Invocation to the Guru 1 Name and Genesis of this Treatise 4 This Treatise But Restores 8 Author's Humble Apology 10 Dedication 12 The Author 13
PART I - THE QUEST
Chapter Verse Invocation 14 1. Actuality of the World 19 2. Unreality of the World 63 3. Allurement of the World 71 4. Aridity of the World 75 5. Playing One's Role in the World 81 6. Illusory Appearances (Vivarta) 83 7. Doctrine of No Birth (Ajata) 100 8. Why Diverse Theories of Creation 102 9. Part Played by God 103 10. The Three Prime Entities 110 11. Veiling (Tiroda) 116 12. Individuality (Vyakti) 118 13. Wrong Identification 125 14. The Pandit 132 15. The Poet 138 16. Futility of Mere Learning 141 17. Truth of Vedanta 148 18. The Course of Prarabdha 150 19. The Power of Prarabdha 153 20. False Jiva and Self ... 154 21. Strength of Vasanas 155 22. The Ego-Knot 156 23. The Ego's Strength 161 24. The Ego's Dance 166 25. Treachery to the Self 177 26. Heaven and Hell 178 27. Terror of Hell (Naraka) 180 28. Victory over Naraka 181 29. Turning Inward 184 30. The Kingdom of God 194 31. Sivahood 197 32. Non-Difference of Hari and Hara 200 33. Sakti and Siva 201 34. Siva-Worship 204 35. Meaning of Prostration 207 36. Image-Worship 208 37. Sacred Ashes (Vibhuti) 209 38. Riding the Bull 214 39. Sakti and Santi 215 40. Macro and Micro 218 41. Desire for Thaumaturgic Powers (Siddhis) 219 42. True Immortality 225 43. Elixir for Immortality 230 44. Body-Preservation 232 45. Of Non-Attachment 236 46. Awareness IS Detachment 243 47. Mind's Puissance 244 48. Inner Purity 245 49. Of Death 247 50. Locus of Life 249 51. The Heart 253 52. The True Guru 266 53. Guru's Grace . 275 54. Certitude 288 55. The Left-Over (Uchishtam) 301 56. Reverence to the Guru 304 57. Guru's Greatness 321 58. Of Satsang 328 59. The Greatness of Devotees 333 60. Of Brahma-Vidya (Knowledge of Brahman) 336 61. The Living Truth in Religions 338 62. Infinite Vision 343 63. Ego-Loss 351 64. The True I 359 65. Self Awakening 362 66. Freedom from Sorrow 367 67. Desirelessness 371 68. Freedom from Bondage 380 69. Self-Enquiry 384 70. True Penance (Tapas) 408 71. Awareness 417 72. Nirvana 441 73. Self-Realization 443 74. Firm Awareness 447 75. Enjoyment of Bliss 451 76. Sleep 455 77. True Being 463 78. Ending of Doership 466 79. Non-Action 476 80. Self-Surrender 477 81. How to Treat Enemies 488 82. Moderation in Life 491 83. The Sin of Excess 493 84. Meekness 494 85. What is Worth Doing 500
PART II - CONTINUED PRACTICE
Chapter Verse 86. Teaching and Learning 502 87. Mahavakyas 505 88. The Upanishads 509 89. Worship 510 90. Silent Worship 520 91. Vanity of Argument 522 92. Maya of Measurement 527 93. Indirect Knowledge 529 94. Jiva One Only 534 95. Knowledge and Ignorance 536 96. Illusion 548 97. Waking Dream 553 98. Different States 566 99. Deeds Good and Bad 570 100. Dyads and Triads 575 101. Sense Pleasures 582 102. Illusion of the Mind 594 103. Ignorance 598 104. Immaturity 605 105. Forgetfulness 606 106. Samsara 613 107. Afflictions 617 108. Wonderful Maya 621 109. The Harm of Praise 623 110. Evil of Egotism 625 111. Origin of Sorrow 627 112. The Jiva (Separate Self) 629 113. The Jiva's Unreality 634 114. The World's "Reality" 635 115. Denotative Knowledge 640 116. Ending Indicative Knowledge 645 117. Love 650 118. Embodiment as Form 656 119. Five-Fold Function 666 120. Freedom from Doership 668 121. Jiva's Creation and God's 669 122. The Process of Neti (Not this) 671 123. Freedom from Vasanas 675 124. True Fasting 678 125. Diet Regulation 679 126. True Purity 680 127. Freedom from Desire 683 128. Sense-Control 685 129. Conquest of the Senses 688 130. Asanas 690 131. Becoming Pure 691 132. Breath-Control 700 133. Secret of Karma 703 134. Japa 706 135. The True Temple 711 136. The Holy Name 712 137. Bhakti 718 138. Bhakti-Jnana Identity 722 139. Bhakti-Vichara 724 140. One-Pointed Devotion 734 141. Dhyana-Vichara 738 142. Meditation on Form 742 143. Meditation on Space 743 144. Meditation on Time 746 145. Steady, Continuous Meditation (Nididhydsana) 749 146. Other Sadhanas 755 147. Aids to Enquiry 758 148. Completion of Sadhana 765 149. Meditation and Discrimination (Viveka) 769 150. Pure Being (Summa Irutthal) 773 151. The Separate "I" 775 152. The Basic Quest 782 153. Seeker's Conduct 786 154. Peace 796 155. Disciple's Conduct 798 156. Real Compassion for Creatures 802 157. Rites for Ancestors 805 158. Service to "Others" 806 159. Sympathy 810 160. Equality 816 161. Testimony of Conscience 819 162. Truthfulness 820 163. Detachment 822 164. The Greatness of Renunciation 828 165. True Renunciation 840 166. The Whole Mind 841 167. Destruction of the Ego 844 168. True Being 865 169. Who is the Witness ? 869
PART III - EXPERIENCE OF REALITY
Chapter Verse 170. Direct Knowledge 878 171. Eternal Awareness 881 172. Nirvikalpa Samadhi 893 173. Ghangelessness 903 174. Solitude 908 175. Non-Attachment 909 176. Destruction of Mind 913 177. The Defunct Mind 924 178. Omniscience 926 179. Transcendence of Turiya (Turiyatita) 937 180. Wholeness and Movement 941 181. Severing the Knot 942 182. Fulfilment 945 183. Non-Existence of Suffering 952 184. The Pervasiveness of Deep Sleep 957 185. Waking Sleep 959 186. Non-Dual Awareness 961 187. Grace 965 188. Sat-Chit-Ananda 971 189. Being 980 190. All Is Brahman 985 191. Harmony 989 192. Childlikeness 994 193. Union with the Atman 996 194. The Grandeur of Awareness 1000 195. Cosmic Consciousness 1005 196. The Sky of Awareness 1007 197. The Inner Space 1016 198. Making That Known 1020 199. The Atman 1022 200. The Puissance of the Self 1030 201. Nature of the Self 1302 202. The Grandeur of the Self (Atman) 1058 203. The Self Supreme ( Paramatman) 1069 204. Freedom from Fear 1078 205. Advaita (Non-Duality) 1080 206. Atheism 1082 207. True Faith 1083 208. Eternal Freedom 1085 209. Authentic Living 1089 210. The Formless 1098 211. Sahaja Nishta (Those in the Natural State) 1105 212. The Sthitaprajna (Steadfast Awareness) 1111 113. After the Knot is Cut Asunder 1113 214. The Power of the Great Ones 1125 215. Service to the Great Ones 1130 216. Ending of Vasanas 1131 217. JIvanmuktas (Liberated while Alive) 1135 218. Jnanis 1152 219. The Jnani's Actions 1160 220. Self-Abidance 1167 221. Might of Mouna 1172 222. Pure Mouna 1183 223. Supreme Bhakti 1205 224. The Miracle of Jnana 1212 225. Brahman 1215 226. Mukti 1221 227. The Truth Supreme 1227 228. True Being 1230 229. Transcendence of Thought 1237 230. Describing the Experience 1240 231. Equanimity 1249 Invocation 1254
Section Page Appendix To Verse 882 241 Glossary 243 Index 249
Sri Bhagavan's verses (BH) with their corresponding reference to The Collected Works.
(The number of the verse given with each verse is that of the preceding verse).
BH 1 (125) The Supplement to The Forty Verses, v.l2 BH 2 (169) The Supplement to The Forty Verses, v.l5 BH 3 (171) The Supplement to The Forty Verses, v.l7 BH 4 (182) Dipavali (Occasional v.7) BH 5 (183) Dipavali (Occasional v. 8) BH 6 (216) Stray Verse 5 BH 7 (222) The Supplement to The Forty Verses, v. 16 BH 8 (262) Five Verses to the Self, v.3 BH 9 (565) Five Verses to the Self, v.l BH10 (682) Stray Verse 3 BH11 (702) The Supplement to The Forty Verses, v.l4 BH12 (706) Stray Verse 2 BH13 (731) Stray Verse 4 BH14 (801) The Supplement to The Forty Verses, v.39 BH15 (802) Stray Verse 7 BH16 (815) Apology to Hornets BH17 (848) The Supplement to The Forty Verses, v.l3 BH18 (939) The Supplement to The Forty Verses BH19 (958) Sleep While Awake v.32 BH20 (1031) The Supplement to The Forty Verses, v.28 BH20 (1105) The Supplement to The Forty Verses, v.31 BH20 (1134) The Supplement to The Forty Verses, v.30 BH20 (1145) The Supplement to The Forty Verses, v.33 BH20 (1148) Occasional Verse 9 (from the Rama Gita) BH20 (1151) The Forty Verses, v.31 BH20 (1166) Stray Verse 6 (from the Bhagavad Gita) BH20 (1181) Stray Verse 8 (from the Panchadasi) BH20 (1227) Stray Verse 9 (from Gaudapada Karika on the Mandukya Upanishad)