Rita D. Sherma, "Contemplative Studies in Hinduism: Meditation, Devotion, Prayer, and Worship" (Routledge, 2020) - a podcast by Marshall Poe

What counts as contemplative practices in Hinduism? What can Hindu Studies offer Contemplative Studies as a discipline?
Contemplative Studies in Hinduism: Meditation, Devotion, Prayer, and Worship (Routledge, 2020), edited by Rita D. Sherma and Purushottama Bilimoria, explores diverse spiritual and religious Hindu practices to grapple with meditative communion and contemplation, devotion, spiritual formation, prayer, ritual, and worship. Contemplative Studies in Hinduism covers a wide range of topics – classical S??khya and Patañjali Yoga, the Bh?gavata Pur??a, the role of S?dhana in Advaita Ved?nta, ?r?vidy? and the ?r?cakra, the body in Tantra, the semiotics and illocution of Gau??ya Vai??ava s?dhana, mantra in M?m??s?, Vai??ava liturgy - to articulate indigenous categories for grappling to Hindu contemplative traditions. In doing so it enriches the fields of both Contemplative Studies and Hindu Studies.
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