A retreat in an ashram is different | 1 |
Spiritual growth is to discover space within you | 3 |
Being with yourself is a luxury | 6 |
Sadhana and Sadhya | 9 |
Every human being is a sadhaka, a seeker | 9 |
Analysis of human pursuits | 11 |
Self – consciousness leading to self – judgement is the human problem | 16 |
Moksa is freedom from insecurity | 25 |
Non - connection between Sadhana and Sadhya | 26 |
The sdhana for moksa | 30 |
Moksa is already an accomplished fact | 33 |
The five means of knowledge | 34 |
Vedas, the sixth means of knowledge | 39 |
Vedanta is the means – pramana – for self – knowledge | 44 |
The need for a guru | 48 |
Vedanta cannot be understood without a guru | 50 |
The teaching | 54 |
Knowing the 'one' everything is as well known | 56 |
Knowledge of the 'one' sustains everything | 62 |
'Tat tvam asi' equation | 65 |
Atma-anatma vicara – the analysis of I and not –I | 68 |
The equation in tat and tvam | 77 |
The sadhana for Vedanta is sravana manana nididhyasana | 80 |
The need for adhyatma jnana – values centred on the self | 82 |
Two possible life styles – the Gita view and way of life | 83 |
A life of sannyasa | 84 |
A life of karma-yoga | 85 |
Nityam sama cittatvam – constant equanimity | 87 |
The attitude of prasada | 95 |
Yogah karmasu kausalam – discretion in action | 99 |
Isvara the super therapist | 104 |