Reconciling Yogas: Haribhadra's Collection of Views on Yoga With a New Translation of Haribhadra's Yogadṛṣṭisamuccaya by Christopher Key Chapple and John Thomas Casey

Author:   Christopher Key Chapple ,  John Thomas Casey
Publisher:   State University of New York Press
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9780791458990


Pages:   182
Publication Date:   06 November 2003
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Reconciling Yogas: Haribhadra's Collection of Views on Yoga With a New Translation of Haribhadra's Yogadṛṣṭisamuccaya by Christopher Key Chapple and John Thomas Casey


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Presents the various religious approaches to Yoga described by Haribhadra, the eighth-century sage, who held a universal view of religion. Includes a translation of his original text on Yoga.

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Author:   Christopher Key Chapple ,  John Thomas Casey
Publisher:   State University of New York Press
Imprint:   State University of New York Press
Dimensions:   Width: 15.20cm , Height: 2.50cm , Length: 22.90cm
Weight:   0.363kg
ISBN:  

9780791458990


ISBN 10:   0791458997
Pages:   182
Publication Date:   06 November 2003
Audience:   General/trade ,  Professional and scholarly ,  College/higher education ,  General ,  Professional & Vocational
Format:   Hardback
Publisher's Status:   Active
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Table of Contents

Preface 1. The Life Story of Haribhadra 2. Haribhadra and Patanjali 3. The Vedantin Yoga of Bhagavaddata and the Buddhist Yoga of Bhaskara 4. Centrality of the Real 5. Purity in Patanjali and Haribhadra 6. Haribhadra's Critique of Tantric Yoga 7. Haribhadra's Sociology of Yoga and Its Culmination Chart Comparing Forms of Yoga in the Yogadrstisamuccaya Yogadrstisamuccaya (A Collection of Views on Yoga) Notes Bibliography Index

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This is a rare piece of work and a wonderful contribution to the field. This book offers what may be the first translation of its kind.


"""This is a rare piece of work and a wonderful contribution to the field. This book offers what may be the first translation of its kind."""


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Christopher Key Chapple is Professor of Theological Studies and Director of Asian and Pacific Studies at Loyola Marymount University. He has published several books, including Karma and Creativity and Nonviolence to Animals, Earth, and Self in Asian Traditions, both with SUNY Press. John Thomas Casey is Visiting Professor of Theological Studies at Loyola Marymount University.

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