About "Vasishtha's Yoga"

About
Vasishtha's Yoga

This book is also known as the Maharamayana. It is an unusual scripture in that it purports to record the words of a human (Vasishtha) while he is expounding universal truths to God (Rama). The foreword to the book does not indicate this scripture's age other than noting that it has been a "favorite book of spiritual seekers in India these several centuries." The viewpoint embraced by Vasishtha's Yoga is very similar to Kashmir Shaivism, which teaches that Consciousness alone exists and that the universe is nothing but the self-expression of this Consciousness.

Here's what the book has to say about itself:

In this scriputre there is nothing new; but the truth has been presented in a pleasant fashion with a number of stories. It is the truth that is proclaimed in this scripture that is important; not the one who has declared the truth or composed the scripture.
(p. 599)
By a mere study of this scripture ... ignorance is dispelled. The beauty of this scripture is that its student is not abandoned to his despair; if something is not clear in the first instance, a further study of the scripture makes it clear. This scripture dispels delusion and enables you to realise that the ordinary life itself is the supreme state.
Therefore, one should study at least a small part of the scripture daily. If, however, one thinks it is not authoritative because it is of human origin, one can resort to the study of any other scripture dealing with self-knowledge and final liberation. But one should not waste one's lifetime.
(p. 677)