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Samadhi

The Numinous

and Cessative

in Indo-Tibetan Yoga

Stuart Ray Sarbacker

Sama \ dhi

SUNY series in Religious Studies

Harold Coward, editor

Sama \ dhi

The Numinous and Cessative

in Indo-Tibetan Yoga

Stuart Ray Sarbacker

State University of New York Press

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Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data

Sarbacker, Stuart Ray, 1969–

Sama \ dhi : the numinous and cessative in Indo-Tibetan yoga / Stuart Ray Sarbacker.

p. cm. — (SUNY series in religious studies)

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN 0-7914-6553-5 (alk. paper)

1. Meditation—Hinduism. 2. Meditation—Buddhism. 3. Yoga. I. Series.

BL2015.M4S25 2005

294.5'436—dc22

2004062626

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