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1
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Upasana
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3
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1.1
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Importance of Upasana
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4
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1.2
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What is Upasana?
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5
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2
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Karta - God
as the All-doer
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8
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2.1
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How is God Karta?
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8
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2.2
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Shriji Maharaj - The All-doer
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9
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2.3
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Necessity of Knowing God as the All-doer
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11
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3
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Sakar - God
with Form
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13
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3.1
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Liking for Sakar
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13
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3.2
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Disadvantages of Understanding God
as Nirakar
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16
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3.3
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Origin of the Understanding that God
is Nirakar
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17
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3.4
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How is God Sakar?
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3.5
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God with Form as well as Immanent
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20
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3.6
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God as Sakar in Akshardham and on
Earth
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22
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3.7
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Divyabhav - Divine Attributes
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23
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3.8
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Necessity of Understanding Divyabhav
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26
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3.9
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Disadvantages of Perceiving Manushyabhav
in God
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29
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3.10
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Omniscience
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33
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4
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Sarvopari
- God as Supreme
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4.1
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Necessity of Faith in Divine Supremacy
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4.2
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Akshardham - The Highest Shriji Maharaj
- The Supreme
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4.3.1
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Shriji Maharaj - The Supreme:In His
own Words
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40
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4.3.2
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Shriji Maharaj - The Supreme:As Expressed
in Swamini Vatu
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42
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4.3.3
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Shriji Maharaj - The Supreme:In the
Words of the Paramhansas
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46
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4.4
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Cosmic Evolution
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49
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4.5
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Parabrahman Purushottam Narayan: One
and Unique
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53
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4.6.1
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Shriji Maharaj's Supremacy: As Understood
from His Incidents
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4.6.2
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Shriji Maharaj's Supremacy: As Explained
by Aksharbrahman Gunatitanand Swami
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4.7
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Questions Regarding Supremacy
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4.8
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Above All but Regard for All
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Pragat -
God as Ever-Present
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5.1
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What is Pragat? How?
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5.2
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True Knowledge is Recognising the
Pragat Form of God
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5.3
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The Importance of Devotion to the
Pragat Form of God
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5.4
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Pragat Bhakti - The Pathway to Peace
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5.5
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Redemption Through the Pragat Form
of God or His Saint
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5.6
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Deficiencies Resulting from not Realising
the Pragat Form of God
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5.7
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The Pragat Form of God After Shriji
Maharaj's Return to Akshardham
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5.8
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Only One Pragat Form of God
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5.9
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Characteristics of the Gunatit Saint
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5.10
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Glory of the Gunatit Saint
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5.10.1
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Glory of the Gunatit Saint: In the
Words of Shriji Maharaj
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5.10.2
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Glory of the Gunatit Saint: In the
Words of Gunatitanand Swami
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5.10.3
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Glory of the Gunatit Saint: In The
Poems of the Paramhansas
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5.10.4
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Glory of the Gunatit Saint: In the
Poems of Well-known Saint-Poets
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5.10.5
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Glory of the Gunatit Saint: In Other
Scriptures
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105
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5.11
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The Gunatit Saint - The Pragat Form
Of God Yet a Loyal Servant
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6
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Aksharbrahman
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6.1
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Becoming Aksharrup and Offering Upasana
to Purushottam with Swami-sevak Bhav
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6.2
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The Need of Becoming Brahmarup:
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6.2.1
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For the Privilege of Worshipping Purushottam
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6.2.2
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For Unhindered Devotion
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6.2.3
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For Ultimate Liberation
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6.3
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The Necessity of Aksharbrahman on
the Path of Salvation:
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6.3.1
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To Become Brahmarup
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6.3.2
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To Know Parabrahman as He Is
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6.4
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The Infinite Glory of Aksharbrahman
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6.5
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The Form of Aksharbrahman
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6.6
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The Two Forms of Akshar
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6.7.1
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Aksharbrahman: As Satchidanand Chidakash
Radiance
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6.7.2
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Aksharbrahman: As the Divine Abode
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6.7.3
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Aksharbrahman: As Divine, Personal
and Sakar
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6.7.4
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Aksharbrahman: As In Human Form
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6.8
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Aksharbrahman: One and Unique
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6.9
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The Relationship Between Akshar and
Purushottam
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6.10
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What is Meant by Brahman Merging into
Parabrahman?
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6.11
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Common Qualities of Akshar and Purushottam
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6.12
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The Dual Upasana of Akshar Purushottam
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6.13
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Gunatitanand Swami as Mul Akshar:
How?
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6.13.1
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Scriptural Evidence
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6.13.2
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Gunatitanand Swami is Akshar: In the
Words of Shriji Maharaj
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6.13.3
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Gunatitanand Swami's Unique Glory:
As Described by Shriji Maharaj
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134
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6.13.4
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Gunatitanand Swami is Akshar: In the
Words of Gunatitanand Swami
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6.13.5
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Gunatitanand Swami is Akshar: As Given
in Swamini Vatu
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6.13.6
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Gunatitanand Swami's Unique Glory:
As Described by Himself
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6.13.7
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Gunatitanand Swami is Akshar: In the
Words of Gopalanand Swami
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6.13.8
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Gunatitanand Swami's Unique Glory:
As Described by Gopalanand Swami
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6.13.9
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Gunatitanand Swami is Akshar: In the
Words of the Paramhansas
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6.13.10
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Gunatitanand Swami's Unique Glory:
As Described by the Paramhansas
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147
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6.13.11
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Gunatitanand Swami is Akshar: Other
Evidence
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150
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6.13.12
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Gunatitanand Swami is Akshar: From
His Life and Work
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7
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Summary
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7.1
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Upasana: What to Understand
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7.2
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Upasana: What not to Understand
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Appendix
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Glossary
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Scriptures
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Index |
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