Book 1 - Table Of Contents

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Chapter	Page #
What is me?	38
दलानिसत्योत्तरस्य (dalānisatyottarasya – fragments of confession)	40
पूर्वसूचना (pūrvasūcanā - warning)	40
आत्मप्रयचन (ātmaprayacana – self introduction)	43
My Spiritual Beginnings	54
The early theist	54
Atheistic thoughts	55
Agnostic signs	57
A critical look at Religion	71
History of Religion	73
The evolution of God	73
Is God an Extra Terrestrial (ET) Being?	89
Religious Belief Systems	94
वितरण मतानाम् (vitaraṇa matānām - distribution of religions)	95
Theological Classification	98
पुरुषार्थ (puruṣārtha – Soul’s purpose)	101
वर्ण आश्रम (varṇa āśrama – Class & phase)	108
वर्ण/वर्ग (varṇa/varga – color / class)	108
आश्रम (āśrama – stage)	134
The Pitfalls	163
The Begging attitude	163
Religious Intolerance	164
Communalism	168
पुण्य शास्त्राणि (puṇya śāstrāṇi – holy scriptures)	170
हिन्दु शास्त्राणि  (hindu śāstrāṇi – Hindu scriptures)	172
वेदशास्त्र (vedaśāstra – vedic scripture)	173
आगमशास्त्र (āgamaśāstra – agamic scripture)	323
अन्यसंस्कृतशास्त्राणि (anyasaṃskṛtaśāstrāṇi – other Sanskrit scriptures)	445
தமிழ் சாத்திரங்கள் (tamiḹ sāttiraṅgaḻ - tamil scriptures)	460
शास्त्राणीतरसमयानाम् (śāstrāṇītarasamayānām – scriptures of other religions)	472
गुरु वैभव (guru vaibhava – glory of preceptor)	502
Hindu Philosophical Doctrines – quick analysis	528
षट्विधवैदिकदर्शनानि (ṣaṭvidhavaidikadarśanāni – Sixfold Vedic philosophies)	533
वेदान्त वाद  (vedānta vāda – final wisdom doctrine)	541
सिद्धान्त वाद (siddānta vāda)	557
Apparent Differences and Beyond	575
Commonality in Religious Mythologies & Philosophies	575
Key Inferences	583
Understanding ब्रह्मत्वं (brahmatvaṁ - Divinity)	603
Reality of God	605
The Atheist’s Denial	606
The Response of the Theists	609
The Metaphysics of God	616
இறைவன் (iṛaivan - The Immanent Divinity)	621
पूरणाननतम् ब्रह्म (pūraṇānanatam brahma – Absolute Infinite Divinity)	645
ईश्वर तत्त्व  (īśvara tattva – Divine Personality)	664
Popular Gods in Hinduism	669
Appendix	677
Appendix A - Bio Data	679
Appendix B - References	680
Appendix C – Glossary	685
Appendix D – Index of Tables & Figures	691
Appendix E – Index of Scriptural Citations	695
Appendix F – Index of Keywords	702
Appendix G – Index of Citations	705

Detailed Table of Contents

Chapter	Page #
What is me?	35
दलानिसत्योत्तरस्य (dalānisatyottarasya – fragments of confession)	37
पूर्वसूचना (pūrvasūcanā - warning)	37
आत्मप्रयचन (ātmaprayacana – self introduction)	40
The two faced me	41
The other Side	47
My Spiritual Beginnings	51
The early theist	51
Atheistic thoughts	52
Agnostic signs	54
A critical look at Religion	68
History of Religion	70
The evolution of God	70
Nature Worship	70
Animals & Plants  Divinified:	74
Symbolic Representation and Idol Worship	84
Imperfection to perfection	84
Is God an Extra Terrestrial (ET) Being?	86
Is life possible outside earth?	86
Inferences	89
Religious Belief Systems	91
वितरण मतानाम् (vitaraṇa matānām - distribution of religions)	92
Theological Classification	95
पुरुषार्थ (puruṣārtha – Soul’s purpose)	98
இன்பம் / काम  (inbam /kāma – passional persuits)	98
பொருள் /अर्थ (poruḻ / artha – wealth pursuits)	99
அறம் / धर्म (aṛam / dharma – ethical persuit)	100
வீடு / मोक्ष (vīḍu / mokśa – soteriologial pursuits)	102
वर्ण आश्रम (varṇa āśrama – Class & phase)	105
वर्ण/वर्ग (varṇa/varga – color / class)	105
The philosophical context	105
जातिमूढता च प्रतिबोधन (jātimūḍhatā ca pratibodhana – caste confusion & clarification)	117
आश्रम (āśrama – stage)	131
ब्रह्मचर्यं (brahmacaryaṁ – student’s / learner’s phase)	131
गृहस्थ (gṛhasthaṁ – householder’s phase)	150
वान प्रस्थं (vāna prasthaṁ – retirement phase)	155
सन्यास (sanyāsa – renunciation)	156
The Pitfalls	160
The Begging attitude	160
Religious Intolerance	161
Communalism	165
पुण्य शास्त्राणि (puṇya śāstrāṇi – holy scriptures)	167
हिन्दु शास्त्राणि (hindu śāstrāṇi – Hindu scriptures)	169
वेदशास्त्र (vedaśāstra – vedic scripture)	170
वेदाङ्ग (vedāṅga – vedic limb)	268
उपवेद (upaveda – ancillary veda)	304
षट्वैदिकदर्शनानि (ṣaṭvaidikadarśanāni – six vedic philosophies)	304
वेदान्त / उत्तर मीमांसा दर्शन (vedānta / uttara mīmāṁsā darśana)	307
आगमशास्त्र (āgamaśāstra – agamic scripture)	320
शैवागमशास्त्राणि (śaivāgamaśāstrāṇi – shaiva agamic scriptures)	329
शाक्ततन्त्र शास्त्राणि (śāktatantra śāstrāṇi – shakti tantric scriptures)	379
वैष्णवागमशास्त्राणि (vaiṣṇavāgamaśāstrāṇi – vishnu agama scriptures)	395
अन्यसंस्कृतशास्त्राणि (anyasaṃskṛtaśāstrāṇi – other Sanskrit scriptures)	442
द्विधमहाइतिहासशास्त्रे (dvidhamahāitihāsaśāstre – twofold major epic-scriptures)	442
पुराण शास्त्र (purāṇa śāstra)	447
தமிழ் சாத்திரங்கள் (tamiḹ sāttiraṅgaḻ - tamil scriptures)	457
சங்கத்தமிழ் இலக்கியத்தில் சமயம் (sañgattamiḷ ilakkiyaṅgaḻil samayam)	457
ஐம்பெரும் தமிழ் காப்பியங்களுள் (aimperum tamiḹ kāppiyaṅgaḻ)	461
பன்னிருசைவதிருமுறைகள் (pannirusaivatirumuṛgaḻ - tweleve saiva cantos)	461
நாலாயிர வைணவதிவ்யப்பிரபந்தங்கள்  (nālāyira vaiṇavadivyappirabandaṅgaḻ)	463
திரு அருட்பா (tiru aruṭpā)	464
திருப்புகழ் (tiruppgaḹ)	465
ஸ்ரீ தாயுமானசுவாமிகளின பாடல்கள் (sri tāyumānasuvāmigaḻin pādalgaḻ)	466
தமிழ் சித்தர்களின் ஞானயோகபாடல்கள் (tamiḻ siddargaḻin jñānayōga pāḍalgaḻ)	468
இதர தமிழ் சாத்திரங்கள் (itara tamiḷ sāttiraṅgaḻ - other Tamil scriptures)	469
शास्त्राणीतरसमयानाम् (śāstrāṇītarasamayānām – scriptures of other religions)	469
बौद्धसमयशास्त्राणि (bauddhasamayaśāstrāṇi – buddhist religious scriptures)	469
जैनसमय शास्त्राणि  (jainasamaya śāstrāṇi - Jain religious scriptures)	487
सिख्समयशास्त्राणि (sikhsamayaśāstrāṇi - Sikh religious scriptures)	496
Abrahamic Religious Scriptures	496
Traditional Chinese Scriptures	497
Traditional Japanese Scriptures (Shinto)	497
Zorastrian Scriptures	498
गुरु वैभव (guru vaibhava – glory of preceptor)	499
குருவே சரணம் (guruvē saraṇam - salutations to guru)	504
मुन्यः उपनिषदानाम् (munyaḥ upaniṣadānām- sages of upanishads)	506
सप्त ऋषि (sapta ṛṣi – seven seer-sages)	507
षट् दर्शन मुनि  (ṣaṭ darśana muni)	509
वेदान्त आचार्य (vedānta ācāryā)	509
பதினெட்டு சித்தர்கள் (padineṭṭu siddargaḻ):	515
63 சைவ நாயன்மார்கள் (saiva nāyanmārgaḻ)	515
12 வைணவ ஆழ்வார்கள் (vaiṇava āzhvārgaḻ)	518
Other Hindu saints –	519
24 जीन तीर्तन्कर (jīna tīrtankara)	520
Hebrew Apostles	521
Chrsitian Saints	521
Theosophists	522
Islamic & Sufi Saints	522
Sikh Saints	522
Buddhist Saints	522
Traditional Chinese Religious Saints	523
Zorastrian Saints	523
Greek Philosopher Saints	523
Other Occidental Philosophers	523
Hindu Philosophical Doctrines – quick analysis	525
षट्विधवैदिकदर्शनानि (ṣaṭvidhavaidikadarśanāni – Sixfold Vedic philosophies)	530
वैशेषिक दर्शन (vaiśeṣika darśana - distinguished philosophy)	531
न्याय दर्शन (nyāya darśana – logic philosophy)	532
सांख्य दर्शन  (sāṁkhya darśana – enuberables philosophy)	533
योग  दर्शन (yoga darśana – yoga philosophy)	536
पूर्व मीमांसा दर्शन (pūrva mīmāṁsā darśana – prior inquiry philosophy)	537
उत्तर मीमांसा / वेदान्त दर्शन (uttara mīmāṁsā / vedānta darśana – later inquiry / final wisdom philosophy)	538
वेदान्त वाद  (vedānta vāda – final wisdom doctrine)	538
केवलाद्वैतवेदान्त दर्शन (kevalādvaitavedānta darśana  – absolute non-dualistic final wisdom philosophy)	539
औपाधिकभेदाभेदवेदान्त दर्शन (aupādikabhedābhedavedānta darśana – deceptive differentiated & non-differentiated final wisdom philosophy)	541
विशिष्टाद्वैतवेदान्त दर्शन (viśiṣṭādvaitavedānta darśana – qualified non-dualistic final-wisdom  philosophy)	542
स्वभाविकभेदाभेदवेदान्त दर्शन (svabhāvikabhedābhedavedānta darśana -  natural dualism in non-dualistic final-wisdom philosophy)	547
द्वैतवेदान्त दर्शन (dvaitavedānta darśana -  dualistic final-wisdom philosophy)	548
शुद्धाद्वैतवेदान्त दर्शन (śuddhādvaitavedānta darśana  - pure-nondualstic final wisdom philosophy)	551
अचिन्त्यभेदाभेदवेदान्त दर्शन (acintyabhedābhedavedānta darśana  - inconceivable identity in difference)	552
सिद्धान्त वाद (siddānta vāda)	554
शुद्धाद्वैत शैवसिद्धान्त दर्शन (śuddhādvaita śaivasiddhānta darśana – pure nondualstic final auspiscious accomplishment philosophy)	558
पराद्वैतत्रिकशैवदर्शन (parādvaitatrikaśaiva darśana – transcendent triad-auspiscious philosophy)	566
विशेषाद्वैत / शक्तिविशिष्टाद्वैत दर्शन (viśeṣādvaita / śaktiviśiṣṭādvaita darśana – special nondualistic / energy qualified non-dualistic philosophy)	568
Apparent Differences and Beyond	572
Commonality in Religious Mythologies & Philosophies	572
Nature Worship	572
Cosmological Models	573
Trinity Concept	573
Sacrifice	574
Sex Worship or Phallism	574
Regeneration Festivals	575
Sacred Spaces & Geometry	577
Herakles (Hercules), Jesus & Krishna	577
Hindu  & Zorastrian Deitites	577
Dionysus & शिव (śiva)	578
The Hexagram	578
The Deluge (Great Floods):	579
Mount Meru/ Axis Mundi	580
Key Inferences	580
Rationality behind similarities	580
Rationality behind differences	581
All roads lead to God	595
Understanding ब्रह्मत्वं (brahmatvaṁ - Divinity)	600
Reality of God	602
The Atheist’s Denial	603
The Physical Absence	603
The Ethical Challenges	603
The Response of the Theists	606
The Psychological Argument	608
The Metaphysics of God	613
இறைவன் (iṛaivan - The Immanent Divinity)	618
नित्य सत्यम् ब्रह्म  (nitya satyam brahma - Omnipresent Truth is God)	620
सर्व ज्ञानम् ब्रह्म  (sarva jñānam brahma - Omniscience is God)	630
परमानन्दम् ब्रह्म (paramānandam brahma – Supreme Bliss is God)	634
Transcendence by Extention not Exclusion	637
पूरणाननतम् ब्रह्म (pūraṇānanatam brahma – Absolute Infinite Divinity)	642
Infinity & Mathematics	642
सांख्यात्य (saṁkhyātya -  enumerables / countable sets):	644
असांख्यात्य  (asaṁkhyātya– Innumerables/ Uncountable Sets):	644
अग्रेदेश  (agredeśa – beyond space)	647
अग्रेकाल  (agrakāla – beyond time)	651
अग्रेनिमित्तत्व  (agrenimittatva – beyond causation)	652
ईश्वर तत्त्व  (īśvara tattva – Divine Personality)	661
सगुण  ब्रह्मन्  (saguṇa brahman -  Divine Personality)	664
Popular Gods in Hinduism	666
Appendix	674
Appendix A - Bio Data	676
Appendix B - References	677
Books	677
Research Papers, Lectures & Articles	681
Appendix C – Glossary	682
Glossary of English Terms	682
Glossary of Tamil Terms	683
Glossary of Sanskrit Terms	684
Index of Arabic References	687
Appendix D – Index of Tables & Figures	688
Index of Tables	688
Index of Figures	689
Appendix E – Index of Scriptural Citations	692
Index of Sanskrit References	692
Index of Tamil References	696
Index of Hebrew References	698
Appendix F – Index of Keywords	699
Appendix G – Index of Citations	702

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