Pradeep P. Gokhale

The Yogasutra of Patañjali (eBook, ePUB)

A New Introduction to the Buddhist Roots of the Yoga System

• Format: ePub

Produktbeschreibung

This book offers a systematic study of the Buddhist roots of Patañjalayoga or the Yoga system of Patañjali. By examining each of 195 aphorisms (sutras) of the Yogasutra of Patañjali, it shows that it contains elements rooted in the orthodox as well as heterodox traditions.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Taylor & Francis
• Seitenzahl: 250
• Erscheinungstermin: 31. Mai 2020
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9781000041637
• Artikelnr.: 59554155

Autorenporträt

Pradeep P. Gokhale is Honorary Adjunct Professor in the Departments of Philosophy and Pali, Savitribai Phule Pune University, Pune, India. He has thirty-one years of postgraduate teaching and research experience at Savitribai Phule Pune University and was Dr B. R. Ambedkar Research Professor at the Central Institute of Higher Tibetan Studies, Sarnath (Varanasi), for six years. He has written in diverse areas such as Indian epistemology and logic; schools of classical Indian philosophy such as Buddhism, Lokayata, Yoga and Jainism; Indian moral philosophy, social philosophy, Indian philosophy of religion and contemporary Buddhism. His research interests have focused on the interface between orthodox and heterodox Indian thought, including between Nyaya and Buddhist logical thought.

Inhaltsangabe

Introduction 1. On Meditative Absorption (Sam
dhip
dä) 2. On Means ( S
dhanap
dä) 3. On Supernormal Powers (Vibh
tip
dä) 4. On Isolation ( Kaivalyap
dä) 5. Concluding Observations. Appendix I: Buddhist Conceptions of Meditation, Yoga and Bodhisattva's Spiritual Journey vis-à-vis P
tañjala-yoga. Appendix II: Asäga on Forms of Supernormal Knowledge and Powers (Abhijñ
s and
ddhis). Appendix III: Discrepancies between Patañjali's Aphorisms and Vy
sa's Interpretations. Glossary. Aids to Reading Romanised Sanskrit. Bibliography. Index