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Yoga in Jainism

Yoga in Jainism

Chapple, Christopher

Hardcover

Series: Routledge Advances in Jaina Studies

General Racism & Ethnic StudiesGeneral SociologyJainism

ISBN10: 1138829072
ISBN13: 9781138829077
Publisher: Routledge
Published: Oct 26 2015
Pages: 262
Weight: 1.15
Height: 0.80 Width: 6.20 Depth: 9.20
Language: English

Jaina Studies is a relatively new and rapidly expanding field of inquiry for scholars of Indian religion and philosophy. In Jainism, yoga carries many meanings, and this book explores the definitions, nuances, and applications of the term in relation to Jainism from early times to the present.

Yoga in Jainism begins by discussing how the use of the term yoga in the earliest Jaina texts described the mechanics of mundane action or karma. From the time of the later Upanisads, the word Yoga became associated in all Indian religions with spiritual practices of ethical restraint, prayer, and meditation. In the medieval period, Jaina authors such as Haribhadra, Subhacandra, and Hemacandra used the term Yoga in reference to Jaina spiritual practice. In the modern period, a Jaina form of Yoga emerged, known as Preksa Dhyana. This practice includes the physical postures and breathing exercises well known through the globalization of Yoga.

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