Haṭhayoga’s Philosophy: A Fortuitous Union of Non-Dualities
@article{Mallinson2014HahayogasPA, title={Haṭhayoga’s Philosophy: A Fortuitous Union of Non-Dualities}, author={James Mallinson}, journal={Journal of Indian Philosophy}, year={2014}, volume={42}, pages={225-247} }
In its classical formulation as found in Svātmārāma’s Haṭhapradīpikā, haṭhayoga is a Śaiva appropriation of an older extra-Vedic soteriological method. But this appropriation was not accompanied by an imposition of Śaiva philosophy. In general, the texts of haṭhayoga reveal, if not a disdain for, at least an insouciance towards metaphysics. Yoga is a soteriology that works regardless of the yogin’s philosophy. But the various texts that were used to compile the Haṭhapradīpikā (a table…
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