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Metaphysics as Therapy

List-Making and Renunciation in Gnostic Yogas de

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Paru le : 2025-03-31

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This book examines the significance of metaphysical list-making as a determining feature of ‘spiritual exercises’ in South Asian gnostic yogas. It examines how these ancient traditions sought spiritual transformation through the dialectical practice of taxonomy. It highlights the gnostic thread that intersects ‘spiritual exercises’ and ‘ways of life’ in Hindu, Buddhist, and Jaina circles. It fills a gap in yoga studies by proposing a new understanding of jñana-yoga (yoga of knowledge). Departing from mainstream Anglophone philosophical traditions, it articulates an original meta-theory of philosophical practice, explaining how philosophy can be 'therapeutic' in concrete terms. The book theorizes yogic Gnosticism, as a South Asian religious undercurrent and as a distinctive form of philosophical practice and ascetic way of life internalizing a sacrificial worldview. Finally, the book analyzes four literary case studies, presenting therapeutic methods in competing gnostic traditions, namely, the Verses on Sa?khya of Isvarak???a; the Advaita Instructions on the Doctrine of Gau?apada; the Buddhist Heart Sutra; and the Twelve Contemplations of the Jaina Kundakunda. The groundbreaking multidisciplinary and trans-sectarian book offers a must-read for scholars across the fields of world philosophy and religious studies.
Pages
323 pages
Collection
n.c
Parution
2025-03-31
Marque
Springer
EAN papier
9789819625550
EAN PDF
9789819625567
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Nombre pages copiables
3
Nombre pages imprimables
32
Taille du fichier
9933 Ko
Prix
126,59 €
EAN EPUB
9789819625567
Informations sur l'ebook
Nombre pages copiables
3
Nombre pages imprimables
32
Taille du fichier
860 Ko
Prix
126,59 €

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