{"product_id":"yoga-and-the-hindu-tradition-9780226851167","title":"Yoga and the Hindu Tradition","description":"\u003cp\u003e • Author(s): Jean Varenne | Derek Coltman\u003cbr\u003e • Publisher: University of Chicago Press\u003cbr\u003e • Publisher Imprint: University of Chicago Press\u003cbr\u003e • BISAC: Eastern\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\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. \u003c\/p\u003e\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","brand":"University of Chicago Press","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":47781201641623,"sku":"9780226851167","price":3836.0,"currency_code":"INR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0666\/3471\/1191\/files\/9780226851167.webp?v=1778051467","url":"https:\/\/atlanticbooks.com\/products\/yoga-and-the-hindu-tradition-9780226851167","provider":"Atlantic Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}