| Samadhi: The Numinous and Cessative in Indo-Tibetan Yoga Contributor(s): Sarbacker, Stuart Ray (Author) |
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ISBN: 0791465543 ISBN-13: 9780791465547 Publisher: State University of New York Press OUR PRICE: $33.20 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: July 2006 Annotation: Explores yoga and meditation in Eastern religions, incorporating psychological and social aspects of these practices. |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Religion | Hinduism - General - Health & Fitness | Yoga - Religion | Eastern |
| Dewey: 294.543 |
| Series: Suny Series in Religious Studies |
| Physical Information: 0.49" H x 6.08" W x 8.94" (0.64 lbs) 201 pages |
| Themes: - Religious Orientation - Hindu - Religious Orientation - Buddhist |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: 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 origins to its contemporary practice. He also integrates sociological and psychological perspectives on religious experience into a larger phenomenological model to address the multifaceted nature of religious experience. Speaking to a broad range of methodological and contextual issues, Samadhi provides numerous insights into the theory and practice of yoga that are relevant to both scholars of religious studies and practitioners of contemporary yoga and meditation traditions. |
