Yoga as Philosophy and Religion

1. Auflage 2013
ISBN: 978-0-415-86578-4
Verlag: Routledge

Buch, Englisch, 214 Seiten, Format (B × H): 140 mm x 216 mm, Gewicht: 279 g

This is Volume V of ten in a collection of works on India: Religion and Philosophy. Originally published in 1924, this study is an attempt at a brief exposition of the philosophical and religious doctrines found in Patafijali's Yoga-sutra as explained by its successive commentaries of Vyasa, Vacaspati, Vijfiana Bhikshu, and others.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Dasgupta, Surendranath

Fachgebiete

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Inhaltsverzeichnis

BookI Yoga Metaphysics; Chapter I Prak?ti; Chapter II Purusha; Chapter III The Reality of the External World; Chapter IV The Process of Evolution; Chapter V The Evolution of the Categories; chapter VI Evolution and Change of Qualities; chapter VII Evolution and Change of Qualities; BookII Ethics and Practice; chapter VIII Mind and Moral States; Chapter IX The Theory of Karma; Chapter X The Ethical Problem; Chapter XI Yoga Practice; Chapter XII The Yog??gas; Chapter XIII Stages of Sam?dhi; Chapter XIV God in Yoga; Chapter XV Matter and Mind;

Über Autor(innen)

Surendranath Dasgupta Professor of Philosophy, Presidency College, Calcutta; Late Professor of Sanskrit, Chittugong College and Late Lecturer in the University of Cambridge.