The Integrity of the Yoga Darśana - Ian Whicher

The Integrity of the Yoga Darśana

A Reconsideration of Classical Yoga

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Buch | Hardcover
440 Seiten
1998
State University of New York Press (Verlag)
978-0-7914-3815-2 (ISBN)
89,95 inkl. MwSt
Maintains that the Yoga-Sutras do not advocate abandonment of the world, but rather support a stance that enables one to live more fully in the world without being enslaved by worldly identification.
The Integrity of the Yoga Darśana centers on the thought of Patañjali, the great exponent of the authoritative and Classical Yoga school of Hinduism and the reputed author of the Yoga-Sutras. In this textual, historical, and interpretive study, Whicher offers a plausible and innovative reading of the "intention" of the Yoga-Sutras, namely that Yoga does not advocate the abandonment or condemnation of the world, but rather supports a stance that enables one to live more fully in the world without being enslaved by worldly identification. Challenging and correcting misperceptions about Yoga drawn by traditional and modern interpretations of the Yoga-Sutras, the author argues for a fresh vision of the spiritual potential present in this seminal text, thereby contributing to our understanding of the meaning and practical relevance of Yoga and its reception today.

Ian Whicher is Deputy-Director of the Dharam Hinduja Institute of Indic Research at the University of Cambridge.

Acknowledgments

Abbreviations

Introduction

One
Selected Background Material on the Development of Yoga in Early Hindu Thought

The Term "Yoga"

Yoga in the Vedas

Yoga in the Upanisads

Yogic Themes in the Bhagavadgita and the Moksadharma

Yoga and Samadhi

The Pedagogical Dimension of Yoga: (i) The Practitioner (Yogin) and the Commitment to Practice

The Pedagogical Dimension of Yoga: (ii) The Spiritual Guide or Preceptor (Guru)

Concluding Remarks

Two
The Yoga -Sutra : Introduction and Metaphysical Perspective

Introduction to Patañjali and the Yoga -Sutra

Distinguishing Samkhya and Yoga, and the Transition to the Yoga -Sutra

Prakrti as Viewed in the Yoga -Sutra

The Purusa -Principle in the Yoga -Sutra

Three
The Mind (Citta ). Its Nature, Structure, and Functioning

Citta

An Introduction to Karma, Samskara , and Vasana

Introduction to Yoga Epistemology

Vrtti

Klista- and Aklista-Vrtti

Samyoga

Theory of Reflected Consciousness in Yoga

A Closer Look at "Perception" in the Yoga-Sutra

Four
Nirodha , Yoga Praxis, and the Transformation of the Mind

Nirodha : The Foundation of Yogic Praxis

Nirodha (Cessation): Annihilation/Negation or Transformation of the Mind?

Abhyasa (Practice) and Vairagya (Dispassion)

A Preliminary Look at the Meaning and

Practice of Samadhi

Preparation for Samadhi

An Overview of the Astanga -Yoga

Five
Cognitive Samadhi

Samadhi : The Heart of Patañjali's Soteriological Methodology

An Analysis of Yoga -Sutra I.41

Vitarka -Samadhi

Vicara -Samadhi

Ananda -Samadhi

Asmita -Samadhi

A Further Look at Cognitive Samadhi

Six
From Knowledge to the "Aloneness" of the Knower

The Soteriological Role of Samskara in Yoga

Enstasy (Asamprajñata -Samadhi )

"Aloneness" (Kaivalya ):Implications for an Embodied Freedom-A Final Analysis and Assessment of the Yoga-Sutra

Conclusion

Notes

Bibliography

Index

Erscheint lt. Verlag 7.12.1998
Reihe/Serie SUNY series in Religious Studies
Zusatzinfo Total Illustrations: 0
Verlagsort Albany, NY
Sprache englisch
Maße 152 x 229 mm
Gewicht 744 g
Themenwelt Sachbuch/Ratgeber Gesundheit / Leben / Psychologie
Sachbuch/Ratgeber Sport Fitness / Aerobic / Bodybuilding
Geisteswissenschaften Philosophie Östliche Philosophie
ISBN-10 0-7914-3815-5 / 0791438155
ISBN-13 978-0-7914-3815-2 / 9780791438152
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