REFUTATION OF THE DOCTRINE OF VOID The followers of this school of thought declare that illusion can and does arise even in the absence of any background (niradhishtaana). In the case of a p... Read more

CHAPTER 7 CHARACTERISTIC OF SAMAADHI After realising the Self as unmoded Consciousness in nirvikalpa samaadhi, self-realised beings keep on recollecting it deliberately; this results in with... Read more

CHAPTER 6 THE NATURE OF VIJNAANA The knowledge gained by hearing is only indirect. Then reasoning in conformity with the sruti texts, it must be ascertained whether indirect knowledge concer... Read more

CHAPTER 5 THE EGO The Self is luminous owing to its self-shining nature. At the instant of perception of objects, such as a pot, the ego-sense of identity with the body vanishes. There is no... Read more

CHAPTER 4 Some say that the jagat is the product of invisible fundamental particles. Though remaining different from its source, it vanishes altogether in the end. That the unitary, primary... Read more

CHAPTER 3 NATURE OF PURE KNOWLEDGE Even after much effort the Self remains unrealised because the sadhak is not acquainted with it and so does not recognise it even in Its presence. Now list... Read more

Chapter 2 Illusion can be overcome only by a sincere, earnest and constant devotion to God. But the atheists deny God and His creation of the universe. Atheist: How does it follow that Iswar... Read more