Engaged Emancipation

Introduction
Abbreviations

I. Flimsy Fixity: Reality Shifts

1. Radical Transformation in the Yogavasi¿¿ha: A Phenomenological Interpretation
Matthew MacKenzie

2. Akasa and Jiva in the Story of Lila
Bruno Lo Turco

3. The Concept of Abhasa in the Yogavasi¿¿ha
Sthaneshwar Timalsina

4. Is This a Dream? A Critique of Mok¿opaya's Take on Experience, Objecthood, and the "External" World
Arindam Chakrabarti

5. The Existence of an Endless Number of Worlds: Jagadanantya in Mok¿opaya and the Many-Worlds Interpretation of Quantum Mechanics
Garth Bregman

6. Vasi¿¿ha and Borges: In Quest of Postmodern Enlightenment
Sthaneshwar Timalsina

II. Human Agency and World Creation

7. Attitude of the Yogavasi¿¿ha toward Human Endeavor
Pranati Ghosal

8. A Fabulous Rationality: Poetry, Reason, and Action in the Yogavasi¿¿ha
Roddam Narasimha

9. Ethics and Psychology of the Yogavasi¿¿ha in the Upasama Prakaräa
Christopher Key Chapple

10. Dreams, Fictions, and the Quest for Morality in the Yogavasi¿¿ha
Menaha Ganesathasan

11. A Horrid Treehouse or a Charming City? Yogavasi¿¿ha (Mok¿opaya) on Spiritual Culture of the Body
Arindam Chakrabarti

III. Engaged Emancipation

12. Embodied Liberation (Jivanmukti) in the Yogavasi¿¿ha
Andrew Fort

13. Liberation into Nature: Vasi¿¿ha's Embrace of the Great Elements
Christopher Key Chapple

Bibliography
Contributors
Index