Two methods of contemplation: Yoga and hesychast prayer: An exercise in comparative religion

Using Arvind Sharmas's comparative method of reciprocal illumination, this essay examines two contemplative methods, the Hindu yogic, as de fined in Patafijali's Yoga-sutra, and the hesychast, as developed primarily within the Eastern Christian monastic tradition. Despite differences in th...

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Main Author: Bakić-Hayden Milica
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Institute of Ethnography, SASA, Belgrade 2008-01-01
Series:Glasnik Etnografskog Instituta SANU
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Online Access:http://www.doiserbia.nb.rs/img/doi/0350-0861/2008/0350-08610802171B.pdf