03219oam 22006614a 450 991097473970332120170821173458.0978079148281007914828129781423747819142374781X(CKB)1000000000459181(OCoLC)461442521(CaPaEBR)ebrary10579071(SSID)ssj0000240795(PQKBManifestationID)11174166(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000240795(PQKBWorkID)10266718(PQKB)10624391(MiAaPQ)EBC3407648(OCoLC)63148909(MdBmJHUP)muse6322(DE-B1597)683535(DE-B1597)9780791482810(Perlego)2672167(EXLCZ)99100000000045918120041115d2005 uy 0engurcn|||||||||txtccrSamadhi The Numinous and Cessative in Indo-Tibetan Yoga /Stuart Ray SarbackerAlbany State University of New York Pressc20051 online resource (202 p.) SUNY series in religious studiesBibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph9780791465530 0791465535 Includes bibliographical references (p. 163-177) and index.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 -- IndexA 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.SUNY series in religious studies.YogaMeditationBuddhismMeditationHinduismElectronic books. Yoga.MeditationBuddhism.MeditationHinduism.294.5/436Sarbacker Stuart Ray1969-1806377MdBmJHUPMdBmJHUPBOOK9910974739703321Samadhi4355524UNINA