"[Preface] The hallmark of Pujya Swamiji's teaching is presenting Vedanta as a means of knowledge which knocks off the idea that one has to experience what one has heard in sravanam. This experience orientation is deep-rooted in the spiritual world. Pujya Swamiji made it clear, Vedanta sravanam gives rise to aparoksa-jnanam as it is a means of knowledge, like the eyes. Pujya Swamiji has often mentioned that he got this clarity at the feet of Pujyasri Pranavananda Swamiji after struggling for a number of years."