Yoga in Transformation Historical and Contemporary Perspectives

• Altri autori: Baier, Karl (Redattore), Maas, Philipp André (Redattore), Preisendanz, Karin (Redattore)
• Natura: Elettronico Capitolo di libro
• Lingua: inglese
• Pubblicazione: Göttingen 2018
• Soggetti: Buddhism; Theology & Religion; India; Religion; Yoga
• Accesso online: DOAB: download the publication; DOAB: description of the publication

This volume explores aspects of yoga over a period of about 2500 years. In its first part, it investigates facets of the South Asian and Tibetan traditions of yoga, such as the evolution of posture practice, the relationship between yoga and sex, yoga in the theistic context, the influence of Buddhi...