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Man, from the
very dawn of history, has never been at home in
the world. He has continuously tried to search for
such ways and means, both intellectual and
practical, that would allow him to transcend the
conditioned existence in which he finds himself in
space-time bound universe. It has always been the
burning desire in the heart of man to realize such
a mode of life that transcends the tragic terror
of finitude in terms of the realization of
abundance of life. It is this search for the
everlasting blissful life that constitutes the
story as well as history of human religious search
for meaning.
Both Yoga and
Tantricism have their own eschatologist in terms
of which transcendence of human finitude is
endeavored to be actualized. To achieve this
stereological goal, both the systems have
discovered, in their own respective ways, such
theoretical responses and practical methods by the
application of which soteric goal can be
appropriated. It is because of this feature that
both may be said to be stereological systems of
thought and practice.
This book
attempts to study Yoga and Tantra from both
historical and theoretical perspective. An effort
has been made to trace the historical roots of
both Yoga and Tantra, and how, with the passage to
time, each system developed in the context of
prevailing situations. The analytical
interpretation of some of the major themes that
Yoga and Tantricism tackle in the context of
suffering in the world greatly enhances the value
of the work and will be of great interest to
students of religion.
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