{"product_id":"samdhi-stuart-ray-sarbacker-9780791465530","title":"Sam\u0026#257;dhi: The Numinous and Cessative in Indo-Tibetan Yoga","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eExplores yoga and meditation in Eastern religions, incorporating psychological and social aspects of these practices.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eA historical and comparative study grounded in close readings of important works, this book explores the dynamics of the theory and practice of yoga in Hindu and Buddhist contexts. Author Stuart Ray Sarbacker explores the fascinating, contrasting perceptions that meditation leads to the attainment of divine, or numinous, power, and to complete escape from worldly existence, or cessation. Sarbacker demonstrates that these two dimensions of spiritual experience have affected the doctrine and cultural significance of yoga from its origins to its contemporary practice. He also integrates sociological and psychological perspectives on religious experience into a larger phenomenological model to address the multifaceted nature of religious experience. Speaking to a broad range of methodological and contextual issues, Samadhi provides numerous insights into the theory and practice of yoga that are relevant to both scholars of religious studies and practitioners of contemporary yoga and meditation traditions.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Stuart Ray Sarbacker\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 0791465535\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780791465530\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e State University of New York Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 11\/17\/2005\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 201\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.88lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.32h x 6.46w x 0.69d","brand":"Stuart Ray Sarbacker","offers":[{"title":"Hardcover","offer_id":48086863675647,"sku":"9780791465530","price":99.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_7f454322-d31a-4508-bbff-95b86d722f3b.jpg?v=1769097017","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/samdhi-stuart-ray-sarbacker-9780791465530","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}