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Part 3 - chapter 6 to 9 alerts us to the factors that limit our present state of life and explains how to remove their causes. Chapter 10 describes our shift into a state where we are free from all limiting influences and can access the entire breadth and richness of our potential.
THE KEY TO THE CENTER OF THE UNIVERSE presents the first part of this ancient manuscript. It introduces the magnitude of our potential and tells us how to explore it in our daily life.
The third part of the Tattvarthasutra has been published as KARMA - THE MECHANISM by Hermann Kuhn (also at Crosswind Publishing). It alerts us to deep-rooted, hidden mechanisms that govern all our actions and tells us how to control them. The work contains all parts of the Tattvarthasutra that explain the karmic mechanisms relevant to our present times (chapter 6, 8, and part of chapter 9). Special efforts have been made to present the practical aspect of the Tattvarthasutra - the mechanisms of action and the development of hidden abilities - in an easily applicable way.
A modern commentary accompanies the ancient text. For easier reading all accents in the transliteration of Sanskrit words have been eliminated. The Sanskrit terms are for reference only. They help to identify the exact meaning.
How to Use This Book It is recommended to read the book twice and to defer all questions that might arise during the first reading. The text often introduces themes only briefly to return to them extensively later. A second reading then produces far deeper insight.
It is further recommended to try to locate the described mechanisms in our own life rather than to ponder how they might effect others, what others may think about them, or how much they would be able to understand. As long as we remain on this level of 'mere theo
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