The Concise Yoga Vasistha

The Concise Yoga Vasista is a unique work of Indian Philosophy and is highly respected for its practical mysticism. The book is the teaching of the sage Vasistha to the Lord Rama. It contains a true understanding of the creation of the world. The main teachings is that everything is consciousness, including the material world, and that the world is as you see it.

"(The book) is the storehouse of wisdom... It expounds the highest doctrine with many stories and illustrations. Not only philosophers but even modern psychologists and scientists will certainly find in it something related to their own discoveries." Swami Muktananda in the Preface

"Quite a readable translation and a good abridgement of an extremely long text. " Wendy O'Flaherty

For Swami Venkatesananda's longer translation, please click here. For the complete four-volume set, translated by Vihari Lal Mitra, please click here.