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Reflections of Amma

Author : Amanda J. Lucia
Publisher : Univ of California Press
ISBN 13 : 0520958071
Total Pages : 321 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (29 download)

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Download or read book Reflections of Amma written by Amanda J. Lucia and published by Univ of California Press. This book was released on 2014-03-14 with total page 321 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Globally known as Amma, meaning "Mother," Mata Amritanandamayi has developed a massive transnational humanitarian organization based in hugs. She is familiar to millions as the "hugging saint," a moniker that derives from her elaborate darshan programs wherein nearly every day ten thousand people are embraced by the guru one at a time, events that routinely last ten to twenty hours without any rest for her. Although she was born in 1953 as a low-caste girl in a South Indian fishing village, today millions revere her as guru and goddess, a living embodiment of the divine on earth. Reflections of Amma focuses on communities of Amma’s devotees in the United States, showing how they endeavor to mirror their guru’s behaviors and transform themselves to emulate the ethos of the movement. This study argues that "inheritors" and "adopters" of Hindu traditions differently interpret Hindu goddesses, Amma, and her relation to feminism and women’s empowerment because of their inherited religious, cultural, and political dispositions. In this insightful ethnographic analysis, Amanda J. Lucia discovers how the politics of American multiculturalism reifies these cultural differences in "de facto congregations," despite the fact that Amma’s embrace attempts to erase communal boundaries in favor of global unity.

Reflections of Amma

Author : Amanda J. Lucia
Publisher : Univ of California Press
ISBN 13 : 0520281136
Total Pages : 320 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (22 download)

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Download or read book Reflections of Amma written by Amanda J. Lucia and published by Univ of California Press. This book was released on 2014-03-14 with total page 320 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Originally presented as the author's dissertation (Ph. D.--University of Chicago, 2010).

Dust Of Her Feet: Reflections On Amma’s Teachings Volume 1

Author : Swami Paramatmananda Puri
Publisher : M A Center
ISBN 13 : 168037298X
Total Pages : 196 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (83 download)

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Download or read book Dust Of Her Feet: Reflections On Amma’s Teachings Volume 1 written by Swami Paramatmananda Puri and published by M A Center. This book was released on 2015-05-22 with total page 196 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Since 1968 Swami Paramatmananda Has Led A Life Of A Renunciate, Moving There At The Age Of Nineteen, To Imbibe The Spiritual Essence Of That Great And Ancient Culture. It Has Been His Great Fortune To Have Kept The Company Of Great Saints And Sages Over The Year, Culminating In His Meeting With His Guru, Mata Amritanandamayi, In 1979. When Swami First Met Amma, He Asked Her How He Should Continue His Sadhana. Amma's Reply, Become Like The Dust Under Everyone's Feet. This Is How The Title Of The Book Came About. As One Her Senior Disciples, He Was Eventually Asked To Return To The U.S. To Serve As The Head Of Her First Ashram In The West, The Mata Amritanandamayi Center In San Ramon, California, Where He Remained In Residence From 1990 Till 2001. Many Residents And Visitors To The Center Still Remember That One Of The High Points There Were Swami's Talks, Encompassing His Experiences In India, His Understandings Of Amma's Teachings, Scriptural Texts And His Life On The Spiritual Path. With Wit And Humor, He Synthesized East And West And Created A Forum For Spiritual Learning For People From All Walks Of Life.

Dust Of Her Feet: Reflections On Amma’s Teachings Volume 2

Author : Swami Paramatmananda Puri
Publisher : M A Center
ISBN 13 : 1680372971
Total Pages : 204 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (83 download)

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Download or read book Dust Of Her Feet: Reflections On Amma’s Teachings Volume 2 written by Swami Paramatmananda Puri and published by M A Center. This book was released on 2015-05-22 with total page 204 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Since 1968 Swami Paramatmananda Has Led A Life Of A Renunciate, Moving There At The Age Of Nineteen, To Imbibe The Spiritual Essence Of That Great And Ancient Culture. It Has Been His Great Fortune To Have Kept The Company Of Great Saints And Sages Over The Year, Culminating In His Meeting With His Guru, Mata Amritanandamayi, In 1979. When Swami First Met Amma, He Asked Her How He Should Continue His Sadhana. Amma's Reply, Become Like The Dust Under Everyone's Feet. This Is How The Title Of The Book Came About. As One Her Senior Disciples, He Was Eventually Asked To Return To The U.S. To Serve As The Head Of Her First Ashram In The West, The Mata Amritanandamayi Center In San Ramon, California, Where He Remained In Residence From 1990 Till 2001. Many Residents And Visitors To The Center Still Remember That One Of The High Points There Were Swami's Talks, Encompassing His Experiences In India, His Understandings Of Amma's Teachings, Scriptural Texts And His Life On The Spiritual Path. With Wit And Humor, He Synthesized East And West And Created A Forum For Spiritual Learning For People From All Walks Of Life.

Dust of Her Feet

Author : Swami Paramatmananda Puri
Publisher : M.A. Center
ISBN 13 : 9781680374315
Total Pages : 176 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (743 download)

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Download or read book Dust of Her Feet written by Swami Paramatmananda Puri and published by M.A. Center. This book was released on 2016-03-16 with total page 176 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Since 1968 Swami Paramatmananda Has Led A Life Of A Renunciate, Moving There At The Age Of Nineteen, To Imbibe The Spiritual Essence Of That Great And Ancient Culture. It Has Been His Great Fortune To Have Kept The Company Of Great Saints And Sages Over The Year, Culminating In His Meeting With His Guru, Mata Amritanandamayi, In 1979. When Swami First Met Amma, He Asked Her How He Should Continue His Sadhana. Amma's Reply, Become Like The Dust Under Everyone's Feet. This Is How The Title Of The Book Came About. As One Her Senior Disciples, He Was Eventually Asked To Return To The U.S. To Serve As The Head Of Her First Ashram In The West, The Mata Amritanandamayi Center In San Ramon, California, Where He Remained In Residence From 1990 Till 2001. Many Residents And Visitors To The Center Still Remember That One Of The High Points There Were Swami's Talks, Encompassing His Experiences In India, His Understandings Of Amma's Teachings, Scriptural Texts And His Life On The Spiritual Path. With Wit And Humor, He Synthesized East And West And Created A Forum For Spiritual Learning For People From All Walks Of Life.

Amma

Author : Elizabeth Ruth Skoglund
Publisher : Wipf and Stock Publishers
ISBN 13 : 1725234920
Total Pages : 236 pages
Book Rating : 4.7/5 (252 download)

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Download or read book Amma written by Elizabeth Ruth Skoglund and published by Wipf and Stock Publishers. This book was released on 2014-09-23 with total page 236 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "Elizabeth Skoglund is right--the overall effect of Amy Carmichael's writings is comfort. Not the soft, pat-on-the-back sort, but the original cum fortis, meaning 'to stand alongside and strengthen.'" --Ruth Bell Graham, best-selling author "The books and poems of Amy Carmichael have been a great inspiration to me through the years. They have a cherished and prominent place in my library. All are well worn by frequent use in my own devotional life and ministry. However, I never fully appreciated the person behind these profound and incisive thoughts until I read Elizabeth Skoglund's remarkable book, Amma: The Life and Words of Amy Carmichael. The author, an outstanding counselor and distinguished writer, presses her own sensitive and responsive heart next to Amy's, and the result is a book dealing with the crucial issues of life today. You will meet the real Amy Carmichael, and her words will give you courage and strength in suffering, pain, discouragement, spiritual burnout, and most important of all, in how to maintain a vital trust relationship with the Lord as you live and work for Him by His power. This book will move you deeply. You will keep it close at hand and reread it often. It's crammed full of authentic hope, true comfort, and powerful inspiration." --Loyd John Ogilvie, former chaplain of the U.S. Senate "Elizabeth Skoglund has succeeded in drawing a very true picture of Amma herself and the values that were vitally important to her." --Nancy E. Robbins, MD, attending physician for the last five years of Amma's life

The I's Have It

Author : Amma Marfo
Publisher : CreateSpace
ISBN 13 : 9781505385366
Total Pages : 256 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (853 download)

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Download or read book The I's Have It written by Amma Marfo and published by CreateSpace. This book was released on 2014-01-23 with total page 256 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Between 1/3 and 1/2 of individuals are considered introverted, a nebulous and often misunderstood label that can summon images of silent, antisocial misfits. In reality, the introverted temperament has a great deal of value in society- and can have particular value in the field of student affairs, where it can often be ignored as a viable way of being. Featuring the stories of nearly twenty higher education professionals and considerable research on introversion, THE I'S HAVE IT strives to demystify several elements of introversion, call attention to how it is masked in our daily dealings with one another, and how to best manage it in a variety of roles that one may encounter in the field of student affairs. This book is perfect for those who are navigating the field as introverts, those who understand themselves but want a way to explain their style to others, and even the extrovert seeking understanding on how to work with an introverted employee, coworker, or student.

Beacons of Dharma

Author : Christopher Patrick Miller
Publisher : Rowman & Littlefield
ISBN 13 : 1498564852
Total Pages : 335 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (985 download)

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Download or read book Beacons of Dharma written by Christopher Patrick Miller and published by Rowman & Littlefield. This book was released on 2019-12-02 with total page 335 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Today’s globalized society faces some of humanity’s most unprecedented social and environmental challenges. Presenting new and insightful approaches to a range of these challenges, the timely volume before you draws upon individual cases of exemplary leadership from the world’s Dharma traditions—Hinduism, Sikhism, Jainism, and Buddhism. The volume's authors refer to such exemplary leaders as “beacons of Dharma,” highlighting the ways in which each figure, via their inspirational life work, provide us with illuminating perspectives as we continue to confront cases of grave injustice and needless suffering in the world. Taking on difficult contemporary issues such as climate change, racial and gender inequality, industrial agriculture and animal rights, fair access to healthcare and education, and other such pressing concerns, Beacons of Dharma offers a promising and much needed contribution to our global remedial discussions. Seeking to help solve and alleviate such social and environmental issues, each of the chapters in the volume invites contemplation, inspires action, and offers a freshly invigorating source of hope.

Dialogues With Amma

Author : Amma
Publisher : M a Center
ISBN 13 : 9781680378962
Total Pages : 0 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (789 download)

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Download or read book Dialogues With Amma written by Amma and published by M a Center. This book was released on 2023-10-17 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: What is the foundation of spirituality? Amma: My dear children, the foundation of spirituality is not blind faith, as some may believe. It is a deep inquiry, an intense exploration within one's own self. Spirituality is about seeking the truth, and the truth can only be discovered through direct experience, through one's own efforts and practice. Amma, can you tell us more about how we can seek the truth within? Amma: The key is to cultivate a sincere and pure heart, to be open to new ideas and experiences, and to be willing to question everything, including your own beliefs and assumptions. Dear children, practice meditation and self-reflection, and seek guidance from those who have walked the path before you. But ultimately, the truth can only be discovered through your own experience. Published By The Disciples Of Mata Amritanandamayi Devi, Affectionately Known As Mother, Or Amma The Hugging Saint.

White Utopias

Author : Amanda J. Lucia
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 0520376951
Total Pages : 319 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (23 download)

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Download or read book White Utopias written by Amanda J. Lucia and published by . This book was released on 2020 with total page 319 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Transformational festivals, from Burning Man to Lightning in a Bottle, Bhakti Fest, and Wanderlust, are massive events that attract thousands of participants to sites around the world. In this groundbreaking book, Amanda J. Lucia shows how these festivals operate as religious institutions for "spiritual, but not religious" (SBNR) communities. Whereas previous research into SBNR practices and New Age religion has not addressed the predominantly white makeup of these communities, White Utopias examines the complicated, often contradictory relationships with race at these events, presenting an engrossing ethnography of SBNR practices. Lucia contends that participants create temporary utopias through their shared commitments to spiritual growth and human connection. But they also participate in religious exoticism by adopting Indigenous and Indic spiritualities, a practice that ultimately renders them exclusive, white utopias. Focusing on yoga's role in disseminating SBNR values, Lucia offers new ways of comprehending transformational festivals as significant cultural phenomena.

Religious Authority in South Asia

Author : István Keul
Publisher : Taylor & Francis
ISBN 13 : 1000654923
Total Pages : 283 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 (6 download)

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Download or read book Religious Authority in South Asia written by István Keul and published by Taylor & Francis. This book was released on 2022-09-30 with total page 283 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book focuses on genealogies of religious authority in South Asia, examining the figure of the guru in narrative texts, polemical tracts, hagiographies, histories, in contemporary devotional communities, New Age spiritual movements and global guru organizations. Experts in the field present reflections on historically specific contexts in which a guru comes into being, becomes part of a community, is venerated, challenged or repudiated, generates a new canon, remains unique with no clear succession or establishes a succession in which charisma is routinized. The guru emerges and is sustained and routinized from the nexus of guruship, narratives, performances and community. The contributors to the book examine this nexus at specific historical moments with all their elements of change and contingency. The book will be of interest to scholars in the field of South Asian studies, the study of religions and cultural studies.

The Routledge Handbook of Religion, Medicine, and Health

Author : Dorothea Lüddeckens
Publisher : Routledge
ISBN 13 : 1000464326
Total Pages : 692 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 (4 download)

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Download or read book The Routledge Handbook of Religion, Medicine, and Health written by Dorothea Lüddeckens and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2021-11-24 with total page 692 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The relationships between religion, spirituality, health, biomedical institutions, complementary, and alternative healing systems are widely discussed today. While many of these debates revolve around the biomedical legitimacy of religious modes of healing, the market for them continues to grow. The Routledge Handbook of Religion, Medicine, and Health is an outstanding reference source to the key topics, problems, and debates in this exciting subject and is the first collection of its kind. Comprising over thirty-five chapters by a team of international contributors, the Handbook is divided into five parts: Healing practices with religious roots and frames Religious actors in and around the medical field Organizing infrastructures of religion and medicine: pluralism and competition Boundary-making between religion and medicine Religion and epidemics Within these sections, central issues, debates and problems are examined, including health and healing, religiosity, spirituality, biomedicine, medicalization, complementary medicine, medical therapy, efficacy, agency, and the nexus of body, mind, and spirit. The Routledge Handbook of Religion, Medicine, and Health is essential reading for students and researchers in religious studies. The Handbook will also be very useful for those in related fields, such as sociology, anthropology, and medicine.

Awaken Children Vol. 4

Author : Sri Mata Amritanandamayi Devi
Publisher : M A Center
ISBN 13 : 1680370111
Total Pages : 306 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (83 download)

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Download or read book Awaken Children Vol. 4 written by Sri Mata Amritanandamayi Devi and published by M A Center. This book was released on 2014-11-09 with total page 306 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Amma's Enlightening Conversations From The Year 1984 Have Been Faithfully Recorded In The Awaken Children Series Volume 4. We Can Find Amma's Teachings On A Variety Of Subjects Such As: Beyond Duality; Spiritual Qualities Of Women; Humility; Suffering Of The Poor; Sadhana, Self-Surrender And Love; Do Not Laugh At Others; Believers And Non-Believers; Difference Between A Devotee And A Disciple; Innocent Faith And How To Study The Scriptures; Concentration And Meditation; Infinite Masks Of The Mother; Questions Asked By Westerners; Formation Of Qualities In Children; Fear Of Surrendering; Householders And Spiritual Life; Oneness With God Through Love; Work As Worship; The Nature Of The Guru; Spiritual Love And Worldly Love; Do Not Judge Others; Inevitability Of Death; Remembering God While Eating Food; A Question About Tantra; Mind And No-Mind. Lovingly Translated By Swami Amritaswarupananda. Published By The Disciples Of Mata Amritanandamayi Devi, Affectionately Known As Mother, Or Amma The Hugging Saint.

108 Quotes On Bliss

Author : Sri Mata Amritanandamayi Devi
Publisher : M A Center
ISBN 13 : 1680372750
Total Pages : 132 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (83 download)

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Download or read book 108 Quotes On Bliss written by Sri Mata Amritanandamayi Devi and published by M A Center. This book was released on 2015-05-22 with total page 132 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Happiness That Comes From The Pleasures Of The World Is But A Minute Reflection Of The Infinite Bliss That Comes From Within Your Very Own Self. 108 Divine Thoughts About Bliss From The Most Beloved Sri Mata Amitanandamayi Devi. Published By The Disciples Of Mata Amritanandamayi Devi, Affectionately Known As Mother, Or Amma The Hugging Saint.

Abba Amma

Author : Nicola Slee
Publisher : Canterbury Press
ISBN 13 : 178622321X
Total Pages : 188 pages
Book Rating : 4.7/5 (862 download)

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Download or read book Abba Amma written by Nicola Slee and published by Canterbury Press. This book was released on 2022-02-28 with total page 188 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Lord’s Prayer unites Christians of all traditions. It is the first and perhaps only prayer that people learn by heart. However, its patriarchal and kingdom imagery do not resonate universally today. How do we pray the prayer Jesus taught us in ways which are authentic and life-giving? This volume, emerging from years of praying the Lord’s Prayer, offers a series of prayers and poems written in response to it. They wrestle with its central images and bring our own stories and relationships into dialogue with it. Each prayer uses the address Abba or Amma: Aramaic terms of intimate address to God as father or mother which reflect Jesus’ usage, drawing on the abbas and ammas of the Desert Tradition as well as our own parental relationships. It aims to integrate our whole human journey into the vocation of being a follower of Jesus. An extended introduction explores why praying the Lord’s Prayer is significant, how it is problematic, and how contemporary theological reinterpretations offer fresh perspective on it.

Amma

Author : Ted Zeff
Publisher : M.A. Center
ISBN 13 : 9781680374322
Total Pages : 180 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (743 download)

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Download or read book Amma written by Ted Zeff and published by M.A. Center. This book was released on 2016-03-16 with total page 180 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Amma (Sri Mata Amritanandamayi Devi) is known throughout the world for her love, compassion and selflessness toward all beings. Over 30 million people have experienced the magnificent healing effect of love that she showers on all through her maternal embrace. Amma has given keynote speeches at the United Nations and received a multitude of awards for her humanitarian activities from governments and distinguished organizations all over the world. Amma: Inspiring Experiences with the Divine Mother is a compilation of hundreds of awe-inspiring and miraculous stories of devotees being transformed through the power of Amma s divine love."

The Oxford History of Hinduism: The Goddess

Author : Mandakranta Bose
Publisher : Oxford University Press
ISBN 13 : 0191079693
Total Pages : 384 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (91 download)

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Download or read book The Oxford History of Hinduism: The Goddess written by Mandakranta Bose and published by Oxford University Press. This book was released on 2018-05-31 with total page 384 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Oxford History of Hinduism: The Goddess provides a critical exposition of the Hindu idea of the divine feminine, or Devī, conceived as a singularity expressed in many forms. With the theological principles examined in the opening chapters, the book proceeds to describe and expound historically how individual manifestations of Devī have been imagined in Hindu religious culture and their impact upon Hindu social life. In this quest the contributors draw upon the history and philosophy of major Hindu ideologies, such as the Purāṇic, Tāntric, and Vaiṣṇava belief systems. A particular distinction of the book is its attention not only to the major goddesses from the earliest period of Hindu religious history but also to goddesses of later origin, in many cases of regional provenance and influence. Viewed through the lens of worship practices, legend, and literature, belief in goddesses is discovered as the formative impulse of much of public and private life. The influence of the goddess culture is especially powerful on women's life, often paradoxically situating women between veneration and subjection. This apparent contradiction arises from the humanization of goddesses while acknowledging their divinity, which is central to Hindu beliefs. In addition to studying the social and theological aspect of the goddess ideology, the contributors take anthropological, sociological, and literary approaches to delineate the emotional force of the goddess figure that claims intense human attachments and shapes personal and communal lives.