Unit information: Yoga and Devotion: Hindu Paths of Practice in 2008/09

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Unit name Yoga and Devotion: Hindu Paths of Practice
Unit code THRS20030
Credit points 20
Level of study I/5
Teaching block(s) Teaching Block 2 (weeks 13 - 24)
Unit director Emeritus Professor. Gethin
Open unit status Not open
Pre-requisites

None
Co-requisites

None
School/department Department of Religion and Theology
Faculty Faculty of Arts

Description including Unit Aims

The unit focuses on three main topics: Hindu devotionalism (bhakti) as exemplified by devotion to Krsna in the Bhagavata Purana, the theory and practice of yoga as expounded in Patanjali's Yoga Sutras and the principles of the practice of Hindu Tantra.

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