The Yogasūtra of Patañjali: A New Introduction to the Buddhist Roots of the Yoga System

ISBN-13: 9780367408985 / Angielski / Twarda / 2020 / 240 str.

Pradeep P. Gokhale

Opis

This book offers a systematic study of the Buddhist roots of Pātañjalayoga or the Yoga system of Patañjali. By examining each of 195 aphorisms (sutras) of the Yogasūtra of Patañjali, it shows that it contains elements rooted in the orthodox as well as heterodox traditions.

Spis treści

Introduction 1. On Meditative Absorption (Samādhipādaḥ) 2. On Means (Sādhanapādaḥ) 3. On Supernormal Powers (Vibhūtipādaḥ) 4. On Isolation (Kaivalyapādaḥ) 5. Concluding Observations. Appendix I: Buddhist Conceptions of Meditation, Yoga and Bodhisattva’s Spiritual Journey vis-à-vis Pātañjala-yoga. Appendix II: Asaṅga on Forms of Supernormal Knowledge and Powers (Abhijñās and Ŗddhis). Appendix III: Discrepancies between Patañjali’s Aphorisms and Vyāsa’s Interpretations. Glossary. Aids to Reading Romanised Sanskrit. Bibliography. Index

O autorze

Pradeep P. Gokhale is Honorary Adjunct Professor in the Departments of Philosophy and Pali, Savitribai Phule Pune University, Pune, India. He has thirty-one years of postgraduate teaching and research experience at Savitribai Phule Pune University and was Dr B. R. Ambedkar Research Professor at the Central Institute of Higher Tibetan Studies, Sarnath (Varanasi), for six years. He has written in diverse areas such as Indian epistemology and logic; schools of classical Indian philosophy such as Buddhism, Lokāyata, Yoga and Jainism; Indian moral philosophy, social philosophy, Indian philosophy of religion and contemporary Buddhism. His research interests have focused on the interface between orthodox and heterodox Indian thought, including between Nyāya and Buddhist logical thought.