Quest of the Overself

图书标准信息

• 作者 Paul Brunton 著
• 出版社 Random House
• 出版时间 2003-03
• ISBN 9781844130412
• 定价 166.30元
• 装帧 精装
• 开本 其他
• 纸张 其他
• 页数 352页
• 正文语种 英语

【内容简介】

TheQuestoftheOverselfshowsWesternreadershowtoachieveserenityofmind,controlofthoughtanddesire,andthepowertousehigherforcesbymeansofsimpleexercises.Theseincludebreathingandvisualizationaswellasmentalcontrolthroughmeditation.Theseideas,whichtheauthorgainedbyextensivetravelinIndia,areasrelevanttoustodayastheywerewhenfirstpublishedin1937.PaulBruntonwasaBritishphilosopher,mysticandtraveller.HeleftasuccessfuljournalisticcareertoliveamongyogisandholymenandstudiedawidevarietyofEasternandWesternesoterictraditions.AsheexplainsinthestillfreshandfascinatingTheQuestoftheOverselfmeditationandtheinwardquestarebynomeansexclusivelyformonksandhermitsbutalsosupportthoselivingeveryday,activelivesintheWest.

【作者简介】

BorninLondonin1898,PaulBruntonpublishedthirteenbooksbetween1935and1952.HeisgenerallyrecognizedashavingintroducedyogaandmeditationtotheWest,andforpresentingtheirphilosophicalbackgroundinnon-technicallanguage.HediedinSwitzerland(wherehelivedfor20years)in1981.(20021018)