Asian traditions of meditation

What is meditation? / Halvor Eifring -- Types of meditation / Halvor Eifring -- Samadhi in the yoga sutras / Edwin F. Bryant -- Yantra and cakra in tantric meditation / Madhu Khanna -- The history of Jaina meditation / Johannes Bronkhorst -- Nam Simran in the Sikh religion / Kristina Myrvold -- Medi...

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Contributors: Eifring, Halvor 1960- (Editor) ; Bryant, Edwin F. 1957- (Other) ; Bronkhorst, Johannes 1946- (Other) ; Holen, Are 1945- (Other) ; Khanna, Madhu (Other) ; Mabuchi, Masaya (Other) ; Myrvold, Kristina (Other) ; Roth, Harold David 1949- (Other) ; Samuel, Geoffrey 1946- (Other) ; Schlutter, Morten (Other) ; Shaw, Sarah (Other)
Format: Print Book
Language:English
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Published: Honolulu University of Hawaiʻi Press [2016]
In:Year: 2016
Volumes / Articles:Show volumes/articles.
Standardized Subjects / Keyword chains:B Yoga / Tantrism / Hinduism / Zen Buddhism / Taoism / Neo-Confucianism / Meditation
Further subjects:B Meditation Cross-cultural studies Asia
B Collection of essays
B Meditation (Asia) Cross-cultural studies
B Meditation Asia Cross-cultural studies
Parallel Edition:Electronic
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Summary:What is meditation? / Halvor Eifring -- Types of meditation / Halvor Eifring -- Samadhi in the yoga sutras / Edwin F. Bryant -- Yantra and cakra in tantric meditation / Madhu Khanna -- The history of Jaina meditation / Johannes Bronkhorst -- Nam Simran in the Sikh religion / Kristina Myrvold -- Meditation objects in Pali Buddhist texts / Sarah Shaw -- Tibetan longevity meditation / Geoffrey Samuel -- Kanhua meditation in Chinese Zen / Morten Schlutter -- Meditation in the classical Daoist tradition / Harold D. Roth -- "Quiet sitting" in neo-Confucianism / Masaya Mabuchi -- The science of meditation / Are Holen
Item Description:Includes index
ISBN:082485568X

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