Nectar of Supreme Knowledge : Yoga Vasistha Sarah

Original Bengali Translation and Narration by: Swami Dhireshananda

Translated by : Swami Sarvadevananda

The immediate experience of truth, Brahman, through determined discrimination, reflection, and deep contemplation, is the focus here... The Bengali text Yoga Vasistha Sarah, translated and with commentary by Swami Dhiresananda, is superb and unique. It specially features anvaya of the Sanskrit verses and the commentary of Mahidhara, along with the translation; and elaborate notes and explanations which present difficult-to-under-stand Vedanta doctrines and philosophies in a language both scholarly and understand-able to common readers. Swami Dhiresananda’s explanations, based on his own deep understanding and on what he heard from various highly illumined souls of the Himalayas, carry a charm which not only satisfies the intellect, but touches the heart... Swami Vivekananda, teaching at Thousand Island Park, said. “Obey the scriptures until you are strong enough to do without them; then go beyond them.”

The Yoga Vasistha has been the beloved text of so many of the sages... In this important book we now have access in English to an important contemporary commentary on the wisdom of the Yoga Vasistha. By showing the ever-changing nature of appearance through fables and spell-binding tales, the text brings us ever closer to an appreciation of the consciousness that observes and witnesses all things