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.

Credits: 3 hours
NOTE: Honors Scholar Course.
NOTE: This course fulfills the Philosophical/Religious Mode of Inquiry and the Intercultural Interconnecting Perspective of the Liberal Studies Program.
NOTE: This course counts toward the 63-hour Liberal Arts and Sciences (LAS) graduation requirement.