The Yogavacara's Manual of Indian Mysticism as Practised by Buddhists
The Yogavacara's Manual of Indian Mysticism as Practised by Buddhists

Author: T. Rhys Davids

Publisher: Thackeray Press

Published: 2010-04-01

Total Pages: 142

ISBN-13: 1445558963

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Many of the earliest books, particularly those dating back to the 1900s and before, are now extremely scarce and increasingly expensive. We are republishing these classic works in affordable, high quality, modern editions, using the original text and artwork.

The Yogavacara's Manual Of Indian Mysticism As Practised By Buddhists
The Yogavacara's Manual Of Indian Mysticism As Practised By Buddhists

Author: T. W. Rhys Davids

Publisher: Alpha Edition

Published: 2020-12-15

Total Pages: 144

ISBN-13: 9789354307911

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This book has been considered by academicians and scholars of great significance and value to literature. This forms a part of the knowledge base for future generations. So that the book is never forgotten we have represented this book in a print format as the same form as it was originally first published. Hence any marks or annotations seen are left intentionally to preserve its true nature.

Manual of a Mystic
Manual of a Mystic

Author: Caroline Augusta Foley Rhys Davids

Publisher:

Published: 1916

Total Pages: 206

ISBN-13:

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The original manuscript bears no title either at the beginning or end. The text was published for the Pali Text Society by T.W. Rhys Davids with title "The Yogāvacara's manual of Indian mysticism as practised by Buddhists", London, 1896.

Meditations of the Pali Tradition
Meditations of the Pali Tradition

Author: L. S. Cousins

Publisher: Shambhala Publications

Published: 2022-09-27

Total Pages: 337

ISBN-13: 0834844435

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A groundbreaking and detailed presentation of the rich system of meditation traditions that have come to us through the Pali tradition of Buddhism. Meditations of the Pali Tradition, from consummate scholar of Pali Buddhism L. S. Cousins, explores the history of meditation practice in early or Pali Buddhism, which was established in various parts of South and Central Asia from the time of the Buddha and developed until at least the fourteenth century CE. Ranging in discussion of jhana (absorption) meditation in ancient India to the Buddhist practice centers of the Silk Road to the vipassana (insight) practices of our modern world, this rigorous and insightful work of scholarship sheds new light on our understanding of the practices that are today associated with the Theravada school of Buddhism and the insight meditation movement. Cousins demonstrates that there is much more to Buddhist meditation than mindfulness alone—concentration and joy, for example, are equally important.

A Comparative History of Ideas
A Comparative History of Ideas

Author: Hajime Nakamura

Publisher: Motilal Banarsidass Publ.

Published: 1992

Total Pages: 600

ISBN-13: 9788120810044

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Hajime Nakamura argues with remarkable erudition that particular intellectual and social developments can be traced in all great cultures; that each culture deals with its problems in about the same order. Discussing, in their similarities and in their subtle differences, ideas from India, China, Japan and Europe, the author considers such inclusive notions as the concept of God, the controversy over universals and the nature of orthodoxy and heterodoxy. This is a lucid and rewarding book which sets a new standard for dealing with a history of thought across many cultures.

Yoga
Yoga

Author: Mircea Eliade

Publisher: Princeton University Press

Published: 1958

Total Pages: 564

ISBN-13: 9780691017648

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In this landmark book the renowned scholar of religion Mircea Eliade lays the groundwork for a Western understanding of Yoga, exploring how its guiding principle, that of freedom, involves remaining in the world without letting oneself be exhausted by such "conditionings" as time and history. Drawing on years of study and experience in India, Eliade provides a comprehensive survey of Yoga in theory and practice from its earliest foreshadowings in the Vedas through the twentieth century. The subjects discussed include Patañjali, author of the Yoga-sutras; yogic techniques, such as concentration "on a Single Point," postures, and respiratory discipline; and Yoga in relation to Brahmanism, Buddhism, Tantrism, Oriental alchemy, mystical erotism, and shamanism.