ABSTRACT
The popular perception of yoga in the West remains for the most part that of a physical fitness program, largely divorced from its historical and spiritual roots. The essays collected here provide a sense of the historical emergence of the classical system presented by Patañjali, a careful examination of the key elements, overall character and contemporary relevance of that system (as found in the Yoga Sutra) and a glimpse of some of the tradition's many important ramifications in later Indian religious history.
TABLE OF CONTENTS
part |2 pages
Part I CLASSICAL FOUNDATIONS
chapter 4|13 pages
Dueling with dualism: revisioning the paradox of puru‚a and prakr.ti
Revisioning the paradox of puru‚a and prakr
part |2 pages
Part II THE EXPANDING TRADITION
chapter 7|13 pages
Losing one’s mind and becoming enlightened: some remarks on the concept of yoga in ¡vetåmbara Jainism and its relation to the Nåth Siddha tradition
Some remarks on the concept of yoga in ¡vetåmbara Jainism and its relation to