The book contains three lectures by Swami Abhedananda on the ultimate goal of human life: The Steps towards Perfection, What is Perfection, and What is Nirvana.Swami Abhedananda has said in the first lecture that the seven steps are generally conceived for the progres int he path of the Divine illuminations or the God -realization.In the second lecture, What is Perfection, he said that it is by comparison we come to know that there are different grades in the physical, intellectual,moral or spiritual planes of human existence.