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Yogavasishta - Part 5


PART 5 (THE CALM DOWN)
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 creation? What is thepurpose 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 Maharishi Vasishta and Lord Sri Rama.

 

The present volume, “Musings on Yogavaasishta” – Part V The Calm Down", is a presentation by Brahmasri Kuppa Venkata Krishna Murthy, the Vidyadhikari of Avadhoota Datta Peetham, Mysore 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 5000 stanzas of the fifth chapter on The Calm Down (Upasama) have been ably condensed and lucidly explained in simple words. Possible methods of alleviation from the state of Bondage and annulment of mind are described through the stories of Janaka, Bali, Prahlada, Uddalaka, Gadhi, Sraghu, Parigha and others.

 

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

S.NO

 

PAGE NO

1

Background

1

2

Valmiki’s Narrative Skills

2

3

What Originates and Grows is merely the Mind

4

4

Know that You are not the ‘Doer’

6

5

The Song of Saints (Siddha Gita)

7

6

Janaka’s Contemplation

13

7

Giving up Desires - Contemplation-based and Wisdom-based Approaches

16

8

The Story of Punya and Paavana (A Discussion on Relationships)

19

9

The Story of Emperor Bali

22

10

Discussion on Consciousness

26

11

The Story of Prahlada

31

12

The Course of Liberation and Need for Demons

34

13

Residual Impressions of Jivanmuktas

38

14

The Story of Sage Gadhi

41

15

A Disrupted Dream

43

16

Dream Proved to be True

45

17

Which part was Reality and Which Part was Fancy?

47

18

Was not my Dream Exclusively Mine?

51

19

Was it a Dream or Magic?

54

20

Gadhi’s Story Revisited

57

21

Control of Mind is True Meditation

63

22

Story of Uddalaka

65

23

The Yoga of Aum

66

24

The State of “Common Beingness”

69

25

Meditation-centered and Transaction-centered Knowledge

72

26

Black Pepper Seed

74

27

Story of Suraghu

76

28

Could Knowledge be Permanent?

78

29

Story of Bhaasa and Vilaasa

80

30

Attachment Within

80

31

Various Names of Mind

82

32

Ending Mind through Yoga

85

33

Ending Mind through Knowledge

87

34

Similarity of Time and Space

88

35

A Dream within a Dream – Fancy within a Fancy

92

36

Ending Mind with and without Retention of Form

94

37

Seeds of the Tree of Phantasmagoria

95

38

Getting Rid of the Seed of Phantasmagoria

99

39

Review of the Chapter: The Calm Down (Upasama) of Yogavaasishta

102

40

Word glossary

107

 

The PDF document may be downloaded here.

    

 

 

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