Preface : * p. vii PREFACE BOTH on the continent and in America, Hindus are associated with mysticism, but, so far as I know, the subject of Hindu mysticism has as yet received no systematic treatment, either in the way of general introduction, or in the way of a comprehensive account. The man in the street...
Lecture Iv. Buddhistic Mysticism : * p. 85 LECTURE IV BUDDHISTIC MYSTICISM THE process of yoga described in the last lecture consists of a threefold course, viz., high moral elevation, physical training of the body for yoga practice, and steady mental concentration associated with the revelation of yoga wisdom, which leads...
Lecture Ii. The Mysticism Of The Upanishads : * p. 33 LECTURE II THE MYSTICISM OF THE UPANISHADS IN the last lecture reference was made to a few of the monotheistic hymns of the Rig Veda and the Atharva Veda. Others might be cited; for instance, the adoration hymn to Hiranyagarbha (R. V. X. 121) who is therein described as the lord...
Title Page And Front Matter : * HINDU MYSTICISM S. N. DASGUPTA, PH.D. Author Of A History Of Indian Philosophy And Yoga As Philosophy And Religion Chicago: Open Court Publishing Co. [1927] NOTICE OF ATTRIBUTION Scanned , November 2005. Proofed and Formatted by John Bruno Hare. This text is in the public domain in the United...
Lecture Vi. Popular Devotional Mysticism : * p. 141 LECTURE VI POPULAR DEVOTIONAL MYSTICISM THE chief features of the passionate devotion for God described in the last lecture are its spontaneity and its transference of human relations and emotions to God through the medium of the Krishna legend described in the Bhagavata Purana. It...
Lecture V. Classical Forms Of Devotional Mysticism : * p. 113 LECTURE V CLASSICAL FORMS OF DEVOTIONAL MYSTICISM WE have described the ideal of supreme self-control and of the extinction of all desires as an indispensable requirement for the attainment of high perfection. This end is believed to be reached by replacing egoism with unlimited...
Untitled : HINDU MYSTICISM BY S.N. DASGUPTA [1927, Not Renewed] Title Page and Front Matter Preface Analytical Table of Contents Lecture I. Sacrificial Mysticism Lecture II. The Mysticism of the Upanishads Lecture III. Yoga Mysticism Lecture IV. Buddhistic Mysticism Lecture V. Classical Forms of Devotional...
Lecture I. Sacrificial Mysticism : * p. 3 LECTURE I SACRIFICIAL MYSTICISM THE Hindus possess a body of sacred compositions called the Vedas. Of these there are four collections. Two of them comprise original hymns. The contents of the others consist largely of poems derived from the former two. The collections of original hymns...
Lecture Iii. Yoga Mysticism : * p. 61 LECTURE III YOGA MYSTICISM THE last lecture dealt with the ineffable intuitive experience which the sages of the Upanishads regarded as absolute and ultimate in nature. The Upanishads, however, indicate no definite method for arriving at the perception of this truth. It is made clear th...