Yoga in Practice (eBook)

David Gordon White (Herausgeber)

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2011
416 Seiten
Princeton University Press (Verlag)
978-1-4008-3993-3 (ISBN)

Infos

Primary texts in yoga, from ancient times to todayYoga is a body of practice that spans two millennia and transcends the boundaries of any single religion, geographic region, or teaching lineage. In fact, over the centuries there have been many "e;yogas"e;-yogas of battlefield warriors, of itinerant minstrels and beggars, of religious reformers, and of course, the yogas of mind and body so popular today. Yoga in Practice is an anthology of primary texts drawn from the diverse yoga traditions of India, greater Asia, and the West. This one-of-a-kind sourcebook features elegant translations of Hindu, Buddhist, Jain, and even Islamic yogic writings, many of them being made available in English for the very first time. Collected here are ancient, colonial, and modern texts reflecting a broad range of genres, from an early medical treatise in Sanskrit to Upanishadic verses on sacred sounds; from a Tibetan catechetical dialogue to funerary and devotional songs still sung in India today; and from a 1930s instructional guide by the grandfather of contemporary yoga to the private papers of a pioneer of tantric yoga in America.Emphasizing the lived experiences to be found in the many worlds of yoga, Yoga in Practice includes David Gordon White's informative general introduction as well as concise introductions to each reading by the book's contributors.

Autor

David Gordon White is the J. F. Rowny Professor of Comparative Religion at the University of California, Santa Barbara. His books include Sinister Yogis and Tantra in Practice (Princeton).

Produkt-Details

• Erscheint lt. Verlag: 31.10.2011
• Reihe/Serie: Princeton Readings in Religions
• Reihe/Serie: Princeton Readings in Religions
• Verlagsort: Princeton
• Sprache: englisch
• Themenwelt: Geisteswissenschaften ► Religion / Theologie ► Buddhismus
• Themenwelt: Geisteswissenschaften ► Religion / Theologie ► Hinduismus
• Themenwelt: Geisteswissenschaften ► Religion / Theologie ► Weitere Religionen
• Schlagworte: Absolute (philosophy) • akbar • Ancient India • Asceticism • Ashtanga Vinyasa yoga • awareness • Ayurveda • Bandha (Jainism) • Bhagavad Gita • Bhajan • Bhakti • Bhakti Yoga • Bodhicitta • Bodhisattva • Brahman • Brahmin • Buddhahood • Buddhi • Buddhism • Buddhist Meditation • Buddhist philosophy • buddhist texts • celibacy • Chakra • Charaka • Day and Night (cellular automaton) • deity • Determination • Dharma • Digambara • Divination • Doctrine • Equanimity • God • Haribhadra (Buddhist philosopher) • Hatha Yoga • Hindu • Hindu deities • Hinduism • Householder (Buddhism) • Indian Literature • Indian Philosophy • Jainism • Karma Yoga • Kaula • Kumbhaka • Literature • MaH • Meditation • mendicant • Motilal Banarsidass • Niyama • North India • Oxford University Press • Philosopher • Philosophy • Physician • Pranayama • Princeton University Press • rajas • recitation • Reincarnation • Religion • religious text • Renunciation • Rite • Sanskrit • Saraha • Sattva • sect • Sentient beings (Buddhism) • sexual intercourse • siddha • Siddhi • Smriti • Soteriology • subtle body • Suffering • Sufism • Suggestion • Sunyata • Swami • Swami Vivekananda • Symptom • Tantra • Tantras • Tattva • treatise • Upanishads • Vajra • Vajrasattva • Vajrayana • vedas • Worship • Writing • Yoga • Yoga Makaranda • Yoga (philosophy) • Yoga Sutras of Patanjali • Yogi
• ISBN-10: 1-4008-3993-9 / 1400839939
• ISBN-13: 978-1-4008-3993-3 / 9781400839933