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

Chapter 3: Sanatkumara's Instructions on Bhuma-Vidya

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

Chapter 4: An Analysis of the Nature of the Self

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

Appendix

1. Sandilya-Vidya
2. Samvarga-Vidya