TY - BOOK AU - Nil AU - Roddam Narasimha (tr.) TI - VERSES FOR THE BRAVE : Selections from the Yoga-Vasistha SN - 9780670092222 U1 - 181.45 PY - 2021/// CY - Haryana PB - Penguin Books KW - Yoga Vasistha- Philosophy KW - Poems- Philosophy KW - Rama- Ramayana KW - Vasiștha- verses KW - Ancient Poetry KW - philosophical poem KW - stories- Mythology- Religious KW - Conversations with Rama KW - Religion- Hindu KW - Collection-218 Verses KW - Life and Philosophy KW - Bhagavad Gita- Sacred Scriptors KW - Hindu scriptures N1 - Written originally in Sanskrit, Yoga-Vasistha is a long philosophical poem in the tradition of the Bhagavad Gita, full of stories on superhuman feats and supernatural events. Attributed to Valmiki, the verses are in the form of a series of conversations between the sixteen-year-old Rama and the celebrated guru of his family, Vasistha. Verses for the Brave is a selection of 218 verses from the Yoga-Vasistha, ones that reflect upon the world and life, emphasizing the need for balance between involvement in worldly affairs and the motivation to attain liberation. A gorgeous rendition of a significant companion to the Ramayana, it offers the heroes of now a philosophy of the past ER -