His Telugu discourse on Self-knowledge in twelve chapters: its four obstacles and the four kinds of jñānī, the mind as the cause of bondage and freedom, devotion as the lamp of jñāna, and the fourfold sādhana behind self-inquiry.
The Four Obstacles to Attaining the Paramātma Who Is Jñāna Itself
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Chapter 1The Four Obstacles to Attaining the Paramātma Who Is Jñāna ItselfChapter 2Whoever Can Check the Onrush of the Citta and Fully Subdue It, to Them Comes the Vision of the ĀtmaChapter 3The Four Kinds of JñānisChapter 4The Manas Alone Is the Cause of Man's Bondage and FreedomChapter 5To Know That Which Is Eternal, That Alone Is JñānaChapter 6Bhakti to God Is the Foundation of the Lamp of JñānaChapter 7Only When Sādhakas Immerse Themselves in the Confluence of Bhakti, Jñāna and Vairāgya Does the Fruit Come Into HandChapter 8The Greatness of the Jñāni Is Not Possible Either to Describe or to ImagineChapter 9The Jñāna Gained Through Inquiry into the Manas's Own Meaning Alone Puts an End to MāyāChapter 10Seeking Out the Truth Alone Must Be the Mark of the JñānisChapter 11Only When the Manas Dissolves Does the Experience Indeed ComeChapter 12Whosoever Is Devoted to the Practice of the Fourfold Sādhana Is Indeed Entitled to Ātma-vicāra