Yoga, karma, and rebirth : a brief history and philosophy / Stephen H. Phillips.

Author: Phillips, Stephen H., 1950-

Imprint:New York : Columbia University Press, c2009.

Descriptionviii, 358 p. : ill. ; 23 cm.

Note:Theory and practice -- Principles of yoga practice and types of yoga theory -- The yoga class -- Yoga literature and classical philosophies -- Yoga and metaphysics -- Yogic self-monitoring -- Yoga on philosophy's mind-body problem -- Mind-body interactive dualism -- Yogic control and integration: spiritual holism -- Karma -- Dispositions -- Ahimsa, nonharmfulness -- Karma yoga -- Karmic justice -- Rebirth -- Personal identity -- Translife consciousness -- Arguments for and against -- Powers -- Holistic health -- Extraordinary emotion: Bhakti (devotional love), rasa (relish), and anada (bliss -- Psychic transformation.

Bibliography Note:Includes bibliographical references (p. [331]-345) and index.

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