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The Origin And Development Of Early Indian Contemplative Practices
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Book Synopsis The Origin and Development of Early Indian Contemplative Practices by : Edward Fitzpatrick Crangle
Download or read book The Origin and Development of Early Indian Contemplative Practices written by Edward Fitzpatrick Crangle and published by Otto Harrassowitz Verlag. This book was released on 1994 with total page 332 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Book Synopsis Contemplative Studies and Hinduism by : Rita D. Sherma
Download or read book Contemplative Studies and Hinduism written by Rita D. Sherma and published by Taylor & Francis. This book was released on 2020-10-05 with total page 215 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book is one of the first wide-ranging academic surveys of the major types and categories of Hindu contemplative praxis. It explores diverse spiritual and religious practices within the Hindu traditions and Indic hermeneutical perspectives to understand the intricate culture of meditative communion and contemplation, devotion, spiritual formation, prayer, ritual, and worship. The volume extends and expands the conceptual reach of the fields of Contemplative Studies and Hindu Studies. The chapters in the volume cover themes in Hindu contemplative experience from various texts and traditions including classical Sāṃkhya and Patañjali Yoga, the Bhāgavata Purāṇa, the role of Sādhana in Advaita Vedānta, Śrīvidyā and the Śrīcakra, the body in Tantra, the semiotics and illocution of Gauḍīya Vaiṣṇava sādhana, mantra in Mīmāṃsā, Vaiṣṇava liturgy, as well as cross-cultural reflections and interreligious comparative contemplative praxis. The volume presents indigenous vocabulary and frameworks to examine categories and concerns particular to the Hindu contemplative traditions. It traces patterns that cut across Hindu traditions and systems and discusses contrasting methods of different theological/philosophical schools evincing a strong plurality in Hindu religious thought and practice. The volume provides intra-religious comparisons that reveal internal complexity, nuances, and a variety of contemplative states and transformative practices that exist under the rubric of Hindu practices of interiority and reflection. With key insights on forms and functions of the contemplative experience along with their theologies and philosophies, the volume suggests new hermeneutical directions that will advance the field of contemplative studies. This book will be useful to scholars and researchers of religious and theological studies, contemplative studies, Hindu studies, consciousness studies, yoga studies, Indian philosophy and religion, sociology of religion, philosophy of religion, comparative religion, and South Asian studies, as well as general readers interested in the topic.
Book Synopsis The Contemplative Life by : Prabuddha Bharata Compilation
Download or read book The Contemplative Life written by Prabuddha Bharata Compilation and published by Advaita Ashrama (A publication branch of Ramakrishna Math, Belur Math). This book was released on with total page 289 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Originally published as January 2007 issue of the Prabuddha Bharata, this book aims to give its readers an overview of contemplative practices in different religions and traditions. Contents: Introduction Swami Satyaswarupananda The Contemplative Life Swami Atmasthananda Contemplation in an Active World Swami Smaranananda The Contemplative Tradition in the Ramakrishna Order Swami Prabhananda All-inclusive View of the Vedic Seers Swami Tattwavidananda Contemplation on Om, the Gāyatrī, and the Mahāvākyas Swami Mukhyananda Contemplation in the Upanishads Swami Atmajnananda Meditation and the Way of Yoga Swami Adiswarananda Preparations for the Contemplative Life Swami Gokulananda Japa: Instrument of Love for God’s Name Swami Tathagatananda Prayer in Contemplative Life Swami Amarananda Worship and Contemplation Swami Sarvadevananda Meditation and Reflection on the Divine Play: Lilā Chintana and Lilā Dhyāna Swami Atmajnanananda Obstacles in Contemplative life Swami Brahmeshananda Fruits of Contemplation: Some Reflections Swami Bhaskarananda The Vaishnava Contemplative Tradition Swami Purnananda The Śākta Contemplative Tradition Swami Vimalatmananda Contemplative Practices in Śaivism Swami Tadananda The Jain Contemplative Tradition Acharya Mahaprajna Contemplating the Theravāda Tradition Ajahn Amaro The Heart of Mahāyāna Buddhist Practice in the West Rev. Heng Sure Knowledge, Love, and Union: A Glimpse into the Christian Contemplative Tradition Father Paul of Jesus Contemplative Spirituality in Islam Maulana Wahiduddin Khan Some Thoughts on the Contemplative Life Vimala Thakar The Contemplative Mind Prof. Somnath Bhattacharyya The Neurophysiological and Psychoneural Aspects of Meditative Practices Dr S Sulekha, Dr P N Ravindra, Dr T R Raju, and Dr Bindu Kutty The Contemplative Life and Psychopathology Dr Alan Roland
Book Synopsis A History of Pre-Buddhistic Indian Philosophy by : Beni Madhab Barua
Download or read book A History of Pre-Buddhistic Indian Philosophy written by Beni Madhab Barua and published by Motilal Banarsidass Publishe. This book was released on 1970 with total page 488 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The present work is designed to survey the evolution of philosophical thought in the Vedic and post-Vedic periods preceding the rise of Jainism and Buddhism. The author has traced up the development of early Indian philosophy on divergent lines on the basis of the Rgveda, Atharvaveda, Aranyakas, the older Upanisads and the allied literature. The author has exploited the original Indian sources and in defiance of several scholiasts has proved that the process of early Indian thought evolution is neither unscientific nor unsystematic. The work throws abundant light upon a very obscure and highly important period of Indian thought. It is also a very useful study for ascertaining the immediate background of Buddhistic philosophy.
Book Synopsis The Origins of Indian Psychology by : N. Ross Reat
Download or read book The Origins of Indian Psychology written by N. Ross Reat and published by . This book was released on 1990 with total page 372 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A brilliant study examining the development of the ancient theoretical psychological thought in India, starting from the pre-Vedic period and its maturation up to the early Buddhist period. It outlines the concept of monism in the Vedas, the Vedic concept of afterlife, the Vedic concept of the human being, in terms of individual identity, vital faculties and the mental organs. It should be of enormous interest to the students of religious as well as modern psychology."Appropriate for undergraduate and graduate libraries" Choice
Book Synopsis A History of Pre-Buddhistic Indian Philosophy by : Beni Madhab Barua
Download or read book A History of Pre-Buddhistic Indian Philosophy written by Beni Madhab Barua and published by . This book was released on 1921 with total page 476 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Book Synopsis Studies in Early Indian Thought by : Dorothea Jane Stephen
Download or read book Studies in Early Indian Thought written by Dorothea Jane Stephen and published by CreateSpace. This book was released on 2014-07-23 with total page 186 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: An excerpt from the beginning of the INTRODUCTION: THE object of this essay is to follow the course of Indian thought from the Vedic period to the period of the Bhagavadglta, to find what account it gives of the world, of men, and of that power of which the world and men are the outcome. We shall trace this course by means of Indian literature, taking it in three stages, that of the Vedas, of the Upanishads, and of the Bhagavadglta itself. These books contain the record of the best thought of India on the subjects most vital to it from the earliest time till now. They are closely connected with each other. The Vedic hymns are the earliest literature of the race. They were used at sacrifices, and in order to adapt them for that purpose the Brahmanas were compiled. These are practically commentaries, giving explanations and directions, and their last chapters are the Aranyakas, or "Forest Books,' intended for the Sages, who had left the world and retired to the forest. The last chapters of the Aranyakas are the Upanishads, which are concerned with the search for the truth behind the ritual. These writings arose in various places, and among different schools, and they differ among themselves; but there is a general likeness among them, which may be taken to show what is characteristically Indian. Finally the Bhagavadglta is founded on the Upanishads, and gathers up the various streams of thought which appear in them. It is thus the flower of the whole process; and it remains to this day the standard expression of Indian thought. Although we propose to trace the thought of India through books, the books of the Aryan race, we have always to remember that India does not only mean the Aryans, nor is the line of thought opened to us in these books the only line followed, even among them. All Aryans were not philosophers in search of the truth. Some were in search of a protector, some merely in search of amusement; and the epic poems grew up at the same time as the philosophical treatises. But there are also the Dravidians to be remembered. The thoughts and practices of the conquered people have affected the thoughts and practices of the conquerors. The worship of spirits in stones and trees, of heroes, of snakes, of mountains, and the superstitions of the jungle tribes go on, recognized and sanctioned by Hinduism, absorbed into its system; but, if we may judge by similar ways of thought in other countries, they remain very much the same as they were when the Aryans first came over the mountains. The mark made on the lower religion by the higher is external. The local godling becomes the son of Çiva or Vishiju, or a form of Parvati; and there the matter ends. The ritual and the thought, or belief that moulds the ritual, go on as before. On the other hand, the mark of the lower religion on the higher is internal: the ideas on which it was founded, are taken up and assimilated, and what was unconscious in the lower race is realized and worked out in the higher....
Book Synopsis Ancient Indian Asceticism by : M. G. Bhagat
Download or read book Ancient Indian Asceticism written by M. G. Bhagat and published by New Delhi : Munshiram Manoharlal Publishers. This book was released on 1976 with total page 394 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Book Synopsis ANCIENT INDIAN WISDOM / Spiritual Heritage by : P.Sethuraman
Download or read book ANCIENT INDIAN WISDOM / Spiritual Heritage written by P.Sethuraman and published by . This book was released on 2008-01-26 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The ancient Indian wisdom was the product of natural development of human instinct. Names of God did not matter, variations in spiritual practices did not count, social differences are of no avail, and the methods of worship followed might be different, only the common religious ideal remained. These made the people of ancient India, accept toleration and absorption as fundamental to their wisdom. The ideal is all embracing and non-antagonistic. This led to free religious thought and the foundations of different philosophic system. In addition to the basic eternal religion of the country, the birth of several indigenous religions, like Buddhism, Jainism, Sikhism etc., and the respectful place offered to foreign religion like Christianity, Islam etc., in this country and the value they attached to different religions are by itself the proof for tolerance of the Vedic people. Vedic religion is the mother of all religions, which had taught and continued to teach, the world, tolerance and universal acceptance.
Book Synopsis A Short History of Religious and Philosophic Thought in India by : Swami Krishnananda
Download or read book A Short History of Religious and Philosophic Thought in India written by Swami Krishnananda and published by . This book was released on 1973 with total page 188 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Book Synopsis Universe and Inner Self in Early Indian and Early Greek Thought by : Seaford Richard Seaford
Download or read book Universe and Inner Self in Early Indian and Early Greek Thought written by Seaford Richard Seaford and published by Edinburgh University Press. This book was released on 2016-07-11 with total page 320 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: From the sixth century BCE onwards there occurred a revolution in thought, with novel ideas such as such as that understanding the inner self is both vital for human well-being and central to understanding the universe. This intellectual transformation is sometimes called the beginning of philosophy. And it occurred - independently it seems - in both India and Greece, but not in the vast Persian Empire that divided them. How was this possible? This is a puzzle that has never been solved. This volume brings together Hellenists and Indologists representing a variety of perspectives on the similarities and differences between the two cultures, and on how to explain them. It offers a collaborative contribution to the burgeoning interest in the Axial Age and will be of interest to anyone intrigued by the big questions inspired by the ancient world.
Book Synopsis The Snake and the Mongoose by : Nathan McGovern
Download or read book The Snake and the Mongoose written by Nathan McGovern and published by . This book was released on 2018 with total page 329 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In The Snake and The Mongoose, Nathan McGovern turns the commonly-accepted model of the origins of early Indian religions on its head. Instead of assuming a fundamental dichotomy between Brahmanical and non-Brahmanical in ancient India, McGovern shows that there were many different groups who all saw themselves as Brahmanical, and out of whose contestation with one another the distinction between Brahmanical and non-Brahmanical emerged.
Book Synopsis The Origins of Yoga and Tantra by : Geoffrey Samuel
Download or read book The Origins of Yoga and Tantra written by Geoffrey Samuel and published by Cambridge University Press. This book was released on 2008-03-27 with total page 429 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Yoga, tantra and other forms of Asian meditation are practised in modernized forms throughout the world today, but most introductions to Hinduism or Buddhism tell only part of the story of how they developed. This book is an interpretation of the history of Indic religions up to around 1200 CE, with particular focus on the development of yogic and tantric traditions. It assesses how much we really know about this period, and asks what sense we can make of the evolution of yogic and tantric practices, which were to become such central and important features of the Indic religious scene. Its originality lies in seeking to understand these traditions in terms of the total social and religious context of South Asian society during this period, including the religious practices of the general population with their close engagement with family, gender, economic life and other pragmatic concerns.
Book Synopsis New Approaches to the Study of Religion: Regional, critical, and historical approaches by : Peter Antes
Download or read book New Approaches to the Study of Religion: Regional, critical, and historical approaches written by Peter Antes and published by Walter de Gruyter. This book was released on 2004 with total page 576 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Internationally recognized scholars from many parts of the world provide a critical survey of recent developments and achievements in the global field of religious studies. The work follows in the footsteps of two former publications: Classical Approaches to the Study of Religion, edited by Jacques Waardenburg (1973), and Contemporary Approaches to the Study of Religion, edited by Frank Whaling (1984/85). New Approaches to the Study of Religion completes the survey of the comparative study of religion in the twentieth century by focussing on the past two decades. Many of the chapters, however, are also pathbreaking and point the way to future approaches.
Book Synopsis Early Buddhist Meditation by : Keren Arbel
Download or read book Early Buddhist Meditation written by Keren Arbel and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2017-03-16 with total page 253 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book offers a new interpretation of the relationship between 'insight practice' (satipatthana) and the attainment of the four jhànas (i.e., right samàdhi), a key problem in the study of Buddhist meditation. The author challenges the traditional Buddhist understanding of the four jhànas as states of absorption, and shows how these states are the actualization and embodiment of insight (vipassanà). It proposes that the four jhànas and what we call 'vipassanà' are integral dimensions of a single process that leads to awakening. Current literature on the phenomenology of the four jhànas and their relationship with the 'practice of insight' has mostly repeated traditional Theravàda interpretations. No one to date has offered a comprehensive analysis of the fourfold jhàna model independently from traditional interpretations. This book offers such an analysis. It presents a model which speaks in the Nikàyas' distinct voice. It demonstrates that the distinction between the 'practice of serenity' (samatha-bhàvanà) and the 'practice of insight' (vipassanà-bhàvanà) – a fundamental distinction in Buddhist meditation theory – is not applicable to early Buddhist understanding of the meditative path. It seeks to show that the common interpretation of the jhànas as 'altered states of consciousness', absorptions that do not reveal anything about the nature of phenomena, is incompatible with the teachings of the Pàli Nikàyas. By carefully analyzing the descriptions of the four jhànas in the early Buddhist texts in Pàli, their contexts, associations and meanings within the conceptual framework of early Buddhism, the relationship between this central element in the Buddhist path and 'insight meditation' becomes revealed in all its power. Early Buddhist Meditation will be of interest to scholars of Buddhist studies, Asian philosophies and religions, as well as Buddhist practitioners with a serious interest in the process of insight meditation.
Book Synopsis The Hermit's Hut by : Kazi K. Ashraf
Download or read book The Hermit's Hut written by Kazi K. Ashraf and published by University of Hawaii Press. This book was released on 2013-10-31 with total page 242 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Hermit’s Hut offers an original insight into the profound relationship between architecture and asceticism. Although architecture continually responds to ascetic compulsions, as in its frequent encounter with the question of excess and less, it is typically considered separate from asceticism. In contrast, this innovative book explores the rich and mutual ways in which asceticism and architecture are played out in each other’s practices. The question of asceticism is also considered—as neither a religious discourse nor a specific cultural tradition but as a perennial issue in the practice of culture. The work convincingly traces the influences from early Indian asceticism to Zen Buddhism to the Japanese teahouse—the latter opening the door to modern minimalism. As the book’s title suggests, the protagonist of the narrative is the nondescript hermit’s hut. Relying primarily on Buddhist materials, the author provides a complex narrative that stems from this simple structure, showing how the significance of the hut resonates widely and how the question of dwelling is central to ascetic imagination. In exploring the conjunctions of architecture and asceticism, he breaks new ground by presenting ascetic practice as fundamentally an architectural project, namely the fabrication of a “last” hut. Through the conception of the last hut, he looks at the ascetic challenge of arriving at the edge of civilization and its echoes in the architectural quest for minimalism. The most vivid example comes from a well-known Buddhist text where the Buddha describes the ultimate ascetic moment, or nirvana, in cataclysmic terms using architectural metaphors: “The roof-rafters will be shattered,” the Buddha declares, and the architect will “no longer build the house again.” As the book compellingly shows, the physiological and spiritual transformation of the body is deeply intertwined with the art of building. The Hermit’s Hut weaves together the fields of architecture, anthropology, religion, and philosophy to offer multidisciplinary and historical insights. Written in an engaging and accessible manner, it will appeal to readers with diverse interests and in a variety of disciplines—whether one is interested in the history of ascetic architecture in India, the concept of “home” in ancient India, or the theme of the body as building.
Book Synopsis Weird Sports and Wacky Games around the World by : Victoria R. Williams
Download or read book Weird Sports and Wacky Games around the World written by Victoria R. Williams and published by Bloomsbury Publishing USA. This book was released on 2015-04-28 with total page 396 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: With hundreds of books dedicated to conventional sports and activities, this encyclopedia on the weirdest and wackiest games offers a fresh and entertaining read for any audience. Weird Sports and Wacky Games around the World: From Buzkashi to Zorbing focuses on what many would consider abnormal activities from across the globe. Spanning subjects that include individual games, team sports, games for men and women, and contests involving animal competitors, there is something for every reader. Whether researching a particular country or region's traditions or wanting an interesting read for pleasure, this book offers an array of uses and benefits. Though the book focuses on games and sporting activities, the examination of these topics gives readers insight into unfamiliar places and peoples through their recreation—an essential part of the human experience that occurs in all cultures. Such activities are not only embedded in everyday life but also indelibly interconnected with social customs, war, politics, commerce, education, and national identity, making the whimsical topic of the book an appealing gateway to insightful, highly relevant information.
