The complete study is divided into two volumes. Volume I studies the essentials of mysticism as mystic experience, Bhakti-rasa, grace, Sadhana, Karma and Bhakti Yoga, stages of spiritual progress, the Buddhist and Jain spiritual concepts, process of illumination and degrees of grace and Diksha. Volume II reveals the modern mystics of India as Ramakrishna Paramahansa, Vijayakrishna Gosvamin, Swamiji Maharaj, Vama Kshepa, Prabhu Jagadbandhu, Huzur Maharaj, Sadhu Sundar Singh, Santadasa Babaji, Raman Maharshi, and Mother Anandamayi. Vol. III is a critique of Indian mysticism.
Who is a mystic? It is difficult to answer the question. A mystic is not necessarily an occultist, although he may have some occult powers (telepathy, etc.) at his command. A mystic need not be an intellectual prodigy, though he may have all the blessings of the Pure Light. That the superhuman Light of Knowledge may be revealed to a mystic is not strange to Western mysticism. St. Ignatius is said to have comprehended marvelously a great number of truths pertaining to the faith and to the human sciences. These truths were so numerous and the light was so bright that he felt as if he had entered into a new and glorious world.
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Vedas (1277)
Upanishads (477)
Puranas (741)
Ramayana (893)
Mahabharata (329)
Dharmasastras (162)
Goddess (474)
Bhakti (243)
Saints (1289)
Gods (1280)
Shiva (334)
Journal (132)
Fiction (44)
Vedanta (322)
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