This volume examines several theoretical concerns of embodiment in the context of Asian religious practice. Looking at both subtle and spatial bodies, it explores how both types of embodiment are engaged as sites for transformation, transaction and transgression.

List of Figures; Notes on Transliteration; Notes on Contributors; Acknowledgements; Introduction-Katherine C. Zubko and George Pati; 1 The Subtle Body of Vital Presence in Contemplative Practices of Abhinavagupta's Trika ¿aivism and Longchenpa's Great Perfection-Kerry Martin Skora; 2 Daoist Body-Maps and Meditative Praxis -Louis Komjathy; 3 Yuasa Yasuo's Contextualization of the Subtle Body: Phenomenology and Practice- Edward Geoffrey; 4 Dismembering Demons: Spatial and Bodily Representations in the Fifteenth-Century Ekali¿gam¿h¿tmya- Adam Newman; 5 Subtle Body: Rethinking the Body's Subjectivity through Abhinavagupta Body-Loriliai Biernacki; 6 Reprogramming Embodied Experiences in the Mah¿rthamañjar¿ of Mahe¿var¿nanda- Sthaneshwar Timalsina; 7 Sensing the Ascent: Embodied Elements of Muhammad's Heavenly Journey in Nizami Ganjavi's Treasury of Mysteries-Matthew Hotham; 8 Bodies in Translation: Esoteric Conceptions of the Muslim Body in Early-modern South Asia -Patrick J. D'Silva; 9 The Prostituted Body of War: U.S. Military Prostitution in South Korea as a Site of Spiritual Activism- Keun-Joo Christine Pae; 10 Frisky Methods: Subtle Bodies, Epistemological Pluralism and Creative Scholarship- Jay Johnston; 11 Autophagous Bliss: The Obliteration of Spatiality in the Bodily Philosophies of Georges Bataille and the Taittir¿ya Upanishad.-Matthew Robertson