Samadhi
The Numinous and Cessative in Indo-Tibetan Yoga
Explores yoga and meditation in Eastern religions, incorporating psychological and social aspects of these practices.A historical and comparative study grounded in close readings of important works, this book explores the dynamics of the theory and practice of yoga in Hindu and Buddhist contexts. Author Stuart Ray Sarbacker explores the fascinating, contrasting perceptions that meditation leads to the attainment of divine, or numinous, power, and to complete escape from worldly existence, or cessation. Sarbacker demonstrates that these two dimensions of spiritual experience have affected the doctrine and cultural significance of yoga from its…
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Produktdetails
- ISBN: 978-0-7914-8281-0
- EAN: 9780791482810
- Produktnummer: 35073098
- Verlag: State University of New York Press
- Sprache: Englisch
- Erscheinungsjahr: 2012
- Seitenangabe: 201 S.
- Plattform: PDF
- Masse: 639 KB
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