INDEX

A
Abraham, 4 , 9
Abu Said, 10
Ajata doctrine, 14
Analogy of thief and policeman, 13
Anubhava, 21
Arjuna, 4
Arunachala, v, 8 , 12
   as Guru, 12
Asanas, 13 , 16
Ashtanga Yoga, 15
Atma, 10
Aurobindo, Sri, 12
B
Bannerjee, 12 , 30
Bhagavad Gita, 3 , 4 , 4 , 7 , 8 , 8 , 9 , 10 , 13 , 30
Bhagavata, 12 , 30
Bhakti marga, 10 , 13 , 24 , 26 , 26 , 30
Bhargava, Mr., 13 , 13
Bhavana, 21 , 21
Bible and Gita, 8
Brahman, 7
Breath control, 15
Brihad Aranyaka Upanishad, 4
Buddha, 10 , 30
   known as Bhagavan, vi
   ignored theory, 1
   not an agnostic, 8
Buddhism and Hinduism, 2
   doctrine of anatta, 4 , 30
Buddhist Bible, A, 30
C
Celibacy, 11 , 24
Chadwick, Major, 2
Chakras, 5 , 13 , 21 , 30
Christ, 4 , 9 , 10 , 10 , 10
Cinema, used as a symbol, 1 , 2 , 11 , 30
Clairvoyance, 30
Clairaudience, 30
Cohen, S.S, 12
Convergence of Jnana and Bhakti, 13 , 26 , 26
Cosmology, 2 , 2
Creation, gradual or instantaneous, 2 , 14
D
Dakshinamurthi, 30
Dattatreya, 12
Death, experience of, i-ii
Desai, Mrs., 10
Diamond Sutra, 30
Diet, 22
Disputation, discouraged, 1
Dream, 10 , 10 , 11 , 13 , 14 , 30 , 30 , 30
Drishti Srishti Vada, 14
Dvaita, 8
E
Ecclesiastes, 4
Eckhart, Meister, 30
Effort, need for, 3 , 10
Ekagrata, 16 , 26 , 28 , 30
Erudition, not encouraged, 1
Europeans, 13
Evans-Wentz, 11 , 12 , 13 , 24
F
Fasting, 24
`Forty Verses', 8
Fourth State, 3 , 30
Free will, 9 ff
G
Gandhi, Mahatma, 11
Ganesha, 26
Ganges, bathing in, 8 , 14
Garbhopanishad, 21
Gathier, Fr. S.J., 8
Gayatri, 12
George V, death of, 4
God, 7
   visions of, 9
   surrender to, 24
   pure mind, 30
Goddard, Dwight, 30
Grace necessary, 10 , 10
Gudakesa, a name for Arjuna, 8
Gunas, 7
H
Heart at the right side, 4
   not a chakra, 5 , 13
   heart and head, 4 , 19
   source of Consciousness, 13 , 13 , 20 , 21
   source of `I'-thought, 13 , 13 , 30
   concentration on, 13
Hatha yoga, 16
I
`I am He' meditation deprecated, 3 , 13 , 13
Ikshvaku, 4 , 9
Illusion, doctrine of, 1
Individuality, Loss of, 26
Initiation, 12 , 12 , 12 , 13
Invisibility, 30
Ishvara, 8
J
Janaka, 6
Japa, 26
Jivanmukta, 30
Jivanmukti, same as Videhamukti, 12 , 12 , 30 , 30 , 30
Jivanadi, 21 , 22
Jnana, vii, 12 , 13 , 13 , 26 , 26 , 27 , 30 , 30 , 30
Jnaneswar Maharaj, 13
K
Kalias, 8
Kaivalya Navaneetha, 2 , 10
Karma marga, 27 , 29 , 30
Kevala samadhi, 30
Krishna, 4 , 4 , 9 , 10 , 11
Krishnamurthi, J., 10
Kundalini, 21
L
Laotse, 30
Liberation and Bondage, 2 , 9 , 30 , 30
Light gazing, 16
Lila, 2
M
Madurai, i
Margas, 30
Mary and Martha, 30
Masalawala, Dr., 12 , 13 , 14
Maya, 1 , 2 , 10 , 12 , 30 , 30
Mystic, 30
N
Nada upasana, 19
Nada, 21
Nammalwar, 3 , 26
Nicholson, Prof, 10
Nirvikalpa samadhi, 30
O
Occultist, 30
Occult powers, 30
OM, 26
P
Paramatman, meaning of, 8
Past lives, knowledge of, 30
Periapuranam, iv
Philosophy deprecated, 1
Piggot, Mrs., 24
Plotinus, 30
Political activity, 11
Prasad, 15
Prarabdha, 11
Prayers granted, 8
Predestination, 9 ff
Purusha Sukta, 8 , 21
Q
Quran, 10
R
Realization, the same in all regions, 9
   not at first permanent, 10 , 30
   no degrees of, 30
Reincarnation, 3
Reply to Mother, 10
Ribhu Gita, v
Roy, Dilip Kumar, 12
S
Sahaja Samadhi, 30 , 30
Sahasrara, 13 , 13 , 13 , 21
Sai Baba, 27
Saint, Sainthood, 30 , 30
Samadhi, 10 , 11 , 13 , 13 , 21 , 22 , 30 , 30 , 30 , 30
Samskaras, 13
Sannyas, 11 , 11
Sat sang, 14
Sattvic food, 22
Savikalpa samadhi, 30
Scriptures, purpose of, 1 , 2 , 9
   ultimately useless, 1 , 9
Shakti, 2 , 2 , 13
Shankara's teaching, the same as Bhagavan's, 1
   doctrine of Maya, 2 , 9
Siddhis, 30 , 30
Silence, vi, 11 , 11 , 12 , 12 , 22
Sin, 6 ff
Sita Upanishad, 4
Siva, vision of, 26
Sleep, 9 , 13 , 21 , 30
Social reform, 11
Solitude, 11
Sound concentration on, 19
Srishti drishti vada, 14
Subbaramiah, G.V., 13
Suffering, 5 ff, 11
Supermen, powers of, 30
Surrender, 8 , 11 , 24
Sushumna, 22
Svarga, 30
Syed, Dr., 26
T
Tantra Sastra, 13
Tao Te King, 30
Tattvas, 13
Thayumanavar, v, 10
Tevaram, v
Thambi Thorai, 13
Theosophical Society, 12
Theresa, St., 9
Thompson, Mr., 7
Tiruvannamalai, viii
Tiruvachakam, 7
Trinity, 9
Turiya, 30
U
Uma Devi, 26
Upadesa, 12 , 12
Upanishads, 10 , 13
V
Vaikuntha, 8 , 30
Vairagya, 13 , 24 , 28
Valmiki, 30
Vasanas, 22 , 27 , 28 , 30
Vasishta, 30
Videhamukti, 12 , 26 , 30 , 30
Vishnu, 8
Visishtadvaita, 8
Viveka Chudamani, 13
Void, 13
W
`Who am?' is not a mantra, 13 , 13
Y
Yoga, 8 , 10 , 13 , 16 , 30
Yogananda, Swami, 7
Yogic centres (see also `Chakras'), 13 , 30