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Dr Jason Birch (SOAS, University of London - The Haṭha Yoga Project):
"Rejuvenation and Herbs in Medieval Yoga Traditions"
AyurYog Workshop: Rejuvenation, Longevity and Immortality
Perspectives on Rasāyana, Kāyakalpa and Bcud Len Practices
21 - 22 October 2016
University of Vienna, an ERC-funded Project.
Abstract:
References to rejuvenation, longevity and immortality are scattered throughout medieval yoga texts. This paper will examine how these themes were integrated with the general aims of these yoga traditions. In particular, passages on the use of herbs will be presented with a view to asking whether these texts corroborate medieval traveler's reports of yogins resorting to the use of elixirs for longevity.
Dr Jason Birch (SOAS, University of London - The Haṭha Yoga Project):
"Rejuvenation and Herbs in Medieval Yoga Traditions"
AyurYog Workshop: Rejuvenation, Longevity and Immortality
Perspectives on Rasāyana, Kāyakalpa and Bcud Len Practices
21 - 22 October 2016
University of Vienna, an ERC-funded Project.
Abstract:
References to rejuvenation, longevity and immortality are scattered throughout medieval yoga texts. This paper will examine how these themes were integrated with the general aims of these yoga traditions. In particular, passages on the use of herbs will be presented with a view to asking whether these texts corroborate medieval traveler's reports of yogins resorting to the use of elixirs for longevity.
