Chapple Living Landscapes

Meditations on the Five Elements in Hindu, Buddhist, and Jain Yogas
1. Auflage 2020
ISBN: 978-1-4384-7795-4
Verlag: De Gruyter
Format: EPUB
Kopierschutz: Adobe DRM (»Systemvoraussetzungen)

E-Book, Englisch, 260 Seiten, Format (B × H): 152 mm x 229 mm

Explores the role of meditation on the five elements in the practice of Yoga.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Chapple, Christopher Key

Fachgebiete

• Geisteswissenschaften Religionswissenschaft Sonstige Religionen Östliche Religionen

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Illustrations
Acknowledgments

Foreword
John Grim and Mary Evelyn Tucker

Introduction: Yoga and Landscapes

1. The Inner World as Precondition for Experience

2. Earth: Loving the Land

3. Water: Life-giver and Purifier

4. Fire: Locus of Desire

5. Air: Wind and Breath

6. Animal Stories from the Upanisads, the Jataka Tales, the Pañcatantra, Jaina Narratives, and the Yogavasistha

7. The Yoga of Space

Appendix: Constructing the Mandala through Yoga Sadhana

Notes
Bibliography
Index

Über Autor(innen)

Christopher Key Chapple is Doshi Professor of Indic and Comparative Theology at Loyola Marymount University. He is the author or editor of many books, including Yoga and the Luminous: Patañjali's Spiritual Path to Freedom and Engaged Emancipation: Mind, Morals, and Make-Believe in the Moksopaya (Yogavasistha) (coedited with Arindam Chakrabarti), both also published by SUNY Press.