Geoffrey Samuel (Cardiff University)

The Origins of Yoga and Tantra

• Broschiertes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

Yoga and tantra are practised in modernized forms throughout the world today, but most introductions to Hinduism or Buddhism tell only part of the story of how they developed. This book seeks to understand their origins within the wider picture of the evolution of religion and society in South Asia.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Cambridge University Press
• Seitenzahl: 434
• Erscheinungstermin: 13. Januar 2017
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 229mm x 152mm x 26mm
• Gewicht: 690g
• ISBN-13: 9780521695343
• ISBN-10: 0521695341
• Artikelnr.: 23035704

Autorenporträt

Geoffrey Samuel is Professorial Fellow at the School of Religious and Theological Studies at Cardiff University. His publications include Mind, Body and Culture: Anthropology and the Biological Interface (2006).

Inhaltsangabe

1. Introduction; 2. Stories and sources; Part I. Meditation and Yoga: 3. The second urbanisation of South Asia; 4. Two worlds and their interactions; 5. Religion in the early states; 6. The origins of the Buddhist and Jain orders; 7. The Brahmanical alternative; 8. Interlude: asceticism and celibacy in Indic religions; Part II. Tantra: 9. The classical synthesis; 10. Tantra and the wild goddesses; 11. Subtle bodies, longevity and internal alchemy; 12. Tantra and the state; 13. The later history of yoga and tantra; 14. Postlude.

Rezensionen

' ... a masterful book that I am very grateful to have read ...' Yoga and Tantra