Thinking with the Yoga sūtra of Patañjali : translation and interpretation
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Thinking with the Yoga sūtra of Patañjali : translation and interpretation
（Explorations in Indic traditions: theological, ethical, and philosophical）
Lexington Books, c2019
- : cloth
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Includes bibliographical references and index
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This book presents contemporary scholarship on the Yoga Sutra. It revisits Patanjali's philosophy by bringing it into dialogue with contemporary concerns across a variety of topics and perspectives. Questions regarding the role of the body in the practice of classical yoga, the debate between the realistic or idealistic interpretation of the text, the relation between Yoga and other Indian philosophical schools, the use of imagination in the pursuit of self-knowledge, the interplay between consciousness and nature, the possibilities and limitations of using it as a therapeutic philosophy, the science of meditation, and overcoming our fear of death probe the many dimensions that this text continues to offer for thought and reflection.
Table of Contents
- Preface Introduction List of Abbreviations I. Consciousness and Body Chapter 1 Reflections on Liberated Consciousness Ian Whicher Chapter 2 On Metaphysics and Imagination (bhavana)
- a Note on Patanjali's Siddhis as Yogic Visualization Yohanan Grinshpon Chapter 3 The Perfect Body in Classical Yoga Philosophy Ana Laura Funes Maderey II. Realism vs. Idealism Chapter 4 The Purported Realism of Classical Yoga Mikel Burley Chapter 5 Realism and Omniscience in the Yogasutra Kevin Perry Maroufkhani and Arindam Charkrabarti III. Patanjala Yoga and Other Traditions Chapter 6 Yoga and the Yogasutra in Classical Darsana Stephen Phillips Chapter 7 Can there be a Science of Meditation? Arindam Chakrabarti IV. Suffering, Death, and Return to Origins Chapter 8 The Making and Unmaking of the Self: Patanjali's Yogasutra and the Experience of Trauma Stephanie Corigliano Chapter 9 Abhinivesa: Patanjala-yoga on Death and Life Daniel Raveh Chapter 10 Activity, Cessation, and a Return to Origins in the Yoga Sutra Christopher Key Chapple Bibliography List of Contributors
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