Yoga Vashistha

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Namasthe,

 

I think Sri Ramana Maharshi has also selected a few verses from the

Vashishta Sangraha as the core of its teachings. The last time I went to

Tiruvannamalai there was a discourse on this in Sri Ramana Ashram. It was really

beautiful.

Some people say the Yoga Vashishta belongs to the Valmiki Ramayana while there

are people who dispute this claim. I dont think its source has identified. But,

we can still enjoy the mangos and not worry about their number or which tree

they came from.

 

 

Anand

 

 

---- you wrote:

> Namaste,

>

> One of the reasons for the variant readings is due to the

> selection of verses:

>

> The original text is said to contain 32,000 shlokas [64,000 lines].

> ["The complete edition is possibly available in private collections."]

>

> The printed editions, however, have only 28.000 shlokas.

>

> The abridged edition, laghu yoga vasishhTha, has 6,000 shlokas.

>

> Vasishtha Sangraha, Sw. Jnanananda Bharati's compilation {The Essence

> of Yoga Vasistha), has 1698 shlokas.

>

> Sw. Vishnudevananda's selection has 730 shlokas.

>

>

> Regards,

>

> s.

>

>

>

> advaitin , anand_natarajan@i... wrote:

> >

> > The extract I quoted below was from the book,

> > "The Supreme Yoga, A Translation of the Yoga Vashishta"

> > -Swami Venkateshananda, Divine Life Society.

> > It is indeed interesting, as your selection from the Varaha

> Upanishad is exactly the same verse found in this Yoga Vashishta

> book. Perhaps it will be there in the version of the Yoga Vashista

> you are having also under

> > Utpatti Prakaranam.

> >

> > Regards,

> > Anand

> >

> >

> > ---- you wrote:

> > > Namaste,

> > >

> > > Here is the laghu vasishhTha version:[compiled by

> Jnanananda

> > > Bharati; publ. Samata Books, 1982, p. 317]

> > >

> > > shaastrasajjanasaMparkaiH praj~naamaadau vivardhayet.h ..

> > >

> > > prathamaa bhuumikaishhoktaa yogasya navayoginaH .

> > > vichaaraNaa dvitiiyaasyaat tR^itiiyaa.asa~Ngabhaavanaa ..

> > >

> > > vilaapanii chaturthii syaat vaasanaavilayaatmikaa .

> > > shuddhasa.nvinmayaanandaruupaa bhavati pa~nchamii ..

> > >

> > > ardhasuptaprabuddhaabho jiivanmukto.atra tishhThati .

> > > svasa.nvedanaruupaacha shhashhThii bhavati bhuumikaa ..

> > >

> > > aanandiakaghanaakaraa sushhuptasadR&ishasthitiH .

> > > turyaavasthopashaantaa.atha muktireveha kevalam.h ..

> > >

> > > samataa svachchhataa saumyaa saptamii bhuumikaa bhavet .

> > > turyaatiitaa tu yaa.avasthaa paraa nirvaaNaruupiNii ..

> > >

> > > saptamii cha pariprauDhaa vishhayaH syaat na jiivataam.h ..

> > >

> > > -------------------------------

> > >

> > > varaaha upan. [ref in prev. message]is as follows:

> > >

> > > j~naanabhuumiH shubhechchhaa syaatprathamaa samudiiritaa .

> > > vichaaraNaa dvitiiyaa tu tR^itiiyaa tanumaanasii .. 1..

> > >

> > > sattvaapattishchaturthii syaattato.asa.nsaktinaamikaa .

> > > padaarthabhaavanaa shhashhThii saptamii turyagaa smR^itaa .. 2..

> > >

> > >

> > > Would appreciate more details about the publication reference

> from

> > > which you quote.

> > >

> > > Regards,

> > >

> > > s.

> > >

> > >

> > >

> > >

> > >

> > > advaitin , anand_natarajan@i... wrote:

> > > >

> > > > Namaste,

> > > >

> > > > What you have written below as "varaaha upan.:".

> > > > I find it to be a quotation from the Yoga Vashista. Is it also

> a

> > > part of Varaha Upanishad?

> > > > Given below is the quotation,

> > > > " Jnanbhumih Subhecchakya prathama samudhahrta

> > > > Vicharana dvitiya tu tritiya tanumaanasa

> > > > sattvaapattis' caturthi syat tato samsakttinaamikaa

> > > > padaarthabhaavani sashti saptami turyagaa smrta || "

> > > >

> > > > " Pure intention is the first, enquiry is the second, the third

> is

> > > when the mind becomes subtle, establishment in the truth is the

> > > fourth, total freedom from objectivity is the fifth, the sixth is

> > > cessation of objectivity, and the seventh is beyond all these."

> > > >

> > > > Utpatti Prakaranam of Yoga Vashistha

> > > >

> > > > Anand

> > > >

> > > > ---- you wrote:

> > > > > Namaste,

> > > > >

> > > > > CORRECTION: Yoga Vasishtha does describe 7 stages. The

> > > > > terminology and descriptions between it and varaaha upan.

> also

> > > are

> > > > > not always identical.

> > > > >

> > > > > varaaha upan.: j~naanabhuumikaa

> > > > >

> > > > > 1 shubhechchhaa {

> > > > > 2 vichaaraNaa } mumukshu

> > > > > 3 tanumaanasii {

> > > > >

> > > > > 4 sattvaapatti [brahma-vit]

> > > > > 5 asa.nsakti [brahmavid-vara] -----sushhuptipada

> > > > > 6 padarthabhaavanaa [brahmavid-variiya]

> > > > > 7 turiiya [brahmavid-varishhTha]----guuDhasupti

> > > > >

> > > > >

> > > > > yoga vasishhTha: yogabhuumikaa

> > > > >

> > > > > 1 shubhechchhaa

> > > > > 2 vichaaraNaa

> > > > > 3 asa.nsakti

> > > > > 4 - [dreamlike]

> > > > > 5 - [sleeplike]

> > > > > 6 jiivanmukti

> > > > > 7 videhamukti

> > > > >

> > > > >

> > > > >

> > > > >

> > > > >

> > > > >

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