220 Pages
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Routledge
220 Pages
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Routledge
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Routledge
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The popular perception of yoga in the West remains for the most part that of a physical fitness program, largely divorced from its historical and spiritual roots. The essays collected here provide a sense of the historical emergence of the classical system presented by Patañjali, a careful examination of the key elements, overall character and contemporary relevance of that system (as found in the Yoga Sutra) and a glimpse of some of the tradition's many important ramifications in later Indian religious history.
Acknowledgements Abbreviations Introduction Part I: Classical Foundations 1. John Brockington Yoga in the Mahabharata 2. David Carpenter Practice Makes Perfect: The Role of Practice in Patañjala Yoga 3. Ian Whicher The Integration of Spirit (purusa) and (prakrti) in the Yogo-Sutra 4. Lloyd Pflueger Dueling with Dualism: Revisioning the Paradox of purusa and prakrti 5. Chris Chapple Yoga and the Luminous Part II: The Expanding Tradition 6. Vidyasankar Sundaresam Yogo in Sankara's Advaita Vedanta: A Reappraisal 7. Olle Qvarnstrom Losing One's Mind and Becoming Enlightened: Some Remarks on the Concept of Yoga in Svetambara Jainism and its Relation to the Nath Siddha Tradition 8. David White Yoga in Early Hindu Tantra 9. Glen Hayes Metaphoric Worlds and Yoga in the Vaisnava Sahajiya Tantric Traditions of Medieval Bengal Notes Bibliography
Biography
Ian Whicher and David Carpenter
'What is distinctive about this volume is its attention to careful historical analysis, a focus on the practice of yoga, and critical philosophical reflection.' - Gerald James Larson, University of California, Santa Barbara, Journal of American Oriental Society 128.1 (2008)
