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UNINA9910974739703321 |
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Sarbacker Stuart Ray <1969-> |
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Titolo |
Samadhi : The Numinous and Cessative in Indo-Tibetan Yoga / / Stuart Ray Sarbacker |
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Albany, : State University of New York Press, c2005 |
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ISBN |
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9780791482810 |
0791482812 |
9781423747819 |
142374781X |
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Descrizione fisica |
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1 online resource (202 p.) |
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Collana |
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SUNY series in religious studies |
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Disciplina |
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Soggetti |
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Yoga |
Meditation - Buddhism |
Meditation - Hinduism |
Electronic books. |
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Lingua di pubblicazione |
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Formato |
Materiale a stampa |
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Livello bibliografico |
Monografia |
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Note generali |
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Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph |
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Nota di bibliografia |
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Includes bibliographical references (p. 163-177) and index. |
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Nota di contenuto |
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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 |
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Sommario/riassunto |
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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 |
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