The Holy Science
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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
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The Holy Science - Swami Sri Yukteswar
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