The Yoga Vasishta Ramayana (YVR) is an eleventh century (CE) text and probably the earliest extant treatise on Vedanta. As is common to the Indian tradition in such matters, it is in dialogue form. Unlike the Gita, which albeit very inspiring and wonderfully enriching as it meanders in a more worldly and human context, the YVR goes directly to the point and repeatedly drives home what is required for man’s salvation – an end to mentation, for everything in any world is just ideation. As fresh today as it was no doubt when Valmiki wrote it a thousand odd years ago, the message is simple and compelling. This is an abridged translation of the Sanskrit text translated by Swami Pranav Tirtha for Christopher Freeland with his active participation in that and its editing, as part of the latter’s apprenticeship.

A translation of the 11th century classic on the non-dualistic Vedanta philosophy, edited and translated by Swami Pranav Tirtha and a little help from Swami Chidananda Tirtha (aka Christopher Freeland). 165 pages quarto, hardback with cover.

ISBN: 9789747046779

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