Book-8 Table of Contents

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Focus Areas

Chapter	Page #
अपवर्ग  (apavarga – final beatitude)	22
परमुक्ति विद्या (paramukti vidyā – soteriology)	24
संसार चक्र  (saṁsāra cakra – re-incarnation cycle)	32
मोक्ष मार्ग (mokṣa mārga – pathways to liberation)	45
मोक्षस्य प्रकारः (mokṣasya prakāraḥ – types of liberation)	60
सदेह / जीवन् मुक्ति (sadeha / jīvan mukti - ante mortem liberation)	62
विदेह मुक्ति  (videha mukti - disembodied salvation)	90
अमृत मुक्ति (amṛta mukti – immortal  liberation)	103
Religious Testimonies	105
अमृत विद्या (amṛta vidyā – science of immortality)	137
अमृत सिद्धि योग (amṛta siddhi yoga–  yoga for accomplishing immortality)	166
अन्तिमात्मावस्था (antimātmāvasthā – ultimate soul state)	308
My final thoughts	314
In a nutshell thus have I learnt	316
My Graphical Model	316
The Consciousness Matrix	327
A small analogy - the search for God	330
The Pilgrims Progress	333
The journey so far	334
Sources of inspiration	335
Between you and me	357
The Road Ahead – the next steps I need to take	358
Appendix	361
Appendix A - Bio Data	363
Appendix B - References	364
Appendix C – Glossary	369
Appendix D – Index of Tables and Figures	374
Appendix E – Index of Scriptural Citations	377
Appendix F – Index of Keyword	389
Appendix G – Index of Citations	392

Detailed Table Of Contents 

Chapter	Page #
अपवर्ग  (apavarga – final beatitude)	22
परमुक्ति विद्या (paramukti vidyā – soteriology)	24
संसार चक्र  (saṁsāra cakra – re-incarnation cycle)	32
मोक्ष मार्ग (mokṣa mārga – pathways to liberation)	45
Degrees of spiritual maturity	45
मरण (maraṇa -  death) is a kind of प्रलय (pralaya – dissolution)	49
Philosophy of पुनर्जन्म (punarjanma – rebirth / reincarnation)	51
मोक्षस्य प्रकारः (mokṣasya prakāraḥ – types of liberation)	60
सदेह / जीवन् मुक्ति (sadeha / jīvan mukti - ante mortem liberation)	62
विदेह मुक्ति  (videha mukti - disembodied salvation)	90
अमृत मुक्ति (amṛta mukti – immortal  liberation)	103
Religious Testimonies	105
नचिकेता (naciketā) – case study	106
भक्त मार्कण्डेय (bhakta mārkaṇḍeya)	110
सत्य्वान्  & सवित्री (satyvān &  savitrī)	112
Other case studies	128
अमृत विद्या (amṛta vidyā – science of immortality)	137
Modern science of technological immortality	138
Traditional alchemical sciences	151
Chinese & Other Traditional Alchemy	164
अमृत सिद्धि योग (amṛta siddhi yoga–  yoga for accomplishing immortality)	166
சிவராஜ யோகம் (sivarāja yōgam)	167
अनुत्तर योग (anuttara yoga – occult yoga)	200
ஒழுக்க சாதனங்கள் (ozhukka sādhanaṅgaḻ - disciplinary instruments)	280
யோகானுபவ நிலைகள் (yogānubava nilaigaḻ - stages of yogic experience)	283
சாகாக்கல்வி /अमृतविद्या (sāgākkalvi/ amṛtavidyā - science of deathlessness)	296
சாகாக்கலை / अमृतसिद्धि (sāgākkalai / amṛtasiddhi – art of immortality)	297
अन्तिमात्मावस्था (antimātmāvasthā – ultimate soul state)	308
The Absolute Singularity & Unity in Multiplicity	311
My final thoughts	314
In a nutshell thus have I learnt	316
My Graphical Model	316
The Consciousness Matrix	327
A small analogy - the search for God	330
The Pilgrims Progress	333
The journey so far	334
Sources of inspiration	335
Holy Scriptures:	335
Revered Souls	354
Mystics, Saints, spiritualists & evolved souls:	354
Divine Blessings	356
Between you and me	357
The Road Ahead – the next steps I need to take	358
Appendix	361
Appendix A - Bio Data	363
Appendix B - References	364
Books	364
Research Papers, Lectures & Articles	368
Appendix C – Glossary	369
Glossary of English Terms	369
Glossary of Tamil Terms	370
Glossary of Sanskrit Terms	371
Appendix D – Index of Tables and Figures	374
Index of Tables	374
Index of Figures	376
Appendix E – Index of Scriptural Citations	377
Index of Sanskrit References	377
Index of Tamil References	382
Index of Arabic References	387
Index of Hebrew References	388
Appendix F – Index of Keyword	389
Appendix G – Index of Citations	392

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