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Indian Religions

Name: Indian Religions
Brand: NEW YORK UNIVERSITY PRESS
SKU: 9780814736500
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NEW YORK UNIVERSITY PRESSISBN: 9780814736500

A Historical Reader of Spiritual Expression and Experience

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Edited by Peter Heehs
Imprint: NEW YORK UNIVERSITY PRESS
Release Date: September 1, 2002
Format: PAPERBACK
Pages: 604

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"Indian Religions" is an expansive collection of the key written and oral texts by spiritual teachers from South Asia, covering 3500 years and all the major traditions - Buddhism, Jainism, Hinduism, Islam, Sikhism, and "new" Indian religions. The volume provides clear translations of extracts from original documents and texts from most of the well-known and many of the lesser-known individuals and traditions. Overlapping parts and sections each comprise a historically and thematically defined stage of a tradition. The reader is thus able to follow the chronological development of the various traditions without isolating them from one another. Each section includes a context-setting introduction which provides historical, cultural, and textual background. A general introduction lays the foundations for the text's theoretical framework and approach.

Peter Heehs is director of historical research at the Sri Aurobindo Ashram Archives, Pondicherry, India. He is the author of five books, the most recent of which is Nationalism, Terrorism, Communalism.

Part One Foundations(c. 1500 BCE to c. 300 CE) 1. The Veda2. The Upanishads3. Jainism4. Theravada Buddhism5. Samkhya and YogaPart Two Developments(c. 200 BCE to c. 1000 CE)6. The Bhagavad Gita7. Mahayana and Vajrayana Buddhism8. The Tantras9. The PuranasPart Three Elaborations(c. 150 to 1700 CE)10. Spiritual Philosophies11. Indo-Persian Su?sm Part Four Reformulations(c. 700 to 1850)12. Siddhas, Yogis and Others13. The Bhakti Movement14. The Sants15. The Sikh Gurus16. Popular Su?smPart Five Continuity and Innovation (1850 to 1990)17. Twelve Mystics of Modern India18. Four Mystic Poets

"Heehs includes selections and transcriptions of about 200 texts, both written and oral...The selections represent a great diversity of spirtual perspectives." -Library Journal

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