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Bibliographic Details
Main Author:
Newcombe, Suzanne
Other Authors:
O'Brien-Kop, Karen
Format:
eBook
Language:
English
Published:
Milton :
Taylor & Francis Group,
2020.
Subjects:
Yoga.
Meditation.
Yoga (philosophy)
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Table of Contents:
Cover
Half Title
Title Page
Copyright Page
Table of contents
Editorial board
Figures
Tables
Acknowledgements
Contributors
A note on terms and translations
Part I Introduction to yoga and meditation studies
1 Reframing yoga and meditation studies
Introduction
Defining meditation and yoga: the challenges
Shifting discussions and emerging areas of research
Concluding remarks
Notes
Bibliography
2 Decolonising yoga
Why decolonise?
Knowledge, body, empire
Travel, positionality and power
Nationalism, decolonisation, recolonisation
Conclusion: towards yoga as critique
Notes
Bibliography
3 Meditation in contemporary contexts: Current discussions
Introduction
Challenges of definition
Historical and comparative approaches
Research positions
Critical discourses
Conclusion
Notes
Bibliography
4 The scholar-practitioner of yoga in the western academy
Introduction
Varieties of scholar-practitioner
Conclusion
Notes
Bibliography
5 Neoliberal yoga
Introduction
Selling yoga
Neoliberal yoga
Conclusion
Notes
Bibliography
Part II History of yoga and meditation in South Asia
6 How yoga became yoga: Yoga and meditation up to the classical period
Introduction
Pre-classical period
Prehistoric: the Indus Valley Civilization
Early history: yoga in the Vedas
What was the praxis of the Buddha called?
Mahabharata and Bhagavadgita: sam.khya and yoga (theory and practice)
The terms yogavacara and yogacara in Buddhist sources
Hiran.yagarbha's Yogasastra
Pasupatayoga
Classical period
The Patañjalayogasastra
Classical period after the Patañjalayogasastra
Conclusion
Abbreviations
Notes
Bibliography
7 Buddhist meditation in South Asia: An overview
Introduction
Key terms
Meditation subjects
Main meditative techniques and paths of spiritual cultivation
Early and mainstream Buddhism
Tranquillity and insight
The path of spiritual cultivation in Sarvastivada Buddhism
Mahayana Buddhism
Emptiness and compassion
The path of spiritual cultivation in Yogacara Buddhism
Tantric Buddhism
Visualisations and energy control
The path of spiritual cultivation in the noble lineage of the esoteric community
In lieu of conclusion
Original sources and abbreviations
Notes
Bibliography
8 Tantric transformations of yoga: Kun.d.alini in the ninth to tenth century
Introduction
Ṣaṭka 1
Ṣaṭka 2
Ṣaṭka 3
Ṣaṭka 4
Conclusion
Glossary
Abbreviations
Notes
Bibliography
9 Early haṭhayoga
Introduction
Textual criticism and haṭhayoga
Precursors of haṭhayoga
Early haṭha's textual corpus
Goals of haṭhayoga
Haṭhayoga after the Haṭhapradipika
Haṭhayoga in contemporary ascetic culture
Haṭhayoga in modern global yoga
Notes
Bibliography
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