Viraha Bhakti

Author : Friedhelm Hardy
Publisher : Motilal Banarsidass
Page : 716 pages
File Size : 41,8 Mb
Release : 2015-01-01
Category : Religion
ISBN : 9788120838161

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Viraha Bhakti by Friedhelm Hardy Pdf

The Lord Krsna abandoned his earthly mistresses who then spent their days of separation pining for his return. This powerful theme found expression not only in myth but also in the devotion and poetry of a religious culture that evolved in South India. From the fifth century A.D., the Tamils absorbed many elements from the classical traditions of the North, such as yoga, the temple worship and Krsna myths, and the results were unique blends of the two civilizations. Viraha-bhakti, as the author styles this type of Krsna religion, imbued the theme of separation with erotic and ecstatic features and evolved as one of the highlights of Indian religion and culture. The present work is a detailed study of the multifarious origins of Viraha-bhakti in South India and its developments up to the point at which it entered the pan-Indian scene. The study suggests a revision of the monolithic image of Indian religion implied in much scholarly literature. It differentiates a great variety of interacting traditions and milieux and demonstrates the dynamism of Indian culture. By identifying a specific type of religion and reflecting on its significance, the author attempts, at the same time, to go beyond purely textual and historical considerations. Thus the book will be of interest to any student of Indian religion and culture.

Author : S. M. Srinivasa Chari
Publisher : Motilal Banarsidass Publ.
Page : 296 pages
File Size : 41,9 Mb
Release : 1997
Category : Alvari
ISBN : 8120813421

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Philosophy and Theistic Mysticism of the Āl̲vārs by S. M. Srinivasa Chari Pdf

The Buddhist monk Upagupta, who preached and taught meditative practices in Northwest India over two thousand years ago, is venerated today by the laity in parts of Burma, Thailand, and laos as a proctective figure endowed with magical powers. The author demonstrates a remarkable continuity among traditions focused on Upagupta in ancient Sarvastivadin Sanskrit materials, key Pali texts, medieval Thai and Burmese texts, and rituals in Southeast Asia. In so doing he reflects the orientation of popular Sanskrit Hinayana Buddhism, which allows for new perspectives on such classic questions as the nature of enlightnment, the evil, the worship of the Buddha image, the veneration of saints, master-disciple relationships, the treatment of heterodoxy, and the relation of myth and ritual.

Author : Friedhelm Hardy
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 692 pages
File Size : 51,5 Mb
Release : 1963
Category : Electronic
ISBN : OCLC:760426653

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Viraha-bhakti by Friedhelm Hardy Pdf

Author : Holly Hillgardner
Publisher : Oxford University Press
Page : 193 pages
File Size : 49,7 Mb
Release : 2017
Category : Religion
ISBN : 9780190455538

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Longing and Letting Go by Holly Hillgardner Pdf

Mirabai, a sixteenth-century Indian princess, wrote passionate love songs to Lord Krishna. Hadewijch, a thirteenth-century European Beguine, wrote of her yearning to become Love itself, to be God with God. Each woman practiced a full-bodied, sensuously-imaged longing for love; at the same time, each also practiced certain ascetic disciplines. Spanning centuries, continents, and religious traditions, this book juxtaposes Hadewijch's and Mirabai's inextricable energies of longing and letting go as resources for a comparative theology of passionate non-attachment. Within both Hinduism and Christianity, desire and renunciation are often presented as opposites; yet, both Mirabai and Hadewijch, in their own distinct ways, illuminate the integral, tensile relationship between these concepts. Rather than choosing one or the other, each woman's dual practices of longing and letting go not only take her on an inward spiritual journey but also deeply involve her in the beauty and suffering of the wider world. Drawing out crucial differences and intriguing resonances between these two women of faith, Hillgardner develops a Hindu-Christian comparative theology that argues for an interreligious ethic of passionate non-attachment, one capacious and brave enough to hold together our own longings with the desires of others in an interconnected, fragile world.

Author : Michelle Voss Roberts
Publisher : Fordham Univ Press
Page : 336 pages
File Size : 47,8 Mb
Release : 2016-09-01
Category : Religion
ISBN : 9780823274680

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Comparing Faithfully by Michelle Voss Roberts Pdf

Every generation of theologians must respond to its context by rearticulating the central tenets of the faith. Interreligious comparison has been integral to this process from the start of the Christian tradition and is especially salient today. The emerging field of comparative theology, in which close study of another religious tradition yields new questions and categories for theological reflection in the scholar’s home tradition, embodies the ecumenical spirit of this moment. This discipline has the potential to enrich systematic theology and, by extension, theological education, at its foundations. The essays in Comparing Faithfully demonstrate that engagement with religious diversity need not be an afterthought in the study of Christian systematic theology; rather, it can be a way into systematic theological thinking. Each section invites students to test theological categories, to consider Christian doctrine in relation to specific comparisons, and to take up comparative study in their own contexts. This resource for pastors and theology students reconsiders five central doctrines of the Christian faith in light of focused interreligious investigations. The dialogical format of the book builds conversation about the doctrine of God, theodicy, humanity, Christology, and soteriology. Its comparative essays span examples from Hindu, Buddhist, Jewish, Muslim, Jain, and Confucian traditions as well as indigenous Aztec theology, and contemporary “spiritual but not religious” thought to offer exciting new perspectives on Christian doctrine.

Author : Steven T. Katz
Publisher : Oxford University Press
Page : 271 pages
File Size : 55,7 Mb
Release : 2000-11-02
Category : Religion
ISBN : 9780195357097

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Mysticism and Sacred Scripture by Steven T. Katz Pdf

This is the fourth volume in an influential series that presents a basic revaluation of the nature of mysticism. Each provides a collection of solicited papers by noted experts in the study of religion. This new volume will explore how the great mystics and mystical traditions use, interpret, and reconstruct the sacred scriptures of their traditions.

Author : Steven P. Hopkins
Publisher : Oxford University Press
Page : 365 pages
File Size : 48,9 Mb
Release : 2002-04-18
Category : Literary Criticism
ISBN : 9780195127355

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Singing the Body of God by Steven P. Hopkins Pdf

'Singing the Body of God' is a study of the devotional poetry of the 14th-century poet-philosopher Vedāntadeśika, one of the most influential figures in the Hindu tradition of Sri-Vaishnavism.

Author : Nancy Ann Nayar
Publisher : Otto Harrassowitz Verlag
Page : 328 pages
File Size : 49,5 Mb
Release : 1992
Category : Sri Vaishnava (Sect)
ISBN : 3447032553

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Poetry as Theology by Nancy Ann Nayar Pdf

Author : Wendy Doniger
Publisher : State University of New York Press
Page : 348 pages
File Size : 44,6 Mb
Release : 1993-02-23
Category : Religion
ISBN : 9781438401362

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Purāṇa Perennis by Wendy Doniger Pdf

In this volume, leading American, European, and Indian scholars including John E. Cort, Friedhelm Hardy, Padmanabh S. Jaini, Laurie L. Patton, A. K. Ramanujan, Velcheru Narayana Rao, and David Shulman discuss the subject of the Purāṇas, focusing particularly on the relationship between the "Great Puran'as" of the Sanskrit tradition and the many other sorts of Purāṇas. The Puran'as are essentially collections of stories dealing with all aspects of myth, ritual, science, and history, and the authors of these essays are all superb storytellers.

Author : Hans Harder
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 464 pages
File Size : 50,8 Mb
Release : 2011-03-04
Category : Religion
ISBN : 9781136831881

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Sufism and Saint Veneration in Contemporary Bangladesh by Hans Harder Pdf

Focusing on the Maijbhandari movement in Chittagong, south-eastern Bangladesh, which claims the status of the only Sufi order originated in Bengal and which has gained immense popularity in recent years, this book provides a comprehensive picture of an important aspect of contemporary Bengali Islam in the South Asian context. Expertise in South Asian languages and literatures is combined with ethnographic field work and theoretical formulations from a range of disciplines, including cultural anthropology, Islamic studies and religious studies. Analysing the Maijbhandaris tradition of Bengali spiritual songs, one of the largest popular song traditions in Bengal, the book presents an in-depth study of Bengali Sufi theology, hagiography and Maijbhandari esoteric songs, as well as a discussion of what Bengali Islam is. It is a useful contribution to South Asia Studies, as well as Islamic Studies.

Author : Sohini Sarah Pillai
Publisher : Oxford University Press
Page : 297 pages
File Size : 43,9 Mb
Release : 2024
Category : Literary Criticism
ISBN : 9780197753552

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Krishna's Mahabharatas by Sohini Sarah Pillai Pdf

Krishna's Mahabharatas: Devotional Retellings of an Epic Narrative is a comprehensive study of premodern regional Mahabharata retellings. This book argues that Vaishnavas (devotees of the Hindu god Vishnu and his various forms) throughout South Asia turned this epic about an apocalyptic, bloody war into works of ardent bhakti or "devotion" focused on the beloved Hindu deity Krishna. Examining over forty retellings in eleven different regional South Asian languages composed over a period of nine hundred years, it focuses on two particular Mahabharatas: Villiputturar's fifteenth-century Tamil Paratam and Sabalsingh Chauhan's seventeenth-century Bhasha (Old Hindi) Mahahbharat.

Author : Amit Sarkar
Publisher : iUniverse
Page : 278 pages
File Size : 53,9 Mb
Release : 2013-12-20
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : 9781491712603

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Moments in Time by Amit Sarkar Pdf

Replete with exotic spectacles of nature, love stories, folk tales, folk songs, politics, and sociology, Moments in Time offers a unique picture of a nation and its people in transition from colonial rule to independence. In this memoir, author Amit Sarkar provides insight into twentieth-century India and its towns, cities, and remote villages. Sarkar offers narratives of the minutiae of a child marriage and village life, along with the impact of World War II on India, its aftermath, and the sociopolitical developments that divulge the true story of independence and partition of the subcontinent into two nation-states. He recalls his adolescent love, his journey to Calcutta, and his love affair with a classmate that was predestined to be a tragedy. He describes his pioneering experience in building the infrastructure of the nascent government in the terrorist-ridden, hilly terrain of Mizoram and the broad-daylight assassination of the inspector general of police, his deputy, and a superintendent of police. Sharing snippets of student life and personal events, Moments in Time provides a firsthand account of India before, during, and after British rule. Sarkar presents a rich look into Indian lifeits music, love, faith, beliefs, betrayal, and glory.

Author : Julius Lipner
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 450 pages
File Size : 41,9 Mb
Release : 2010
Category : Religion
ISBN : 9780415456760

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Hindus by Julius Lipner Pdf

First Published in 2009. Routledge is an imprint of Taylor & Francis, an informa company.

Author : Alexandra Verini,Abir Bazaz
Publisher : Taylor & Francis
Page : 184 pages
File Size : 54,6 Mb
Release : 2023-09-29
Category : Religion
ISBN : 9781000928600

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Gender and Medieval Mysticism from India to Europe by Alexandra Verini,Abir Bazaz Pdf

This book opens up a dialogue between pre-modern women identified as mystics in diverse locations from South Asia to Europe. It considers how women from the disparate religious traditions of Hinduism, Islam, and Christianity expressed devotion in parallel ways. The argument is that women’s mysticism demands to be compared not because of any essential "female" experience of the divine but because the parallel positions of marginalization that pre-modern women experienced led them to deploy intimate encounters with the divine to speak publicly and claim authority. The topics covered range from the Sufi devotional tradition of Sidis (Indians of African ancestry) to the Bhakti poet Mīrābaī and the nuns of Barking Abbey. Collectively the chapters show how mysticism allowed premodern women to speak and act by unsettling traditional gender roles and expectations for religious behavior. At the same time as uncovering connections, the juxtaposition of women from different traditions serves to highlight distinctive features. The book draws on a range of disciplinary expertise and will be of particular interest to scholars of medieval religion and theology as well as history and literary studies.

Author : Steven Rosen
Publisher : Motilal Banarsidass Publishe
Page : 312 pages
File Size : 40,7 Mb
Release : 1996
Category : Religion
ISBN : 8120814371

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Vaiṣṇavī by Steven Rosen Pdf

Contributed articles on the lives and teachings of Hindu women saints.