04701nam 2200625 450 991046102110332120200520144314.01-4384-5868-1(CKB)3710000000500624(EBL)4396597(SSID)ssj0001570204(PQKBManifestationID)16221215(PQKBTitleCode)TC0001570204(PQKBWorkID)13966193(PQKB)11178657(MiAaPQ)EBC4396597(Au-PeEL)EBL4396597(CaPaEBR)ebr11155601(OCoLC)928387239(EXLCZ)99371000000050062420160312h20152015 uy 0engurcnu||||||||txtccrEngaged emancipation mind, morals, and make-believe in the Moksopaya (Yogavasistha) /edited by Christopher Key Chapple and Arindam Chakrabarti ; contributors, Garth Bregman [and nine others]Albany, New York :SUNY Press,2015.©20151 online resource (328 p.)Description based upon print version of record.1-4384-5867-3 Includes bibliographical references and index.Contents; 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 in Buddhist Literature; Abhasa in the Moksopayasastra/Yogavasistha; Abhasa as Pure Consciousness; Cinmatra and Abhasa in Light of the Concept of BhedabhedaConclusion Notes; Chapter 4 Is This a Dream? A Critique of Moksopaya's Take on Experience, Objecthood, and the "External" World; The Ineliminable Possibility That the Current Experience Is a Dream; Nyayalalavati 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: Jagadanantya in Moksopaya and the Many-Worlds Interpretation of Quantum Mechanics; Jagadanantya in Moksopaya; The Many-Worlds Interpretation of Quantum MechanicsWhere 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 Yogavasistha toward Human Endeavor; Notes; Chapter 8 A Fabulous Rationality: Poetry, Reason, and Action in the Yogavasiatha; Introduction; Atoms; Creation; Life; Consciousness; Reality; Knowledge; The Law; God; Conclusion; NotesChapter 9 Ethics and Psychology of the Yogavasistha in the Upasama Prakarana;a King Janaka; Pu.ya and Pavana; Bali; Prahlada; Gadhi; Uddalaka; Suraghu; Bhasa and Vilasa; Vitahavya; Conclusion; Notes; Chapter 10 Dreams, Fictions, and the Quest for Morality in the Yogavasistha; I; II; III; Step 1: The World as Story; Vasiaha's Possible Metaphysical Explanation for The Identity of World and Story; Vasisha'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 StoryThe Interdependence of Author, Reader, and Character The 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? Yogavasistha (Moksopaya) 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 YogavasisthaFive Layers of Embodiment in UpanisadsMokṣaHindu philosophyElectronic books.Mokṣa.Hindu philosophy.181/.45Chapple Christopher Key1954-Chakrabarti ArindamBregman GarthMiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910461021103321Engaged emancipation2247277UNINA