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History of the Text History of the Text
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The Position of MUŚ/YV in the History of Indian Philosophy The Position of MUŚ/YV in the History of Indian Philosophy
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Idealism and Its Different Shades Idealism and Its Different Shades
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“The World within the Mind” “The World within the Mind”
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Similarity Between Dream and Waking Experience Similarity Between Dream and Waking Experience
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Worlds within Worlds Worlds within Worlds
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Toward a Better Definition of Idealism Toward a Better Definition of Idealism
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The Narratives The Narratives
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The Creative Power of the Absolute The Creative Power of the Absolute
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Critical Questions Critical Questions
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Final Liberation from Worldly Experience Final Liberation from Worldly Experience
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Conclusion Conclusion
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Notes Notes
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Further Reading Further Reading
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24 The Nature of Idealism in the Mokṣopāyaśāstra/Yogavāsiṣṭha
Get accessFrançois Chenet, Professor of Indian Philosophy, Paris-Sorbonne (Paris IV)
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Published:04 March 2015
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Abstract
The Mokṣopāyaśāstra, “The treatise expounding the means to liberation,” which later became more commonly known as the Yogavāsiṣṭha-mahā-rāmāyaṇa, “The great tale of Rāma as told by the sage Vasiṣṭha in order to expound his yoga philosophy,” or popularly simply as the Yogavāsiṣṭha, is a fascinating and original text in Indian philosophy. The Yogavāsiṣṭha, a “philosophical didactic Rāmāyaṇa,” advocates an uncompromising type of Idealism according to which the world emerges only upon perception, or, in short, that the whole world is in the mind only, that is to say, all contents of the world are psychical in character. The Yogavāsiṣṭha proposes a fine synthesis of Subjective Idealism—a blending of the “Emergence through Perception” (dṛṣṭi-sṛṣṭi) view and “Imaginism” (kalpanā-vāda)—with Monistic Idealism. The text appeals to narratives and fabulous stories as a means to elucidate deep philosophical truths.
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