{"product_id":"living-landscapes-meditations-on-the-five-elements-in-hindu-buddhist-and-jain-yogas-paperback","title":"Living Landscapes: Meditations on the Five Elements in Hindu, Buddhist, and Jain Yogas - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eChristopher Key Chapple\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn \u003ci\u003eLiving Landscapes\u003c\/i\u003e, Christopher Key Chapple looks at the world of ritual as enacted in three faiths of India. He begins with an exploration of the relationship between the body and the world as found in the cosmological cartography of Sāṃkhya philosophy, which highlights the interplay between consciousness (\u003ci\u003epuruṣa\u003c\/i\u003e) and activity (\u003ci\u003eprakṛti\u003c\/i\u003e), a process that gives rise to earth, water, fire, air, and space. He then turns to the progressive explication of these five great elements in Buddhism, Jainism, Advaita, Tantra, and Haṭha Yoga, and includes translations from the Vedas and the Purāṇas of Hinduism, the Buddhist and Jain Sūtras, and select animal fables from early Hinduism, Buddhism, and Jainism. Chapple also describes his own pilgrimages to the Great Stupa at Shambhala Mountain Center in Colorado, the five elemental temples (\u003ci\u003epañcamahābhūta mandir\u003c\/i\u003e) in south India, and the Jaina cosmology complex in Hastinapur. An appendix with practical instructions that integrate Yoga postures with meditative reflections on the five elements is included.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eChristopher Key Chapple\u003c\/b\u003e is Doshi Professor of Indic and Comparative Theology at Loyola Marymount University. He is the author or editor of many books, including \u003ci\u003eYoga and the Luminous: Patañjali's Spiritual Path to Freedom\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eEngaged Emancipation: Mind, Morals, and Make-Believe in the\u003c\/i\u003e Mokṣopāya (Yogavāsiṣṭha) (coedited with Arindam Chakrabarti), both also published by SUNY Press.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 260\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.59 x 9 x 6 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eIllustrated:\u003c\/strong\u003e Yes\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e April 01, 2020\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51792385507616,"sku":"9781438477947","price":63.18,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0974\/9764\/5344\/files\/d3d00d3ad3c1c88de6f9b92e6e500a00.webp?v=1780700140","url":"https:\/\/ebocreations.com\/products\/living-landscapes-meditations-on-the-five-elements-in-hindu-buddhist-and-jain-yogas-paperback","provider":"The E-Book Oasis LLC","version":"1.0","type":"link"}