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Auspicious Wisdom

Author : Douglas Renfrew Brooks
Publisher : SUNY Press
ISBN 13 : 9780791411469
Total Pages : 332 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 1992-10-01 with total page 332 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.

Hindu Goddesses

Author : Lynn Foulston
Publisher : Liverpool University Press
ISBN 13 : 1782847200
Total Pages : 306 pages
Book Rating : 4.7/5 (828 download)

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Download or read book Hindu Goddesses written by Lynn Foulston and published by Liverpool University Press. This book was released on 2009-07-03 with total page 306 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Explores the diversity of Hindu goddesses and the variety of ways in which they are worshipped. Although they undoubtedly have ancient origins, Hindu goddesses and their worship is still very much a part of the fabric of religious engagement in India today. This book offers an introduction to a complex and often baffling field of study.

Religions of India in Practice

Author : Donald S. Lopez, Jr.
Publisher : Princeton University Press
ISBN 13 : 0691216266
Total Pages : 671 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (912 download)

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Download or read book Religions of India in Practice written by Donald S. Lopez, Jr. and published by Princeton University Press. This book was released on 2020-07-21 with total page 671 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The inaugural volume of Princeton Readings in Religions brings together the work of thirty scholars of the religions of India in a new anthology designed to reshape the ways in which the religious traditions of India are understood. The book contains translations of forty-five works, most of which have never before been available in a Western language. Many of these highlight types of discourse (especially ritual manuals, folktales, and oral narratives) and voices (vernacular, esoteric, domestic, and female) that have not been sufficiently represented in previous anthologies and standard accounts of Indian religions. The selections are drawn from ancient texts, medieval manuscripts, modern pamphlets, and contemporary fieldwork in rural and urban India. They represent every region in South Asia and include Hindu, Buddhist, Jain, Sikh, and Muslim materials. Some are written texts reflecting elite concerns, while others are transcriptions of oral narratives told by nonliterate peasants. Some texts are addressed to a public and pan-Indian audience, others to a limited coterie of initiates in an esoteric sect, and still others are intended for a few women gathered in the courtyard for a household ceremony. The editor has reinforced this diversity by arranging the selections within several overarching themes and categories of discourse (hymns, rituals, narratives, and religious interactions), and encourages us to make our own connections.

The Location of Religion

Author : Kim Knott
Publisher : Routledge
ISBN 13 : 1317313690
Total Pages : 288 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (173 download)

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Download or read book The Location of Religion written by Kim Knott and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2015-08-12 with total page 288 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The ways in which humans interact with their location is an important topic within sociological studies of religion. It is integral to the place of religion in secular society. 'The Location of Religion: A Spatial Analysis' offers an overview of the ways in which religion can be located within social, cultural and physical space. It examines contemporary spatial theory - notably the work of the influential sociologist Henri Lefebvre - and the many disciplines that have contributed to the spatial study of religion. This volume will be invaluable to all those interested in the role of religion in spatial analysis.

Aesthetics in Performance

Author : Angela Hobart
Publisher : Berghahn Books
ISBN 13 : 1782382046
Total Pages : 252 pages
Book Rating : 4.7/5 (823 download)

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Download or read book Aesthetics in Performance written by Angela Hobart and published by Berghahn Books. This book was released on 2005-06-01 with total page 252 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In various ways, the essays presented in this volume explore the structures and aesthetic possibilities of music, dance and dramatic representation in ritual and theatrical situations in a diversity of ethnographic contexts in Europe, the Americas, Africa and Asia. Each essay enters into a discussion of the “logic” of aesthetic processes exploring their social and political and symbolic import. The aim is above all to explore the way artistic and aesthetic practices in performance produce and structure experience.

Nine Nights of the Goddess

Author : Caleb Simmons
Publisher : SUNY Press
ISBN 13 : 143847069X
Total Pages : 376 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (384 download)

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Download or read book Nine Nights of the Goddess written by Caleb Simmons and published by SUNY Press. This book was released on 2018-08-01 with total page 376 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Explores the contemporary nature and the diverse narratives, rituals, and performances of the Navar?tri festival. Nine Nights of the Goddess explores the festival of Navarātri—alternatively called Navarātra, Mahānavamī, Durgā Pūjā, Dasarā, and/or Dassain—which lasts for nine nights and ends with a celebration called Vijayadaśamī, or "the tenth (day) of victory." Celebrated in both massive public venues and in small, private domestic spaces, Navarātri is one of the most important and ubiquitous festivals in South Asia and wherever South Asians have settled. These festivals share many elements, including the goddess, royal power, the killing of demons, and the worship of young girls and married women, but their interpretation and performance vary widely. This interdisciplinary collection of essays investigates Navarātri in its many manifestations and across historical periods, including celebrations in West Bengal, Odisha, Karnataka, Maharashtra, Tamil Nadu, Uttar Pradesh, and Nepal. Collectively, the essays consider the role of the festival's contextual specificity and continental ubiquity as a central component for understanding South Asian religious life, as well as how it shapes and is shaped by political patronage, economic development, and social status.

Negotiating Rites

Author : Ute Hüsken
Publisher : Oxford University Press
ISBN 13 : 0199812314
Total Pages : 309 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (998 download)

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Download or read book Negotiating Rites written by Ute Hüsken and published by Oxford University Press. This book was released on 2012 with total page 309 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Ritual has been long viewed as an indisputable part of tradition with the aim of creating harmony and enabling a tradition's survival. The authors in this collection argue, however, that this view can be seriously challenged and that ritual's embeddedness in negotiation processes is one of its central features.

Seeking Mahādevī

Author : Tracy Pintchman
Publisher : State University of New York Press
ISBN 13 : 0791490491
Total Pages : 272 pages
Book Rating : 4.7/5 (914 download)

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Download or read book Seeking Mahādevī written by Tracy Pintchman and published by State University of New York Press. This book was released on 2001-06-14 with total page 272 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: While Hindus recognize and revere a variety of different goddesses, they also tend to speak of one Great Goddess, Mahadevi, as a singular divine being who is the unity underlying all female deities. In this book, ten scholars reflect on both the diverse depictions of Mahadevi found in textual and devotional environments and the ways that the singularity and multiplicity of the divine Hindu feminine are negotiated. Seeking Mahadevicovers various geographical locations, from the Punjab and Bengal in North India to Kerala and Tamilnadu in the South, and makes use of evidence from ancient texts and contemporary interviews, male-authored documents and women's possession experiences, myth, ritual, and folklore. Arguing that Mahadevi has multiple, context-dependent identities that are constructed through human interpretive activity, this book highlights the great diversity of ways that those who worship Mahadevi conceive of and portray her. Contributors include C. Mackenzie Brown, Sarah Caldwell, Thomas Coburn, Elaine Craddock, Kathleen M. Erndl, Jeffrey J. Kripal, Usha Menon, Tracy Pintchman, Andhra Pradesh, and Mark Edwin Rohe.

Sitting Still

Author : Jan Bidwell
Publisher : FriesenPress
ISBN 13 : 1460256859
Total Pages : 128 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (62 download)

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Download or read book Sitting Still written by Jan Bidwell and published by FriesenPress. This book was released on 2015-07-08 with total page 128 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Many people feel an urgency to speak up for the changes they want to see in their world. Most of these activists wouldn’t immediately connect their efforts with meditation. Some social activists may want to learn how to meditate, but don’t know how to start to simply sit still. Author Jan Bidwell has worked for change for forty years. As a daily meditator she knows the power of meditation to strengthen a person to work as a political and social activist. In thirty years of teaching meditation, she knows the powerful impact meditation can have for people facing hard realities. Through concrete examples Bidwell shows how the political activist can strengthen and empower their mission by developing a regular practice of sitting still.

Patriotic Addresses in America and England

Author : Henry Ward Beecher
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 884 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (91 download)

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Download or read book Patriotic Addresses in America and England written by Henry Ward Beecher and published by . This book was released on 1887 with total page 884 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Auspicious

Author : Tony Wright
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9780979138010
Total Pages : 60 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (38 download)

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Download or read book Auspicious written by Tony Wright and published by . This book was released on 2008 with total page 60 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Auspicious Good Fortune

Author : Sumangal Morhall
Publisher : John Hunt Publishing
ISBN 13 : 1780990367
Total Pages : 246 pages
Book Rating : 4.7/5 (89 download)

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Download or read book Auspicious Good Fortune written by Sumangal Morhall and published by John Hunt Publishing. This book was released on 2012-04-16 with total page 246 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Has your life ever flashed before you? Sumangali Morhall chased everything Western society taught her to pursue: material wealth, academic success, and even the perfect relationship, only to discover something deeply significant was still missing. A sudden near-death experience opened her eyes, and her life began anew. Left with nothing and nobody to rely on, her inner strength blossomed and her spiritual search began in earnest. Her journey led her to study meditation with Indian spiritual Master, Sri Chinmoy: a direction she could never have imagined. Sumangali reveals the arcane practice of learning from a contemporary Guru in lively detail, shedding light on misconceptions while remaining candid about her own initial doubts. Heartwarming, courageous, and beautifully crafted, this spiritual memoir follows a Western woman learning the ways of the East, and putting them into practice in her modern world: an ordinary person leading an extraordinary life.

Medical Summary

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Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 326 pages
Book Rating : 4.A/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Medical Summary written by and published by . This book was released on 1920 with total page 326 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Bermuda in Poetry, 1610-1908

Author : Frederick Charles Hicks
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 94 pages
Book Rating : 4.A/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Bermuda in Poetry, 1610-1908 written by Frederick Charles Hicks and published by . This book was released on 1915 with total page 94 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

The Medical Summary

Author : R. H. Andrews
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 704 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (91 download)

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Download or read book The Medical Summary written by R. H. Andrews and published by . This book was released on 1920 with total page 704 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Edited by R.H. Andrews.

A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Biography and Mythology: Abaeus-Dysponteus

Author : William Smith
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 1132 pages
Book Rating : 4.R/5 (3 download)

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Download or read book A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Biography and Mythology: Abaeus-Dysponteus written by William Smith and published by . This book was released on 1880 with total page 1132 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Transformations and Transfer of Tantra in Asia and Beyond

Author : István Keul
Publisher : Walter de Gruyter
ISBN 13 : 3110258110
Total Pages : 545 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (12 download)

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Download or read book Transformations and Transfer of Tantra in Asia and Beyond written by István Keul and published by Walter de Gruyter. This book was released on 2012-01-27 with total page 545 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The essays in this volume, written by specialists working in the field of tantric studies, attempt to trace processes of transformation and transfer that occurred in the history of tantra from around the seventh century and up to the present. The volume gathers contributions on South Asia, Tibet, China, Mongolia, Japan, North America, and Western Europe by scholars from various academic disciplines, who present ongoing research and encourage discussion on significant themes in the growing field of tantric studies. In addition to the extensive geographical and temporal range, the chapters of the volume cover a wide thematic area, which includes modern Bengali tantric practitioners, tantric ritual in medieval China, the South Asian cults of the mother goddesses, the way of Buddhism into Mongolia, and countercultural echoes of contemporary tantric studies.