INTRODUCTION.

...not recognise through nescience: A translation of the Sanskrit word Avidya, referring to a state of spiritual ignorance or a failure to perceive the true nature of reality.. From nescience arises egoity: The false sense of a separate 'I' or individual selfhood, known in Sanskrit as Ahamkara. (‘I’ and ‘mine’), and the very idea is a limitation of love. Merged in that ocean of love and bliss, all separation, all individualism vanishes. It is found existing—as it always in reality exists—alone, without a second original: Ekâdvitiya — A term meaning "one without a second," describing the absolute unity of the ultimate reality..

Men often fall back from the grand abstraction of non-duality original: advaita: The philosophical position that the individual soul and the supreme reality are one and the same.—non-duality—through not having recognised along with it the corresponding fire of devotion original: Bhakti: The path of intense, emotional love and service toward the Divine..

Hence it appears a cold abstraction, admired by the head but leaving the heart cold—a mere intellectual gymnastics. That it is not so when properly understood is seen through those non-dualist original: advaiti: A practitioner or follower of the path of non-duality. devotees who, full of enthusiasm, fire and love, work ever for the redemption of themselves and others from the net of ignorance original: avidyâ: A fundamental misunderstanding that masks the true nature of the soul.—ignorance. Indian philosophy: A diverse range of philosophical traditions originating in India, which seek to understand the nature of existence and the path to spiritual liberation. cannot be mastered from one set of teachings. Out of the Upanishads: Ancient Sanskrit scriptures that contain the core philosophical teachings of Hinduism regarding the soul and the ultimate reality. have been evolved systems, as above enumerated, which cover the whole possible field of rela-