A Study of the Bhâgavata Purâna; or, Esoteric Hinduism
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Contents
- Preface
- The Ideal of Bhâgavata Purâna: A Discourse Between Vyâsa and Nârada
- Account of Narada
- Virat Purusha
- The Purusha in All Hearts
- The Death of the Yogi and After
- What Men Are to Do and What They Are Not to Do
- The Bhagâvata Purâna as Related by Brahmâ to Nârada
- Bhâgavata as Related by Maitreya to Vidura
- The First or the Svayambhuva Manvantara
- The Genealogy of Manu and the Rishis
- General Remarks on the Tables
- The Quarrel Between Śiva and Daksha
- Thoughts on the Above
- Table V. Priyavrata
- Thoughts on the Line of Priya Vrata
- The Earth Chain, Bhuvana Kosha
- Ilavrita Is the Central Varsha
- The Ganges
- The Mysteries of the Varshas
- The Dvipas
- Svar and Bhuvar
- The Sun
- The Planets and Stars
- The Pâtâlas
- Ananta
- The Narakas
- The Story of Ajâmila
- The Progeny of Daksha
- The Progeny of Dharma
- The Progeny of Tarksha
- The Progeny of Kasyapa
- The Story of Vivsvarûpa
- The Story of Vritru
- The Story of Chitraketu
- The Daityas
- The Maruts
- The Mysteries About the Suras and the Asuras
- Thoughts on the Above
- The Story of Hiranyakasipu
- Hiranyakasipu and Prahlâda
- The Prayer of Prahlâda
- Varna and Ashrama
- Yajna
- The Second Manvantara
- The Third Manvantara
- The Fourth Manvantara
- The Story of the Elephant King
- The Fifth Manvantara
- The Sixth Manvantara
- The Churning of the Ocean
- Thoughts on the Above
- The Seventh Manvantara
- The Eighth Manvantara
- The Ninth Manvantara
- The Tenth Manvantara
- The Eleventh Manvantara
- The Twelfth Manvantara
- The Thirteenth Manvantara
- The Fourteenth Manvantara
- The Administration of a Manvantara
- The Story of Bali
- Thoughts on the Above
- The Matsya Avatara
- The Vaivasvata Manvantara
- The Lunar Dynasty
- The Lunar Dynasty (Continued)
- Thoughts on the Vaivasvata Manvantara
- Vrindâvana Lilâ
- Mathurâ Lilâ
- Dvaraka Lilâ
- Thoughts on the Mathurâ Lilâ
- Thoughts on the Dvârakâ
- The Wives
- The Mushala. Xi. I
- The Bhâgavatâ Path
- Krishna and Uddhava
- Self-Instruction
- Âtmâ a Refutation of the School of Jaimini
- Bondage and Liberation
- Sâdhu and Bhakti
- Why Give Up All Karma
- The Gunas
- How to Withdraw from the Objects of the Senses
- Bhakti Yoga
- Meditation
- The Siddhis
- What One Is to Do for Moksha
- The Sadhanas or Expedients
- The Three Paths: Karma, Jnâna and Bhakti
- Guna and Dosha or Right and Wrong
- The Tatvas
- Prakriti and Purusha
- Re-Incarnation
- Forbearance
- Sankhya
- Satva Rajas and Tamas
- Company
- Jnâna Yoga
- Bhakti Yoga
- The End
- The Twelfth Skandha
- Pralaya
- Thoughts on Pralaya