texts of Yoga and Vedanta, including the Bhagavad Gita.