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CONTENTS<br />

PUBLISHERS’ PREFACE 5<br />

CHAPTER I: VAISHVANARA-VIDYA 7<br />

<strong>The</strong> Panchagni-Vidya 7<br />

<strong>The</strong> Course of the Soul After Death 8<br />

Vaishvanara, <strong>The</strong> Universal Self 28<br />

Heaven as the Head of the Universal Self 31<br />

<strong>The</strong> Sun as the Eye of the Universal Self 32<br />

Air as the Breath of the Universal Self 33<br />

Space as the Body of the Universal Self 33<br />

Water as the Lower Belly of the Universal Self 33<br />

<strong>The</strong> Earth as the Feet of the Universal Self 34<br />

<strong>The</strong> Self as the Universal Whole 34<br />

<strong>The</strong> Five Pranas 37<br />

<strong>The</strong> Need for Knowledge is Stressed 39<br />

Conclusion 40<br />

CHAPTER II 43<br />

Section 1: Preliminary 43<br />

Section 2: <strong>The</strong> Primacy of Being 46<br />

Section 3: Threefold Development 51<br />

Section 4: Threefold Development (Contd.) 53<br />

Section 5: Illustrations of the Threefold Nature 56<br />

Section 6: Further Illustrations 57<br />

Section 7: Importance of Physical Needs 58<br />

Section 8: Concerning Sleep, Hunger, Thirst and Dying 60<br />

Section 9: <strong>The</strong> Indwelling Spirit 65<br />

Section 10: <strong>The</strong> Indwelling Spirit (Contd.) 67<br />

Section 11: <strong>The</strong> Indwelling Spirit (Contd.) 68<br />

Section 12: <strong>The</strong> Indwelling Spirit (Contd.) 69<br />

Section 13: <strong>The</strong> Indwelling Spirit (Contd.) 71<br />

Section 14: <strong>The</strong> Indwelling Spirit (Contd.) 73<br />

Section 15: <strong>The</strong> Indwelling Spirit (Contd.) 76<br />

Section 16: <strong>The</strong> Indwelling Spirit (Contd.) 78<br />

CHAPTER III: SANATKUMARA’S INSTRUCTIONS ON BHUMA-VIDYA 81<br />

<strong>The</strong> <strong>Chhandogya</strong> <strong>Upanishad</strong> <strong>by</strong> <strong>Swami</strong> Krishnananda<br />

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