Engaged emancipation : mind, morals, and make-believe in the Moksopaya (Yogavasistha) / edited by Christopher Key Chapple and Arindam Chakrabarti.

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Introduction; Abbreviations; I. Flimsy Fixity: Reality Shifts; Chapter 1 Radical Transformation in the Yogavasi..ha; Rama's Dispassion; Concrete Lived Experience; The Transformation; The World within the Rock; The Reengagement; Conclusion; Notes; Chapter 2 Akasa and Jiva in the Story of Lila; Concordance; Notes; Chapter 3 The Concept of Abhasa in the Yogavasi..ha; Introduction; The Scholastic Advaita Concept of Abhasa; �Abh�asa in Buddhist Literature; �Abh�asa in the Mok�sop�aya�s�astra/Yogav�asi�s�tha; �Abh�asa as Pure Consciousness; Cinm�atra and �Abh�asa in Light of the Concept of Bhed�abheda

ConclusionNotes; Chapter 4 Is This a Dream? A Critique of Mok�sop�aya's Take on Experience, Objecthood, and the "External" World; The Ineliminable Possibility That the Current Experience Is a Dream; Ny�ayal�il�avat�i on the Similarity and Dissimilarity between Dream and Waking; The Alleged Unintelligibility of Objecthood; Conclusion: Disillusionment; Notes; Chapter 5 The Existence of an Endless Number of Worlds: Jagad�anantya in Mok�sop�aya and the Many-Worlds Interpretation of Quantum Mechanics; Jagad�anantya in Mok�sop�aya; The Many-Worlds Interpretation of Quantum Mechanics

Where Are These Other Worlds or Universes?Mental Force and Free Will; Conclusion; Notes; Chapter 6 Vasi..ha and Borges: In Quest of Postmodern Enlightenment; Behind the Screen of Metaphors; The Labyrinth of Time and Space; The Dreamer: In Quest of the Real Self; Notes; II. Human Agency and World Creation; Chapter 7 Attitude of the Yogav�asi�s�tha toward Human Endeavor; Notes; Chapter 8 A Fabulous Rationality: Poetry, Reason, and Action in the Yogav�asi�s�tha; Introduction; Atoms; Creation; Life; Consciousness; Reality; Knowledge; The Law; God; Conclusion; Notes

Chapter 9 Ethics and Psychology of the Yogav�asi�s�tha in the Upa�sama Prakara�naKing Janaka; Pu.ya and Pavana; Bali; Prahlada; Gadhi; Udd�alaka; Suraghu; Bh�asa and Vil�asa; V�itahavya; Conclusion; Notes; Chapter 10 Dreams, Fictions, and the Quest for Morality in the Yogav�asi�s�tha; I; II; III; Step 1: The World as Story; Vasi�s�tha's Possible Metaphysical Explanation for The Identity of World and Story; Vasi�s�tha's Possible Metaphysical Argument for The Identity of World and Story; Thus, the World Appearance is Just a Story; The Creative Origins of the World Appearance and Story

The Interdependence of Author, Reader, and CharacterThe Relationship Between Author and Reader; The Relationship Between Author and Character; The Relationship Between Reader and Character; Step 2: Imagination and Moral Development; Shifting Perspectives; Empathetic Identification and Compassion; Step 3: Morality Justified; IV; V; Notes; Chapter 11 A Horrid Treehouse or a Charming City? Yogav�asi�s�tha (Mok�sop�aya) on Spiritual Culture of the Body; The Field and the Knower of the Field: Do I Find Myself in the World?; The Touch of the Hand and Inner Thrill in Yogav�asi�s�tha

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