Samadhi : The Numinous and Cessative in Indo-Tibetan Yoga / Stuart Ray Sarbacker.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Sarbacker, Stuart Ray, 1969-

Series:

SUNY series in religious studies.

SUNY series in religious studies

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Yoga.

Meditation--Buddhism.

Meditation.

Meditation--Hinduism.

Genre:

Electronic books.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (202 p.)

Place of Publication:

Albany : State University of New York Press, c2005.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

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, Samadhi 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.

Contents:

Front Matter

Contents

Acknowledgments

Introduction

Sources and Definitions

Reinterpreting Religious Experience

Yoga, Shamanism, and Buddhism

The Debate over Dialogue

Traditions in Transition

Conclusion

Notes

Bibliography

Index

Notes:

Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph

Includes bibliographical references (p. 163-177) and index.

Description based on print version record.

ISBN:

9780791482810

0791482812

9781423747819

142374781X

OCLC:

461442521