Vasistha's Yoga is one of the greatest books to ever see print. As Baba Muktananda said, "For aspirants of the highest beatitutde, Yoga Vasistha is like nectar. It is a storehouse of wisdom." Enough said.
This is Swami Venkatesananda's longer Yoga Vasistha. His two volume book is here offered between two covers. Its purpose is to provide a means to eliminate psychological conditioning and to attain liberation. Containing the instructions of the sage Vasistha to Lord Rama, this scripture is full of intricately woven tales, the kind a great teacher might tell to hold the interest of a student.
The Yoga Vasistha Saraj explains the precepts of Advaita philosophy. This book is a smaller treatise named Yoga Vasihta Sara with 223 verses that contains only the essential philosophical conclusions of the original text. The Bengali text Yoga Vashitha Sara was translated and with the commentary by Swami Dhiresananda. It specially features anvaya of the Sanskrit verses and the commentary of Mahidhara, along with the translation and elaborate notes and explanations which present difficult-to-understand Vedanta doctrines and philosophies in a language both scholarly and understandable to common readers. Swami Dhiresanandas explanations, based on his own deep understanding and on what…
I only recently discovered the works of Swami Rama Tirtha, who sits between Swami Vivekananda and Sri Paramahansa Yogananda vis-a-vis the yogis who came to America to tell us what was what. It's the first volume in a book of talks about Vedanta, all of which hit the mark.
Swami Rama Tirtha also known as Swami Ram, was an Indian teacher of the Hindu philosophy of Vedanta. He was among the first notable teachers of Hinduism to lecture in the United States, travelling there in 1902, preceded by Swami Vivekananda in 1893 and followed by Paramahansa Yogananda in 1920. During his American tours Swami Rama Tirtha spoke frequently on the concept of 'practical Vedanta'and education of Indian youth. Rama Tirtha predicted: “After Japan, China will rise and gain prosperity and strength. After China, the sun of prosperity and learning will again smile at India.” Many believe he did not…
This is a memoir written in early Covid. It's not about Covid per se, though -- it's about life. It's the story of how I came to inhabit my own existence for the very first time at the tender age of 50. It's also a manual of how to tickle yourself -- and to appreciate the glory of your own existence.
