Yogavasishta - Part 6

PART 6 (Book 1 of NIRVANA LIBERATION)
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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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 VI (Nirvana - Liberation, Book-I), 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 sixth chapter on Liberation (Nirvana Book I) 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 Bhushunda and others.

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Contents

S.NO		Page no.
1	What is Nirvana	1
2	Recapitulating Previous Lessons	3
3.	Let me Repeat	4
4.	Trinity is Also Within Nescience	6
5.	Knowledge is also Part of Ignorance	8
6.	Immobile Creatures and Yogis	10
7.	Knowledge and Yoga	12
8.	Story of Bhusunda	13
9.	The Story of Earlier Period	14
10.	Events in a Great Dissolution	18
11.	I am Untouched by Death	20
12.	Ritualistic Vow on Meditation of Praana	21
13.	Definition of Praana and Apaana	24
14.	Ritualistic Vow on Life-force	25
15.	Ritualistic Vow on Consciousness	27
16.	Right Perception	30
17.	Sermon By Shiva	32
18.	Worshipping Shiva Within the Mind (Shiva Manasa Puja)	34
19.	What is meant by “God”?	35
20.	Where does God exist?	38
21.	Experiencing Happiness and Sorrow is a Defect of the Individual	40
22.	Oneness comes Only If Duality Exists	42
23.	The Concepts of Superimposition and Sublation	45
24.	Three Steps	48
25.	Rudreswara	50
26.	External Worship	52
27.	Internal Worship	53
28.	Practice of Detachment	55
29.	Pure Satvic Mind Wave	57
30.	Chitta and Sattva (Mind and Realized residual Mind)	60
31.	The Story of Bilwa (Stone Apple)	61
32.	The Story of Shila	62
33.	The Five Modes of the Origination of Effects	64
34.	Nescience Has no Existence	66
35.	The Composite of Eight Cities	67
36.	Only Two States - Dream and Deep Sleep	69
37.	A Quick Review	72
38.	The Celestial Song (Bhagavad-Gita	73
39.	Four Methods to Attain the Supreme	76
40.	Yoga and Skill	78
41.	Existence and Non-Existence	82
42.	Action and Non-Action	84
43.	The Yoga of Non-Attachment	86
44.	There is No Death	88
45.	Impressions Make up the World	90
46.	A Wall Painting without a Wall	92
47.	Orientation Required for the Attainment of “Liberation Right in This Life”	95
48.	Residual Effects of Action are the Cause for Experiencing the World	97
49.	The Story of YatIshwar / The story of Jivata / The Story of hundred Rudras	99
50.	Virtuous Impressions are Mightier	102
51.	No Difference Between The Creatures of Dream and Wakeful States	104
52.	Was the Saint of the Story Real?	105
53.	The Silence of Deep Sleep	107
54.	Remaining Questions on the Story of Hundred Rudras	108
55.	Saankhya and Yoga	109
56.	What is Liberation in Brief	111
57.	The Story of Bhetala’s Questions	112
58.	The story of Bhageerath	114
59.	To Live Life as It Happens	117
60.	The Story of Chuudaala and Sikhidhwaj	118
61.	Self-Realization of Chuudaala	120
62.	Yogic Accomplishments of Chuudaala	122
63.	Significance of Guru’s Teaching	124
64.	Renunciation by Sikhidwaj	125
65.	The Story of Mr. Pot	126
66.	The Story of A Gem Stone and A Glass Piece	129
67.	The Story of The Mahout	129
68.	Sikhidwaj’s Complete Renunciation	131
69.	Extermination of the Seed that Engenders the Cycle of Births and Deaths	133
70.	Testing Sikhidwaj	136
71.	Sikhidwaj’s Attainment	139
72.	The Sermon Received by Kach	141
73.	The Non-Story of the Illusory Man	144
74.	The Story of Bhringeeswar	145
75.	The Dialogue Between Ikshwaaku and Manu	147
76.	Changes in the Nomenclature of the Steps in the Path of Yoga	148
77.	The Greatness of a Jnani (A Liberated Individual)	151
78.	Process of Ascension on the Path of Yoga	153
79.	Sermon Given to Bharadwaj	157
80.	Stages in The Practice – Absorption (Pravilaapana)	158
81.	Renunciation of Rituals –When and By Whom?	164
82.	Bringing Back Rama from Samadhi	165
83.	Brief Review of Book I of the Chapter: Nirvana	167
84.	Word glossary	170

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