Here we find a book written especially for the westerner The book offers an intelligent clear look at the practice of religion.

The principles of Vedanta are scientific because they are verifiable and repeatable, democratic because they foster individual freedom, universal because they apply to all people of all time, pragmatic because they focus on human problems and development, and psychological because they relate to human experience. -- From Chapter 1

 "A priceless aid for those who strive to let their minds attain the silence..."Yoga Journal