Contents and stories of the Yoga Vasistha
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The below list gives an overview of the contents and stories in the Yoga Vasistha
Yoga Vasistha
Yoga Vasistha is a Hindu spiritual text traditionally attributed to Valmiki. It recounts a discourse of the sage Vasistha to a young Prince Rama, during a period when the latter is in a dejected state...

, as it appears in Swami Venkatesananda
Swami Venkatesananda
Swami Venkatesananda , known previously as Parthsarathy, was a disciple of Swami Sivananda Saraswati...

's translation. The same stories are included in the Moksopaya
Moksopaya
The Mokṣopāya or Mokṣopāyaśāstra is a Sanskrit philosophical text on salvation for non-ascetics , written on the Pradyumna hill in Śrīnagar in the 10th century AD. It has the form of a public sermon and claims human authorship and contains about 30,000 śloka's...

, on which the Yoga Vasistha was based, as well.

Section Three: On Creation

  • The Story of Lila
  • The Story of Karkati
  • The Story of the Sons of Indu
  • The Story of Ahalya
    Ahalya
    In Hinduism, Ahalya , also known as Ahilya, is the wife of the sage Gautama, primarily known for her sexual encounter with the god-king Indra, the resultant curse by her husband and her subsequent liberation by Rama – an avatar of the god Vishnu...

  • The Story of the Great Forest
  • The Story of the Three Non-Existent Princes
  • The Story of Lavana

Section Four: On Existence

  • The Story of Sukra
    Shukra
    Shukra , the Sanskrit for "clear, pure" or "brightness, clearness", is the name of the son of Bhrigu, and preceptor of the Daityas, and the guru of the Asuras, identified with the planet Venus, one of the Navagrahas...

  • The Story of Dama, Vyala and Kata
  • The Story of Bhima, Bhasa and Drdha
  • The Story of Dasura
  • Kaca’s Story

Section Five: On Dissolution

  • The Story of King Janaka
    Janaka
    Janaka or Raja Janaka were the kings of Videha Kingdom. Their capital was Mithila, which is believed to be present day Janakpur, Nepal...

  • The Story of Punya and Pavana
  • The Story of Bali
    Mahabali
    Mahabali , also known as Bali or Māveli was a benevolent Asura King, and the grandson of Prahlada. The festival of Onam commemorates his yearly homecoming after being sent down to the underworld by Vamana, the fifth avatar of Vishnu.-Conquest of the Universe and banishment:Bali, an asura, was the...

  • The Story of Prahlada
    Prahlada
    Prahlada is a character from the Puranic texts of Hinduism, wherein he is famed for his exclusive devotion to Vishnu, despite attempts in the story by his father, Hiranyakashipu, to turn him to the contrary...

  • The Story of Gadhi
  • The Story of Uddalaka
  • The Story of Suraghu
  • The Story of Bhasa and Vilasa
  • The Story of Vitahavya

Section Six: On Liberation

  • Discourse on Brahman
    Brahman
    In Hinduism, Brahman is the one supreme, universal Spirit that is the origin and support of the phenomenal universe. Brahman is sometimes referred to as the Absolute or Godhead which is the Divine Ground of all being...

  • The Story of Bhusunda
  • Description of the Lord
  • Deva Puja
  • The Story of the Wood-apple
  • The Story of the Rock
  • The Story of Arjuna
    Arjuna
    Arjuna in Indian mythology is the greatest warrior on earth and is one of the Pandavas, the heroes of the Hindu epic Mahābhārata. Arjuna, whose name means 'bright', 'shining', 'white' or 'silver' Arjuna (Devanagari: अर्जुन, Thai: อรชุน, Orachun, Tamil: Arjunan, Indonesian and Javanese: Harjuna,...

  • The Story of the Hundred Rudra
  • The Story of the Vampire
  • The Story of Bhagiratha
    Bhagiratha
    Bhageeratha was a great king in Hindu mythology who brought the River Ganges to Earth.-Early life:Bhageeratha was the king of Kosala, a kingdom in ancient India. He was a descendent of the great king Sagara of the Suryavamsa, or Sun Dynasty...

  • The Story of Sikhidvaja and Cudala
  • The Story of the Philosopher’s Stone
  • The Story of the Foolish Elephant
  • The Story of Kaca
  • the Story of the Deluded Man
  • The Story of Vipascit
  • The Story of the Hunter and the Sage
  • The World Within the Rock
  • The Story of the Sage from Outer Space
  • The Story of Bhrngisa
  • The Story of lksvaku
  • The Story of the Hunter and the Deer
  • The Seven States of Yoga
    Yoga
    Yoga is a physical, mental, and spiritual discipline, originating in ancient India. The goal of yoga, or of the person practicing yoga, is the attainment of a state of perfect spiritual insight and tranquility while meditating on Supersoul...

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