ADVAITA VEDANTA

CONTENTS PREFACE PART I PROLOGUE PART II JNANA KANDA AN OUTLINE PART III JNANA KANDA AN ELABORATION with quotations from the Upanishads APPENDIX 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 GLOSSARY A-H I-P Q-Z PART I THE HINDU SCRIPTURE PART II OUTLINE OF ADVAITA VEDANTA PHILOSOPHY Section 1 Nature of Self Section 2 Brahman, the Ultimate Reality Section 3 Identity of the Individual Self and Brahman Section 4 Transmigration and Karma Section 5 Free Will Section 6 Status of the World Orders of Reality Section 7 Creation Section 8 The Concept of Maya Section 9 Liberation What it means Section 10 Significance of Liberation Section 11 Knowledge, the Sole Means of Liberation Section 12 Jivanmukti Liberation is this life itself Section 13 Liberation not an event in time It is self recognition Section 14 Merging in Brahman Videha mukti PART III PHILOSOPHY OF ADVAITA VEDANTA as expounded in the Upanishads Section 1 Preparatory Spiritual Practices Section 2 Enquiry into ones real nature Inward Enquiry Section 3 Analysis of waking, dream and sleep Section 4 Analysis of stages of life Section 5 Maya and its Effects Section 6 Good and bad actions Merit and Demerit Rewards and Punishments Section 7 Description of Brahman, the absolute reality Section 8 Orders of Reality Section 9 Unreality of the World Section 10 Creation of the World Section 11 Status of Maya Section 12 Brahman as Existence, the sub stratum of the universe of names and forms Section 13 Iswara, the Actual Creator Section 14 Brahman as Consciousness All pervading and immanent in beings Section 15 Reflected consciousness (cidabhasa) Section 16 How to distinguish the original consciousness from the reflected Consciousness An illustration Section 17 Significance of Cidabhasa Section 18 Enquiry into Atma Methodology A) The known is not yourself B) Inward enquiry C) The constant consciousness of the waking, dream and deep sleep states Section 19 Brahman as Bliss Section 20 Benefit of identification with Brahman Section 21 Benefit of knowing that I am all Section 22 Purpose of teaching about gods with attributes Section 23 Process of obtaining knowledge of identity with Brahman

Benediction APPENDIX EXPLANATORY NOTES No 1 Can Brahman be Known? No 2 Sankya and Nyaya view of Creation No 3 Wrong definitions of Reality No 4 The view that the world is Real No 5 Views of Buddhist schools about Reality No 6 Concept of Real Creation No 7 Significance of videha mukti No 8 Moksha not event in time No 9 Mithya not mere imagination No 10 A criterion of Miithya No 11 Original and reflected consciousness An illustration No 12 How Maya operates No 13 Karma not means of Moksha Reasoning No 14 Logic of Adhyasa ( Delusion) No 15 Ignorance and knowledge of identity with Brahman both operations of the intellect No 16 Appreciation of the all pervading consciousness No 17 Brahman beyond time and space No 18 Logic of postulating cidabhasa No 19 Process of cognition No 20 Samsara not for Atma No 21 Negation of Anatma No 22 Role of Mahavakyam No 23 Form is not Substance No 24 Self effulgence Meaning No 25 Appreciation of pure existence An illustration No 26 Eternal awareness An illustration No 27 Punya papa not ones Nature No 28 Consciousness has no Origin No 29 Brahman Attributeless No 30 Relationship of Brahman and World No 31 Existence has no Origin No 32 Iswara, karma and free will No 33 Iswaraa Srishti and Jiva Srishti No 34 Grace and Free Will No 35 Miracles and Karma No 36 Moksha means knowing ones Infinite Nature No 37 Mind is Matter No 38 Duality No 39 Effect of Good Actions on Karma No 40 Denial of Consciousness self contradictory No 41 Mixing up of Orders of Reality No 42 Unreality of the World No 43 Corollaries of Brahman being infinite No 44 Sarvatmakatvam of Brahman No 45 Atma beyond nama roopas No 46 Atma motionless No 47 Atma locationless No 48 Questions regarding origin etc. of world No 49 Vasana and free will No 50 Guru is Brahman No 51 Relative Immortality No 52 The unnegatable remainder No 53 Samsara due to sense of duality

No 54 Consciousness is changeless No 55 Atma neither the known nor the knowable No 56 Flowing No 66 Intrinsic and Incidental Nature No 67 Avasta traya viveka in Mandukya Karika PROLOGUE PART I PART II PART III PART IIIA PART IIIB BENEDICTION APPENDIX 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 GLOSSARY A-H I-P Q-Z