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A STUDENT'S GUIDE TO THE HISTORY AND PHILOSOPHY OF YOGA
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| By: |
Peter Connolly |
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Paperback |
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£19.99 |
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| ISBN 10: |
1845531566 |
| ISBN 13: |
9781845531560 |
| Publisher: |
EQUINOX PUBLISHING LTD |
| Pub. date: |
1 January, 2007 |
| Pages: |
224 |
| Description: |
Presenting yoga in the context of its evolution in India, this book seeks to explain the nature of its associations with various metaphysical doctrines. It is aimed at university students taking courses in Comparative Religion and Philosophy and practitioners of yoga, who intend to go beyond the activity and explore its spiritual dimensions. |
| Synopsis: |
The word 'yoga' conjures up in the minds of many Westerners images of people performing exercises and adopting unusual, sometimes contortive postures. Such exercises and postures do have a place within the practice of yoga, but it is much more than that. Indeed, the early literature on yoga describes and defines it as a form of mental rather than physical discipline. Yoga is also associated with the Indian subcontinent and the religions of Hinduism and Buddhism. This book therefore concentrates on the evolution of yoga in the context of Indian culture, though the final chapters also explore some of its links with non-Indian mystical traditions and some of its developments outside of India during the modern period. 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 nature of its associations with various metaphysical doctrines. The work also draws upon a number of conceptual schemes designed to facilitate comparative study.Some of these are employed throughout the book so as to link the material from each chapter together within a common framework. |
| Publication: |
UK |
| Imprint: |
Equinox Publishing Ltd |
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Returnable |
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