{"product_id":"yoga-karma-and-rebirth-stephen-phillips-9780231144858","title":"Yoga, Karma, and Rebirth: A Brief History and Philosophy","description":"\u003cp\u003eFor serious yoga practitioners curious to know the ancient origins of the art, Stephen Phillips, a professional philosopher and sanskritist with a long-standing personal practice, lays out the philosophies of action, knowledge, and devotion as well as the processes of meditation, reasoning, and self-analysis that formed the basis of yoga in ancient and classical India and continue to shape it today. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eIn discussing yoga's fundamental commitments, Phillips explores traditional teachings of hatha yoga, karma yoga, \u003ci\u003ebhakti\u003c\/i\u003e yoga, and tantra, and shows how such core concepts as self-monitoring consciousness, karma, nonharmfulness (\u003ci\u003eahimsa\u003c\/i\u003e), reincarnation, and the powers of consciousness relate to modern practice. He outlines values implicit in \u003ci\u003ebhakti\u003c\/i\u003e yoga and the tantric yoga of beauty and art and explains the occult psychologies of \u003ci\u003ekoshas\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eskandhas\u003c\/i\u003e, and \u003ci\u003echakras\u003c\/i\u003e. His book incorporates original translations from the early Upanishads, the \u003ci\u003eBhagavad Gita\u003c\/i\u003e, the \u003ci\u003eYoga Sutra\u003c\/i\u003e (the entire text), the \u003ci\u003eHatha Yoga Pradipika\u003c\/i\u003e, and seminal tantric writings of the tenth-century Kashmiri Shaivite, Abhinava Gupta. A glossary defining more than three hundred technical terms and an extensive bibliography offer further help to nonscholars. A remarkable exploration of yoga's conceptual legacy, \u003ci\u003eYoga, Karma, and Rebirth\u003c\/i\u003e crystallizes ideas about self and reality that unite the many incarnations of yoga.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Stephen Phillips\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 0231144857\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780231144858\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Columbia University Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 05\/20\/2009\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 368\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.05lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.80h x 6.00w x 0.70d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eReview Citation(s): \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eChoice\u003c\/i\u003e 03\/01\/2010","brand":"Stephen Phillips","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":43981516964095,"sku":"9780231144858","price":24.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_f97ab8c1-006c-4f78-9d99-38f1f07e48e9.jpg?v=1683256046","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/yoga-karma-and-rebirth-stephen-phillips-9780231144858","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}