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The Concise Yoga Vāsiṣṭha

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Venkatesananda (Svāmī), Christopher Key Chapple
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SUNY Press, 1981 - Religion - 430 pages
  

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Selected pages

Contents

On Dispassion
1
On the Behavior of the Seeker
23
The Story of Śuka
25
SelfEffort
26
On Creation
37
The Story of Līlā
51
The Story of Karkatī
77
The Story of the Sons of Indu
87
On Liberation
257
Discourse on Brahman
270
The Story of Bhuśuṇḍa
276
Description of The Lord
290
Deva Pūjā
296
The Story of the Woodapple
306
The Story of the Rock
307
The Story of Arjuna
315

The Story of Ahalyā
89
The Story of the Great Forest
96
The Story of the Nonexistent Princes
98
The Story of Lavaṇa
101
On Existence
117
The Story of Śukra
121
The Story of DāmaVyāla and Kaṭa
134
The Story of Bhīma Bhāsa and Dṛḍha
139
The Story of Dāśūra
147
Kacas Song
154
On Dissolution
159
The Story of King Janaka
164
The Story of Puṇya and Pāvana
178
The Story of Bali
180
The Story of Prahlāda
188
The Story of Gādhi
202
The Story of Uddālaka
212
The Story of Suraghu
224
The Story of Bhāsa and Vilāsa
228
The Story of Vītahavya
241
The Story of the Hundred Rudrā
318
The Story of the Vampire
329
The Story of Bhagīratha
330
The Story of Śikhidvaja and Cūḍālā
333
The Story of the Philosophers Stone
346
The Story of the Foolish Elephant
354
The Story of Kaca
381
The Story of the Deluded Man
382
The Story of Vipaścit
383
The Story of the Hunter and the Sage
387
The World Within the Rock
400
The Story of the Sage from Outer Space
406
The Story of Bhṛṅgīśa
407
The Story of Ikṣvāku
408
The Story of the Hunter and the Deer
411
The Seven States of Yoga
412
Bibliography
419
Index
423
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The Concise Yoga Vāsiṣṭha
The Concise Yoga Vāsiṣṭha
Venkatesananda (Swami.)
Limited preview - 1981

Common terms and phrases

abandon action apana appears arises attained avidya awakened become Bharadvaja Bhrgu birth bliss body bondage Brahman cause ceases contemplation countless craving created creation Creator Cudala death deep sleep deluded delusion demons desire destroyed dispassion diversity dream duality earth ego-sense elephant engaged enlightened equanimity eternal ethereal body everything exists experience experienced forest fruits gods happiness heart heaven Hence holy ignorance illusory Indra inert infinite consciousness inner inner light inquiry intelligence Janaka jiva jlva king knowledge known Kumbha liberated sage life-force light living Llla lord Visnu manifest meditation mental conditioning mind movement of prana movement of thought nature notions objects ocean one's perception pleasure Prahlada pure consciousness Rama reality realized remain renounced Rudra samadhi samsara SarasvatI sarhsara scriptures seed seen self-effort self-knowledge senses shines Sikhidhvaja sorrow space Story subtle subtle body Sukra supreme peace three worlds tree truth Uddalaka universe unreal vasana wisdom wise world-appearance worship Yoga Vasistha

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The Supreme Yoga : A New Translation of the Yoga Vasistha/Swami ...
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VEDANTA - EXCERPTS FROM YOGA VASISTHA
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The Supreme Yoga (2 Vols.) by Swami Venkatesananda at Vedic Books
The supreme Yoga with Romanised text is a translation into English of this complete work and is accompanied by brief expositions by Swami Venkatesananda.
www.vedicbooks.net/ the-supreme-yoga-2-vols-p-3449.html?cPath=210_229

Ayurveda Prana theory and Pranayama classes
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www.dhanvantri.com/ Ayurveda_Prana.htm

The Seduction of Mind and Desire by Bonnie Greenwell, Ph.D.
1991, Venkatesananda, S. The Supreme Yoga: a New Translation of Yoga Vashistha, Vol. 1, The Divine Life Society, India, p. 138. ...
www.awakeningguide.com/ seductminddesire.html

Recommended Reading - Classical Advaita
I have recently completed one of the more abridged versions, called 'The Supreme Yoga', formatted into 365 pages, the idea being that you read one page per ...
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Notes on Selected Books on Yoga, Philosophy and Religion
The Supreme Yoga is a translation into English accompanied by brief expositions, by Swami Venkatesananda, of the well-known Vedanta treatise in Sanskrit,The ...
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Espaço Equilíbrio
4 Swami Venkatesananda, trad., Yoga Vasistha: The Supreme Yoga (Shivanandanagar, Uttar Pradesh, India: Divine Life Society, 1991), p. ...
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TitleThe Concise Yoga Vāsiṣṭha
G - Reference, Information and Interdisciplinary Subjects Series
EditorsVenkatesananda (Svāmī), Christopher Key Chapple
Photographs byChristopher Key Chapple
Translated byVenkatesananda (Svāmī)
ContributorsVenkatesananda (Svāmī), Christopher Key Chapple
Editionreprint
PublisherSUNY Press, 1981
ISBN1438422857, 9781438422855
Length430 pages
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