Vasistha's Yoga

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I've been reading and rereading Vasistha Yoga since 1992 and in all that time I can honestly say I have never come accross anything like it. As far as I am concerned it is peerless. It seems to be somewhat like a prism in that whatever your state of mind you can gain something from reading it. It reflects back something that is appropriate to where you are. Vasistha Yoga dispels many of the myths that seem to be strewn throughout most other books, traditions and schools (both ancient and modern) regarding enlightenment/liberation/realisation. I would say, however, that to really appreciate it you would probably need quite a good grounding in the vocabulary and concepts of yoga (although you would not neccessarily have to believe in any of them).

A Short Description:

Basically Vasistha Yoga is made up of a discourse between Vasistha - a great sage - and Rama who is a prince and a god, set in the cultural milieu of the Indian subcontinent at some mythical point several hundred years ago. In it Vasistha relates to Rama a series of stories about a wide range of individuals who have acheived enlightenment. These range from extremely short - a miser who finds the philosophers stone - to stories many pages long detailing how great sages attained enlightenment. These stories and legends are Vasistha's answers to Rama's questions concerning enlightenment.