Cessation and integration in classical yoga |
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Authors: | Ian Whicher |
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Affiliation: | 1. Department of Comparative Studies in Literature, Film and Religion , University of Alberta , Edmonton, Alberta, T6G 2B4, Canada;2. Deputy Director of the Dharam Hindiya Institute of Indic Research in the Faculty of Divinity , Cambridge University , England |
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Abstract: | ![]() In this paper I challenge and attempt to correct conclusions about Classical Yoga philosophy drawn by traditional and modern interpretations of Patañjali's Yoga‐sūtras. My interpretation of Patañjali's Yoga—which focuses on the meaning of “cessation” (nirodha) as given in Patañjali's central definition of Yoga (YS 1.2)—counters the radically dualistic and ontologically‐oriented interpretations of Yoga presented by many scholars, and offers an open‐ended, epistemologically‐oriented hermeneutic which, I maintain, is more appropriate for arriving at a genuine assessment of Patañjali's system (dar?ana) of Yoga. |
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