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Yogavasishta - Part I


PART 1 (DETACHMENT)
Sri Kuppa Venkata Krishna Murthy


Prof. Murthy is the chairman of I-SERVE, the Institute of Scientific Research on Vedas. He has a master's degree in Modern Mathematics and is Professor in the School of Vedic Studies & Research with expertise in Sanskrit and Telugu. He is the author of numerous books and an internationally renowned speaker on scientific aspects of Vedic knowledge.

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About this book

Yogavaasishta is a treasure house of the ancient Indian philosophical wisdom. It offers logical and practical answers to questions like: What is Mind? What is world? What is the purpose of existence? What is Brahman? It is a poetic classic by the Sage Valmiki explaining the nature of The Supreme Self expounded in his own inimitable and graceful way as a Discourse between Maharshi Vasishta and Lord Sri Rama. The present volume, “Musings on Yogavaasishta” – Part I Detachment, is a presentation by Brahmasri Kuppa Venkata Krishna Murthy, the Vidyadhikari of Avadhoota Datta Peetham, Mysore and Chairman, Institute of Scientific Research on Vedas (I-SERVE) and forms a part of his lectures on “Yogavaasishta” telecast by GEMINI T.V. in Telugu. This volume is a rendering of the same into English by Dr. Vemuri Ramesam. In it: The 1500 stanzas of the First chapter on Detachment (VairAgya prakarana) have been ably condensed and lucidly explained in simple words. After explaining the points - how the book is originated, what are its contents and who is eligible to read this book, the detachment of Rama is elaborately described in this chapter, to emphasize that Rama is the fittest student to receive the teaching of YogavAsishta.

A Glossary of Vedantic Words is downloadable here.

The Author's Submission is downloadable here.

Kuppa Venkata Krishna Murthy
+91 – 40 – 24035013
E-mail: vedakavi@serveveda.org
Web : www.serveveda.org

Contents

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Page no

1

Origin of the book

2

2

Who is eligible to read Yogavaasishta?

4

3

Story of Arishtanemi

4

4

Aginvesya  and son  Karunya

6

5

Importance  of the book

7

6

Suthikshna

8

7

Karma (action) Versus JnAna (Knowledge)

9

8

Spells of Srihari

10

9

Detachment of Sri Rama

13

10

Structure of Yogavaasishta

17

11

What is Vairaagya? – A discussion

17

12

Right Inquiry

18

13

Wealth

19

14

Longevity

19

15

Ego

20

16

Mind

21

17

Avarice (Trishna)

22

18

Body

23

19

Childhood, Youth & Old age

23

20

Time

25

21

Noticing the defects

25

22

Applause by the Maharshis

27

23

Review of the Chapter Detachment

28

 

The PDF document may be downloaded here.

    

 

 

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