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Podcast: New Books in Indian Religions
Episode: Rita D. Sherma, "Contemplative Studies in Hinduism: Meditation, Devotion, Prayer, and Worship" (Routledge, 2020)
Description: 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 ā classical SÄį¹khya and PataƱjali Yoga, the BhÄgavata PurÄį¹a, the role of SÄdhana in Advaita VedÄnta, ÅrÄ«vidyÄ and the ÅrÄ«cakra, the body in Tantra, the semiotics and...