This edition is unique; The translation is completely original and was carried out for the Ale. Mar. SAS; All rights reserved. Compiled and translated by Tagore from his Bengali lectures, the book consists of eight essays in which he answers some of life's deepest questions: Why did God create this world? Why does a Perfect Being, instead of remaining eternally centred in himself, take the trouble to manifest the universe? Why does evil exist? Do love and beauty have a purpose?