{"product_id":"yoga-and-the-hindu-tradition-revised","title":"Yoga and the Hindu Tradition (Revised)","description":"\u003cbody\u003e\n\u003cb\u003eTitle: \u003c\/b\u003eYoga and the Hindu Tradition (Revised)\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor: \u003c\/b\u003eJean Varenne\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN: \u003c\/b\u003e0226851168\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher: \u003c\/b\u003eUniversity of Chicago Press\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished: \u003c\/b\u003e1977\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding: \u003c\/b\u003ePaperback\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage: \u003c\/b\u003eEnglish\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eEdition: \u003c\/b\u003eNew edition\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eCondition Note: \u003c\/b\u003eModerate edge wear. Binding good. May have marking in text. We sometimes source from libraries. We ship in recyclable American-made mailers. 100% money-back guarantee on all orders.\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher Description: \u003c\/b\u003eA popular and critical success when it first appeared in France, \u003ci\u003eYoga and the Hindu Tradition\u003c\/i\u003e has freed Yoga from the common misconceptions of the recent Yoga vogue. Jean Varenne, the distinguished French Orientalist, presents the theory of classical Yoga, in all its richness, as a method--a concrete way to reach the Absolute through spiritual exercises--which makes possible the transition from existence to essence. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eThis excellent translation, including line drawings and charts, a glossary of technical terms, and a complete translation of the \u003ci\u003eYoga Darshana Upanishad\u003c\/i\u003e, begins with a brief description of the metaphysical and religious history on which Yoga is based. Varenne discusses the theoretical conception of Yoga as the search for liberating knowledge, concluding with a brief indication of the physical practices and extra Yogic themes such as Kundalini and Tantrism. It is the author's hope that \"those who read [this book] will come to realize that it is in fact dishonest to reduce Yoga to some sort of physical training, or to just an occult doctrine; it is a 'world view' a \u003ci\u003eWeltanschauung\u003c\/i\u003e that comprehends reality in its totality.\" \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\"The straightforward, well-organized presentation makes the book itself a microcosm of what Varenne singles out as a dominant feature of classical Hindu thought--a bringing of the complex and multitudinous into a unity.\"--Judith Guttman, \u003ci\u003eYoga Journal \u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003c\/body\u003e","brand":"University of Chicago Press","offers":[{"title":"Yoga and the Hindu Tradition (Revised) | Jean Varenne | Paperback | 0226851168 | Used: Good | Meditation, Yoga \u0026 Qi Gong 1630443","offer_id":50701819904258,"sku":"1630443","price":22.07,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0609\/3327\/5906\/files\/61QyHA9mufL.jpg?v=1791615996","url":"https:\/\/boswellsbooks.com\/products\/yoga-and-the-hindu-tradition-revised","provider":"Boswell's Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}