The Yoga-Vasishtha-Maharamayana of Valmiki

Name: The Yoga-Vasishtha-Maharamayana of Valmiki
Author: Valmiki (attrib.)

Valmiki (attrib.) · Hinduism · c. 6th–14th c. CE

Translated by Vihari-Lala Mitra (1891–1899)

665 chapters

The 'Bible of Advaita Vedanta' — a vast philosophical-narrative text in which the sage Vasistha teaches the young prince Rama, by means of nested parables, that the world we perceive is the play of one infinite consciousness.

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1Book I: Vairagya Prakarana (Dispassion): Chapter I: Introduction
2Book I: Vairagya Prakarana (Dispassion): Chapter II: Reason of Writing the Rámáyana
3Book I: Vairagya Prakarana (Dispassion): Chapter III: Válmíki’s Admonition
4Book I: Vairagya Prakarana (Dispassion): Chapter IV: Ráma’s Return from Pilgrimage
5Book I: Vairagya Prakarana (Dispassion): Chapter V: Of Ráma’s Self-dejection and Its Cause
6Book I: Vairagya Prakarana (Dispassion): Chapter VI: Advent of Viswámitra to the Royal Court
7Book I: Vairagya Prakarana (Dispassion): Chapter VII: Viswámitra’s Request for Ráma
8Book I: Vairagya Prakarana (Dispassion): Chapter VIII: Dasaratha’s Reply to Viswámitra
9Book I: Vairagya Prakarana (Dispassion): Chapter IX: Viswámitra’s Wrath. and His Enraged Speech
10Book I: Vairagya Prakarana (Dispassion): Chapter X: Melancholy of Ráma
11Book I: Vairagya Prakarana (Dispassion): Chapter XI: Consolation of Ráma
12Book I: Vairagya Prakarana (Dispassion): Chapter XII: Ráma’s Reply
13Book I: Vairagya Prakarana (Dispassion): Chapter XIII: Vituperation of Riches
14Book I: Vairagya Prakarana (Dispassion): Chapter XIV: Depreciation of Human Life
15Book I: Vairagya Prakarana (Dispassion): Chapter XV: Obloquy on Egoism
16Book I: Vairagya Prakarana (Dispassion): Chapter XVI: The Ungovernableness of the Mind
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