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1 online resource (xxv, 233 pages) : illustrations |
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text file |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Summary |
"In Living Landscapes , Christopher Key Chapple looks at the world of ritual as enacted in three faiths of India. He begins with an exploration of the relationship between the body and the world as found in the cosmological cartography of Sāṃkhya philosophy, which highlights the interplay between consciousness ( puruṛa ) and activity ( prakq̣ti ), a process that gives rise to earth, water, fire, air, and space. He then turns to the progressive explication of these five great elements in Buddhism, Jainism, Advaita, Tantra, and Haṭha Yoga, and includes translations from the Vedas and the Purāṇas of Hinduism, the Buddhist and Jain Sūtras, and select animal fables from early Hinduism, Buddhism, and Jainism. Chapple also describes his own pilgrimages to the Great Stupa at Shambhala Mountain Center in Colorado, the five elemental temples ( pañcamahābhūta mandir ) in south India, and the Jaina cosmology complex in Hastinapur. An appendix with practical instructions that integrate Yoga postures with meditative reflections on the five elements is included"-- Provided by publisher. |
| Local Note |
eBooks on EBSCOhost EBSCO eBook Subscription Academic Collection - North America |
| Subject |
Yoga.
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Yoga. |
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Nature -- Religious aspects.
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Nature -- Religious aspects. |
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India -- Religion.
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India. |
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Religion. |
| Genre/Form |
Electronic books.
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Electronic books.
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| Other Form: |
Print version: Chapple, Christopher Key, 1954- Living landscapes Albany : State University of New York, 2020. 9781438477930 (DLC) 2019049140 |
| ISBN |
9781438477954 electronic book |
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1438477953 electronic book |
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9781438477930 hardcover |
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9781438477947 paperback |
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