Bhoga Karika of Sadyojyoti

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The Bhoga Karika is a collection of Sanskrit verses by the renowned Saivite teacher and writer, Sadyojyoti, of the eighth century A.D. This translation of the Bhoga Karika also includes a short commentary by the similarly renowned Aghora Siva, of the twelfth century. In a lively and engaging manner, the bhoga Karika defends the Agamic Saivite theology, epistemology and ontology of “bhoga” or “mundane/worldy experience” against the attacks of rival schools, notably the Naiyayikas, Samkhyas, Carvakas and Buddhists. Employing a Saiva-yogic doctrine to explains the nature of bhoga (i.e., as self-identity based solely on ego-identity), Sadyojyoti plays on the twofold sense of bhoga as “mundane-experience” and “enjoyment.” While bhoga is a limiting factor in human experience, it still e constitutes a measure of enjoyment, which explains its attraction. On the other hand, bhoga is also an opportunity for the cultivation of a more profound form of enjoyment-the bliss or “ananda” found in the consciousness and being of a transcendence designated by the name of Siva.

ABOUT THE AUTHOR Wayne A. Borody

Wayne A. Borody is an Associate Professor of Philosophy at Nipissing University in North Bay, Ontario, Canada. His areas of Philosophical interest include the early Indian (Vedic, Hindu and Buddhist) and the early Greek and Modern European traditions. He is a graduate of the former "Indian Philosophy" doctoral programme in the Religious Studies Department at McMaster University in Hamilton, Ontario.

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Title
Bhoga Karika of Sadyojyoti
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Edition
1st ed.
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ISBN
8120829352
Length
xii+174p., References; Bibliography; Index; 23cm.
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