Table of Contents
Introduction xiii
In
the Beginning Love Arose
from
the
RIG
VEDA
1
Creative
Fervor
from
the
RIG
VEDA
3
The
Mighty Earth
from
the
RIG
VEDA
5
The
Man
from
the
RIG VEDA
7
Shanti
from
the
ATHARVA
VEDA
10
Brahman
Is Joy
from
the
TAITTIRIYA
UPANISHAD
12
The
ISHA UPANISHAD
14
You
Are That
from
the
CHANDOGYA
UPANISHAD
17
The
Highest Mystical Teaching
from
the
SHVETASHVATARA
UPANISHAD
20
The
Sun That Dispels Our Darkness
from
the
SHVETASHVATARA
UPANISHAD
22
His
Face Is Everywhere
from
the
SHVETASHVATARA
UPANISHAD
23
Hear,
O Children of Immortal Bliss
from
the
SHVETASHVATARA
UPANISHAD
25
In
Praise of the Wise
from
the
MUNDAKA
UPANISHAD
27
The
Unitive State
from
the
BRIHADARANYAKA
UPANISHAD
29
On
the Greatness of "AUM"
from
the
MAN
DUKYA UPANISHAD
32
To
the Householder
from
the
TAITTIRIYA
UPANISHAD
34
What
the Thunder Said
from
the
BRIHADARANYAKA
UPANISHAD
35
For
the Love of the Soul
from
the
BRIHADARANYAKA
UPANISHAD
36
How
to Work
from
the
BHAGAVAD
GITA
38
What
Is Action and What Is Inaction?
from
the
BHAGAVAD
GITA
39
The
Royal Path of Devotion
from
the
BHAGAVAD
GITA
41
The
Cosmic Vision
from
the
BHAGAVAD
GITA
42
The
Way of Love
from
the
BHAGAVAD
GITA
45
Devotion
to Duty
from
the
BHAGAVAD
GITA
47
The
Goddess Reveals Her Cosmic Body
from
the
DEVI
GITA
49
The
Goddess Explains at Length the Supreme Devotion Beyond the Gunas
from
the
DEVI GITA
51
The
Tantric Praise of the Goddess
from
the
CHANDI
PATHA
53
The
Six Stanzas of Salvation
SHANKARACHARYA 58
In
the Fire of Knowledge
SHANKARACHARYA 60
Awareness: I
Am the Infinite Ocean
from
the
ASHTAVAKRA
GITA
62
The
Story of the Rock
from
the
YOGA
VASISHTHA
66
The
Nectar of Self-Awareness
JNANESHWAR 68
This
Miracle
DEVARA
DASIMAYYA
73
Show
Me Your Way Out
MAHADEVIYAKKA 74
O Lord
White As Jasmine
MAHADEVIYAKKA 75
If
My Head Falls from My Shoulders
MAHADEVIYAKKA 76
God's
Name
TUKARAM 77
Money's
No Good Here
MIRABAI
78
Who
Can Discredit Me?
MIRABAI
79
Deep
into the Night
MIRABAI
80
The
Swing of Consciousness
KABIR
82
The
Simple Union
KABIR
84
A
Country Fair for Those Mad with Love
RAMPRASAD
85
I'm
Going to Plunge Anyway
RAMPRASAD
87
Cut
This Black Snarl
RAMPRASAD
88
Abandon
Whatever Limits You Cling To
RAMPRASAD
89
I
Would Not Even Care to Be an Emperor
RAMPRASAD
91
I
Am Buried in Shyam
CHANDIDAS
93
Turned
to Gold
LALAN
94
Snared
by the Beauty
FIKIRCHAND
95
Truth
Is One
RAMAKRISHNA
96
The
Chameleon
RAMAKRISHNA 98
Who
Weeps for God?
RAMAKRISHNA 100
How
to Live in the World
RAMAKRISHNA 101
The
Mother
RAMAKRISHNA 102
Perfect
Awareness
RAMAKRISHNA 104
Worship
the Living God
VIVEKANANDA
106
All
Gods Are in You
VIVEKANANDA 108
The
Supreme Worship
VIVEKANANDA
109
The
Open Secret
VIVEKANANDA 111
The
Sickbed—21
RABINDRANATH TAGORE
113
The
Nature of Mind: Who Am I?
RAMANA
MAHARSHI
115
The
Self and the Cinema
RAMANA MAHARSHI
118
I
Am a Child
NISARGADATFA MAHARA 120
The
Divine Mother
AUROBINDO 121
All
for Her
AUROBINDO
123
The
Supramental Force
AUROBINDO
126
The
New Being
AUROBINDO 128
The
New Body
AUROBINDO 130
The
New Race
AUROBINDO 132
One
Single Life
AUROBINDO 134
Glossary
of Sanskrit Names and Terms
137
Contributors,
Sources, and Credits
141