Contents and stories of the Yoga Vasistha

The below list gives an overview of the contents and stories in the Yoga Vasistha, as it appears in Swami Venkatesananda's translation. The same stories are included in the Moksopaya, on which the Yoga Vasistha was based, as well.

In the beginning of the book Vasistha states that the stories have a "definite purpose and a limited intention. They are not to be taken literally, nor is their significance to be stretched beyond the intention."[1]

Section Two: On the Behavior of a Seeker

Section Three: On Creation

Section Four: On Existence

Section Five: On Dissolution

Section Six: On Liberation

References

  1. Swami Venkatesananda, 1984, pp. 36.
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