LEADER 03960nam 2200637Ia 450 001 9910814385703321 005 20240417035653.0 010 $a0-7914-8791-1 010 $a0-585-49137-2 035 $a(CKB)111087027856350 035 $a(OCoLC)61367546 035 $a(CaPaEBR)ebrary10587154 035 $a(SSID)ssj0000275835 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)11194475 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000275835 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)10223304 035 $a(PQKB)10213266 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC3407955 035 $a(MdBmJHUP)muse5924 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL3407955 035 $a(CaPaEBR)ebr10587154 035 $a(OCoLC)54029215 035 $a(DE-B1597)682462 035 $a(DE-B1597)9780791487914 035 $a(EXLCZ)99111087027856350 100 $a20020118d2002 ub 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aurcn||||||||| 181 $ctxt 182 $cc 183 $acr 200 10$aYoga and psychology$b[electronic resource] $elanguage, memory, and mysticism /$fHarold Coward 205 $a1st ed. 210 $aAlbany $cState University of New York Press$d2002 215 $a1 online resource (126 p.) 225 0 $aSUNY series in religious studies 300 $aBibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph 311 $a0-7914-5499-1 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references (p. 93-95) and index. 327 $tFront Matter -- $tContents -- $tpreface -- $tIntroduction -- $tyoga and language -- $tA¯ gama in the Yoga Su¯tras of Patañjali -- $tThe Yoga Psychology Underlying Bhartr.hari?s Va¯kyapad¯ya -- $tYoga in the Vaira¯gya-S´ataka of Bhartr.hari -- $tyoga and western psychology -- $tFreud, Jung, and Yoga on Memory -- $tWhere Jung draws the line in his Acceptance of Patañjali?s Yoga -- $tMysticism in Jung and Patañjali?s Yoga -- $tThe Limits of Human Nature in Yoga and Transpersonal Psychology -- $tConclusion -- $tNotes -- $tGlossary of Sanskrit Terms -- $tIndex 330 $aHarold Coward explores how the psychological aspects of Yoga philosophy have been important to intellectual developments both East and West. Foundational for Hindu, Jaina, and Buddhist thought and spiritual practice, Patañjali's Yoga Sutras, the classical statement of Eastern Yoga, are unique in their emphasis on the nature and importance of psychological processes. Yoga's influence is explored in the work of both the seminal Indian thinker Bhartrhari (c. 600 C.E.) and among key figures in Western psychology: founders Freud and Jung, as well as contemporary transpersonalists such as Washburn, Tart, and Ornstein.Coward shows how the yogic notion of psychological processes makes Bhartrhari's philosophy of language and his theology of revelation possible. He goes on to explore how Western psychology has been influenced by incorporating or rejecting Patañjali's Yoga. The implications of these trends in Western thought for mysticism and memory are examined as well. This analysis results in a notable insight, namely, that there is a crucial difference between Eastern and Western thought with regard to how limited or perfectible human nature is?the West maintaining that we as humans are psychologically, philosophically, and spiritually limited or flawed in nature and thus not perfectible, while Patañjali's Yoga and Eastern thought generally maintain the opposite. Different Western responses to the Eastern position are noted, from complete rejection by Freud, Jung, and Hick, to varying degrees of acceptance by transpersonal thinkers. 606 $aPsychology and religion 606 $aYoga 606 $aEast and West 615 0$aPsychology and religion. 615 0$aYoga. 615 0$aEast and West. 676 $a181/.45 700 $aCoward$b Harold G$0642923 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910814385703321 996 $aYoga and psychology$94123976 997 $aUNINA