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Sri Muruganar
GURU VACHAKA KOVAI
The Light of Supreme TruthorTHE COLLECTIONOF GURU’S SAYINGS
Translated from the Original TamilbySadhu Om and Michael JamesWith an Introduction byDavid GodmanRamakrishna-Vedanta Study CircleAthens, Greece
 
Source:
www.davidgodman.org 
Copyright © Michael JamesThis printout: November 4, 2004Reprint: August 28, 2007
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Contents
Prefatory Verses
Obeisance to the Guru....................................................................131 The Name and Origin of this Work..............................................132 The Benefit or Fruit of this Work.................................................143 The Submission to the Assembly................................................154 Dedication...................................................................................155 The Author..................................................................................15
PART ONEAN ANALYSIS OF THE TRUTH
Benedictory Verses.........................................................................161 The Truth or Reality of the World................................................172 The Unreality of the World..........................................................243 The Allurement of the World.......................................................254 The Aridity of the World ..............................................................265 Playing One’s Role in the World.................................................276
Vivartha Siddhanta
(The Doctrine of Simultaneous Creation).......................277 The Doctrine of ‘
 Ajata
’.................................................................328 The Purpose behind the Diverse Theories of Creation...............329 The Part Played by God..............................................................3310 The Three Prime Entities [God, World and Soul]......................3511 Veiling.......................................................................................3712 Individuality...............................................................................3713 Association with the Unreal.......................................................3914 The
Pandit 
.................................................................................4115 The Poet ...................................................................................4316 The Vanity of Learning..............................................................4317 The Greatness of
Vedanta
........................................................4518 The Workings of
Prarabdha
......................................................4619 The Power of
Prarabdha
...........................................................4620 The Nature of the Ego and of Self ............................................4721 The power of
Vasanas
..............................................................4722 The Ego-Knot............................................................................4723 The Might of the Ego.................................................................4824 The Ego’s Play..........................................................................5125 Treason Against Self.................................................................5326 Heaven and Hell .......................................................................5327 The Terror of Hell......................................................................5528 The Conquest of Hell (Naraka).................................................5528 The greatness of
Aham-mukha
(Self-Attention)........................5630 The Kingdom of God.................................................................5831 Siva (The Supreme)..................................................................5932 The Oneness of Hara and Hari (Shiva and Vishnu).................6033 Shiva and Shakti.......................................................................6034 Shiva Puja (Worshipping Shiva) ...............................................6035 The Truth of
Namaskaram
........................................................6136 Idol Worship..............................................................................6237
Vibhuti 
(Holy Ash).....................................................................62
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