Samadhi The Numinous and Cessative in Indo-Tibetan Yoga
| Author/creator | Sarbacker, Stuart Ray, 1969- Author |
| Format | Electronic |
| Publication Info | Albany : State University of New York Press |
| Description | 189 p. 09.320 x 06.460 in. |
| Supplemental Content | Full text available from Twentieth Century Religious Thought, Volume 4: Eastern Religions - All Titles |
| Supplemental Content | Full text available from eBooks on EBSCOhost |
| Supplemental Content | Full text available from Ebook Central - Academic Complete |
| Subjects |
| Series | SUNY Series in Religious Studies |
| Summary | Annotation 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, Sam#x0101; dhi 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. |
| Access restriction | Available only to authorized users. |
| Technical details | Mode of access: World Wide Web |
| Genre/form | Electronic books. |
| LCCN | 2004062626 |
| ISBN | 9780791465530 |
| ISBN | 0791465535 (Trade Cloth) Active Record |
| Standard identifier# | 9780791465530 |
| Stock number | 00025125 |
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| Electronic Resources | ✔ Available |