Introduction xiii

In the Beginning Love Arose
from the RIG VEDA 1

Creative Fervor
from the RIG VEDA 3

The Mighty Earth
from the RIG VEDA 5

The Man
from the RIG VEDA 7

Shanti
from the ATHARVA VEDA 10

Brahman Is Joy
from the TAITTIRIYA UPANISHAD 12

The ISHA UPANISHAD 14

You Are That
from the CHANDOGYA UPANISHAD 17

The Highest Mystical Teaching
from the SHVETASHVATARA UPANISHAD 20

The Sun That Dispels Our Darkness
from the SHVETASHVATARA UPANISHAD 22

His Face Is Everywhere
from the SHVETASHVATARA UPANISHAD 23

Hear, O Children of Immortal Bliss
from the SHVETASHVATARA UPANISHAD 25

In Praise of the Wise
from the MUNDAKA UPANISHAD 27

The Unitive State
from the BRIHADARANYAKA UPANISHAD 29

On the Greatness of "AUM"
from the MAN DUKYA UPANISHAD 32

To the Householder
from the TAITTIRIYA UPANISHAD 34

What the Thunder Said
from the BRIHADARANYAKA UPANISHAD 35

For the Love of the Soul
from the BRIHADARANYAKA UPANISHAD 36

How to Work
from the BHAGAVAD GITA 38

What Is Action and What Is Inaction?
from the BHAGAVAD GITA 39

The Royal Path of Devotion
from the BHAGAVAD GITA 41

The Cosmic Vision
from the BHAGAVAD GITA 42

The Way of Love
from the BHAGAVAD GITA 45

Devotion to Duty
from the BHAGAVAD GITA 47

The Goddess Reveals Her Cosmic Body
from the DEVI GITA 49

The Goddess Explains at Length the Supreme Devotion Beyond the Gunas
from the DEVI GITA 51

The Tantric Praise of the Goddess
from the CHANDI PATHA 53

The Six Stanzas of Salvation
SHANKARACHARYA 58

In the Fire of Knowledge
SHANKARACHARYA 60

Awareness: I Am the Infinite Ocean
from the ASHTAVAKRA GITA 62

The Story of the Rock
from the YOGA VASISHTHA 66

The Nectar of Self-Awareness
JNANESHWAR 68

This Miracle
DEVARA DASIMAYYA 73

Show Me Your Way Out
MAHADEVIYAKKA 74

O Lord White As Jasmine
MAHADEVIYAKKA 75

If My Head Falls from My Shoulders
MAHADEVIYAKKA 76

God's Name
TUKARAM 77

Money's No Good Here
MIRABAI 78

Who Can Discredit Me?
MIRABAI 79

Deep into the Night
MIRABAI 80

The Swing of Consciousness
KABIR 82

The Simple Union
KABIR 84

A Country Fair for Those Mad with Love
RAMPRASAD 85

I'm Going to Plunge Anyway
RAMPRASAD 87

Cut This Black Snarl
RAMPRASAD 88

Abandon Whatever Limits You Cling To
RAMPRASAD 89

I Would Not Even Care to Be an Emperor
RAMPRASAD 91

I Am Buried in Shyam
CHANDIDAS 93

Turned to Gold
LALAN 94

Snared by the Beauty
FIKIRCHAND 95

Truth Is One
RAMAKRISHNA 96

The Chameleon
RAMAKRISHNA 98

Who Weeps for God?
RAMAKRISHNA 100

How to Live in the World
RAMAKRISHNA 101

The Mother
RAMAKRISHNA 102

Perfect Awareness
RAMAKRISHNA 104

Worship the Living God
VIVEKANANDA 106

All Gods Are in You
VIVEKANANDA 108

The Supreme Worship
VIVEKANANDA 109

The Open Secret
VIVEKANANDA 111

The Sickbed—21
RABINDRANATH TAGORE 113

The Nature of Mind: Who Am I?
RAMANA MAHARSHI 115

The Self and the Cinema
RAMANA MAHARSHI 118

I Am a Child
NISARGADATFA MAHARA 120

The Divine Mother
AUROBINDO 121

All for Her
AUROBINDO 123

The Supramental Force
AUROBINDO 126

The New Being
AUROBINDO 128

The New Body
AUROBINDO 130

The New Race
AUROBINDO 132

One Single Life
AUROBINDO 134

Glossary of Sanskrit Names and Terms 137
Contributors, Sources, and Credits 141