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Boundaries, Dynamics and Construction of Traditions in South Asia

Author : Federico Squarcini
Publisher : Anthem Press
ISBN 13 : 1843313979
Total Pages : 618 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (433 download)

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Download or read book Boundaries, Dynamics and Construction of Traditions in South Asia written by Federico Squarcini and published by Anthem Press. This book was released on 2011-12-15 with total page 618 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: ‘Boundaries, Dynamics and Construction of Traditions in South Asia’ explores the dynamic constructions and applications of the concept of ‘tradition’ that occurred within the South Asian context during the ancient and pre-colonial periods. This collection of essays features a significant selection of the specialized fields of knowledge that have shaped classical South Asian intellectual history, and the aim of this volume is to offer a stimulating anthology of papers on the different and complex processes employed during the ‘invention’, construction, preservation and renewal of a given tradition.

The Hare Krishna Movement

Author : Edwin Bryant
Publisher : Columbia University Press
ISBN 13 : 9780231508438
Total Pages : 506 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (84 download)

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Download or read book The Hare Krishna Movement written by Edwin Bryant and published by Columbia University Press. This book was released on 2004-06-23 with total page 506 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Dancing and chanting with their shaven heads and saffron robes, Hare Krishnas presented the most visible face of any of the eastern religions transplanted to the West during the sixties and seventies. Yet few people know much about them. This comprehensive study includes more than twenty contributions from members, ex-members, and academics who have followed the Hare Krishna movement for years. Since the death of its founder, the movement, also known as the International Society for Krishna Consciousness (ISKCON), has experienced debates over the roles of authority, heresy, and dissent, which have led to the development of several splinter movements. There is a growing women's rights movement and a highly publicized child abuse scandal. Providing a privileged look at the people and issues shaping ISKCON, this volume also offers insight into the complex factors surrounding the emergence of religious traditions, including early Christianity, as well as a glimpse of the original seeds and the germinating stages of a religious tradition putting down roots in foreign soil.

Debating the 'Post' Condition in India

Author : Makarand R. Paranjape
Publisher : Taylor & Francis
ISBN 13 : 135158359X
Total Pages : 221 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (515 download)

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Download or read book Debating the 'Post' Condition in India written by Makarand R. Paranjape and published by Taylor & Francis. This book was released on 2017-10-25 with total page 221 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: How was the post-modernist project contested, subverted and assimilated in India? This book offers a personal account and an intellectual history of its reception and response. Tracing independent India’s engagement with Western critical theory, Paranjape outlines both its past and ‘post’. The book explores the discursive trajectories of post-modernism, post-colonialism, post-Marxism, post-nationalism, post-feminism, post-secularism — the relations that mediate them — as well as interprets, in the light of these discussions, core tenets of Indian philosophical thought. Paranjape argues that India’s response to the modernist project is neither submission, willing or reluctant, nor repudiation, intentional or forced; rather India’s ‘modernity’ is ‘unauthorized’, different, subversive, alter-native and alter-modern. The book makes the case for a new integrative hermeneutics, the idea of the indigenous ‘critical vernacular’, and presents a radical shift in the understanding of svaraj (beyond decolonisation and nationalism) to express transformations at both personal and political levels. A key intervention in Indian critical theory, this volume will interest researchers and scholars of literature, philosophy, political theory, culture studies and postcolonial studies.

Surviving Modern Yoga

Author : Matthew Remski
Publisher : North Atlantic Books
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 394 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (898 download)

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Download or read book Surviving Modern Yoga written by Matthew Remski and published by North Atlantic Books. This book was released on 2024-05-14 with total page 394 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Grounded in investigative research and real survivor stories, Surviving Modern Yoga uncovers the physical and sexual abuse perpetrated by Ashtanga yoga leader Pattabhi Jois—and reckons with the culture, structures, and mythos that enabled it. The revised edition of Practice and All is Coming from Conspirituality co-host Matthew Remski Yoga culture sells well-meaning westerners the full package: physical health, good vibes, and spiritual growth. Here, investigative journalist Matthew Remski explores how cultic dynamics, institutional self-interest, and spiritualized indifference collude to obscure the truth: Harm happens in plain sight. Through in-depth interviews, insider analysis, and Remski’s own history with high-demand groups, Surviving Modern Yoga brings to light how we’re each susceptible to cult abuse and exploitation. He shows how, with the right kind of situational vulnerability and the wrong kind of guru, the ideas we hold close about ourselves—like It wouldn’t happen to me or I’d speak up for victims—fail to protect us. Remski reckons with his own complicity in spiritual power dynamics, and shares how a process of disillusionment allowed him to recognize harm. He does the same for readers, peeling back the veneer of yoga marketing to reveal the abuse, assault, and silencing perpetrated against seekers who trusted Jois as a mentor, their guruji—even a father figure. Each survivor speaks in their own words, on their own terms, reclaiming agency against an insular, in-group culture that enabled a charismatic leader’s devastating harm—and positioned him as its only remedy. Surviving Modern Yoga also includes practical tools to help readers: Understand how high-demand groups trap would-be targets Evaluate their own situational vulnerabilities Learn to listen for loaded, red-flag language Cultivate their literacy of cult tactics

ROLE OF TEACHERS IN NATION BUILDING

Author : DR.DEEPALI LAL ,DR.DUSHYANT TRIPATHI
Publisher : SHREE VINAYAK PUBLICATION
ISBN 13 : 938790413X
Total Pages : 192 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (879 download)

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Download or read book ROLE OF TEACHERS IN NATION BUILDING written by DR.DEEPALI LAL ,DR.DUSHYANT TRIPATHI and published by SHREE VINAYAK PUBLICATION. This book was released on 2020-12-15 with total page 192 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Role of Teachers In Nation Building

The Power of Karma Yoga

Author : Gopinath Chandra Das
Publisher : Jaico Publishing House
ISBN 13 : 8119153979
Total Pages : 182 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (191 download)

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Download or read book The Power of Karma Yoga written by Gopinath Chandra Das and published by Jaico Publishing House. This book was released on 2023-10-23 with total page 182 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Understand the essence of Karma Yoga. Master the subtle art of letting go while leading a purpose-driven life. There’s a lot of buzz around being purposeful, but hardly anyone seems to know how to get there. The answer is in the Bhagavad Gita. The Gita's teachings echo through the ages, reaffirming the true impact of your actions and how they hold the key to your destiny. In The Power of Karma Yoga, ISKCON monk and Vedic life coach Gopinath Chandra Das draws from the profound wisdom embedded in chapters 2 to 5 of the Gita that deal exclusively with Karma Yoga. With the help of numerous remarkable examples from the modern world, he explains: • How to select a cause worth dedicating your life to • How to be purpose-driven and how to let go • How to transform yourself into a Karma Yogi Are you ready to embark on a transformative journey of self-discovery? Prepare to unlock the immense potential of Karma Yoga and embrace a way of living driven by a larger purpose while letting go of your ego and your need for absolute control. In surrendering to this philosophy, you open the door to a meaningful and fulfilling life.

Shadows Of Yoga

Author : Gautham K Vijayan
Publisher : Authors Click Publishing
ISBN 13 : 8119368185
Total Pages : 214 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (193 download)

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Download or read book Shadows Of Yoga written by Gautham K Vijayan and published by Authors Click Publishing . This book was released on 2024-04-15 with total page 214 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: “Shadows Of Yoga” by Gautham K Vijayan is a comprehensive and accessible exploration of yoga's transformative power for both body and mind. With expertise as a certified yoga instructor and a deep passion for holistic health, he offers readers a journey into the heart of yoga practice. This book goes beyond the physical postures, delving into the philosophy, history, and spiritual aspects of yoga. From the fundamental principles of breathwork and alignment to the deeper dimensions of meditation and self-discovery, each chapter provides practical guidance and insights to support readers on their yoga journey. Through clear instructions, illustrations, and personal anecdotes, the author demystifies yoga, making it approachable for beginners as well as those who love to teach yoga. Whether you're a beginner looking to establish a strong foundation or an experienced yogi seeking to deepen your practice, this book offers something for everyone. With an emphasis on mindfulness, self-care, and holistic well-being, this book serves as a trusted companion for anyone seeking to cultivate balance, strength, and inner peace in their lives. Dive into the transformative world of yoga and unlock the potential for true wellness and vitality.

Auspicious Wisdom

Author : Douglas Renfrew Brooks
Publisher : SUNY Press
ISBN 13 : 9780791411452
Total Pages : 326 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (114 download)

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Download or read book Auspicious Wisdom written by Douglas Renfrew Brooks and published by SUNY Press. This book was released on 1992-01-01 with total page 326 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Rooting itself in Kashmir Shaivism, Śrividyā became a force in South India no later than the seventh century, and eventually supplanted the Trika as the dominant Tantric tradition in Kashmir. This is the first comprehensive study of the texts and traditions of this influential school of goddess-centered, Śākta, Tantrism. Centering on the goddess's three manifestations—the beneficent deity Lalita Tripurasundari, her mantra, and the visually striking sricakra—Śrividyā creates a systematic esoteric discipline that combines elements of the yogas of knowledge, of devotion, and of ritual. Utilizing canonical works, historical commentaires, and the interpretive insights of living practitioners, this book explores the theological and ritual theories that form the basis for Śrividyā practice and offers new methods for critical and comparative studies of esoteric Hinduism.

Guruji

Author : Guy Donahaye
Publisher : North Point Press
ISBN 13 : 1429980427
Total Pages : 464 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (299 download)

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Download or read book Guruji written by Guy Donahaye and published by North Point Press. This book was released on 2010-07-20 with total page 464 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: AN UNPRECEDENTED PORTRAIT OF A GREAT YOGA TEACHER AND THE WAYS IN WHICH TEACHINGS AND TRADITIONS ARE PASSED ON It is a rare and remarkable soul who becomes legendary during the course of his life by virtue of great service to others. Sri K. Pattabhi Jois was such a soul, and through his teaching of yoga, he transformed the lives of countless people. The school in Mysore that he founded and ran for more than sixty years trained students who, through the knowledge they received and their devotion, have helped to spread the daily practice of traditional Ashtanga yoga to tens of thousands around the world. Guruji paints a unique portrait of a unique man, revealed through the accounts of his students. Among the thirty men and women interviewed here are Indian students from Jois's early teaching days; intrepid Americans and Europeans who traveled to Mysore to learn yoga in the 1970s; and important family members who studied as well as lived with Jois and continue to practice and teach abroad or run the Ashtanga Yoga Institute today. Many of the contributors (as well as the authors) are influential teachers who convey their experience of Jois every day to students in many different parts of the globe. Anyone interested in the living tradition of yoga will find Guruji richly rewarding.

Peasants and Monks in British India

Author : William R. Pinch
Publisher : Univ of California Press
ISBN 13 : 0520200616
Total Pages : 255 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (22 download)

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Download or read book Peasants and Monks in British India written by William R. Pinch and published by Univ of California Press. This book was released on 1996-06-18 with total page 255 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In this compelling social history, William R. Pinch tackles one of the most important but most neglected fields of the colonial history of India: the relation between monasticism and caste. The highly original inquiry yields rich insights into the central structure and dynamics of Hindu society—insights that are not only of scholarly but also of great political significance. Perhaps no two images are more associated with rural India than the peasant who labors in an oppressive, inflexible social structure and the ascetic monk who denounces worldly concerns. Pinch argues that, contrary to these stereotypes, North India's monks and peasants have not been passive observers of history; they have often been engaged with questions of identity, status, and hierarchy—particularly during the British period. Pinch's work is especially concerned with the ways each group manipulated the rhetoric of religious devotion and caste to further its own agenda for social reform. Although their aims may have been quite different—Ramanandi monastics worked for social equity, while peasants agitated for higher social status—the strategies employed by these two communities shaped the popular political culture of Gangetic north India during and after the struggle for independence from the British.

Languid Bodies, Grounded Stances

Author : Nandini Sikand
Publisher : Berghahn Books
ISBN 13 : 1785333690
Total Pages : 248 pages
Book Rating : 4.7/5 (853 download)

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Download or read book Languid Bodies, Grounded Stances written by Nandini Sikand and published by Berghahn Books. This book was released on 2016-12-01 with total page 248 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Widely believed to be the oldest Indian dance tradition, odissi has transformed over the centuries from a sacred temple ritual to a transnational genre performed—and consumed—throughout the world. Building on ethnographic research in multiple locations, this book charts the evolution of odissi dance and reveals the richness, rigor, and complexity of the form as it is practiced today. As author and dancer-choreographer Nandini Sikand shows, the story of odissi is ultimately a story of postcolonial India, one in which identity, nationalism, tradition, and neoliberal politics dramatically come together.

Kundalini-Yoga-Parampara

Author : Reinhard Gammenthaler
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9783908152552
Total Pages : 568 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (525 download)

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Download or read book Kundalini-Yoga-Parampara written by Reinhard Gammenthaler and published by . This book was released on 2020-01-28 with total page 568 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Practice And All Is Coming

Author : Matthew Remski
Publisher : Embodied Wisdom Publishing
ISBN 13 : 0473467712
Total Pages : 458 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (734 download)

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Download or read book Practice And All Is Coming written by Matthew Remski and published by Embodied Wisdom Publishing. This book was released on 2019-02-25 with total page 458 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: How do we co-create safer yoga and spiritual communities? Through dogged investigative work, careful listening to survivor stories of assault and abuse, and close analysis of the cultic mechanisms at play in the sphere of Pattabhi Jois’s Ashtanga community, Matthew Remski’s Practice and All Is Coming offers a sober view into a collective and intergenerational trauma. It also offers a clear pathway forward into enhanced critical thinking, student empowerment, self-and-other care, and community resilience. Concluding with practical tools for a world rocked by abuse revelations, Practice and All Is Coming opens a window on the possibility of healing— and even re-enchantment. While Mathew Remski is the courageous, insightful, and compassionate author of this informative, challenging, and thought-provoking book, this book is clearly a group effort. Equal parts theory, training manual, expose, and memoir, Practice and All is Coming ... is a foray into the difficult topics of personal agency, spirituality authority, and cult dynamics. In addition to his clearly articulated understanding of the problems inherent in many spiritual schools, Mathew provides hope for healing the confusion and anguish that arise in the heart of sincere practitioners when they are betrayed by the revered powers in which they have placed their trust. If you practice or teach yoga, please consider this book an essential companion on your path. Christina Sell, author of Yoga From the Inside Out, My Body is a Temple, and A Deeper Yoga.

Transcendent in America

Author : Lola Williamson
Publisher : NYU Press
ISBN 13 : 0814794505
Total Pages : 276 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (147 download)

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Download or read book Transcendent in America written by Lola Williamson and published by NYU Press. This book was released on 2010 with total page 276 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Yoga, karma, meditation, guru—these terms, once obscure, are now a part of the American lexicon. Combining Hinduism with Western concepts and values, a new hybrid form of religion has developed in the United States over the past century. In Transcendent in America, Lola Williamson traces the history of various Hindu-inspired movements in America, and argues that together they constitute a discrete category of religious practice, a distinct and identifiable form of new religion. Williamson provides an overview of the emergence of these movements through examining exchanges between Indian Hindus and American intellectuals such as Thomas Jefferson and Ralph Waldo Emerson, and illuminates how Protestant traditions of inner experience paved the way for Hindu-style movements' acceptance in the West. Williamson focuses on three movements—Self-Realization Fellowship, Transcendental Meditation, and Siddha Yoga—as representative of the larger of phenomenon of Hindu-inspired meditation movements. She provides a window into the beliefs and practices of followers of these movements by offering concrete examples from their words and experiences that shed light on their world view, lifestyle, and relationship with their gurus. Drawing on scholarly research, numerous interviews, and decades of personal experience with Hindu-style practices, Williamson makes a convincing case that Hindu-inspired meditation movements are distinct from both immigrant Hinduism and other forms of Asian-influenced or “New Age” groups.

Yogah Chitta Vritti Nirodhah

Author : Dr. Ratna Lohar
Publisher : FanatiXx Publication
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 510 pages
Book Rating : 4./5 ( download)

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Download or read book Yogah Chitta Vritti Nirodhah written by Dr. Ratna Lohar and published by FanatiXx Publication. This book was released on 2022-02-11 with total page 510 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The book योगश्चित्तवृत्तिनिरोधः, "Yogah Chitta Vritti Nirodhah” is definition of Yoga by Great Sage Patanjali in his Yoga Sutras. The authors have tried to get the best out of all ancient scriptures which mentions about Yoga in various forms; HathaYoga, Patanjali Yoga Sutras, Shrimad Bhagavad Gita and other related scripts. The book is the compilations of the Sanskrit scriptures and also covers most of the content as required as part of syllabus for Yoga Certification Boards exams for Level 1,2 and 3. The book has also tried to explain it's related aspects; Diet, Ayurveda, Teachings etc., and the benefits by which we will not only calm our mind but will be able to control its behavior.

Electoral Narratives of Democracy and Governance in India

Author : Yatindra Singh Sisodia
Publisher : Taylor & Francis
ISBN 13 : 1040101208
Total Pages : 203 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 (41 download)

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Download or read book Electoral Narratives of Democracy and Governance in India written by Yatindra Singh Sisodia and published by Taylor & Francis. This book was released on 2024-08-07 with total page 203 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The book examines the influence of context in which elections in contemporary India take place. It explores the interplay of elements of democracy and governance in electioneering—a process of the conglomeration of everything related to the election, including campaigns, approach of political parties, approach of election commission, code of conduct, election manifestos, voting and—message-design of electoral communication in India. The volume: • Is founded on a variety of conceptual approaches: political economy approach, public sphere approach, community and context approach, federalism approach, institutional approach, and cultural approach. • Draws on qualitative and quantitative analysis of rigorous field data. • Underscores the contexts, contours, and cultures of elections in India; • Analyses the ‘narratives’ inherent in electoral campaigns and electoral marketing; • Studies complex, overlapping and multidimensional ways elections can be studied; • Explicates the goal of electioneering in contemporary India—whether it is an ‘institution-driven’ or an ‘actor-driven’ process. The volume will be essential reading for students, teachers and researchers of Indian politics and South Asian studies.

Music \= Cultures in Contact

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Author : Margaret J. Kartomi
Publisher : Routledge
ISBN 13 : 1134313977
Total Pages : 316 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (343 download)

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Download or read book Music \= Cultures in Contact written by Margaret J. Kartomi and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2014-07-16 with total page 316 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Contact between cultures may also lead to rejection as well as suppression of certain types of music. This process leads to such unfavorable circumstances as abandonment of entire works, genres or concepts or loss of instruments; yet such conflicts may also generate new and more positive creative achievements. Contributors include Andrew Alter, Tan Sooi Beng, Zdravko Blazekovic, Stephen Blum, Lê Tuân Hùng, Margaret J. Kartomi, Marcello Sorce Keller, Margarita Mazo, Bruno Nettl, Don Niles, William Noll, Jann Pasler, Ankica Petrovic, Chris Saumaiwai, John M. Schechter, Graeme Smith, Doris Stockmann, Sumarsam, and S. Venkatraman. Music -- Cultures in Contact examines how and why change occurs in musical culture, particularly change engendered by contact between two or many impinging cultures, sub-cultures or classes within a culture. This contact can have positive or negative effects. It may result in an influx of new musical ideas, leading to a greater level of crea