INDEX

A

Abraham 18, 54

Abu Said 62

Ajata doctrine 139

anubhava (Realization) 151

Arjuna 17, 54, 63

Arunachala vii, xvi, 2, 42, 91, 126

asanas 34, 63, 145, 154–5, 172, 179, 180

ashtanga yoga 142

Atman xi, xii, 50, 68–9

Aurobindo, Sri 90

B

Bannerjee, Mr. 104, 195

basic theory 1–3

Bhagavad Gita 16, 17, 22, 36, 50, 54, 63, 113, 184

Bhagavata 104

Bhakti marga 60, 62, 127, 159–68, 185

Bhargava 128, 130

bhavana 151, 152

Bible and Gita 50, 55

Brahman xvi, 4, 6, 7, 11, 30, 35–6, 37, 73, 121, 134, 135–7, 138, 191

breath control 141–5, 154, 155, 173

Brihad Aranyaka Upanishad 18

Buddha:

ignored theory 1–2

known as Bhagavan xvii

not an agnostic 1–2, 43

Buddhist and Hinduism 5, 20–1

C

celibacy 93, 159

Chadwick, Major 8

chakras 24, 126, 151–2, 153

Christ xvii, 18, 48, 54, 62, 67, 71, 89, 188

cinema as a symbol 4, 5, 87, 194–5

clairaudience 184

clairvoyance 184

Cohen, S. S. 90

cosmology 8, 9

creation, gradual or instantaneous 9

D

Dakshinamurthi 97

Stotra 182

Dattatreya 90

death, experience of xv–xvi, 10, 16–22, 27, 28, 34, 49, 103–6, 135–6, 139, 143, 162, 175–6, 195

Desai, Mrs 58

Diamond Sutra 188–9

diet 156–9

disputation discouraged 2

drishtisrishti vada 139

dvaita 40

E

Ecclesiastes 23

Eckhart 179

effort, need for 15, 19, 62–7, 72, 185, 186, 196, 197

ekagratha 145, 173

Europeans 88, 133, 157, 158

Evans-Wentz, Mr. 87, 100, 132, 158

F

fasting 158–9

‘Forty Verses’ 43–4, 125, 141, 198

Fourth State 15, 196

Free Will 39, 57, 58–60, 62

G

Gandhi 84

Ganesha 161

Ganges 50, 141

Garbhopanishad 153

Gathier, FR. S. J. 37

Gayatri 92

George V, death of 21–2

goal, the 174–98

God 35–48

pure mind 192

surrender to 45–7, 61–2, 67, 84–5, 96, 101, 127, 159–65, 168, 169

visions of 51, 166–8, 181

grace, necessary 66–70, 93–8, 101, 105, 172

Gudakesa, a name for Arjuna 36–7

Guru, the 89–106

H

heart at the right side:

concentration on 23–4, 124–7, 147–55

and head 22–6, 147–55

not a chakra 24

Hatha yoga 135, 145–6

I

‘I am He’ meditation 11, 134

Ikshvaku 17, 54

illusion, doctrine of 3–9

invisibility 183–4

Ishvara xvi, 41–2

J

Janaka 27

Japa 168–71

Jivanadi 153, 154

Jivanmukta 102, 103–4, 192, 195

Jivanmukti, same as Videhamukti 104, 165, 195

Jnana xviii, 60, 61, 83, 98, 132, 134, 138, 160–1, 163, 168, 169, 183, 185, 192

Jnaeswar Maharaj 138, 147

K

Kailas 41

Kaivalya Naveneetha 8, 69

Karma marga 107, 171–2, 173

Krishna 17, 54, 63, 88

Krishnamurthi, J. 62

Kundalini 153, 154, 155

L

Laotse 190

life in the world 71–88

light gazing 146

Lila 8

M

Madura xv

Margas 185

Mary and Martha 188

Masalavala, Dr. 104–5, 138–40

Maya 4, 5, 8, 36, 63, 68, 97, 197, 198

methods graded 172–3

mystic xii, 37, 179, 180, 184

N

Nada upsana 147

Nadi 153–5

Nammalwar 16, 162

nature of man 9–15

Nicholson, Professor 62

Nirvikalpa Samadhi 185–6

O

Occult Powers 182

Occultist 180

OM 169

P

Paramatman, meaning of 42

Past Lives, knowledge of 58, 138, 181–2

Periapuranam xvi

philosophy deprecated 35

Piggot, Mrs 157, 158

Plotinus 179

political activity 83

Prasad, Mr 142

prayers granted 48

predestination 57–62

Purusha Sukta 37, 153

Q

Quran 62

R

realization:

the same in all religions 89

no degrees of 165, 178, 195–6

not at first permanent 114–15, 178–9

reincarnation 16–22, 55

religions 49–56 see also under individual religion name

Ribhu Gita xvi

Roy, Dilip Kumar 90–1

S

Sahaja Samadhi 186–8, 195

Sahasrara 125, 126–7, 153–5

Saint/Sainthood 87, 176–8, 180, 184

samskaras 138

sannyas 72–4, 76–7, 185

Sat sang 140–1

Sattvic food 156–8

Savikalpa samadhi 185

scriptures:

purpose of 8–9, 55–6, 197–8

ultimately useless 2–3, 98

self-enquiry 107–37

Shakti 5, 8, 37, 126–7, 154

Shankara:

taught like Bhagavan 4

his doctrine of Maya 4, 57

Siddhis 182, 183, 198

silence 58, 76–7, 85, 86, 97, 98, 100, 101, 103, 105, 155–6

sin 32–4

Sita Upanishad 23

Siva, vision of 166–7

social reform 80

solitude 76–7, 87, 88

sound, concentration on 146–7

srishti-drishti vada 139

Subbaramaiah, G. V. 125

suffering 26–32

supermen, powers of 180–1

sushumna 154–5

Svarga 177

Syed, Dr. 162–3

T

Tantra Sastra 127

Tao Te King 190

tattvas 111

Tevaram xvi

Thambi, Thorai 109

Thayumanavar 63

theory to practice, from 57–70

Theosophical Society 95

Theresa, St. 51

Thompson, Mr. 36

Tiruvachakam 33–4

Tiruvannamalai viii, x, xvi, 194, 196–7

Trinity 50

Turiya 196

U

Uma Devi, Miss 166–7

upadesa 93, 101, 103

Upanishads xi, 4, 18, 23, 67–8, 90–1, 113, 121, 153–5

V

Vaikuntha 41, 177

vairagya 125, 157, 172

vasanas 34, 63, 154–5, 172, 179, 180

Vasishta 113, 183

Videhamukti, same as Jivanmukti 104, 165, 195

Vishnu 41, 162

Visishtadvaita 40

Viveka Chudamani 131

void 129–31

Y

yoga 1, 50, 73, 88, 100, 127, 132, 135, 142, 143, 145–6, 153, 173, 187–8

Yogananda, Swami 34

yogic centres (see also Chakras) 126–7, 155, 177