Publication
Imprint: Albany, N.Y. : State University of New York Press, c1993. Responsibility: translated from the Sanskrit by Swami Venkatesananda. OCLC Number: 25413074. Physical: Text : 1 volume : xii, 768 pages ; 24 cm. Features: Includes index.
Call number
GT-H-G / Vasistha / Kenka
ISBN
9780791413647
Collections
CSS Library Notes
Alternate Title: Yogavāsiṣṭha
Description: This is Swami Venkatesananda's longer Yoga Vasistha. His two volume book is here offered between two covers. It is a clear summary of the third longest book in the world. Its purpose is to provide a means to eliminate psychological conditioning and to attain liberation. To borrow a phrase from Shri Ramakrishna, is is fried in the butter of knowledge and steeped in the honey of love. -- from back cover
Table of Contents: On dispassion --
On the behavior of the seeker --
On creation --
On existence --
On dissolution --
On liberation.
Location: COLLECTION: Teachings & Practices -- AREA: Great Traditions -- SECTION: Hinduism - General & Anthology / Filing name:
Topics: In TinyCat -- See "Tags" above for our libraries topic areas. See "Subjects" below for LCSH (Library of Congress Subject Headings) (note you can tour our library via Tags or LCSH, but LCHS are not available for all items in our holdings).
FYxxxx / FY2015 /
Description: This is Swami Venkatesananda's longer Yoga Vasistha. His two volume book is here offered between two covers. It is a clear summary of the third longest book in the world. Its purpose is to provide a means to eliminate psychological conditioning and to attain liberation. To borrow a phrase from Shri Ramakrishna, is is fried in the butter of knowledge and steeped in the honey of love. -- from back cover
Table of Contents: On dispassion --
On the behavior of the seeker --
On creation --
On existence --
On dissolution --
On liberation.
Location: COLLECTION: Teachings & Practices -- AREA: Great Traditions -- SECTION: Hinduism - General & Anthology / Filing name:
Topics: In TinyCat -- See "Tags" above for our libraries topic areas. See "Subjects" below for LCSH (Library of Congress Subject Headings) (note you can tour our library via Tags or LCSH, but LCHS are not available for all items in our holdings).
FYxxxx / FY2015 /
Physical description
xii, 768 p.; 24 cm
Description
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.
Language
Original language
Sanskrit
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