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Yoga, karma, and rebirth [electronic resource] : a brief history and philosophy / Stephen H. Phillips.

By: Publication details: New York : Columbia University Press, ©2009.Description: 1 online resource (viii, 358 pages) : illustrationsContent type:
  • text
Media type:
  • computer
Carrier type:
  • online resource
ISBN:
  • 9780231519472
  • 0231519478
Subject(s): Genre/Form: Additional physical formats: Print version:: Yoga, karma, and rebirth.DDC classification:
  • 181/.45 22
  • 180
LOC classification:
  • B132.Y6 P48 2009
Online resources:
Contents:
Theory and practice -- Principles of yoga practice and types of yoga theory -- The yoga class -- Yoga literature and classical philosophies -- Yoga and metaphysics -- Yogic self-monitoring -- Yoga on philosophy's mind-body problem -- Mind-body interactive dualism -- Yogic control and integration: spiritual holism -- Karma -- Dispositions -- Ahimsa, nonharmfulness -- Karma yoga -- Karmic justice -- Rebirth -- Personal identity -- Translife consciousness -- Arguments for and against -- Powers -- Holistic health -- Extraordinary emotion: Bhakti (devotional love), rasa (relish), and anada (bliss -- Psychic transformation.
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Includes bibliographical references (pages 331-345) and index.

Theory and practice -- Principles of yoga practice and types of yoga theory -- The yoga class -- Yoga literature and classical philosophies -- Yoga and metaphysics -- Yogic self-monitoring -- Yoga on philosophy's mind-body problem -- Mind-body interactive dualism -- Yogic control and integration: spiritual holism -- Karma -- Dispositions -- Ahimsa, nonharmfulness -- Karma yoga -- Karmic justice -- Rebirth -- Personal identity -- Translife consciousness -- Arguments for and against -- Powers -- Holistic health -- Extraordinary emotion: Bhakti (devotional love), rasa (relish), and anada (bliss -- Psychic transformation.

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