Samadhi: The Numinous And Cessative in Indo-tibetan Yoga (S U N Y Series in Religious Studies)

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Explores yoga and meditation in Eastern religions, incorporating psychological and social aspects of these practices.

Author(s): Stuart Ray Sarbacker
Year: 2005

Language: English
Pages: 202

Samadhi......Page 2
Contents......Page 8
Acknowledgments......Page 10
INTRODUCTION. Method and the Study of Meditation......Page 14
1. Sources and Definitions......Page 26
2. Reinterpreting Religious Experience......Page 40
3. Yoga, Shamanism, and Buddhism: A New Phenomenology......Page 66
4. The Debate over Dialogue: Classical Yoga and Buddhism in Comparison......Page 88
5. Traditions in Transition: Meditative Concepts in the Development of Tantric Sadhana......Page 124
CONCLUSION. Meditation, Phenomenology, and the Concept of Sama\dhi......Page 140
INTRODUCTION......Page 150
CHAPTER 1......Page 152
CHAPTER 2......Page 155
CHAPTER 3......Page 160
CHAPTER 4......Page 164
CHAPTER 5......Page 172
CONCLUSION......Page 174
Bibliography......Page 176
B......Page 192
D......Page 193
G......Page 194
L......Page 195
M......Page 196
P......Page 197
S......Page 198
U......Page 200
Y......Page 201
Z......Page 202