A Student's Guide to the History and Philosophy of Yoga
The book is aimed at both university students taking courses in Comparative Religion and Philosophy and practitioners of yoga who seek to go beyond the activity and explore its spiritual dimensions. Hence, it presents yoga in the context of its historical evolution in India and seeks to explain the...
| Основен автор: | Connolly, Peter. |
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| Формат: | Електронен |
| Език: | English |
| Публикувано: |
London :
Equinox Pub.,
2007.
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| Онлайн достъп: |
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| Подобни документи: |
Print version::
A Student's Guide to the History and Philosophy of Yoga. |
Съдържание:
- Abbreviations
- Sanskrit letters and their pronunciation
- Introduction
- 1.
- Background to Yoga philosophy
- 2.
- Yoga in the texts of the Veda
- 3.
- The Sramanic traditions : Jainism and Buddhism
- 4.
- The epics and the Bhagavad Gita
- 5.
- The orthodox philosophical systems
- 6.
- Sectarian developments : Saivism, Saktism and tantra
- 7.
- Modern Yoga
- 8.
- Some reflections on the psychology of Yoga
- Notes
- Bibliography
- Index.