Thinking with the Yoga Sutra of Patañjali

Translation and Interpretation

Nonfiction, Religion & Spirituality, Eastern Religions, Hinduism
Cover of the book Thinking with the Yoga Sutra of Patañjali by Mikel Burley, Ana Laura Funes Maderey, Christopher Key Chapple, Arindam Chakrabarti, Stephanie Corigliano, Yohanan Grinshpon, Kevin Perry Maroufkhani, Stephen Phillips, Daniel Raveh, Ian Whicher, Lexington Books
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Author: Mikel Burley, Ana Laura Funes Maderey, Christopher Key Chapple, Arindam Chakrabarti, Stephanie Corigliano, Yohanan Grinshpon, Kevin Perry Maroufkhani, Stephen Phillips, Daniel Raveh, Ian Whicher ISBN: 9781498570978
Publisher: Lexington Books Publication: May 20, 2019
Imprint: Lexington Books Language: English
Author: Mikel Burley, Ana Laura Funes Maderey, Christopher Key Chapple, Arindam Chakrabarti, Stephanie Corigliano, Yohanan Grinshpon, Kevin Perry Maroufkhani, Stephen Phillips, Daniel Raveh, Ian Whicher
ISBN: 9781498570978
Publisher: Lexington Books
Publication: May 20, 2019
Imprint: Lexington Books
Language: English

This book presents contemporary scholarship on the Yoga Sūtra. It revisits Patañjali’s philosophy by bringing it into dialogue with contemporary concerns across a variety of topics and perspectives. Questions regarding the role of the body in the practice of classical yoga, the debate between the realistic or idealistic interpretation of the text, the relation between Yoga and other Indian philosophical schools, the use of imagination in the pursuit of self-knowledge, the interplay between consciousness and nature, the possibilities and limitations of using it as a therapeutic philosophy, the science of meditation, and overcoming our fear of death probe the many dimensions that this text continues to offer for thought and reflection.

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This book presents contemporary scholarship on the Yoga Sūtra. It revisits Patañjali’s philosophy by bringing it into dialogue with contemporary concerns across a variety of topics and perspectives. Questions regarding the role of the body in the practice of classical yoga, the debate between the realistic or idealistic interpretation of the text, the relation between Yoga and other Indian philosophical schools, the use of imagination in the pursuit of self-knowledge, the interplay between consciousness and nature, the possibilities and limitations of using it as a therapeutic philosophy, the science of meditation, and overcoming our fear of death probe the many dimensions that this text continues to offer for thought and reflection.

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