Guest guest Posted January 30, 2002 Report Share Posted January 30, 2002 Namaste. I recently came to know that there is a commentary on Yoga Vashishta by Swami Venkatesananda which is very good. Since I could not get the same in any of the shops dealing with such books in Mumbai, I browsed Amazon.com and came across two versions of the book by the same author: Vashishta's Yoga which is 768 pages and The concise Yoga Vashishta which is 430 pages. I would request advice from list members on which one the two above they would recommend to me. Also if they know of any place in India where one or the other may be available, I would be grateful to receive such information as well. Many thanks and regards, Venkat Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted January 30, 2002 Report Share Posted January 30, 2002 namaste. re: swami Venkateshanandaji's books on Yoga vashiShTa I find both books to be too much abbreviated and do not do full justice to the original. Of the two books, the larger one is slightly better, but yet, does not give the full flavour of the original. On the other hand, I have the good fortune to have the videotapes of swami venkateshanandaji's discourses on Yoga VashiShTa in Australia some time ago. This is a total of more than 30 hours of video. It is a pleasure to see these videos again and again. Swami Venkateshanandaji takes the topic to such great depths that the two books which you referred to earlier pale in comparison to the analysis contained in the discourses. In book version, I find swami Jyotirmayanandaji's presentation on Yoga VashiShTa (in four volumes) is much better in depth of analysis than swami Venkateshanandaji's books. This is just one man's opinion. Regards Gummuluru Murthy -- Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted September 2, 2004 Report Share Posted September 2, 2004 Namaste Peter, I would refer you to my own messages to the group on the subject: advaitin/message/20145 advaitin/message/20160 You may find the information useful. Regards, Venkat - M ALL-NEW Messenger - all new features - even more fun! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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