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Food for the Soul
Steven J. Rosen
其他書名
Vegetarianism and Yoga Traditions
出版
Bloomsbury Publishing USA
, 2011-04-19
主題
Health & Fitness / Healthy Living & Personal Hygiene
Health & Fitness / Holism
Health & Fitness / General
Religion / General
ISBN
031339704X
9780313397042
URL
http://books.google.com.hk/books?id=XojDEAAAQBAJ&hl=&source=gbs_api
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註釋
This revealing compilation of essays by prominent practitioners and well-informed scholars lays to bear one simple truth: One
must
be a vegetarian to properly practice Yoga.
Bringing together the work of nine distinguished scholars and practitioners of Yoga and Eastern thought,
Food for the Soul: Vegetarianism and Yoga Traditions
is organized around the fact that, although vegetarianism is a natural and inescapable part of the Yogic tradition, many Yogis and Yoginis today remain blissfully unaware of that fact.
The essays gathered here explore the important and much-debated subject of vegetarianism in the major Yoga traditions, looking at what diet has to do with the practice of Yoga and whether ahimsa (harmlessness) is a prerequisite for achieving Yoga's goals. The contributors draw on history, philosophy, ancient Yoga texts, Hindu scriptures, comparative religion, contemporary practitioners, the words of sages, and the teachings of Yogic masters to forge illuminating insights into the subject. Readers, whether students of Hinduism, practitioners of Yoga, vegetarian or animal rights advocates, or simply people with an interest, will find both the questions and the answers provocative—and edifying.