Swami Venkatesananda

Grateful thanks are offered to –

H.H. Sri Swami Ranganathanandaji Maharaj, President, Ramakrishna Math, Hyderabad, for his gracious Foreword.

Devotees of Swami Venkatesananda who contributed to the production of the first edition:
Prema Giddens, Shireen Mansoor, Jill Charoux and Ann MacGuire for editing the manuscript; Anne Schulz for the typing and Swami Sushila Ananda for seeing the book through the press.

Swami Lakshmi Ananda for her work and contributions to Swami Venkatesananda’s legacy.

Swami Sushila Ananda for her work and contributions to Swami Venkatesananda’s legacy.

Swami Ambikananda for her general advice and assistance.

Swami Vidyananda for scanning the current edition.

Narayan Becker and Swami Vidyananda for formatting the current edition.

Swami Ambikananda for proofing the Sanskrit.

Santosh Van Der Merwe, Uma Edwards and Swami Vidyananda for proof-reading. Bhaktipriya Uren for logistical support.

A very special thank you to State University of New York Press for their permission to display passages from Swami Venkatesananda’s original two volume edition of the Yoga Vasistha, entitled The Supreme Yoga.

SUNY Press is the authorized publisher of Swami Venkatesananda’s Yoga Vasistha and publishes both a paperback version entitled The Concise Yoga Vasistha and a hardcover version entitled Vasistha’s Yoga, holding the copyright (© State University of New York Press)

You may obtain either version of the printed book here. Please note the format is not similar to the daily readings format that you will find on this website.