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          Contents | 
           
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          Foreword  | 
           
             7 
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          Preface to First Edition 
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             11 
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          Note to Third Edition  | 
           
             12 
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          Acknowledgments  | 
           
             13 
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          Part 
            One | 
           
               
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             1 
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           The Divine 
            Quest  | 
           
             23 
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             2 
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           The Basic 
            Philosophy of Shree Swaminarayan | 
           
             32 
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             3 
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           The Search 
            for Gnostic Consciousness  | 
           
             40 
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             4 
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           The Happy 
            Augury at Lojpur  | 
           
             45 
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             5 
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           Jiva, 
            Ishwar, Maya  | 
           
             50 
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             6 
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           Brahman 
            - The Akshar  | 
           
             55 
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             7 
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           Parabrahman 
            - The Purushottam  | 
           
             62 
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             8 
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           Nilakantha 
            - Head of the Fellowship  | 
           
             68 
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             9 
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           Achievements 
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             75 
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             10 
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           Paramhansas 
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             85 
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             11 
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           The Reform 
            of Sacrifices  | 
           
             97 
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             12 
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           Molecules 
            turned into Mountains  | 
           
             104 
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             13 
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           The Rosary 
            replaces the Sword  | 
           
             110 
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             14 
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           Dedicated 
            Servants of God  | 
           
             117 
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             15 
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           Gadhapur 
            - The Holy City  | 
           
             123 
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             16 
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           The Divine 
            Life  | 
           
             130 
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             17 
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           The Power 
            of Redemption  | 
           
             138 
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             18 
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           The Teaching 
            of the Master  | 
           
             147 
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             19 
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           Art and 
            Religion  | 
           
             154 
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             20 
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           Personal 
            Characteristics  | 
           
             163 
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             21 
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           Last 
            Phases  | 
           
             169 
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             22 
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           Spiritual 
            Heritage  | 
           
             177 
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          Part 
            Two | 
           
               
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             23 
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           Vachanamritam 
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             193 
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             24 
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           Commentary 
            on Vachanamritam  | 
           
             201 
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             25 
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           The Theory 
            of Knowledge  | 
           
             210 
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           Satsang 
            - the Path of Enlightenment  | 
           
             221 
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             27 
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           Mukti 
            or Liberation  | 
           
             229 
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             28 
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           Satsangijivanam 
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             239 
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             29 
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          Shikshapatri 
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             248 
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          Process 
            of Cosmic Evolution  | 
           
             274 
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          Appendix 
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             277 
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          Glossary 
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             282 
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          Scriptures 
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             293 
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          Index 
            of Name | 
           
             295 
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          Illustrations | 
           
                 
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           Shree 
            Swaminarayan frontispiece | 
           
                
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           Shree 
            Gunatitanand Swami  | 
           
             92 
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           Swami 
            Shree Yagnapurushdasji  | 
           
             93 
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           Swami 
            Shree Jnanjivandasji  | 
           
             184 
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           His Divine 
            Holiness, Pramukh Swami Maharaj (Shastri Narayanswarupdasji ) | 
           
             185 
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