The Chhandogya Upanishad

by Swami Krishnananda

Table of Contents

• Publishers' Preface

Chapter 1: The Vaishvanara Vidya

• The Panchagni Vidya
• The Course of the Soul After Death
• The Course of the Soul After Death (Continued)
• Vaishvanara, the Universal Self
• Heaven as the Head of the Universal Self
• The Sun as the Eye of the Universal Self
• Air as the Breath of the Universal Self
• Space as the Body of the Universal Self
• Water as the Lower Belly of the Universal Self
• The Earth as the Feet of the Universal Self
• The Self as the Universal Whole
• The Five Pranas: Prana, Vyana, Apana, Samana, Udana
• The Need for Knowledge is Stressed
• Conclusion

Chapter 2: Uddalaka's Teaching Concerning the Oneness of the Self

1. 1. Preliminary
2. 2. The Primacy of Being
3. 3. Threefold Development
4. 4. Threefold Development (Continued)
5. 5. Illustrations of the Threefold Nature
6. 6. Further Illustrations
7. 7. Importance of Physical Needs
8. 8. Concerning Sleep, Hunger, Thirst and Dying
9. 8a. Concerning Sleep, Hunger, Thirst and Dying (Continued)
10. 9. The Indwelling Spirit
11. 10. The Indwelling Spirit (Continued): Illustrations of Rivers and the Ocean
12. 11. The Indwelling Spirit (Continued): Illustration of a Tree
13. 12. The Indwelling Spirit (Continued): Illustration of the Banyan Tree and Its Seed
14. 13. The Indwelling Spirit (Continued): Illustration of Salt and Water
15. 13a. The Indwelling Spirit (Continued): Illustration of Salt and Water (Continued)
16. 14. The Indwelling Spirit (Continued): The Need for a Guru
17. 15. The Indwelling Spirit (Continued): The Order of Merging
18. 16. The Indwelling Spirit (Continued): Illustration of the Ordeal

Chapter 3: Sanatkumara's Instructions on Bhuma-Vidya

1. Introduction
2. 1. Name
3. 2. Speech
4. 3. Mind
5. 4. Will
6. 5. Memory
7. 6. Contemplation
8. 7. Understanding
9. 8. Strength
10. 9. Food
11. 10. Water
12. 11. Heat
13. 12. Ether
14. 13. Memory
15. 14. Hope
16. 15. Life
17. 16. Truth
18. 17. Truth and Understanding
19. 18. Thought and Understanding
20. 19. Faith
21. 20. Steadfastness
22. 21. Activity
23. 22. Happiness
24. 23. The Infinite
25. 24. The Infinite and the Finite
26. 25. The Ego and the Self
27. 26. The Primacy of the Self

Chapter 4: An Analysis of the Nature of the Self

1. 1. The Universal Self within the Heart and in the World
2. 2. Different Higher Worlds
3. 3. The Space within the Heart
4. 4. Life Beyond
5. 5. Importance of Brahmacharya
6. 6. Course After Death
7. 7. Prajapati's Instruction to Indra Concerning the Real Self
8. 8. The Bodily Self
9. 9. Indra Feels the Inadequacy of the Physical Theory
10. 9a. Indra Feels the Inadequacy of the Physical Theory (Continued)
11. 10. The Dream Self
12. 11. The Self in Deep Sleep
13. 12. The Self as Spirit
14. 12a. The Self as Spirit (Continued)
15. 13. Exclamation of the Perfected Soul
16. 14. The Prayer of a Seeker for Eternal Life
17. 15. Parting Advice to the Pupil

Appendix

1. Sandilya-Vidya
2. Samvarga-Vidya

Recapitulation

1. Part 1
2. Part 2
3. Part 3