Treatise on Hindu religious life. A study of how to transcend idol-worship - by presenting how murti-pooja (idol-worship) can evolve into vritti-pooja (inculcation of the Principles and Values traditionally linked to the idol under consideration). In this case it is discussed how the worship of the idol of Ganesha can evolve to understanding and LIVING the linked Principles and Values of the Search for Knowledge - by keeping alive the Dance of the Spirit of Inquiry in our Minds, Hearts and Actions.