Rāmakṛṣṇa Paramahaṁsa

Author : Narasingha Prosad Sil
Publisher : BRILL
Page : 214 pages
File Size : 50,6 Mb
Release : 1991
Category : Religion
ISBN : 9004094784

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Rāmakṛṣṇa Paramahaṁsa by Narasingha Prosad Sil Pdf

In the entire corpus of R makr sn a research, carried out mostly by his disciples, devotes, and admirers, only a handful have attempted to analyze his divine reputation. Yet none has examined the R makr sn a phenomenon fully.This is the first comprehensive psychoanalysis of R makr sn a's sexuality in general and his androgyny in particular, as well as a critical examination of his sermons sam dhis. Instead of the popular paramahamsa there now emerges the less attractive but more authentic profile of an utterly selfish, capricious but highly intelligent spiritual master who elicited awed submission from everybody by his unpredictable and frenzied behaviour.The author asserts that R makr sn a's spiritual odyssey is better explained as his desperate but successful effort to deal with his emotional and sexual crisis, rather than as the universally acknowledged outcome of a divine teleology. Attempting to distinguish the historical R makr sn a from the godhead of hagiography, this study offers a challenging debate on mystic phenomenon.

Author : Jeffrey J. Kripal
Publisher : University of Chicago Press
Page : 421 pages
File Size : 53,6 Mb
Release : 1998-10
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : 9780226453774

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Kali's Child by Jeffrey J. Kripal Pdf

Scholar Jeffrey J. Kripal explores the life and teachings of Ramakrishna Paramahamsa, a 19th-century Bengali saint who played a major role in the creation of modern Hinduism. The work is now marked by both critical acclaim and cross-cultural controversy. In a substantial new Preface to this second edition, Kripal answers his critics and addresses the controversy.

Author : Alon Goshen-Gottstein
Publisher : Wipf and Stock Publishers
Page : 414 pages
File Size : 50,6 Mb
Release : 2021-10-04
Category : Religion
ISBN : 9781666721904

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Interreligious Heroes by Alon Goshen-Gottstein Pdf

Over forty premier world religious and scholars, of all major faith traditions, were asked the following: -Who is a figure who inspires your interfaith work? -How does this figure inspire you, and what lessons, applications, and concrete expressions has this inspiration taken in your life? The result is a stunning overview of the interfaith movement, its history, role models and heroes. Historical presentation complements the personal and experiential voice of the authors, making this not only a work for interfaith education but also a resource for spiritual inspiration.

Author : Swami Tapasyananda
Publisher : Sri Ramakrishna Math
Page : 128 pages
File Size : 48,6 Mb
Release : 2019-12-18
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 8210379456XXX

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Bhakti Schools of Vedānta by Swami Tapasyananda Pdf

Vedanta is generally identified with the exposition of the system by Sri Sankaracharya and the followers of his tradition. This book attempts to treat in a brief compass the life and teachings of five other Vedantic Acharyas who differed from Sankara and interpreted Vedanta as essentially a system having God with infinite auspicious attributes whose grace alone can give salvation to the souls caught in the cycle of births and deaths. These Acharyas are in no way less deserving in recognition than Sri Sankara as Acharyas of Vedanta, as they all base their teachings on the three foundational texts of the system—the Upanishads, the Vedanta Sutras and the Bhagavad Gita. With Bhakti as the predominant feature, their systems are aptly categorised as the Bhakti schools of Vedanta. The author of this book, Swami Tapasyananda, was a Vice-President of the Ramakrishna Order and a great scholar-monk with vast erudition and deep thinking. He has also given a scholarly introduction to the book reconciling the differences and contradictions of different schools of Vedanta in the light of the experiences and expositions of Ramakrishna-Vivekananda.

Author : Kamala Elizabeth Nayar
Publisher : BRILL
Page : 272 pages
File Size : 54,8 Mb
Release : 2004-03-01
Category : History
ISBN : 9789047413042

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Hayagrīva in South India by Kamala Elizabeth Nayar Pdf

This book is about how mythology may be purposively adapted in the service of theology. It does so at the hand of Hayagrīva, since the 14th century C.E. revered as a full form of the Supreme Lord Viṣṇu in the local Śrīvaiṣṇava tradition of South India, but originally a relatively minor pan-Indian deity. Convincingly laying bare the complexity in respect of the pan-Indian images of Hayagrīva, it makes clear that there is no single unilinear history of this deity. It subsequently reconstructs the ‘Śrīnivaiṣṇava History’ of Hayagrīva, and brings out the selectivity involved in borrowing materials from the pan-Indian and local levels. Amidst the incredible complexity encountered here, this study exposes, however, that the emblems and functions of different images show continuity, although a god’s status may change according to the sect.

Author : A.C. Paranjpe
Publisher : Springer Science & Business Media
Page : 447 pages
File Size : 47,9 Mb
Release : 2012-12-06
Category : Psychology
ISBN : 9781461337669

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Theoretical Psychology by A.C. Paranjpe Pdf

Author : Prabuddha Bharata Compilation
Publisher : Advaita Ashrama (A publication branch of Ramakrishna Math, Belur Math)
Page : 128 pages
File Size : 43,9 Mb
Release : 2024-07-03
Category : Religion
ISBN : 9788175059085

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Approaching Ramakrishna by Prabuddha Bharata Compilation Pdf

Sri Ramakrishna is an ocean in whose heart the universe is nestled like an island. Awed by the expanse of infinite depth around, we in the universe constantly try to perceive this personality in our own way. Our perception is unique every time as is the knowledge we obtain thereby. Approaching Ramakrishna becomes our prayer to the supreme reality. Published by Advaita Ashrama, a publication house of Ramakrishna Math, Belur Math, India in commemoration of the 175th Birth Anniversary of Sri Ramakrishna.

Author : Carola Lorea
Publisher : BRILL
Page : 350 pages
File Size : 47,7 Mb
Release : 2016-08-01
Category : Religion
ISBN : 9789004324718

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Folklore, Religion and the Songs of a Bengali Madman by Carola Lorea Pdf

In this book, Lorea explores the relationship between Bengali folklore, heterodox religious movements and politics of cultural representation through the contextual study of the eccentric guru Bhaba Pagla (1902-1984), his ecstatic songs and their performers.

Author : Herbert Guenther
Publisher : BRILL
Page : 245 pages
File Size : 46,6 Mb
Release : 2023-08-21
Category : History
ISBN : 9789004644762

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The Teachings of Padmasambhava by Herbert Guenther Pdf

This study explores the ideas of the enigmatic and controversial visionary, known as Padmasambhava. It takes as its starting point a unique and hitherto untouched source: Padmasambhava's writings preserved in the rNying-ma rgyud-'bum that remain excluded from the standard editions of the Tibetan Tanjur collections to this day. The first chapter explains Padmasambhava's holistic background that reflects an anthropocosmic worldview. The second chapter deals with the problem of how this anthropocosmic whole becomes enworlded as samsara and of how the enworlded experiencer disentangles himself from it and regains his original wholeness. The third chapter assesses Padmasambhava's psychological insights and their hermeneutical interpretations. In this study, Herbert Guenther discloses the mind of one of the greatest spiritual geniuses in human history, Padamasambhava — wanderer, mystic, and one of the original founders of Tibetan Buddhism. Here his teachings step out from obscurity to speak with a wonderful clarity. In them is found a surprisingly postmodern portrait of how process dynamics self-organize to construct and "light up" our worlds of experience.

Author : Malcolm McLean
Publisher : State University of New York Press
Page : 234 pages
File Size : 53,5 Mb
Release : 1998-02-13
Category : Religion
ISBN : 9781438412580

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Devoted to the Goddess by Malcolm McLean Pdf

The eighteenth-century Bengali poet and religious adept Ramprasad was an important figure in the revival of the worship of the Goddess in Bengal at a time when the previously dominant Vaisnavism was beginning to sustain a decline in popularity. In this book, Malcolm McLean examines the evidence for the life of Ramprasad, and finding little in the historical record, deconstructs the important early biographics, which contain material that is largely legendary in nature. A founder figure emerges whose "life," modeled on that of the earlier saint, Caitanya, became a rallying point for his followers. An analysis of the approximately 350 songs of this "Ramprasad" are analyzed and show how he skillfully combined three important elements of the Hindu tradition into a consistent whole: the classical Puranic Goddess tradition, especially as it is found in the Devi Mahatmya; the indigenous tradition of Bengali fold Goddesses, still enormously popular; and the previously underground esoteric Tantric tradition. This was a powerful and popular mix which allowed a very Tantric Goddess tradition to flourish for the next two hundred years. The book makes a strong case for seeing Ramprasad as basically a Tantrika, and argues that the kind of devotion advocated in the songs is a Tantric devotion of a kind quite different form the current Vaisnavite devotion. The book also looks at how these poems/songs, many of which are translated here, might be read today. The author argues that many have a contemporary relevance which might appeal to many Western readers as they do to Bengalis even today.

Author : Kenneth Russell Valpey
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 282 pages
File Size : 43,8 Mb
Release : 2006-04-18
Category : Philosophy
ISBN : 9781134175451

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Attending Krishna's Image by Kenneth Russell Valpey Pdf

There is a steady and growing scholarly, as well as popular interest in Hindu religion – especially devotional (bhakti) traditions as forms of spiritual practice and expressions of divine embodiment. Associated with this is the attention to sacred images and their worship. Attending Krishna's Image extends the discussion on Indian images and their worship, bringing historical and comparative dimensions and considering Krishna worship in the context of modernity, both in India and the West. It focuses on one specific worship tradition, the Chaitanya Vaishnava tradition of the fourteenth to sixteenth centuries, as it develops and sustains itself in two specific locales. By applying the comparative category of ‘religious truth’, the book provides a comprehensive understanding of a living religious tradition. It successfully demonstrates the understanding of devotion as a process of participation with divine embodiment in which worship of Krishna’s image is integral.

Author : Arati Barua,Michael Gerhard,Matthias Koßler
Publisher : Walter de Gruyter
Page : 264 pages
File Size : 48,7 Mb
Release : 2012-12-06
Category : Philosophy
ISBN : 9783110271584

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Understanding Schopenhauer through the Prism of Indian Culture by Arati Barua,Michael Gerhard,Matthias Koßler Pdf

Arthur Schopenhauer was the first Western thinker who incorporated thoughts of the Upanishads in his own philosophy. His appreciation for Indian philosophy and culture is quite well known. Presently serious research work is going on in different disciplines in different academic institutions and universities in the West to examine the influence of Indian philosophy and culture in the philosophical thinking of Germany, particularly in relation to Arthur Schopenhauer and vice versa. This book provides a common platform for interaction to the scholars from East and West to express their views on the link between Eastern and Western philosophy. It significantly contributes to a better understanding not only of the connection between Schopenhauer and Indian philosophical systems but also of the increasing interest in this relation. The book includes papers of eminent scholars. The papers shed new light on the relationship between Schopenhauer's philosophy and the different aspects of Indian philosophy and culture, and thus offer a rich source of research material.

Author : Jos J.L. Gommans
Publisher : BRILL
Page : 241 pages
File Size : 54,8 Mb
Release : 2023-11-27
Category : History
ISBN : 9789004644731

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The Rise of the Indo-Afghan Empire, c. 1710-1780 by Jos J.L. Gommans Pdf

The Rise of The Indo-Afghan Empire, c. 1710-1780 deals with the magnificent world of Afghan nomads, horse-dealers and mercenaries bridging the frontiers between the old metropolitan centres of India, Iran and Central Asia. During the eighteenth century they succeeded in establishing a vigorous new system of Indo-Afghan states. In Central Asia, the Afghans created an imperial tradition on the basis of long-standing Perso-Islamic ideals. In India, along the caravan routes with Turkistan and Tibet, they carved out thriving principalities in association with military service and the breeding and trade in war-horses. By fully incorporating this Afghan ascendancy into the fabric of Islamic and world history the author challenges the widely held notion of a gloomy Afghan past.

Author : Tracy Pintchman
Publisher : SUNY Press
Page : 272 pages
File Size : 41,5 Mb
Release : 2001-06-14
Category : Religion
ISBN : 0791450082

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Seeking Mahadevi by Tracy Pintchman Pdf

Explores the identity of the Hindu Great Goddess and how it relates to the many goddesses worshipped in India.

Author : Swami Nikhilananda
Publisher : Advaita Ashrama (A publication branch of Ramakrishna Math, Belur Math)
Page : 84 pages
File Size : 43,8 Mb
Release : 2024-07-03
Category : Religion
ISBN : 9788175059313

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Drig-Drisya-Viveka by Swami Nikhilananda Pdf

Drig-Drishya-Viveka, as the name indicates, is a Vedantic treatise of 46 verses inquiring into the nature of the ‘Seer’ (Drig) and the ‘See’ (Drishya), an inquiry which is of utmost importance for understanding the conclusions of the Vedanta philosophy. This brief treatise compresses much information into its body of few verses. The book contains the original text in Devanagari, its word-by-word meaning in English, a running translation, and exhaustive notes by Swami Nikhilananda. Three names are generally associated with the authorship of Drig-Drishya-Viveka, a prakarana treatise of the Vedanta philosophy, one of them being Sri Sankaracharya. The author of this translation is led to believe that the author of the treatise is Bharati Tirtha, head of the Sringeri Math from 1328 AD to 1380 AD. Published by Advaita Ashrama, a publication house of Ramakrishna Math, Belur Math, India.