At SVBF we have started a small library with books on religious and other interesting subjects. The Library was opened by Dr. A P J Abdul Kalam, the former President of India on September 26, 2010. Most of the books have been donated by Prof. Narendra Wagle of the University of Toronto and SVBF is very grateful to Prof. Wagle for donating some of the finest books on Indian History, Culture and Philosophy. It is our earnest desire that the community members should make the best use of the books.

Members of the community are requested to donate books to this library for the benefit of the members of the community. Members of the community who wish to borrow any books from the library are requested to register their names at the Temple Office and obtain details of the arrangement from Smt Gayithri Ramachandra at msrama@hotmail.com.

SVBF wishes to thank Sri Gopalan, Smt Gayithri Ramachandra, Smt Radha Sreeram and Smt Akhila Bhavani Shankar for their time and efforts in organizing the books and maintaining the database and the library.

YOGA VAASISHTA - A COLLECTION OF RARE SCRIPTURES

We are very pleased to inform that the SVBF Library acquired copies of very rare scriptures to its collection. The seven volume books called "Yoga Vaashista" is a generous donation from two of our prominent members and well wishers of the organization, Sri. Sim Murthy and Sri. Parameshwara Bhat. The Books were accepted on behalf of the SVBF Library by Smt. Rama Subramanian. Professor B.Ramaswamy giving a brief overview of Yoga Vaasishta informed the devotees that this is one of the earliest scriptures on Advaita philosophy. This was the advice given to Sri Rama by sage Vasishta to prepare him for the throne .The saying goes that this was written down by Valmiki at the instruction of Lord Brahma. Based on this advice Sri Rama governed his kingdom as a model state which came to be known as Rama Rajya. This scripture was compiled in Kannada script with full explanation by a great scholar Sri Devudu Narasimha Shastri under the sponsorship of Maharaja of Mysore, and re-printed recently. It is an invaluable literature and people have compared it to early Bhagavad Gita.