The book's title alludes to the "Matchless Gifts" sign above the entrance to the storefront at 26 2nd Avenue in New York City, which became the site of the first center for the International Society for Krishna Consciousness in the western world.

Kṛṣṇa Consciousness: the Matchless Gift is a collection of lectures given by A. C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada on the philosophy and practice of bhakti-yoga – the process of reestablishing our connection with the Supreme Person. In only 118 pages, The Matchless Gift contains facets of the science of bhakti-yoga, along with vivid examples, stories, and analogies not found elsewhere in Srila Prabhupada’s writings. Readers will quickly gain an appreciation for Srila Prabhupada’s agility in making the teachings of the Vedas understandable to a contemporary audience – just as the book’s title alludes to the Matchless Gifts sign that was hung above the entrance of the first temple he established in the West, a storefront property at 26 Second Avenue in New York City.

The Bhagavad-gita is the main source-book on yoga and a concise summary of India's Vedic wisdom. Yet remarkably, the setting for this classic of spiritual literature is an ancient Indian battlefield. At the last moment, the great warrior Arjuna begins to wonder about the real meaning of his life. In the Bhagavadgita, Lord Krsna brings His disciple from perplexity to spiritual enlightenment. Bhagavad-gita As It Is is the largest-selling, most widely used edition of the Gita in the world.

Srila Prabhupada declares, "We don't say that this scientific knowledge is useless. Mechanics, electronics – this is also knowledge. But the central point is atma-jnana – self-knowledge, knowledge of the soul." In these thirty-one essays, talks, and informal conversations, Srila Prabhupada reveals the central point of essential self-knowledge – a knowledge that makes all other knowledge and activities pale in comparison. Brighten your life with the light of self-knowledge and gain a world perspective usually reserved for ascetics and saints.