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LONG AGO, in an age we know about only from the epics of ancient India, the great sage Kapila made His appearance on earth—from the womb of the saintly Devahūti, When her husband left home to seek spiritual perfection in the forest, Devahūti implored her divine son Kapila to lead her to enlightenmentLord Kapila then showed her the way of Sāṅkhya—the analytical pathway to a higher understanding of the world, the self, and the ultimate source of everything.

Here the world’s most distinguished teacher of Vedic philosophy and religion shows us just how relevant Lord Kapila's ancient teachings are to us today. Through the way ofSāṅkhya, as explained in this book, we learn about the qualities of the spiritual master, the science of meditation, the psychology of consciousness, the symptoms of the self-realized person, the secret of transcendental knowledge, and the attainment of supreme liberation.