Book excerpt: This book is a collection of eleven lectures delivered by Swami Gokulananda under the title "Some Guidelines Towards the Goal Supreme". These lectures provide inspiration, direction and guidelines to earnest spiritual seekers in the path of liberation. Most of these lectures are based on the quotations from the Vivekachudamani and the Bhagavad Gita . The discourses are punctuated by quotations from the teachings of Swami Virajananda. The spiritual seekers will derive much benefit from the guidelines mentioned in this volume.