Stories from Vedanta presents the teachings of Vedanta in an easy-to-read form through captivating stories as well as through inspiring anecdotes from the lives of Sankarcharya, Sri Ramakrishna, Swami Vivekananda, and a few other seers of Truth. The original Bengali book, Galpe Vedanta, on which the present one is based, was authored by Swami Vishwashrayananda of the Ramakrishna Order. In the 190s the Government of India judged it to be the best of its kind among other similar books written in Indian vernaculars for enlightening general readers about the sublime teachings and most liberal truths of religion.