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Contents |
Krishna's instructions to Uddhava -- The lesson of Pingala -- Detachment from all things material -- The nature of self-centered acts -- How to know whether one is conditioned or liberated -- What lies beyond renunciation and knowledge? -- The swan incarnation (hamsa avatara) and the sons of Brahma -- Lord krishna's explanation of yoga : an introduction -- The limitations of yogic perfection -- The qualities of the lord -- The Varnashram system -- Varnashram continued -- Perfect spiritual knowledge -- Loving devotion surpasses karma-yoga and jnana-yoga -- The vedic path -- The elements of material creation -- The avanti Brahmin -- Sankhya philosophy -- Beyond the three modes of material nature -- The Aila gita -- The process of deity worship -- Jnana-yoga : the yoga of knowledge -- Bhakti-yoga : the yoga of devotion. |
General note | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
LCCN | 2010004623 |
ISBN | 9780313383267 (alk. paper) |
ISBN | 031338326X (alk. paper) |