The Pranava Vada
by Bhagavan Das
with commentary by Annie Besant
published by the Theosophical Society, Adyar
This material is provided by Dr. Guy Pettitt; below this table of contents
is his introductory letter on this rare resource.
The following links open .pdf files (use www.adobe.com
for the reader)
With any problems, please contact the webmaster, vicktorya,
at vsk @ makara . us (remove spaces)
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Contents
Volume 1
Title
Volume 1, Contents and Preface
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Preface
- A Story. History ...
Preface
- History continued
Preface
- Sanskrit Words & beginning of Personal Narrative
Preface
- Narrative continued, Heart of the Vedanta
Preface
- The Genuineness of the Work
Preface
- reference to HPB ...
Preface
- Nature of the Pranava Vada
Preface
- Manner of the Book, Translation and Summary
Preface
- Preliminary Notes by Translator
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Title
Volume 1, Manual 2
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Vol
1, Preface to Section 1: relation of all parts of the work
Vol 1,
Sec. 1: The Ultimates of AUM
Vol
1, Sec. 2: Method of Conjunction of the Three
Vol
1, Sec. 2: continued ...
Vol
1, Sec. 2: continued ...
Vol
1, Sec. 3: Ch. 1, Relation of Action to Knowledge
Vol
1, Sec. 3: Ch. 2, Genesis of the Vedas
Vol
1, Sec. 3: Ch. 3, Components of the Vedas
Vol
1, Sec. 3: Ch. 4, continued, w/ comments on Gayatri
Vol
1, Sec. 3: continued ...
Vol
1, Sec. 3: Ch. 5, nature of the Rg Veda
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Volume 1, Manual 3 |
Vol
1, Section 3: Ch. 6a, the YAJUR-VEDA on kriya, action, and moksha,
freedom
Vol
1, Sec. 3: Ch. 6b, the 5 Yajnas or consecrations
Vol
1, Sec. 3: Ch. 6c, the 16 Samskaras or sacraments
Vol
1, Sec. 3: Ch. 6d, Samskaras 1-7: conception, invocation to the
jiva to inhabit it
Vol
1, Sec. 3: Ch. 6e, Appendix on the Samskaras
Vol
1, Sec. 3: Ch. 6f, Samskara 8: Study and preparation for future
duty
Vol
1, Sec. 3: Ch. 6g, Samskaras 9-15: Marriage, home-coming, parenting,
progenition, retirement from the household
Vol
1, Sec. 3: Ch. 6h, Samskara 16: Death and the post-mortem rites
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Volume 1, Manual 4 |
Vol
1, Sec 3: Ch. 7.i: The Sama Veda
Vol
1, Sec 3: Ch. 7b.ii: The Sama Veda
Vol
1, Sec 3: Ch. 8: The Atharva Veda
Vol
1, Sec 3: Ch. 9: The Brahmanas
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Contents
Volume 2
Title
Manual 5
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Vol
2, Sec 3, Ch 10: The Upanishad
Vol
2, Sec 3, Ch 11: The Upa Vedas
Vol
2, Sec 3, Ch 12: The Shakas of the Vedas
Vol
2, Sec 3, Ch 13a: The Vedangas
Vol
2, Sec 3, Ch 13b: (continued)
Vol
2, Sec 3, Ch 13c: (continued)
Vol
2, Sec 3, Ch 14: Rules
of Study
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Title
Manual 6
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Vol
2, Sec 3, Ch 15a: The Six Upangas or Darshanas
Vol
2, Sec 3, Ch 15b: (continued)
Vol
2, Sec 3, Ch 15c: (continued)
Vol
2, Sec 3, Ch 16: Studies and Science
Vol
2, Sec 3, Ch 17: The Sutratma or Thread Soul
Vol
2, Sec 3, Ch 18: The Penultimates
Vol
2, Sec 3, Ch 19: The Jivatma
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Manual 7 |
Vol
2, Sec 3, Ch 20: The Constitution of the Jivatma
Vol
2, Sec 3, Ch 21: The Main Psychological Features of the Jivatma
Vol
2, Sec 3, Ch 22: Further Considerations as to Kriya
Vol
2, Sec 3, Ch 23: The Companions of Kriya
Vol
2, Sec 3, Ch 24: The Principle Forms of Kriya
Vol
2, Sec 3, Ch 25: The Metaphysics of Kriya in Practice; Existence
and Non-Existence
Vol
2, Sec 3, Ch 26: Light and Shade
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Contents
Volume 3
Title
Manual 8:
Light and Shade; Spirit and Matter
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Vol
3, Sec 3, Ch 27: Light and Shade; Spirit and Matter
Vol
3, Sec 3, Ch 28: Para- and Apara-prakriti
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3, Sec 3, Ch 29: Psychology of Kriya and Pratikriya - love and hate
Vol
3, Sec 3, Ch 30: Endless moods of the opposites, love and hate
Vol
3, Sec 3, Ch 31:Triplets: Ptratyagatma-Jivatma-Daiviprakriti; Sat-Chit-Ananda;
Manas-Buddhi-Ahankara
Vol
3, Sec 3, Ch 32: Triplet of Substance-Quality-Movement: Reasons
for the endless quintuplication
Vol
3, Sec 3, Ch 33: Substance, Attribute, and Movement – principal
varieties thereof: Seven varieties of each
Vol
3, Sec 3, Ch 34: The Evolution of Dravyas: Nyaya-method of determining
the logia; I-number-not; I-conjuncion-not
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Title
Manual 9:
(Continued) Light and Shade; Spirit and Matter
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Vol
3, Sec 3, Ch 35: Vibration; Logia and akasha; reason for form
Vol
3, Sec 3, Ch 36: Love and Hate: As the ethical form of the primal
metaphysical pair of Self and Not-Self
Vol
3, Sec 4a: Part of the Continuum of World-Systems
Vol
3, Sec 4b: (continued)
Vol 3,
Sec 5: Right and Wrong
Vol
3, Sec 6a: Achievement of Freedom
Vol
3, Sec 6b: (continued)
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Title
Page of the A-Z Index
Index
A - B ...
Index
B - I ...
Index
I - M ...
Index
M - P ...
Index
P - S ...
Index
S - T ...
Index
- Triads Index
Index
- V - Z ... to Other Works
Index
- Corrections for Vol. 1, 2, and 3 |
Updated July 2007
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From Guy Pettitt:
Dear fellow student of the ageless wisdom,
Re: The Pranava Vada
In the book “A Treatise on
White Magic” by Alice Bailey*, the Tibetan sage, Djwhal Kuhl,
reccommended the reader also to study a book called “The Science
of the Emotions,” by Bhagavan Das. After some searching, when I managed
to obtain a copy, and found it extremely wise and interesting. I became
intrigued by this man’s life and work. Bhagavan Das’s life spanned
the nineteenth and twentieth centuries. He seems to have been very active
in improving both education and politics in India, and a close asociate
of Annie Besant – with whom he co-authored a book about the Bhagavad
Gita. I find him to write in a very clarifying manner, one that appeals
to me a lot.
My enthusiasm led me to search out other examples of Bhagavan Das’s
writings, all of which I found very thought-provoking. They include “The
Science of Peace”, “The Science of Social Organisation”,
“The Essential Unity of all Religions”, “The Science of
the Self”, “Ancient Psychosynthesis” and several others.
Some of these I obtained from a very good specialist esoteric bookseller:
Kessinger Publications <booksales@kessinger.net> or "Kessinger
Publishing, LLC" <books@kessinger.net> or the national Theosophical
Library here in Auckland, New Zealand.
Later, I discovered that the book called “Pranava Vada according
to Gargyayana,” or “The Science of the Scared Word,” that
the Tibetan teacher references in footnotes in “A
Treatise on Cosmic Fire” * was also by this extraordinary man.
Locating a copy of the Pranava Vada was extremely challenging and
time-consuming, but eventually I discovered a copy (in three volumes)
from a source in India. It seems this book may now be quite rare,
and therefore doubly valuable to those with a serious interest in discipleship
or esoteric training, or simply a study
of the Treatise on Cosmic
Fire. I have no idea how many other copies of this
book are still extant. My own copy is very fragile, and this further decided
me to make an electronic copy to preserve this wonderful book for posterity.
I have scanned it all, and enlarged the frames for easier reading. Because
my copy is so very fragile, you may find imperfections – please be
patient with these.
On this CD you will find a version in .pdf (for reading using Acrobat
Reader – available from www.adobe.com
as a free download, if you do not have it already.
It is a long book – circa 1000 pages, and so I have divided it
into 10 manuals (coded on the CD as variations on PVG M 1-10). You can
read them on screen - or print out hard copies for yourself. NB: They
are set for A4 paper, so those using American Letter size paper, please
modify your print page setting percentage to less than 100% before you
print.
I hope you are able to both enjoy and gain value from reading this
very unusual work.
Yours sincerely
Dr Guy Pettitt
MA, MSE(Psych), MRCP, MRNZCGP, DObstRCOG
81, Cambria St., Nelson, New Zealand
Tel +64-3-548-4400 ; Fax +64-3-548-1241
E-mail gpettitt REMOVE IN EMAIL @ts.co.nz
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