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  | | The Eight Limbs of Yoga A Handbook for Living Yoga Philosophy by Stuart Ray Sarbacker, Kevin Kimple, Christopher Key Chapple, North Point Press Paperback, 112 Pages, Published 2015 by North Point Press ISBN-13: 978-0-86547-768-1, ISBN: 0-86547-768-X "A clear, concise guidebook to the essentials of yogic thought and practiceMany people think yoga simply means postures and breathing. Not true. The intention of this short guide is practical and straightforward: to say what yoga really is and to apply its principles to everyday life. It leads us through the eight-limbed system, a coherent framework that has been handed down and elaborated upon for thousands of years and consists of five ..." |
 | | Living Landscapes Meditations on the Five Elements in Hindu, Buddhist, and Jain Yogas (Paperback) by Christopher Key Chapple 210 Pages, Published 2020 by State University Of New York Pre ISBN-13: 978-1-4384-7794-7, ISBN: 1-4384-7794-5 "... to allow fire to harm others. The author notes that [t]here are living beings living in the earth, living in the grass, living on leaves, living in wood, living in cowdung, living in dust-heaps . . . which, coming near fire, fall into 96 Living Landscapes." |
 | | Yoga and the Luminous(8th Edition) Patañjali's Spiritual Path to Freedom by Christopher Key Chapple Paperback, 320 Pages, Published 2008 by State University Of New York Press ISBN-13: 978-0-7914-7476-1, ISBN: 0-7914-7476-3 "A fresh look at Yoga philosophy.In Yoga and the Luminous, a book that emerges from more than thirty years of practice, study, and reflection, Christopher Key Chapple addresses the need for an accessible explanation of Yoga’s difficult philosophy and its applications in daily life. Yoga practice takes an individual on an inward journey, and through Yoga, one enters a rarefied state of consciousness, a transparency and luminosity d ..." |
 | | The Bhagavad Gita Twenty-fifth–Anniversary Edition (Excelsior Editions) by Winthrop Sargeant, Huston Smith, Christopher Key Chapple Paperback, 771 Pages, Published 2009 by Excelsior Editions Deluxe Edition ISBN-13: 978-1-4384-2842-0, ISBN: 1-4384-2842-1 "An interlinear edition of the spiritual classic that provides devanagari, transliterated Sanskrit, and English versions of the Gītā.For years, this edition of the Bhagavad Gītā has allowed all those with a lively interest in this spiritual classic to come into direct contact with the richness and resonance of the original text. Winthrop Sargeant’s interlinear edition provides a word-for-word English translation along with the devanagari ..." |
 | | Nonviolence to Animals, Earth, and Self in Asian Traditions(Updated) by Christopher Key Chapple Paperback, 160 Pages, Published 1993 by Suny Press ISBN-13: 978-0-7914-1498-9, ISBN: 0-7914-1498-1 "This book probes the origins of the practice of nonviolence in early India and traces its path within the Jaina, Hindu, and Buddhist traditions, including its impact on East Asian Cultures. It then turns to a variety of contemporary issues relating to this topic such as: vegetarianism, animal and environmental protection, and the cultivation of religious tolerance." |
 | | Jainism and Ecology Nonviolence in the Web of Life (Religions of the World and Ecology) by Christopher Key Chapple Paperback, 304 Pages, Published 2002 by Center For The Study Of World Religions ISBN-13: 978-0-945454-34-2, ISBN: 0-945454-34-1 " The twenty-five-hundred-year-old tradition of Jainism, which emphasizes nonviolence as the only true path leading to liberation, offers a worldview seemingly compatible with the goals of environmental activism. But can Jainism adopt a sociocentric environmentalism without compromising its own ascetic principles and spiritual tradition? How does traditional Jain cosmology view the natural world? How might a Jain ethical system respon ..." |
 | | Engaged Emancipation(Reprint) Mind, Morals, and Make-Believe in the Moksopaya (Yogavasistha) by Professor Arindam Chakrabarti, Christopher Key Chapple Paperback, 326 Pages, Published 2016 by State University Of New York Press ISBN-13: 978-1-4384-5866-3, ISBN: 1-4384-5866-5 "A wide-ranging analysis of the Mokṣopāya, the Indian literary classic that teaches through storytelling how to enjoy an active, successful, worldly life in a spiritually enlightened way. In the Mokṣopāya (also known as the Yogavāsiṣṭha), an eleventh-century Sanskrit poetic text, the great Vedic philosopher Vasiṣṭha counsels his young protégé Lord Rāma about the ways of the world through sixty-four stories designed to bring Rāma ..." |
 | | Thinking with the Yoga Sutra of Patañjali Translation and Interpretation (Explorations in Indic Traditions: Theological, Ethical, and Philosophical) by Christopher Key Chapple, Mikel Burley, Arindam Chakrabarti, Stephanie Corigliano, Yohanan Grinshpon, Kevin Perry Maroufkhani, Stephen Phillips, Daniel Raveh, Ian Whicher, Phillips/Chakrabarti, Lexington Books Hardcover, 232 Pages, Published 2019 by Lexington Books ISBN-13: 978-1-4985-7096-1, ISBN: 1-4985-7096-8 "This book presents contemporary scholarship on the Yoga Sūtra. It revisits Patañjali’s philosophy by bringing it into dialogue with contemporary concerns across a variety of topics and perspectives. Questions regarding the role of the body in the practice of classical yoga, the debate between the realistic or idealistic interpretation of the text, the relation between Yoga and other Indian philosophical schools, the use of imagination i ..." |
 | | Karma and Creativity (Suny Series in Religion) by Christopher Key Chapple Paperback, 160 Pages, Published 1986 by Suny Press ISBN-13: 978-0-88706-251-3, ISBN: 0-88706-251-2 "The conception of karma in the religious traditions of India has prompted numerous interpretations, many of which equate karma with notions of fate. Karma and Creativity presents a perspective on karma that emphasizes the efficacy of human activity in bringing about desired results--from upholding societal order to the attainment of spiritual liberation. Karma is examined in light of several classical Indian texts. Special attention is ..." |
 | | Art as Contemplative Practice Expressive Pathways to the Self by Michael A. Franklin, Christopher Key Chapple Hardcover, 302 Pages, Published 2017 by State Univ Of New York Pr ISBN-13: 978-1-4384-6433-6, ISBN: 1-4384-6433-9 "Drawing upon his personal experience as a practitioner-researcher, visual artist, and cancer survivor, Michael A. Franklin offers a rich and thought-provoking guide to art as contemplative practice. His firsthand experience and original artwork complement this extensive discussion by consulting various practice traditions including yoga, rasa and darshan experiences, imaginal intelligence, and the contemplative instincts of select early ..." |
 | | The Bhagavad Gita(Updated) by Winthrop Sargeant, Christopher K. Chapple, Christopher Key Chapple Paperback, 766 Pages, Published 1984 by State University Of New York Press ISBN-13: 978-0-87395-830-1, ISBN: 0-87395-830-6 "It is now possible for anyone with a lively interest in the Gita to come into direct contact with the richness and resonance of the original text. This revised edition provides an inter-linear word-for-word translation along with the devanagari characters and their transliteration. To aid in understanding, a detailed grammatical commentary and page-by-page vocabularies are included as well as a complete prose translation." |
 | | Living Landscapes Meditations On The Five Elements In Hindu, Buddhist, And Jain Yogas by Christopher Key Chapple Hardcover, Published 2020 by State University Of New York Press 2020-04-01, Albany ISBN-13: 978-1-4384-7793-0, ISBN: 1-4384-7793-7 |
 | | Ecological Prospects Scientific, Religious, and Aesthetic Perspectives by Christopher Key Chapple Paperback, 270 Pages, Published 1993 by State University Of New York Press ISBN-13: 978-0-7914-1740-9, ISBN: 0-7914-1740-9 "Ecological Prospects addresses pressing issues that will shape ecological awareness and activism into the next century. From a variety of perspectives, the book explores topics such as how ecological insight can serve as a management model for appropriate economic development, the possible categories that can be used to determine land use priorities, working models for environmental activism, potential paradigms for spiritually attuned ..." |
 | | Hinduism and Ecology The Intersection of Earth, Sky, and Water (Religions of the World and Ecology) by Contributor-Anil Agarwal, Contributor-Pratyusha Basu, Contributor-Chris Deegan, Contributor-David Lee, Contributor-Philip Lutgendorf, Contributor-Mary Mcgee, Jael Silliman, Christopher Key Chapple, Mary Evelyn Tucker, Kelly D. Alley, Frédérique Apffel-Marglin, Harry W. Blair, O. P. Dwivedi, William F. Fisher, Ann Grodzins Gold, David L. Haberman, George A. James, Ms. Vijaya Nagarajan, Lance E. Nelson, Mr. Pramod Parajuli, Laurie L. Patton, Madhu Khanna Paperback, 656 Pages, Published 2000 by Center For The Study Of World Religions ISBN-13: 978-0-945454-26-7, ISBN: 0-945454-26-0 " This fourth volume in the series exploring religions and the environment investigates the role of the multifaceted Hindu tradition in the development of greater ecological awareness in India. The twenty-two contributors ask how traditional concepts of nature in the classical texts might inspire or impede an eco-friendly attitude among modern Hindus, and they describe some grassroots approaches to environmental protection. They loo ..." |
 | | Hinduism and Ecology(Updated) The Intersection of Earth, Sky, and Water (Religions of the World and Ecology) by Anil Agarwal, Pratyusha Basu, Chris Deegan, David Lee, Philip Lutgendorf, Mary Mcgee, Christopher Key Chapple, Professor William F. Fisher, Kelly D. Alley, Frédérique Apffel-Marglin, Harry W. Blair, O. P. Dwivedi, Ann Grodzins Gold, David L. Haberman, Jael Silliman, Mary Evelyn Tucker, George A. James, Mr. Pramod Parajuli, Laurie L. Patton, Lance E. Nelson, Ms. Vijaya Nagarajan, Vijaya Nagarajan, Pramod Parajuli, T. S. Rukmani, Madhu Khanna, Fradarique Apffel-Marglin Hardcover, 656 Pages, Published 2000 by Center For The Study Of World Religions ISBN-13: 978-0-945454-25-0, ISBN: 0-945454-25-2 " This fourth volume in the series exploring religions and the environment investigates the role of the multifaceted Hindu tradition in the development of greater ecological awareness in India. The twenty-two contributors ask how traditional concepts of nature in the classical texts might inspire or impede an eco-friendly attitude among modern Hindus, and they describe some grassroots approaches to environmental protection. They look ..." |
 | | Thinking with the Yoga Sutra of Patañjali Translation and Interpretation by Christopher Key Chapple 232 Pages, Published 2019 by Rowman & Littlefield ISBN-13: 978-1-4985-7097-8, ISBN: 1-4985-7097-6 "Translation and Interpretation Christopher Key Chapple, Ana Laura Funes Maderey. 31. ... is the term nirmāna-citta which all interpreters, following the wrong cues of the Yoga-Bhāsya, have taken to mean 'artificially created consciousness." |
 | | Yoga in Jainism by Christopher Key Chapple 272 Pages, Published 2015 by Routledge ISBN-13: 978-1-317-57217-6, ISBN: 1-317-57217-3 "Jainism,. proofs. of. its. existence. and. its. soteriological. implications*. Piotr Balcerowicz 0.1. Most classical Indian philosophical schools accepted the idea of suprasensory, supernatural, or mystic perception, usually known as yogipratyaka, i.e., the perception of a yogin, or sometimes ārapratyaka, i.e., the perception of seers (i), or yogijñāna, cognition of a yogin. The idea of yogipratyaka was occasionally related to omni ..." |
 | | The Intellectual Journey of Thomas Berry Imagining the Earth Community by Heather Eaton, Brian Thomas Swimme, Brian Brown, Anne Marie Dalton, Stephen Dunn, Cristina Vanin, John Grim, Christopher Key Chapple, Dennis O'hara, Mary Evelyn Tucker, Paul Waldau, Brown/Eaton/Chapple/ Paperback, 280 Pages, Published 2015 by Lexington Books ISBN-13: 978-1-4985-0912-1, ISBN: 1-4985-0912-6 "Thomas Berry had a gentle yet mesmerizing and luminescent presence that was evident to anyone who spent time with him. His intellectual scope and erudite manner were compelling, and the breadth, depth, clarity, and elegance of his vision was breathtaking. Berry was an intellectual giant and cultural visionary of extraordinary stature. Thomas Berry s vast knowledge of history, religions, and cultural histories is a unique blend revealing ..." |
 | | In Praise of Mother Earth(1st Edition) The Prthivi Sukta of the Atharva Veda by O.P. Dwivedi, Christopher Key Chapple, Robert Radin, Todd Mansoor, Shailendra Dwivedi Paperback, 90 Pages, Published 2012 by Marymount Institute Press, A Tsehai Publishing Imprint ISBN-13: 978-0-9839616-1-1, ISBN: 0-9839616-1-1 "The P thiv S kta of the Atharva Veda describes the beauty of the earth as poetic, mystical, and very real. Its hymns give praise to medicinal plants, to inter-human relationships, and to Mother Earth. When meditating upon this text, and the striking photographs from around the world that accompany each verse, we witness the Hindu tradition of reverence for nature and all forms of life. This book represents a powerful tradition that need ..." |
 | | The Bhagavad Gita Twenty-fifth–Anniversary Edition by Christopher Key Chapple, Winthrop Sargeant 771 Pages, Published 2009 by Suny Press ISBN-13: 978-1-4384-2840-6, ISBN: 1-4384-2840-5 "Those who honor this immortal law described above, Endowed with faith, Devoted and intent on Me as the Supreme; They are exceedingly dear to Me. ye ( m. nom. pi.), who. tu, but, indeed. dharmya (n.), righteousness, virtue, duty, wisdom. amrtam (n. ace. sg.), nectar, immortality. (dharmyamrtam, n. ace. sg. , has been translated both "nectar of duty" and "immortal law.") idam (n. ace. sg.), this. yathd, in which way, as, above, previo ..." |
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