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Srila Prabhupada in Advaita Bhavan (en, cz)
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Table of contents :
CONTENTS
ILLUSTRATIONS
PREFACE
ACKNOWLEDGMENTS
PART 1. Introduction and Orientation
1 HISTORICIZING YOGA: THE LIFE AND TIMES OF LIBERATED SOULS
2 YOGA AND THE SUPRAMENTAL BEING: MATERIALISM, METAPHYSICS, AND SOCIAL REALITY
PART 2. Yoga’s Modern History and Practice
3 SWAMI KUVALAYANANDA: SCIENCE, YOGA, AND GLOBAL MODERNITY
4 BIRTH OF THE ANTI-CLINIC: NATUROPATHIC YOGA IN A POST-GANDHIAN, POSTCOLONIAL STATE
5 DR. KARANDIKAR, DR. PAL, AND THE RSS: PURIFICATION, SUBTLE GYMNASTICS, AND MAN MAKING
PART 3. Conclusion
6 AUTO-URINE THERAPY—THE ELIXIR OF LIFE: YOGA, AYURVEDA, AND SELF-PERFECTION
7 MIMETIC SKEPTICISM AND YOGA: MOVING BEYOND THE PROBLEM OF CULTURE AND RELATIVISM
NOTES
GLOSSARY
REFERENCES
INDEX

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YOGA IN MODERN INDIA

YOGA IN MODERN INDIA THE BODY BETWEEN SCIENCE AND PHILOSOPHY

Joseph S. Alter

princeton university press princeton and oxford

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