Steven Rosen

Food for the Soul

Vegetarianism and Yoga Traditions

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Produktbeschreibung

This revealing compilation of essays by prominent practitioners and well-informed scholars lays to bear one simple truth: One must be a vegetarian to properly practice Yoga. Bringing together the work of nine distinguished scholars and practitioners of Yoga and Eastern thought, Food for the Soul: Vegetarianism and Yoga Traditions is organized around the fact that, although vegetarianism is a natural and inescapable part of the Yogic tradition, many Yogis and Yoginis today remain blissfully unaware of that fact. The essays gathered here explore the important and much-debated subject of vegetarianism in the major Yoga traditions, looking at what diet has to do with the practice of Yoga and whether ahimsa (harmlessness) is a prerequisite for achieving Yoga's goals. The contributors draw on history, philosophy, ancient Yoga texts, Hindu scriptures, comparative religion, contemporary practitioners, the words of sages, and the teachings of Yogic masters to forge illuminating insights into the subject. Readers, whether students of Hinduism, practitioners of Yoga, vegetarian or animal rights advocates, or simply people with an interest, will find both the questions and the answers provocative-and edifying.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Bloomsbury 3PL
• Seitenzahl: 184
• Erscheinungstermin: 19. April 2011
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 240mm x 161mm x 15mm
• Gewicht: 448g
• ISBN-13: 9780313397035
• ISBN-10: 0313397031
• Artikelnr.: 32727487

Autorenporträt

Steven J. Rosen is founding editor of the Journal of Vaishnava Studies and author of 21 books.

Inhaltsangabe

Introduction Steven J. Rosen 1 The Yoga of Eating: Food Wars and Their
Attendant Ideologies E. H. Jarow 2 Burgers or Buns: A Brief Look at Whether
a Yogi Should Be a Vegetarian Steven J. Rosen 3 Ahimsa in the Patanjali
Yoga Tradition Edwin Bryant 4 Ashtanga Yoga Body: Feel Your Way to
Enlightened Eating Kino MacGregor 5 We Are What We Eat: Sri Swami
Satchidananda on Vegetarianism Rev. Sandra Kumari de Sachy 6 From Darkness
to Light: Vegetarianism and the Yogi's Emergence into Clear Perception
Natalie J. Ullmann 7 Maharishi's Message: Vegetarianism as Natural
Evolution David P. Carter and Marguerite Regan 8 Roots, Shoots, and Ahimsa
: The Jain Yoga of Vegetarianism Christopher Key Chapple 9 Bhakti-Yoga:
Reflections on the Spirituality of Eating Joshua M. Greene 10 Krishna-Yoga
and the Spiritualization of Vegetarianism Steven J. Rosen Afterword Steven
J. Rosen Index About the Editor and Contributors