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    The Holy Science
    The Holy Science
    The Holy Science
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    The Holy Science

    By Swami Sri Yukteswar

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    The Holy Science was written by Sri Yukteswar at the behest of Mahavatar Babaji. In it, Sri Yukteswar compares Sanskrit slokas to the writings of the New Testament. Also explained is the great cycle of world ages (yugas). Yukteshwar was an educator, astronomer, a Jyotisha (Vedic astrologer), a yogi, and a believer in the Bh

    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherGENERAL PRESS
    Release dateJul 1, 2020
    ISBN9789389716894
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    The Holy Science - Swami Sri Yukteswar

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    Contents

    Introduction

    Chapter 1

    The Gospel

    SUTRA 1

    Why God is not Comprehensible

    SUTRA 2

    Prakriti or Nature of God

    How God is Comprehended

    SUTRA 3

    The Word, Amen (Om), is the beginning of the Creation

    The Four Ideas: the Word, Time, Space, and the Atom

    SUTRA 4

    Atoms the throne of Spirit the Creator

    SUTRA 5

    Kutastha Chaitanya, the Holy Ghost, Purushottama

    Abhasa Chaiianya or Purusha, the Sons of God

    SUTRA 6

    Chitta, the Heart; Ahamkara, Ego, the Son of Man

    Buddhi, the Intelligence; Manas, the Mind

    SUTRAS 7-10

    Pancha Tattwa, the Root-Causes of Creation, are the Causal Body

    Three Gunas, the Electric Attributes

    Jnanendriyas, the Five Organs of the Senses

    Karmendriyas, the Five Organs of Action

    Vishaya or Tanmatras, the Five Objects of the Senses

    Lingasarira, the Fine Material Body

    SUTRAS 11, 12

    Gross Material Body

    Twenty-Four Elders

    SUTRA 13

    Seven Spheres or Swargas

    Sapta Patalas, Seven Churches

    14 Bhuvanas, the Stages of Creation

    SUTRA 14

    5 Koshas or Sheaths

    Action of Love

    Inanimate Kingdom

    Vegetable Kingdom

    Animal Kingdom

    Mankind

    Devata or Angel

    Free, Sannyasi

    SUTRAS 15, 16

    Sleeping and Waking States

    SUTRA 17

    When Man Finds his Sat-Guru or Savior

    Ganga, Jamuna, or Jordan, the Holy Streams

    The 2nd Birth

    Aparokshajnana, the Real Comprehension

    SUTRA 18

    Sannyasi or Christ the anointed Savior

    Baptized in the Stream of Light

    Sacrifice of Self

    Kaivalya, the Unification

    Chapter 2

    The Goal

    SUTRA 1

    Liberation, the Prime Object

    SUTRA 2

    Residing in Self is Liberation

    SUTRA 3

    Liberation is Salvation

    SUTRA 4

    Why Man Suffers

    SUTRAS 5, 6

    What is Ignorance?

    SUTRAS 7-12

    Ignorance is the Source of All Troubles

    SUTRA 13

    Why Man is Bound

    SUTRAS 14, 15

    Ultimate Aim of the Heart

    SUTRAS 16-21

    The Real Necessities

    How Man Attains Bliss

    How Consciousness Appears

    How Existence is Realized

    How Main Object of the Heart is Attained

    SUTRA 22

    How Man Finds Salvation

    Chapter 3

    The Procedure

    SUTRAS 1-4

    Patience, Faith, and Holy Work Explained

    SUTRAS 5, 6

    How the Holy Sound Manifests

    The Virtue of Love

    SUTRAS 7, 8

    Regard the Guru with Deep Love

    SUTRAS 9-11

    What is Natural Living?

    What is Natural Food for Man?

    Observation of Teeth

    Observation of the Digestive Canal

    Observation of Organs of Sense

    Observation of the Nourishment of the Young

    Cause of Disease

    Children’s Development

    Natural Living Calms Passions

    Sexual Desire

    The Root of the Tree of Life

    Dwelling Place of Man

    The Company We Should Keep

    Necessity of Natural Living and Purity

    SUTRAS 12-18

    The Eight Meannesses of the Heart

    Awakening Magnanimity of the Heart

    Value of Pranayama

    Control Over Death

    Necessity of Pratyahara

    Necessity of Asana

    SUTRAS 19-22

    Smriti, the True Conception

    Samadhi, True Concentration

    Pranava Sabda, the Word of God

    Samyama, the Concentration of the Self

    Bhakti Yoga or Baptism, the Second Birth of Man

    SUTRA 23

    Five States of Human Heart

    SUTRA 24

    The Dark Heart

    Sudra or Servant Class

    Kali Yuga, the Dark Cycle

    SUTRAS 25, 26

    The Propelled Heart

    Kshatriya, the Military Class

    Sandhisthala – the Place Between Higher and Lower

    When Man Finds Sat-Guru, the Savior

    SUTRA 27

    The Seven Lokas

    SUTRA 28

    Dwija or Twice-Born

    The Steady Heart

    SUTRA 29

    The Devoted Heart

    SUTRA 30

    The Clean Heart

    SUTRAS 31, 32

    Chapter 4

    The Revelation

    SUTRAS 1-3

    SUTRAS 4, 5

    SUTRA 6

    SUTRA 7

    SUTRA 8

    SUTRA 9

    SUTRA 10

    SUTRA 11

    SUTRA 12

    Conclusion

    Introduction

    This Kaivalya Darsanam (exposition of Final Truth) has been written by Priya Nath Swami, son of Kshetranath and Kaciambini of the Karar family.

    At the request in Allahabad of the Great Preceptor (Mahavatar Babaji) near the end of the 194th year of the present Dwapara Yuga, this exposition has been published for

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