La farcissure : intertextualités au XVI siécle

• Record Nr.: UNISA990001030650203316
• Pubbl/distr/stampa: Paris : Larousse, 1984
• Descrizione fisica: 126 p ; 23 cm
• Collana: Littérature ; 55
• Disciplina: 848.5
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Francese
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia

Religion and the subtle body in Asia and the West : between mind and body / / edited by Geoffrey Samuel and Jay Johnston

• Record Nr.: UNINA9910452684303321
• Pubbl/distr/stampa: Abingdon, Oxon ; ; New York : , : Routledge, , 2013
• ISBN: 0-203-55824-3; 1-299-46947-7; 1-136-76640-5
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (290 p.)
• Collana: Routledge studies in Asian religion and philosophy ; ; 8
• Altri autori (Persone): JohnstonJay; SamuelGeoffrey
• Disciplina: 202/.2
• Soggetti: Astral body; Mind and body; Philosophy and religion - Asia; Electronic books.
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Note generali: Description based upon print version of record.
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references and index.
• Nota di contenuto: pt. 1. Subtle bodies in China and India -- pt. 2. Subtle bodies in the ; Tibetan tradition -- pt. 3. Subtle bodies in Europe and Islam -- pt. 4. Subtle bodies and modernity.
• Sommario/riassunto: Subtle-body practices are found particularly in Indian, Indo-Tibetan and East Asian societies, but have become increasingly familiar in Western societies, especially through the various healing and yogic techniques and exercises associated with them. This book explores subtle-body practices from a variety of perspectives, and includes both studies of these practices in Asian and Western contexts.The book discusses how subtle-body practices assume a quasi-material level of human existence that is intermediate between conventional concepts of body and mind. Often, this level is conceiv