This is the book we recommend if you want a good introduction to Hinduism. This selection gives excerpts from the scriptures that best explain the philosophy
Included are discussions on The Bhagavad Gita: The Song of God, How To Know God: The Yoga Aphorisms of Patanjali, The Upanishads: Breath of the Eternal. There are also chapters on the Vedas, Tantras, and other scriptures and famous teachers of India
"One of the most useful summaries in print of the tradition Toynbee saw as destined to figure prominently in the long range human future." -- Huston Smith,
author of "The World's Religions"
