"Development of body, mind, and soul:" Paramahansa Yogananda's marketing of yoga-based religion
As founder of a religious movement emphasizing soteriological goals, Paramahansa Yogananda is at odds with the prevailing scholarly portrayal of yoga as a modern, syncretic bodily practice focused on mindfulness and physical well-being that, even when employing language of transcendence, magic, or t...
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Cambridge University Press
2019
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