CONTENTS

Editorial Note Preface 1 General Remarks on the _Vedānta_ 2 Fundamental Distinction between the 'Self and the 'Ego' 3 The Vital Center of the Human Being: Seat of _Brahma_ 4 _Purusha_ and _Prakriti_ 5 _Purusha_ unaffected by Individual Modifications 6 The Degrees of Individual Manifestation 7 _Buddhi_ or the Higher Intellect 8 _Manas_ or the Inward Sense: The Ten External Faculties of Sensation and Action 9 The Envelopes of the 'Self': The Five _Vāyus_ or Vital Functions 10 The Essential Unity and Identity of 'Self' in all the States of the Being 11 The Different Conditions of _Atmā_ in the Human Being 12 The Waking State: or the Condition of _Vaishvānara_

13. The Dream State: or the Condition of _Taijasa_ 14. The State of Deep Sleep: or the Condition of _Prājña_ 15. The Unconditioned State of _Atmā_ 16. Symbolical Representations of _Atmā_ and its Conditions by the Sacred Monosyllable _Om_ 17. The Posthumous Evolution of the Human Being 18. The Reabsorption of the Individual Faculites 19. Differences in the Posthumous Conditions according to the Degrees of Knowledge 20. The Coronal Artery and the 'Solar Ray' 21. The 'Divine Journey' of the Being on the Path of Liberation 22. Final Deliverance 23. _Videha-Mukti_ and _Jīvan-Mukta_ 24. The Spiritual State of the Yogi: The Supreme Identity