Table of Contents
Publisher's Preface ix
Preface to the Paperback Edition xi
Introduction xvii
Part 1 Knowing the True Self Within, and Selfless Action
Chapter 1 Arjuna's Anguish (Arjuna Vishada Yoga) 3
Chapter 2 The Path of Knowledge (Sankhya Yoga) 11
Chapter 3 The Path of Action (Karma Yoga) 27
Chapter 4 Integrating Knowledge, Action, and Renunciation (Jnana-Karma-Sanyasa Yoga) 39
Chapter 5 Contemplating the Goal (Sanyasa Yoga) 49
Chapter 6 Taming the Mind and Senses (Dhyana Yoga) 57
Part 2 The Very Nature of God
Chapter 7 Both Knowing and Experiencing Divinity (Jnana-Vijnana Yoga) 67
Chapter 8 The Imperishable Godhead (Akshara Brahma Yoga) 75
Chapter 9 Royal Knowledge and the King of Secrets (Rajavidya Rajaguhya Yoga) 83
Chapter 10 The Divine Glories (Vibhuti Yoga) 91
Chapter 11 The Cosmic Vision (Visvarupa Darsana Yoga) 99
Chapter 12 The Path of Love (Bhakti Yoga) 109
Part 3 Attaining Liberation Now
Chapter 13 The Field and Its Knower: Distinguishing between Matter and Spirit (Kshetra Kshetrajna Vibhaga Yoga) 115
Chapter 14 Going Beyond the Three Forces of Nature (Gunatraya Vibhaga Yoga) 125
Chapter 15 Devotion to the Supreme Self (Purushottama Yoga) 131
Chapter 16 The Two Destinies: Divine or Degenerate (Daiva-Asura Sampad Vibhaga Yoga) 137
Chapter 17 The Path of Threefold Faith (Sraddha Traya Vibhaga Yoga) 143
Chapter 18 Liberation through Knowing, Acting, and Loving (Moksha Sanyasa Yoga) 151
Epilogue 169
Afterword 171
Acknowledgments 177
Bibliography 181
Index 185
About the Author 197
