The Chhandogya Upanishad
by Swami Krishnananda
Table of Contents
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
- Preliminary
- The Primacy of Being
- Threefold Development
- Threefold Development (Continued)
- Illustrations of the Threefold Nature
- Further Illustrations
- Importance of Physical Needs
- Concerning Sleep, Hunger, Thirst and Dying
- The Indwelling Spirit
- The Indwelling Spirit (Continued): Illustrations of Rivers and the Ocean
- The Indwelling Spirit (Continued): Illustration of a Tree
- The Indwelling Spirit (Continued): Illustration of the Banyan Tree and Its Seed
- The Indwelling Spirit (Continued): Illustration of Salt and Water
- The Indwelling Spirit (Continued): The Need for a Guru
- The Indwelling Spirit (Continued): The Order of Merging
- The Indwelling Spirit (Continued): Illustration of the Ordeal
Chapter 3: Sanatkumara's Instructions on Bhuma-Vidya
- Name
- Speech
- Mind
- Will
- Memory
- Contemplation
- Understanding
- Strength
- Food
- Water
- Heat
- Ether
- Memory
- Hope
- Life
- Truth
- Truth and Understanding
- Thought and Understanding
- Faith
- Steadfastness
- Activity
- Happiness
- The Infinite
- The Infinite and the Finite
- The Ego and the Self
- The Primacy of the Self
Chapter 4: An Analysis of the Nature of the Self
- The Universal Self within the Heart and in the World
- Different Higher Worlds
- The Space within the Heart
- Life Beyond
- Importance of Brahmacharya
- Course After Death
- Prajapati's Instruction to Indra Concerning the Real Self
- The Bodily Self
- Indra Feels the Inadequacy of the Physical Theory
- The Dream Self
- The Self in Deep Sleep
- The Self as Spirit
- Exclamation of the Perfected Soul
- The Prayer of a Seeker for Eternal Life
- Parting Advice to the Pupil