The Yogavasistha Ramayana by Valmiki (Author), Swami Pranav Tirtha, Swami Chidananda Tirtha (Eds & Trns) - 0

165 pp. quarto bound edition. A translation of selected sections of the 11th century Sanskrit text.

Chiangmai: Freeland, 2013. Cloth/dust jacket Quarto. Hardcover. Very good/very good. purple leather, silver lettering to spine and cover, dust jacket, 165 pp, errata slip laid in Standard shipping (no tracking) / Priority (with tracking) / Custom quote for large or heavy orders.

Chiang Mai : White Lotus, 2007. Paperback. Good/no dj. 1.00. Tirtha, Swami Pranav & Swami Chidananda Tirtha. The Yoga Vasishta Ramayana (YVR) is an eleventh century (CE) treatise on Vedanta, originally in two versions, Brihat and Laghu, the Great with about 36,000 verses and the Small of approximately 6,000. As is common to the Indian tradition in such matters, it is in dialogue form, between the sage Vasishta and Rama. However, unlike the Gita, which albeit very inspiring and wonderfully enriching as it meanders in a more worldly and human context, or the Upanisads with their esoteric message, the YVR goes directly to the point of Vedantik teaching and repeatedly drives home what is required for man’s salvation—an end to mentation, for everything in any world is just ideation. Not a book for the worldly-minded, so immense it is in its disclosure.

Pongsawat Printing Company, Chiangmai. Hardcover.

Pongsawat Printing Company, Chiangmai. Hardcover.