Language: EnglishPages: 196Back of the Book: Lights on the UpanishadsIt has become a practice to see the contents of the Upanishads purely from and intellectual viewpoint. According to the seers of the Upanishads, the truths in these books should be realized by every individual.The process of realisation is termed as Sadhana. The Upanishads are manuals of Sadhana. The hints on Sadhana are called as vidyas. 'Lights on the Upanishads' contains a detailed discussion of the six vidyas.Within the purview of the Six vidyas discussed here, Sri T. V. Kapali Sastry has hinted at several modes of consolidation of Sadhana. It will facilitate to Sadhaka to evolve himself to the stature whose range spreads from the mere materiality to the super human / super divine levels of the super consciousness. Note to ReadersDear ReaderWe are pleased to present this new edition of, 'Lights on the Upanishads', by Sri T.V. Kapali Sastry. It has been out of print for quite some time; it is now available in print only as a part of the volume 1 of the Collected Works. The uniqueness of this book is that it deals with the practice of the spiritual truths.Most of the books on Upanishads in print in English describe its contents purely from an intellectual viewpoint. However according to the seers of the Upanishads, the truths in these books should be realized by every individual. i.e., it is not enough to understand the key terms like atman or prana intellectually; these truths should be realized by a person. For instance, the Chhandogya Upanishad declares in (5.2.3) that, "if a realized person were to tell this (the truth of prana vidya) to a dried-up stump, sure, branche