Theory and Practice of Yoga, : Essays in Honour of Gerald James Larson.

• Superior document: Numen book series ; Volume 110
• Author: Knut A. Jacobsen (Editor)
• TeilnehmendeR: Larson, Gerald James.; Jacobsen, Knut A., 1956-
• Place / Publishing House: Leiden, , Boston: : Brill, , 2005.
• Year of Publication: 2005
• Language: English
• Series: Numen Book Series 110.
• Physical Description: 1 online resource (vii, 478 pages).

This collection of original essays provides fascinating insights into yoga as a historical and pluralistic phenomenon flourishing in a variety of religious and philosophical contexts. They cover a wide variety of traditions and topics related to Yoga: Classical Yoga, Sāṃkhya, Tantric Yoga, Bhakti Yoga, the Guru, Indic Islamic traditions of Yoga, Yoga and asceticism in contemporary India, and the reception of Yoga in the West. The essays are written by eighteen professors in the field of the history of religions, most of them former graduate students of Gerald James Larson, Larson is Rabindranath Tagore Professor Emeritus, Indiana University, Bloomington, Professor Emeritus, Religious Studies, University of California, Santa Barbara, an internationally acclaimed scholar on the history of religions and philosophies of India, and one of the world's foremost authorities on the Samkhya and Yoga traditions. The publication is in honour of him.

Table of Contents

Preliminary Material / Knut A. Jacobsen -- Yoga Traditions / Knut A. Jacobsen -- Person, Purity, and Power in the ϒogasūtra / Lloyd W. Pflueger -- Revisiting the Jīvanmukti Question in Sāṃkhya in the Context of the Sāṃkhϒasūtra / T. S. Rukmani -- Being a Witness: Cross-Examining the Notion of Self in Śaṅkara’s Upadeśasāhasrī, Īśvarakṛṣṛa’s Sāṃkhϒakārikā, and Patañjali’s ϒogasūtra / Richa Pauranik Clements -- ‘It Ain’t Necessarily So’ / Nandini Iyer -- The Sāṃkhya-Yoga Influence on Śrīvaiṣṇava Philosophy with Special Reference to the Pāñcarātra System / P. Pratap Kumar -- Interpreting Across Mystical Boundaries: An Analysis of Samādhi in the Trika-Kaula Tradition / Jeffrey S. Lidke -- ‘Tarko ϒogāṅgam Uttamam’: On Subtle Knowledge and the Refinement of Thought in Abhinavagupta’s Liberative Tantric Method / Paul E. Muller-Ortega -- Meditating Mantras: Meaning and Visualization in Tantric Literature / Sthaneshwar Timalsina -- The Guru-gītā or ‘Song of the Master’ as Incorporated in the Guru-caritra of Sarasvatī Gaṅgādhar: Observations on Its Teachings and the guru Institute / Antonio Rigopoulos -- The Sāṃkhya Sage Kapila and Kashmiri Viṣṇu Images / Pratapaditya Pal -- The Yogic Exercises of the 17th Century Sufis / Craig Davis -- Rāja Yoga, Asceticism, and the Rāmānanda Saṃpradāy / Ramdas Lamb -- In Kapila’s Cave: A Sāṃkhya-Yoga Renaissance in Bengal / Knut A. Jacobsen -- Raising Krishna with Love: Maternal Devotion as a Form of Yoga in a Women’s Ritual Tradition / Tracy Pintchman -- Wisdom and Method: Yoga in the Platonic Dialogues / Judy D. Saltzman -- Jung’s Depth Psychology and Yoga Sādhana / Patrick Mahaffey -- Yoga in America: Some Reflections from the Heartland / Wade Dazey -- Indian Traditions of Physiognomy: Preliminary Remarks / Kenneth G. Zysk -- Gerald James Larson, The Teacher: A Personal Reflection / James McNamara -- Gerald James Larson: Appointments and Publications / Knut A. Jacobsen -- Contributors / Knut A. Jacobsen -- Index / Knut A. Jacobsen -- Studies in the History of Religions Numen Book Series / Knut A. Jacobsen.