PHRE 315 - Yoga Traditions

The common denominator of South Asian cultures and religions is their emphasis on the cultivation of extraordinary states of being through spiritual discipline, yoga. This course surveys a wide variety of traditional practices, their underlying theories, presuppositions, and cultural matrix, including Vedic sacrifice, Samkhya, Patanjali Yoga, Buddhist and Jain meditation, Tantra and Vedanta.

Credit(s): 3
Course Attribute(s):

Honors Scholar Course.
Arts & Humanities Perspectives and Intercultural Interconnecting Perspectives course for the Dialogues.