| Description |
1 online resource (xv, 192 pages) |
| Series |
Durham Indological series ; no. 1 |
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Durham indological series ; no. 1.
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| Contents |
1. Mysticism as doctrine and experience / Karel Werner -- 2. Mysticism and Indian spirituality / Karel Werner -- 3. The longhaired sage of Ṛg Veda 10, 136 : a shaman, a mystic or a yogi? / Karel Werner -- 4. Mysticism in the Upaniṣads and in Śankara's Vedānta / Pratima A. Bowes -- 5. Birth of extraordinary persons : the Buddha's case / Minoru Hara -- 6. Consciousness mysticism in the discourses of the Buddha / Peter Harvey -- 7. The stages of Christian mysticism and Buddhist purification : interior castle of St. Teresa of Ávila and the path of purification of Buddhaghosa / Lance S. Cousins -- 8. Living between the worlds : Bhakti poetry and the Carmelite mystics / Deirdre Green -- 9. Yoga philosophy and Jung / F.W.J. Humphries -- 10. Three contemporary Indian mystics : Ānandamayī, Krishnabai and Rajneesh / John E. Mitchiner -- 11. Yoga, mysticism and a model of comparative religion / Andrew Rawlinson |
| Summary |
Embraces a wide range of aspects of Indian mysticism, displaying the structural patterns in mystical experiences and the mystic paths in different traditions and schools, while there are also significant contributions to comparative mysticism, Eastern and Western. First published in 1989 |
| Analysis |
Religious life Mysticism |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references |
| Notes |
Print version record |
| Subject |
Mysticism.
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Mysticism
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mysticism.
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RELIGION -- Mysticism.
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Mysticism
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| Genre/Form |
Comparative studies
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| Author |
Werner, Karel.
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| ISBN |
0700702725 |
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9780700702725 |
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0203985745 |
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9780203985748 |
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9781135799212 |
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1135799210 |
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9781135799168 |
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1135799164 |
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9781135799205 |
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1135799202 |
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9780700702015 |
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0700702016 |
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