D E Osto

An Indian Tantric Tradition and Its Modern Global Revival

Contemporary Nondual Śaivism

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Produktbeschreibung

This book analyses the contemporary global revival of Nondual Saivism, a thousand-year-old medieval Hindu religious philosophy.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Taylor & Francis Ltd (Sales)
• Seitenzahl: 212
• Erscheinungstermin: 29. August 2022
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 229mm x 150mm x 13mm
• Gewicht: 295g
• ISBN-13: 9781032400471
• ISBN-10: 1032400471
• Artikelnr.: 69896758

Autorenporträt

D.E. Osto is a Senior Lecturer in Philosophy at Massey University, New Zealand. He is the author of Altered States: Buddhism and Psychedelic Spirituality in America (2016), and Power, Wealth and Women in Indian Mahayana Buddhism: The Gä¿avyuha-sutra (Routledge, 2008).

Inhaltsangabe

Introduction
1. Saiva Tantra and the origins of Nondual Saiva Theosophy
2. Nondual Saiva Theosophy
3. Swami Lakshman Joo and his legacy
4. Swami Muktananda and the Siddha Yoga legacy
5. The scholar-practitioners
6. Consuming Nondual Saivism
7. Caveat Emptor: power
sex and money in contemporary Nondual Saivism
8. Recovering Nondual Saivism: an autoethnography
Conclusion