Darśan Seeing The Divine Image In India

Author : Diana L. Eck
Publisher : Motilal Banarsidass Publishe
Page : 128 pages
File Size : 46,7 Mb
Release : 2007
Category : Hindu symbolism
ISBN : 8120832663

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Darśan by Diana L. Eck Pdf

The experience of the divine in India merges the three components of sight, performance, and sound. This book is about the power and importance of seeing in the Hindu religious tradition. In the Hindu view, not only must the gods keep their eyes open, but so must we, in order to make contact with them, to reap their blessings, and to know their secrets. When Hindus go to temple, their eyes meet the powerful, eternal gaze of the eyes of God. It is called Darsan, Seeing the divine image, and it is the single most common and significant element of Hindu worship. This book explores what darsan means. This is also a book about the divine image in the Hindu tradition. What do Hindus see in the images of the gods? What is meant by these multi-armed gods, with their various weapons, emblems, and animals? How are these images made and consecreted? How are they treated in a ritual context? In exploring the nature of the divine image, this book not only considers the images of the gods, but also the Hindu temple and the Hindu place of pilgrimage.

Author : Diana L. Eck
Publisher : Anima Press
Page : 100 pages
File Size : 53,8 Mb
Release : 1981
Category : Religion
ISBN : UVA:X030209266

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Darśan, Seeing the Divine Image in India by Diana L. Eck Pdf

"Drawing from topics of religion in India such as bhakti, puja rituals, and spirit posessions, these essays offer a close study of the physical representations of god as the central feature of Hinduism. A valuable tool for students of anthroplogy and the philosophy and history of religion." --

Author : Diana L. Eck
Publisher : Anima Press
Page : 97 pages
File Size : 46,7 Mb
Release : 1985
Category : Hindouisme
ISBN : 0890120420

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Darsán, Seeing the Divine Image in India by Diana L. Eck Pdf

Although the role of the visual is essential to Indian tradition and culture, most attempts to understand its images are laden with misperceptions. Darsan, a Sanskrit word that means "seeing," is an aid to our vision, a book of ideas to help us read, think, and look at Hindu images with tolerance and imagination.

Author : Diana L Eck
Publisher : Harmony
Page : 578 pages
File Size : 44,5 Mb
Release : 2013-03-26
Category : Religion
ISBN : 9780385531924

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India by Diana L Eck Pdf

A spiritual history of the world's most religiously complex and diverse society, from one of Harvard's most respected scholars. India: A Sacred Geography is the culmination of more than a decade's work from the renowned Harvard scholar Diana L. Eck. The book explores the sacred places of India, taking the reader on an extraordinary trip through the beliefs and history of this rich and profound place, as well as providing a basic introduction to Hindu religious ideas and how those ideas influence our understanding of the modern sense of "India" as a nation.

Author : Diana L. Eck
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 45,5 Mb
Release : 1996
Category : Hindu symbolism
ISBN : OCLC:1108975522

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Darsan by Diana L. Eck Pdf

Author : Diana L. Eck
Publisher : Knopf
Page : 382 pages
File Size : 50,5 Mb
Release : 2013-06-05
Category : Religion
ISBN : 9780307832955

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Banaras by Diana L. Eck Pdf

The sacred city of Banāras on the River Ganges is one of the oldest living cities in the world—as old as Jerusalem, Athens, and Peking. It is the place where Shiva, the Lord of All, is said to have made his permanent home since the dawn of creation. There are few cities in India as traditionally Hindu and as symbolic of the whole of Hindu culture as Banāras. In this eloquent, finely observed study, Diana Eck shows how the city over the centuries has become a lens through which the Hindu vision of the world is precisely focused. She reveals the spiritual and historical resonance of this holy place where great sages such as the Buddha and Shankara were taught, where ashrams, palaces, and universities were built, where God has been imagined and imagined in a thousand ways. She describes the rites of its temples, the busy life of its riverfront, and the exuberance of its festivals. She tells how people travel from all over India to Banāras for the privilege of dying a good death here, for they believe that on the banks of the River Ganges where “the atmosphere of devotion is improbable in its strength,” it is possible to be released from the earthly round forever. In her account of the sacred history, geography, and art of the city, its elaborate and thriving rituals, its myths and literature, and its importance to pilgrims and seekers, Diana Eck uses her wealth of scholarship to make the Hindu tradition come powerfully alive so that we come to understand the meaning of this sacred city to the millions of believers who have been coming here for over 2,500 years.

Author : Harold G. Coward And David J. Goa
Publisher : Motilal Banarsidass Publishe
Page : 140 pages
File Size : 48,7 Mb
Release : 2008
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 8120832612

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Mantra : 'Hearing the Divine In India and America by Harold G. Coward And David J. Goa Pdf

The experience of the divine in India merges the three components of sight, performance, and sound. One in a trilogy of books that include Diana Eck's Darsan: Seeing the Divine in India, Mantra presents an introduction to the use of sound-mantra-in the practice of Indian religion. Mantra-in the form of prayers, rituals, and chants-permeates the practice of Indian religion in both temple and home settings. This book investigates the power of mantra to transform consciousness. Examining the use and theory of mantra under various religious schools, such as the Patanjali sutras and tantra, it includes references to Hindu, Sikh, Sufi, Muslim, and Buddhist traditions. This second edition adds new sections on the use of sacred sound in Hindu and Sikh North American diaspora communities and on the North American non-Indian practice of yoga and mantra.

Author : Susan L. Schwartz
Publisher : Columbia University Press
Page : 138 pages
File Size : 47,6 Mb
Release : 2004-10-06
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9780231131452

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Rasa by Susan L. Schwartz Pdf

Few aspects of American military history have been as vigorously debated as Harry Truman's decision to use atomic bombs against Japan. In this carefully crafted volume, Michael Kort describes the wartime circumstances and thinking that form the context for the decision to use these weapons, surveys the major debates related to that decision, and provides a comprehensive collection of key primary source documents that illuminate the behavior of the United States and Japan during the closing days of World War II. Kort opens with a summary of the debate over Hiroshima as it has evolved since 1945. He then provides a historical overview of thye events in question, beginning with the decision and program to build the atomic bomb. Detailing the sequence of events leading to Japan's surrender, he revisits the decisive battles of the Pacific War and the motivations of American and Japanese leaders. Finally, Kort examines ten key issues in the discussion of Hiroshima and guides readers to relevant primary source documents, scholarly books, and articles.

Author : Heather Elgood
Publisher : A&C Black
Page : 261 pages
File Size : 53,8 Mb
Release : 2000-04-01
Category : Religion
ISBN : 9780304707393

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Hinduism and the Religious Arts by Heather Elgood Pdf

The roots between the Hindu religion and the wider culture are deep and uniquely complex. No study of either ancient or contemporary Indian culture can be undertaken without a clear understanding of Hindu visual arts and their sources in religious belief and practice. Defining what is meant by religion - no such term exists in Sanskrit - and what is understood by Hindu ideals of beauty, Heather Elgood provides the best synthesis and critical study of recent scholarship on the topic. In addition, this book offers critical background information for anyone interested in the social and anthropological roots of artistic creativity, as well as the rites, practices and beliefs of the hundreds of millions of Hindus in the world today.

Author : Marko Geslani
Publisher : Oxford University Press
Page : 337 pages
File Size : 52,6 Mb
Release : 2018
Category : Religion
ISBN : 9780190862886

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Rites of the God-King by Marko Geslani Pdf

Scholars of Vedic religion have long recognized the centrality of ritual categories to Indian thought. There have been few successful attempts, however, to bring the same systematic rigor of Vedic Scholarship to bear on later "Hindu" ritual. Excavating the deep history of a prominent ritual category in "classical" Hindu texts, Geslani traces the emergence of a class of rituals known as santi, or appeasement. This ritual, intended to counteract ominous omens, developed from the intersection of the fourth Veda - the oft-neglected Atharvaveda - and the emergent tradition of astral science (Jyotisastra) sometime in the early first millennium, CE. Its development would come to have far-reaching consequences on the ideal ritual life of the king in early-medieval Brahmanical society. The mantric transformations involved in the history of santi led to the emergence of a politicized ritual culture that could encompass both traditional Vedic and newer Hindu performers and practices. From astrological appeasement to gift-giving, coronation, and image worship, Rites of the God-King chronicles the multiple lives and afterlives of a single ritual mode, unveiling the always-inventive work of the priesthood to imagine and enrich royal power. Along the way, Geslani reveals the surprising role of astrologers in Hindu history, elaborates conceptions of sin and misfortune, and forges new connections between medieval texts and modern practices. In a work that details ritual forms that were dispersed widely across Asia, he concludes with a reflection on the nature of orthopraxy, ritual change, and the problem of presence in the Hindu tradition.

Author : Timothy C. Tennent
Publisher : Baker Academic
Page : 384 pages
File Size : 46,5 Mb
Release : 2002-11-01
Category : Religion
ISBN : 9781585586158

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Christianity at the Religious Roundtable by Timothy C. Tennent Pdf

Argues that Christian dialogue with other faiths is an integral part of our call to proclaim the message of Christ.

Author : Diana L. Eck
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 128 pages
File Size : 52,5 Mb
Release : 2001-11-01
Category : Reference
ISBN : 0231126646

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On Common Ground by Diana L. Eck Pdf

Combining text, video, graphics, music, and the voices of believers, this work maps a diverse culture of faith. It is resource that helps you find comprehensive multimedia summaries of the fundamental beliefs and practices of various faiths and the transformation of old traditions.

Author : Diana L. Eck
Publisher : Beacon Press
Page : 288 pages
File Size : 52,8 Mb
Release : 2014-10-28
Category : Religion
ISBN : 9780807073049

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Encountering God by Diana L. Eck Pdf

A clarion call for interfaith dialogue in the U.S., this “splendid exposition of non-Christian approaches to God . . . encourages an increased religious literacy that . . . will contribute richness and diversity to our national identity” (Publishers Weekly) In this tenth-anniversary edition of Encountering God, religious scholar Diana Eck shows why dialogue with people of other faiths remains crucial in today’s interdependent world—globally, nationally, and even locally. As the director of the Pluralism Project—which seeks to map the new religious diversity of the United States, from Hinduism and Buddhism to Islam—she reveals how her own encounters with other religions have shaped and enlarged her Christian faith toward a bold new Christian pluralism.

Author : Pat P Miller
Publisher : CRC Press
Page : 257 pages
File Size : 51,7 Mb
Release : 2013-08-29
Category : Performing Arts
ISBN : 9781136049224

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Script Supervising and Film Continuity by Pat P Miller Pdf

This definitive handbook explains how a script is transformed into a motion picture or television program. Readers will learn the methodology and craft of the script supervisor, who ensures that the continuity of a film, its logical progression, is coherent. The book teaches all vital script supervising functions, including how to: .prepare, or "break down" a script for shooting .maintaining screen direction and progression .matching scenes and shots for editing .cuing actors .recording good takes and prints preparing time and log sheets for editing This revision of an industry classic has been updated to reflect changes in the film industry in recent years, including the use of electronic media in the script supervisor's tasks. While it is written for the novice script writer, it can serve as a valuable resource for directors, film editors, scriptwriters and cinematographers.

Author : Anonim
Publisher : BRILL
Page : 424 pages
File Size : 54,9 Mb
Release : 2010-10-05
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9789004189188

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World Religions and Multiculturalism by Anonim Pdf

This book is about new forms of religious activities emerging in the context of their dialectic relations with contemporary multicultural realities. World religions are effectively a major agent of the multiculturalization of contemporary societies. However, multiculturalism pushes them not only toward change but also toward new conflicts.