Talks on Sadhana Panchakam, a set of five verses by Shankaracharya that discuss forty steps of spiritual life that would lead to the knowledge of Self, Atman, or Brahman. These verses are being explained by Swami Narasimhananda, the editor of Prabuddha Bharata, at Advaita Ashrama, Mayavati, District Champawat, Uttarakhand, India, a branch centre of the Ramakrishna Math and Ramakrishna Mission.