Living landscapes: meditations on the five elements in Hindu, Buddhist, and Jain yogas
"In Living Landscapes , Christopher Key Chapple looks at the world of ritual as enacted in three faiths of India. He begins with an exploration of the relationship between the body and the world as found in the cosmological cartography of Sāṃkhya philosophy, which highlights the interplay betwe...
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| Format: | Print Book |
| Language: | English |
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Albany
State University of New York Press
[2020]
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| In: | Year: 2020 |
| Standardized Subjects / Keyword chains: | B
Buddhism
/ Hinduism
/ Jainism
/ Yoga
/ Meditation
/ Mahābhūta
B India / Hindu philosophy / Yoga / Meditation / Nature / Landscape |
| Further subjects: | B
India
Religion
B Yoga B Nature Religious aspects |
| Summary: | "In Living Landscapes , Christopher Key Chapple looks at the world of ritual as enacted in three faiths of India. He begins with an exploration of the relationship between the body and the world as found in the cosmological cartography of Sāṃkhya philosophy, which highlights the interplay between consciousness ( puruṣa ) and activity ( prakṛti ), a process that gives rise to earth, water, fire, air, and space. He then turns to the progressive explication of these five great elements in Buddhism, Jainism, Advaita, Tantra, and Haṭha Yoga, and includes translations from the Vedas and the Purāṇas of Hinduism, the Buddhist and Jain Sūtras, and select animal fables from early Hinduism, Buddhism, and Jainism. Chapple also describes his own pilgrimages to the Great Stupa at Shambhala Mountain Center in Colorado, the five elemental temples ( pañcamahābhūta mandir ) in south India, and the Jaina cosmology complex in Hastinapur. An appendix with practical instructions that integrate Yoga postures with meditative reflections on the five elements is included"-- |
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| Item Description: | 4201 Literaturverzeichnis: Seite 215-221 und Index |
| ISBN: | 1438477945 |