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Yoga Vāsiṣṭha
Enormous, dreamlike, story inside story: a prince is talked out of despair by a teacher who uses narrative as an argument about the status of the world.
c. 10th century
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- c. 10th century
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- Kindred and modern voices
The tradition's most imaginative work, and Ramaṇa's frequent recommendation.
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- Yoga Vāsiṣṭha talks and the Ramana connection — Ramaṇa Maharṣi's circle Ramana quoted this text constantly. Stories inside stories, all making one point about the mind.
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