Thought-suppression in the Pātañjalayogaśāstra: against Ian Whicher’s interpretation of Patañjali’s yoga
The Pātañjalayogaśāstra (PYŚ) is typically understood to define yoga as thought-suppression. In several publications, Ian Whicher has sought to avoid the conclusion that the PYŚ endorses thought-suppression by proposing that the PYŚ’s definition of yoga refers not to thought-suppression but to liber...
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| Format: | Electronic Article |
| Language: | English |
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Carfax
2022
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Asian philosophy
Year: 2022, Volume: 32, Issue: 1, Pages: 19-32 |
| Standardized Subjects / Keyword chains: | B
Whicher, Ian 1954-
/ Patañjali, Philosopher, Yogasūtra
/ Vyāsa, Yogabhāṣya
/ Thinking
/ Dissolution
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| IxTheo Classification: | AB Philosophy of religion; criticism of religion; atheism BK Hinduism, Jainism, Sikhism KBM Asia |
| Further subjects: | B
sūtra
B Patañjali B Yogabhāṣya B Yoga B Yogasūtra |
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| Summary: | The Pātañjalayogaśāstra (PYŚ) is typically understood to define yoga as thought-suppression. In several publications, Ian Whicher has sought to avoid the conclusion that the PYŚ endorses thought-suppression by proposing that the PYŚ’s definition of yoga refers not to thought-suppression but to liberation from the puruṣa’s misidentification with the mind. I argue that Whicher’s proposal is unsuccessful because the PYŚ portrays thought-suppression as necessary for this liberation. |
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| ISSN: | 1469-2961 |
| Contains: | Enthalten in: Asian philosophy
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| Persistent identifiers: | DOI: 10.1080/09552367.2021.1983961 |