A-U-M · Awakening to Reality by Waite, Dennis -- Read -- Imperial Library of Trantor

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Title Page Copyright Contents Introduction

Search for Happiness Title of this Book Brief Note on the Presentation A (Very) Little Sanskrit Background OM = Everything = God Structure and Content of the Text Gold Ring Metaphor Reality and Unreality Means of Acquiring Knowledge, with an Emphasis on Inference Relevance of Scriptures Vedantic Inference Cover Image

What the Mandukya Upanishad is About

States of Consciousness The Waking State – vishva and virAT The Dream State – taijasa and hiraNyagarbha The Deep-Sleep State – prAj~na and antaryAmin (Ishvara) Summary of the Three States The ‘Fourth’ – turIya Investigation into OM Silence – amAtra Comparison of the States – Ignorance and Error

The World Appearance

Unreality of Dream Unreality of Waking World First Objection to World Being Unreal Second Objection to World Being Unreal Third Objection to World Being Unreal Fourth Objection to World Being Unreal Accepting the World as mithyA Falsity of Waking and Dream Objects Criticism of Dualists jIva is Never Born Pot Space Metaphor Scriptural Negation of JIva

Causality

Refutation of Other Philosophies satkAryavAda vs asatkAryavAda Refutation of sAMkhya Theory Refutation of Dvaita Theory of Karma Refutation of Buddhism Nothing Can Come into Existence (K4.53-56) An Aside Discussion of the Sanskrit in these Four Verses Summary

Creation

Theories of Creation Creation According to Scripture Creation According to Reason The Concept of mAyA

Nature of Reality

Popular Belief Origin of Belief Advaita Advaita is Different Why Does Advaita Teach Duality? The Delusion Mistaking the Self Rope and Snake Metaphor Magic Elephant Duality How Does Duality Come About? The Delusion of Duality Reality Firebrand Metaphor – Only Consciousness is Real Truth of the Self/Reality Reality for Awakened JIva

Self-Knowledge

The Mind and its ‘Death’ Enlightenment Knowing Brahman Problems and Misconceptions

Practical Aspects

OM – The 4 Aspects of Consciousness Karma and Bhakti Yoga Knowledge and the Fruit of Knowledge Meditation on OM Summary of What Should Be Done and Benefits chin mudrA Removal of Obstacles

Conclusion Appendix 1 – Translation of and Commentary on the Upanishad

shAnti pATha and Introduction by Shankara Mantra 1 Mantra 2 Mantra 3 Mantra 4 Mantra 5 Mantra 6 Mantra 7 Mantra 8 Mantra 9 (and kArikA K1.19) Mantra 10 (and kArikA K1.20) Mantra 11 (and kArikA K1.21) Mantra 12

Appendix 2 – Other States of Consciousness

The State of Swoon, Faint or Coma Lucid Dreaming

Appendix 3 – chidAbhAsa

The ‘Real I’ Versus the ‘Presumed I’ – An Examination of chidAbhAsa

Appendix 4 – manonAsha

manonAsha – Not the Literal Death of the Mind

Appendix 5 – ITRANS

General The Five Basic Vowels The Compound Vowels The First Group of Consonants (guttural) The Second Group of Consonants (palatal) The Third Group of Consonants (cerebral) The Fourth Group of Consonants (dental) The Fifth Group of Consonants (labial) Table of Basic Consonants The Semi-Vowels The Sibilants h The Complete Alphabet Further Study

Appendix 6 – Similarity of Waking and Dream – An Apparent Contradiction Appendix 7 – Eka-Jlva-Vada – ‘One Jlva’ Theory Glossary – Sanskrit Terminology Annotated Bibliography Index

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