A Student's Guide to the History and Philosophy of Yoga - Revised edition - Peter Connolly

A Student's Guide to the History and Philosophy of Yoga - Revised edition - Peter Connolly

The Orthodox Philosophical Systems

A Student's Guide to the History and Philosophy of Yoga - Revised edition - Peter Connolly

Peter Connolly [+-]
The Open University
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Peter Connolly (PhD) was, for many years, senior lecturer in Religious Studies at the University of Chichester, England, where he taught courses on Ethics, Indian Religion and Psychology of Religion. He has also worked as an associate lecturer in both Psychology and Religious Studies with the Open University and has delivered many courses on the history and philosophy of yoga for a number of yoga training institutions. He is fascinated by all forms of altered states of consciousness, has trained in Neuro-Linguistic Programming (NLP) and hypnosis, and experimented with psychedelic chemicals and a variety of meditation techniques, including Divine Light, Lam Rim, Sant Mat, Transcendental Meditation and Buddhist Vipassana, all of which offer interesting perspectives on the psychology of religious experience.

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In the later epic period northern India was in a state of political and religious fragmentation. Across much of the north west, kingdoms ruled by the descendants of the Greeks who arrived with Alexander (called Yavanas, a term that came to refer to 'all the annoying outsiders of the western borderlands') denied the authority of the Vedas and were organized according to Greek-derived rather than bråhmanical codes. Moreover, heterodox traditions such as Buddhism and Jainism had also established a foothold in these areas. All this changed with the establishment of the Gupta Empire in 320 CE. Much as Constantine did with Christianity, the Gupta rulers gave brāhmans the job of creating ideological unity within their domain.

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Connolly, Peter . The Orthodox Philosophical Systems. A Student's Guide to the History and Philosophy of Yoga - Revised edition. Equinox eBooks Publishing, United Kingdom. p. 125-179 Jan 2014. ISBN 9781845532369. https://www.equinoxpub.com/home/view-chapter/?id=25704. Date accessed: 23 Nov 2024 doi: 10.1558/equinox.25704. Jan 2014

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