The Concept of Energy in Hinduism (An Old and Rare Book)

It is over 10 years that the first edition of my book "The Concept of Energy in Hinduism" was published. I have had several enquiries from readers, which I have attempted to answer in this revised second edition. A few more sections have been incorporated herein as a result of my further investigations and practice during the intervening period.

As I have mentioned in the second last para of the section "The search for a preceptor" I have utilised the last decade to achieve identification with the Unmanifest Source of Energy. I have been appropriately rewarded for my effort and this has enabled me to compile the additional sections.

I have maintained my commitment for brevity, so that the book serves as a pocket companion. I have no intention of making it a library volume that is read only by a few. I wish to share my experience and happiness with as many of my fellowmen as possible.

Shri Autar N. Bakshi who has conscientiously laboured for more than two decades to digest the quintessence of Hinduism by pouring over source books and sitting at the feet of realized souls has now come forward to pack within the space of a pocket book the essence of what he has imbibed.

Humbly assigning the "assertions" in the book to the sages the writer is merely content to take the "credit" for rearranging the "ancient thoughts" according to his best lights and in a manner, which he thinks, would appeal to the modern mind.

This is a pocket-guide to spiritual evolution. He has succinctly and in a language intelligible to a layman explained the science and practise of Hinduism and has shown how, by following the four methods of Yoga-Hatha, Bhakti, Karma and Jyana-singly or in combination the ego could be erased and discover the Divine and merge into it. He has dwelt at some length on the mind and its mysteries and rightly stresses a point of caution that one should never be in conflict with the mind. The mind has got to be sublimated and not subjugated. The mind should never be forcibly brought to a sudden and jerky standstill in an effort to silence it. It should naturally bloom into the higher plane of consciousness. And in this process, the author has assigned a special place to meditation.

Clarity and conviction, precision and pithiness are the great virtues of this book and by going over these pages a devout reader can have the benefit of spiritual knowledge and wisdom that he may hope to gain by a fortuitous contact with the enlightened gurus and sadhaks. In the case of more serious aspirants the book will serve as a source of inspiration to probe further.

The cardinal principle of Hinduism, according to the author, is the "concept of Energy"-and the path of spiritual evolution is the process of liberation of the "Energy" content of the soul and "Its" merger with the "Total Energy" of the Universe. The entire book is an exposition of this central idea.

May this compact book help resolve the numerous doubts that keep welling up in the minds of many sincere souls and lead them onto the path of virtue is my humble prayer.

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