The Supreme Yoga: A New Translation of the Yoga Vasistha (Two Volumes)

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Item Code: IDF290
Publisher: New Age Books
Author: Swami Venkatesananda
Language: Translation with With Transliterated Text
Edition: 2013
ISBN: 9788178222608
Pages: 777
Cover: Paperback
Other Details 8.4" X 5.4"
Weight 1.02 kg
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From the Back of the Book:

The Yoga Vasistha is a unique work of Indian philosophy and is highly respected for its practical mysticism. These teachings of Sage Vasistha imparted to Lord Rama, contain the true understanding about the creation of the world.

The Supreme Yoga, with Romanised text, is a translation into English of this complete work and is accompanied by brief expositions by Swami Venkatesananda.

This book brings this store house of wisdom to our world and makes the philosophy comprehensible to scholars and common people alike.

Soak into the message of each verse and discover the numerous ways in which this truth is revealed to help open your mind.

About the Author:

Swami Venkatesananda, has been working untiringly for decades to spread life-giving message of Yoga and Vedanta in the East and West. He is the author of, among others, the Srimad Bhagvatam or The Book of God and The Bhagavad Gita or The Songs of God.

Preface

The Yoga Vasistha has always been considered as perhaps the most elaborate exposition of Philosophy and Religion ever written under the sun. The work, which is voluminous in its nature, has been abridged by several scholars subsequently to make the treatise accessible to people who would not have the time and patience to wade through this large literature. Sri Swami Venkatesananda, a direct disciple of His Holiness Sri Swami Sivanandaji Maharaj, has, however, excelled the earlier precis writers on this subject in' his brilliant two-volume presentation of this Scripture under the title 'The Supreme Yoga'. The First Edition was published under the auspices of The Chiltern Yoga Trust, P.O. Elgin, Cape Province, South Africa, in two excellently printed volumes.

Now, the Fourth Edition of this veritably standard work is being published by The Divine Life Society Headquarters for the benefit of all seekers of Truth and the general readers of spiritual teachings. We have a firm hope that this well-known, towering teaching will provide to everyone the requisite inspiration and solace.

This Edition is pecially dedicated to the sacred memory of H:H. Sri Swami Dayanandaji Maharaj who attained Maha Samadhi on 4.2.2002. He will be remembered by Gurudev Swami Sivanandaji Maharaj's spiritual fraternity as one who has rendered invaluable service to the Institution in various capacities, besides being the chief architect of the printing establishment at the Headquarters Ashram.

Foreword

This book. The Supreme Yoga, is a translation into English. accompanied by brief expositions. by Swami Venkatesananda of the Divine Life Society. Rishikesh. India. of the well-known Vedanta treatise in Sanskrit. The Yoga Vasistha.

The Swami has arranged the verses of the book in such a way as to convert them into a rosary of daily thoughts throughout the year. on the lines of his two other books already published, namely The Srimad Bhagavatam or Book of God and The Bhagavad Gita or The Song of God.

The Yoga Vasistha has been a favourite book of spiritual seekers in India these Several centuries Its special appeal lies in its thoroughly rational approach. and in its presentation of Vedanta as a philosophy which dares. like the The Bhagavad Gita, to bridge the gulf between the secular and the sacred action and contemplation. in human life. through a comprehensive and lofty spirituality. The reader will come across passages such as the verse entry for 31 st January. highlighting the importance of reason:

"The remark of even a child is to be accepted. if it is in accordance with reason: but the remark of even Brahma Himself: the creator of the world, is to be rejected like a piece of straw, if it does not accord with reason."

It is this philosophy of a comprehensive spirituality. rational and prac- tical. that man in the modern age needs to rescue himself from his stagnation of worldliness and put him on the high road of creative living and fulfilment.

Swami Venkatesananda. who has been working untiringly for decades to spread the life-giving message of Yoga and Vedanta in East and West, has done a great service to spiritual seekers far and wide by bringing out this translation of The Yoga Vasistha in the wake of his translation of the other two great books.

The Chiltern Yoga Trust of Elgin. South Africa, deserves the silent thanks of readers for publishing these three books of the Swami and helping to broadcast far and wide the life-giving, purifying. and inspiring ideas of Eternal India. Amar Bharat, in her Vedanta.

Introduction

Scholars speculate about the author of this monumental scripture and such other academic matters: may God bless them with success.

The Yoga Vasistha is the greatest help to the spiritual awakening and the direct experience of the Truth. This is certain. If this is what you want, YOU are welcome to the Yoga Vasistha.

The text abounds in repetitions which are, however, not repetitious. If you do not like (or need) repetition, then readjust this one verse: "This world appearance is a confusion: even as the blueness of the sky is an optical illusion. I think it is better not to lei the mind dwell 011 it. but to ignore it. "(I - 3/2) "

This verse occurs several times in the scripture and it sems to be the very essence of the teaching. If that is not quite clear to you now, read the scripture. The numerous ways in which this truth IS revealed will help open your mind.

It is wise to read just one page per day. The teaching is revolutionary. The biased mind docs not readily accept it. After the daily reading, meditate. Let the message soak through.

An oft recurring expression in this scripture is 'kakataliya' - a crow alights on the coconut palm tree and at that very moment a ripe coconut falls. The two unrelated events thus seem to be related in time and space, though there is no causal relationship.

Such is life. Such is 'creation'. But the mind caught up in 'its own trap of logic questions why, invents a 'why' and a 'wherefore' to satisfy itself, conveniently ignoring• the inconvenient questions that still haunt an intelligent mind.

CONTENTS
  Preface V
  Foreword VII
  Introduction IX
  Scheme of Transliteration XI
  Prayer XIII
1.
VAIRAGYA PRAKARANAM
 
  Section Dealing with Dispassion 1-22
II.
MUMUKSU VYAVAHARA PRAKARANAM
 
  The Behaviour of the Seeker 25-39
  1. The Story of Suka 1-26
  2. The Four Gate-Keepers 32-36
III.
UTPATTI PRAKARANAM
 
  Section Dealing with Creation  
  1. The Story of Ajasaja (The holy man) 44
  2. The Story of Lila 59-91
  3. The Story of Karkati 99-114
  4. The Story of the Sons of Indu (Ten Young Men) 116-117
  5. The Story of Ahalya 118-119
  6. The Story of the Great Forest 127-128
  7. The Story of the Three Non-existent Princes 130
  8. The Story of Lavana 132-149
IV.
STHITI PRAKARANAM
 
  Section Dealing with Existence 155-209
  1. The Story of Sukra 157-167
  2. He Sees the Truth 174
  3. The Story of Dama, Vyala and Kata 176-184
  4. The Story of Bhima, Bhasa and Drdha 184
  5. The Story of Dasura 199-204
  6. Kaca's Song 206
V.
UPASAMA PRAKARANAM
 
  Section Dealing with Dissolution 213-333
  1. The Story of King Janaka 218-225
  3. The Story of Bali 241-249
  4. The Story of Porahlada 250-271
  5. The Story of Gadhi 273-278
  6. This Mind 282
  7. The Story of Uddalaka 283-291
  8. The Story of Suraghu 295-299
  9. The Story of Bhasa and Vilasa 300-301
  10. The Story of Vitahavya 317-324
VI.
NIRVANA PRAKARANAM
 
  Section Dealing with Liberation - VI.1 332-497
  1. Discourse on Brahman 352-357
  2. The Story of Bhusunda 358-372
  3. Description of the Lord 378-391
  4. Deva Puja (Worship of God) 391-395
  5. The Story of the Woodapple 401
  6. The Story of the Rock (The Nature Consciousness) 402-403
  7. The Story of Arjuna 409-416
  8. The Story of the Hundred Rudra 420-424
  9. The Story of the Vampire 430-431
  10. The Story of Bhagiratha 432-433
  11. The Story of Sikhidhvaja and Cudala 434-480
  12. The Story of the Philosopher's Stone 446
  13. The Story of the Cinntamani 453-455
  14. The Story of the Foolish Elephant 454-456
  15. The Story of Kaca 480-486
  16. The Story of the Deluded Man 482
  17. The Story of Bhrngisa 484
  18. The Story of Iksvaku 485-488
  19. The Story of Bharadvaja 494-496
  Section Dealing eith Liberation - VI.2 501-734
  20. The World Within the Rock 559-602
  21. The Story of the Sage from Outer Space 597-599
  22. The Story of Vipascit 615-638
  23. The Story of Bhasa 630-636
  24. The Story of Kalaratri 634-635
  25. The Story of the Hunter and the Sage 636-663
  26. The Seven States of Yoga 750-752
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