• DOI:10.1007/S10781-013-9217-0
Corpus ID: 170326576

Haṭhayoga’s Philosophy: A Fortuitous Union of Non-Dualities

@article{Mallinson2014HahayogasPA,
  title={Haṭhayoga’s Philosophy: A Fortuitous Union 
of Non-Dualities},
  author={J. Mallinson},
  journal={Journal of Indian Philosophy},
  year={2014},
  volume={42},
  pages={225-247}
}

• J. Mallinson
• Published 2014
• Philosophy
• Journal of Indian Philosophy

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… Expand

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