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Ahimsa
Animal Rights
Author_Steven J. Rosen
Bhagavad Gita
Bhakti
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Chanting
Compassion
Diet
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Hare Krishna Movement
India
International Society for Krishna Consciousness (ISKCON)
Kirtan
Maharishi Mahesh Yogi
Mantras
Nonviolence
Prayer
Sacred Food
Swami Prabhupada
Swami Satchidananda
Vegetarianism
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- ISBN 9780313397035
- Weight: 454g
- Dimensions: 156 x 235mm
- Publication Date: 19 Apr 2011
- Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing Plc
- Publication City/Country: US
- Product Form: Hardback
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This revealing compilation of essays by prominent practitioners and well-informed scholars lays to bear one simple truth: One must be a vegetarian to properly practice Yoga.
Bringing together the work of nine distinguished scholars and practitioners of Yoga and Eastern thought, Food for the Soul: Vegetarianism and Yoga Traditions is organized around the fact that, although vegetarianism is a natural and inescapable part of the Yogic tradition, many Yogis and Yoginis today remain blissfully unaware of that fact.
The essays gathered here explore the important and much-debated subject of vegetarianism in the major Yoga traditions, looking at what diet has to do with the practice of Yoga and whether ahimsa (harmlessness) is a prerequisite for achieving Yoga's goals. The contributors draw on history, philosophy, ancient Yoga texts, Hindu scriptures, comparative religion, contemporary practitioners, the words of sages, and the teachings of Yogic masters to forge illuminating insights into the subject. Readers, whether students of Hinduism, practitioners of Yoga, vegetarian or animal rights advocates, or simply people with an interest, will find both the questions and the answers provocative—and edifying.
Steven J. Rosen is founding editor of the Journal of Vaishnava Studies and author of 21 books.
