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108 Upanishads Aitareya Upanishad Bhagvad Gita Bhrama Sutra Brihadaranyaka Upanishad Chandogya Upanishad Isa Upanishad Katha Upanishad Kena Upanishad Mandukya Upanishad Mundaka Upanishad Prasna Upanishad Various Vedic Texts Vedas

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Maharishi Mahesh Mirabai Morari Bapu Saint Tulsidas Shraddhananda Shringi Rishi Subramuniyaswami Swami Sivananda Swami Vivekananda Ved Vyasa Vidur Ramakrishna Ramana Maharshi Ravi shankar Sai Baba Saint Sankara Sri Aurbindo Swami Dayananda

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Durga Puja Hanuman Puja Krishna Puja Lakshmi Puja Rama Puja Saraswati Puja Shiva Puja What is Heaven Ganesh Puja

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Dedication -- Samarpanam	v
	Author's Introduction -- Granthakara Bhumika	xvii
	The Master Course-- Pradhana Pathyakrama	xxxiii
	Siva's Cosmic Dance -- Sivananda Tandava	xxxix

	UPANISHAD ONE ETERNAL TRUTHS -- Sanatana Dharma
	Mandala 1: Self Realization -- Paramatma Darshanam
Sloka		Page in book
1	Who Am I? Where Did I Come From?	5
2	Where Am I Going? What Is My Path?	7
3	What Is Meant by "Dancing with Siva"?	9
4	How Can We Learn to Dance with Siva?	11
5	What is the Ultimate Goal of Earthly Life?	13
	Verses from Scripture on Self Realization	14
	Mandala 2: Hinduism -- Hindu Dharma
6	What Are Hinduism's Principal Sects?	19
7	What Is the Deeply Mystical Saiva Sect?	21
8	What Is the Magic and Power of Shaktism?	23
9	What Is the Devotional Vaishnava Sect?	25
10	What Is the Universalist Smarta Sect?	27
	Verses from Scripture on Religion	28
	Mandala 3: Saivite Hinduism -- Saiva Dharma
11	What Is the Nature of Saivite Theology?	33
12	How Do Saivites Regard Other Faiths?	35
13	How Does Saivism Stay Contemporary?	37
14	What Is the Nature of Life for Saivites?	39
15	What Is the Symbolism of Siva's Dance?	41
	Verses from Scripture on Saivism	42

	UPANISHAD TWO GOD AND THE GODS -- Ishvara Devata cha
	Mandala 4: Our Supreme God -- Siva
16	What Is the Nature of Our God Siva?	49
17	What Is God Siva's Unmanifest Reality?	51
18	What Is God Siva's Pure Consciousness?	53
19	What Is the Nature of the Primal Soul?	55
20	What Are God Siva's Traditional Forms?	57
	Verses from Scripture on Siva	58
	Mandala 5: Lords of Dharma -- Ganesha-Karttikeya
21	Do Other Gods Exist Apart from Siva?	63
22	What Is the Nature of Lord Ganesha?	65
23	What Is Lord Ganesha's Special Duty?	67
24	What Is the Nature of Lord Karttikeya?	69
25	What Does Lord Karttikeya's Vel Signify?	71
	Verses from Scripture on Lords of Dharma	72

	UPANISHAD THREE OUR IMMORTAL SOUL -- Amritatma
	Mandala 6: The Nature of the Soul -- Atmasvarupam
26	What Is Our Individual Soul Nature?	79
27	How Is Our Soul Different from Siva?	81
28	How Is Our Soul Identical with Siva?	83
29	Why Are We Not Omniscient Like Siva?	85
30	How Do Hindus Understand Moksha?	87
	Verses from Scripture on the Soul	88
	Mandala 7: Karma and Rebirth -- Samsara
31	How Do Hindus Understand Karma?	93
32	Is There Good Karma and Bad Karma?	95
33	What Is the Process of Reincarnation?	97
34	How Should We View Death and Dying?	99
35	How Does One Best Prepare for Death?	101
	Verses from Scripture on Samsara	102
	Mandala 8: The Way to Liberation -- San Marga
36	What Are the Four Stages on the Path?	107
37	What Is the Nature of the Charya Pada?	109
38	What Is the Nature of the Kriya Pada?	111
39	What Is the Nature of the Yoga Pada?	113
40	What Is the Nature of the Jnana Pada?	115
	Verses from Scripture on Liberation	116

	UPANISHAD FOUR THE WORLD -- Sivamayam
	Mandala 9: The Three Worlds -- Trilokam
41	Where Did This Universe Come from?	123
42	What Is the Nature of the Physical Plane?	125
43	What Is the Nature of the Subtle Plane?	127
44	What Is the Nature of the Causal Plane?	129
45	Does the Universe Ever End? Is It Real?	131
	Verses from Scripture on Three Worlds	132
	Mandala 10: The Goodness of All -- Sarvabhadra
46	Are Souls and World Essentially Good?	137
47	Why Do Some Souls Act in Evil Ways?	139
48	What Is the Source of Good and Evil?	141
49	How Can a Benevolent God Permit Evil?	143
50	Should One Avoid Worldly Involvement?	145
	Verses from Scripture on Goodness	146
	Mandala 11: Sin and Suffering -- Papa-Duhkhe
51	Why Is There Suffering in the World?	151
52	What Is Sin? How Can We Atone for It?	153
53	Does Hell Really Exist? Is There a Satan?	155
54	What Is the Consequence of Sinful Acts?	157
55	Does God Ever Punish Wrongdoers?	159
	Verses from Scripture on Sin and Suffering	160

	UPANISHAD FIVE RIGHT LIVING -- Dharma
	Mandala 12: Four Dharmas -- Chaturdharma
56	What Is Dharma? What Are Its Forms?	167
57	What Is Signified by Universal Dharma?	169
58	What Is the Nature of Social Dharma?	171
59	What Is the Nature of Human Dharma?	173
60	What Is the Nature of Personal Dharma?	175
	Verses from Scripture on Four Dharmas	176
	Mandala 13: Good Conduct -- Sadachara
61	What Is the Meaning of Good Conduct?	181
62	What Are Good Conduct's Four Keys?	183
63	From Whom Is Good Conduct Learned?	185
64	What Are the Ten Classical Restraints?	187
65	What Are the Ten Classical Observances?	189
	Verses from Scripture on Good Conduct	190
	Mandala 14: Noninjury -- Ahimsa
66	What Is the Great Virtue Called Ahimsa?	195
67	What Is the Inner Source of Noninjury?	197
68	What Is the Inner Source of Violence?	199
69	Is Vegetarianism Integral to Noninjury?	201
70	How Can Peace on Earth Be Achieved?	203
	Verses from Scripture on Noninjury	204

	UPANISHAD SIX FAMILY LIFE -- Grihastha Dharma
	Mandala 15: Husband and Wife -- Dampati
71	What Is the Central Purpose of Marriage?	211
72	What Are the Duties of the Husband?	213
73	What Are Special Duties of the Wife?	215
74	What Is the Hindu View of Sexuality?	217
75	What Is the Relation of Sex to Marriage?	219
	Verses from Scripture on Husband and Wife	220
	Mandala 16: Marriage -- Vivaha
76	What Is the Basis for a Happy Marriage?	225
77	Must We Marry Within Our Religion?	227
78	How Are Hindu Marriages Arranged?	229
79	What Is the Hindu Family Structure?	231
80	How Are Marital Problems Reconciled?	233
	Verses from Scripture on Marriage	234
	Mandala 17: Children -- Apatyam
81	What Is the Fulfillment of a Marriage?	239
82	What Are the Main Duties of Parents?	241
83	How Strictly Must Children Be Guided?	243
84	Should All Youths Be Urged to Marry?	245
85	How Is Family Harmony Maintained?	247
	Verses from Scripture on Children	248

	UPANISHAD SEVEN SACRED CULTURE -- Mangala Kriya
	Mandala 18: Ways of Wisdom -- Bodhi Tantra
86	How Do We Overcome Life's Obstacles?	255
87	What Are the Hindu's Daily Yoga Practices?	257
88	How Are Ayurveda and Jyotisha Used?	259
89	How Do Hindus Regard Art and Culture?	261
90	What Is the Hindu Outlook on Giving?	263
	Verses from Scripture on Ways of Wisdom	264
	Mandala 19: Sacraments -- Samskara
91	What Are Hinduism's Rites of Passage?	269
92	What Are the Sacraments of Childhood?	271
93	What Are the Sacraments of Adulthood?	273
94	What Are the Child-bearing Sacraments?	275
95	Are There Rites for the Wisdom Years?	277
	Verses from Scripture on Sacraments	278
	Mandala 20: Festivals -- Utsava
96	What Are the Festival Days of Saivism?	283
97	What Are the Primary Festivals to Siva?	285
98	What Are the Major Ganesha Festivals?	287
99	What Are the Main Karttikeya Festivals?	289
100	What Are Other Important Festivals?	291
	Verses from Scripture on Festivals	292

	UPANISHAD EIGHT SACRED WORSHIP -- Upasana
	Mandala 21: Siva Temples -- Sivalaya
101	What Is the Nature of the Siva Temple?	299
102	How Are Temples Founded and Built?	301
103	When Should One Attend the Temple?	303
104	How Does One Attend a Siva Temple?	305
105	What Occurs Within the Siva Temple?	307
	Verses from Scripture on Siva Temples	308
	Mandala 22: Temple Rites -- Puja
106	What Is the Inner Importance of Puja?	313
107	What Is the Special Rite Called Archana?	315
108	What Is the Nature of Image Worship?	317
109	Who Are the Priests of Siva Temples?	319
110	What Does the Pujari Do During Puja?	321
	Verses from Scripture on Temples Rites	322
	Mandala 23: Love of God -- Bhakti
111	Is Temple Worship Only for Beginners?	327
112	How Do Devotees Prepare for Worship?	329
113	How Do Our Prayers Reach the Gods?	331
114	Do Saivites Worship Only in Temples?	333
115	What Is the Home Shrine's Significance?	335
	Verses from Scripture on Love of God	336

	UPANISHAD NINE HOLY MEN AND WOMEN -- Mahatma
	Mandala 24: Monastic Life -- Sannyasa Dharma
116	What Is the Hindu Monastic Tradition?	343
117	What Are the Goals of Renunciate Life?	345
118	What Is the Sannyasin's Kundalini Path?	347
119	What Is the Sannyasin's Initiation Rite?	349
120	What Are the Holy Orders of Sannyasa?	351
	Verses from Scripture on Monastic Life	352
	Mandala 25: Knowers of God -- Jnani
121	Who Are Hinduism's Spiritual Leaders?	357
122	What Is a Saint, a Sage and a Satguru?	359
123	Are There Other Terms for Holy Ones?	361
124	What Is the Nature of Guru Protocol?	363
125	What Is the Satguru's Special Function?	365
	Verses from Scripture on Knowers of God	366

	UPANISHAD TEN SACRED SCRIPTURE -- Shastram
	Mandala 26: Revealed Scripture -- Shruti
126	What Are Hindu Revealed Scriptures?	373
127	What Is the Nature of the Veda Texts?	375
128	How Are the Vedas Significant Today?	377
129	What Is the Nature of the Holy Agamas?	379
130	How Are the Agamas Significant Today?	381
	Verses from Scripture on Shruti	382
	Mandala 27: Secondary Scripture -- Smriti
131	Do Smriti and Sacred Literature Differ?	387
132	What Texts Amplify Vedas and Agamas?	389
133	Does Hinduism Have Epics and Myths?	391
134	Are there Other Types of Sacred Texts?	393
135	What Is the Source of This Catechism?	395
	Verses from Scripture on Smriti	396
	Mandala 28: Affirmations of Faith -- Mantra
136	What Is the Holy Namah Sivaya Mantra?	401
137	How Is Namah Sivaya Properly Chanted?	403
138	Is Initiation Necessary to Perform Japa?	405
139	What Is Saivism's Affirmation of Faith?	407
140	How Is the Affirmation of Faith Used?	409
	Verses from Scripture on Affirmation	410

	UPANISHAD ELEVEN MONISTIC THEISM -- Advaita Ishvaravada
	Mandala 29: Monism and Dualism -- Advaita-Dvaita
141	What Are the Many Hindu Philosophies?	417
142	How Do Monism and Dualism Differ?	419
143	Are Monism and Dualism Reconcilable?	421
144	What Is the View of Monistic Theism?	423
145	Is Monistic Theism Found in the Vedas?	425
	Verses from Scripture on One and Two	426
	Mandala 30: Views of Reality -- Saiva Siddhanta
146	What Are Saiva Siddhanta's Two Schools?	431
147	What Are the Two Views on Creation?	433
148	What Are the Views on God and Soul?	435
149	What Are the Differing Views on Evil?	437
150	What Are the Views on Mahapralaya?	439
	Verses from Scripture on Siddhanta	440

	UPANISHAD TWELVE PASSING ON THE POWER -- Sampradaya
	Mandala 31: Himalayan Lineage -- Kailasa Parampara
151	What Is Hinduism's Natha Sampradaya?	447
152	What Is the Lofty Kailasa Parampara?	449
153	Who Were the Early Kailasa Preceptors?	451
154	Who Were Kadaitswami and Chellappan?	453
155	Who Are the Most Recent Kailasa Gurus?	455
	Verses from Scripture on Parampara	456

	RESOURCES -- Upagrantha
I.	A Saivite Creed	461
II.	Six Schools of Saivism	489
III.	The Tradition of Masters	517
IV.	Monism and Pluralism in Saiva Siddhanta	529
V.	Truth Is One, Paths Are Many	571
	Truth Is One, Paths Are Many; Major Religons	574
	Truth Is One, Paths Are Many; Faiths	610
	Truth Is One, Paths Are Many; Atheism	622
	Truth Is One, Paths Are Many; Comparisons	622
VI.	Hindu Timeline	651
VII.	A Children's Primer	697
	Hinduism A to Z	699
	Five Precepts	709
	Five Practices	711
	Five Parenting Guidelines	713
	Eight Rites of Passage	717
	Sacred Symbols of Saivism	721
VIII.	Charts	737
	Vedic-Agamic Cosmology; The Inner and Outer Universe	740
	Chakras	746
	The 36 Tattvas:Categories of Existence	748
	Conclusion -- Samapanam	751
	Glossary A to F -- Shabda Koshah	753
	Glossary G to N -- Shabda Koshah	777
	Glossary O to S -- Shabda Koshah	805
	Glossary T to Z -- Shabda Koshah	835
	Index of Scriptural Verses -- Shastra Udharanasuchi	905
	Supplementary Reading -- Granthavidya	911
	Colophon -- Antyavachanam	917
	About the Author	922
	Reviews and Comments	i,945

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