Yoga Vasishta Sara The Essence of Yoga Vasishta selected verses (English)

The Essence of YOGA VASISHTA

The Brihat (the great) Yoga Vasishta or Yoga Vasishta Maha Ramayana as it is also called, is a work of about 32,000 sanskrit couples,traditionally attributed to Valmiki, the author of Srimad Ramayanana. It is a dialogue between Sage Vasishta and Sri Rama, during which Advaita (the doctrine of non-duality) in its pure form of ajatavada is expounded,with illustrative stories in between. This vast work was abridged some centuries ago by Abhinanda Pandita, a Kashmiri scholar, into 6000 couplets, which go by the name of Laghu Yoga Vasishta. This is a masterpiece in itself, like the original Brihat.