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The Chhandogya Upanishad

by Swami Krishnananda
The Divine Life Society - Sivananda Ashram, Rishikesh, India

 
The Chhandogya Upanishad

 

 
Table of Contents
Publishers' Preface
CHAPTER 1: VAISHVANARA VIDYA
  The Panchagni Vidya
  The Course of the Soul After Death
  Vaishvanara, the Universal Self
  Heaven as the Head of the Universal Self
  The Sun as the Eye of the Universal Self
  Air as the Breath of the Universal Self
  Space as the Body of the Universal Self
  Water as the Lower Belly of the Universal Self
  The Earth as the Feet of the Universal Self
  The Self as the Universal Whole
  The Five Pranas: Prana, Vyana, Apana, Samana, Udana
  The Need for Knowledge is Stressed
  Conclusion
CHAPTER 2: UDDALAKA'S TEACHING CONCERNING THE ONENESS OF THE SELF
Sections
1. Preliminary
2. The Primacy of Being
3. Threefold Development
4. Threefold Development (Cont.)
5. Illustrations of the Threefold Nature
6. Further Illustrations
7. Importance of Physical Needs
8. Concerning Sleep, Hunger, Thirst and Dying
9. The Indwelling Spirit
10. The Indwelling Spirit (Contd.): Illustrations of Rivers and the Ocean
11. The Indwelling Spirit (Cont.): Illustration of a Tree
12. The Indwelling Spirit (Cont.): Illustration of the Banyan Tree and Its Seed
13. The Indwelling Spirit (Cont.): Illustration of Salt and Water
14. The Indwelling Spirit (Cont.): The Need for a Guru
15. The Indwelling Spirit (Cont.): The Order of Merging
16. The Indwelling Spirit (Cont.): Illustration of the Ordeal
CHAPTER 3: SANATKUMARA'S INSTRUCTIONS ON BHUMA-VIDYA
Sections
1. Name
2. Speech
3. Mind
4. Will
5. Memory
6. Contemplation
7. Understanding
8. Strength
9. Food
10. Water
11. Heat
12. Ether
13. Memory
14. Hope
15. Life
16. Truth
17. Truth and Understanding
18. Thought and Understanding
19. Faith
20. Steadfastness
21. Activity
22. Happiness
23. The Infinite
24. The Infinite and the Finite
25. The Ego and the Self
26. The Primacy of the Self
CHAPTER 4: AN ANALYSIS OF THE NATURE OF THE SELF
Sections
1. The Universal Self within the Heart and in the World
2. Different Higher Worlds
3. The Space within the Heart
4. Life Beyond
5. Importance of Brahmacharya
6. Course After Death
7. Prajapati's Instruction to Indra Concerning the Real Self
8. The Bodily Self
9. Indra Feels the Inadequacy of the Physical Theory
10. The Dream Self
11. The Self in Deep Sleep
12. The Self as Spirit
13. Exclamation of the Perfected Soul
14. The Prayer of a Seeker for Eternal Life
15. Parting Advice to the Pupil
APPENDIX 1: SANDILYA-VIDYA
APPENDIX 2: SAMVARGA-VIDYA
  Section 1
  Section 2
  Section 3
 
 
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