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Table of Contents

INTRODUCTORY

 

Śankara, the Teacher

3

THE CREST-JEWEL OF WISDOM

 

First Steps on the Path

9

Self, Potencies, Vestures

17

The Witness

36

Finding the Real Self

46

The Power of Mind-Images

50

Free Even in Life

62

The Three Kinds of Works

70

Master and Pupil

74

The Perfect Sage

81

For Ever Free

86

OTHER WRITINGS

 

The Heritage of the Brâhmans

93

The Awakening to the Self

107

The Awakening to Reality

117

The Essence of the Teaching

137

The Teachings of Śankara

145

The Song of the Self

151

APPENDIX

 

A Symposium on the Life of Śankarâchârya

155


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