Yoga: The Indian Tradition
, by Carpenter,DavidNote: Supplemental materials are not guaranteed with Rental or Used book purchases.
- ISBN: 9780415600200 | 0415600200
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- Copyright: 10/19/2010
The popular perception of yoga in the West remains for the most part that of a physical fitness program, largely divorced from its historical and spiritual roots. The essays collected here provide a sense of the historical emergence of the classical system presented by Patañjali, a careful examination of the key elements, overall character and contemporary relevance of that system (as found in the Yoga Sutra) and a glimpse of some of the tradition's many important ramifications in later Indian religious history.