Thought-suppression in the Pātañjalayogaśāstra: against Ian Whicher’s interpretation of Patañjali’s yoga
The Pātañjalayogaśāstra (PYŚ) is typically understood to define yoga as thought-suppression. In several publications, Ian Whicher has sought to avoid the conclusion that the PYŚ endorses thought-suppression by proposing that the PYŚ’s definition of yoga refers not to thought-suppression but to liber...
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| Sprache: | Englisch |
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2022
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Asian philosophy
Jahr: 2022, Band: 32, Heft: 1, Seiten: 19-32 |
| normierte Schlagwort(-folgen): | B
Whicher, Ian 1954-
/ Patañjali, Philosoph, Yogasūtra
/ Vyāsa, Yogabhāṣya
/ Denken
/ Auflösung
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| RelBib Classification: | AB Religionsphilosophie; Religionskritik; Atheismus BK Hinduismus, Jainismus, Sikhismus KBM Asien |
| weitere Schlagwörter: | B
sūtra
B Patañjali B Yogabhāṣya B Yoga B Yogasūtra |
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| Zusammenfassung: | The Pātañjalayogaśāstra (PYŚ) is typically understood to define yoga as thought-suppression. In several publications, Ian Whicher has sought to avoid the conclusion that the PYŚ endorses thought-suppression by proposing that the PYŚ’s definition of yoga refers not to thought-suppression but to liberation from the puruṣa’s misidentification with the mind. I argue that Whicher’s proposal is unsuccessful because the PYŚ portrays thought-suppression as necessary for this liberation. |
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| ISSN: | 1469-2961 |
| Enthält: | Enthalten in: Asian philosophy
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| Persistent identifiers: | DOI: 10.1080/09552367.2021.1983961 |