Contemplative literature : a comparative sourcebook on meditation and contemplative prayer /
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State University of New York Press,
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Publisher Address: | Albany : |
Publication Dates: | [2015] |
Literature type: | Book |
Language: | English |
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Carrier Form: | xv, 831 pages : illustrations, map ; 26 cm |
Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
ISBN: |
9781438457055 1438457057 |
Index Number: | BL625 |
CLC: | B920 |
Call Number: | B920/C761 |
Contents: |
Approaching contemplative practice ; Contemplative traditions / Daoist apophatic meditation : selections from the classical Daoist textual corpus / Quaker silent prayer : a guide to true peace / Jewish Kabbalah: Hayyim Vital's Shaarei Kedusha / Southern Buddhist meditation : the Ānāpānasati Sutta / Sufi contemplation : 'Abdullah Shah's Suluk-i Mujaddidiyya / Eastern Orthodox prayer : the Rasskaz strannika / Mahāyāna Buddhist visualization : the Guan wuliang shoufo jing / Hindu classical yoga : Patañjali's Yoga Sūtras / Roman Catholic prayer : the Novem modi orandi sancti Dominici / Daoist internal alchemy : Liu Huayang's Huiming jing ; Therapeutic meditation: Herbert Benson's The relaxation response / Techniqueless meditation : J. Krishnamurti's This light in oneself / Comparative reflections / |