Author: Pitāmbaradatta Baṛathvāla
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Category : Hindi poetry
Languages : en
Pages : 338
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Traditions of Indian Mysticism Based Upon Nirguna School of Hindi Poetry
Author: Pitāmbaradatta Baṛathvāla
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Category : Hindi poetry
Languages : en
Pages : 338
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Category : Hindi poetry
Languages : en
Pages : 338
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Mysticism in India
Author: Ramchandra Dattatraya Ranade
Publisher: SUNY Press
ISBN: 9780873956697
Category : Religion
Languages : en
Pages : 540
Book Description
Mysticism in India is a complete and informative description of the teachings, works, and lives of the great poet-saints of Maharashtra written by a scholar and professor who was also a mystic. Jnaneshwar, Namadev, Tukaram, Eknath, Ramdas, and the other saints discussed belonged to the great devotional religious movement that spread through medieval India. With the exception of Ramdas, they all belonged to the tradition of the Varkaris, the most popular sect in contemporary Maharashtra. Their compositions exemplify the universality of their faith and practice, and are recognized as literary treasures. Ranade was primarily interested in the poet-saints as mystics--teachers of the perennial philosophy--whose experiences have general metaphysical and religious implications. At the heart of his classic is a comprehensive, objective presentation of the thought of these saints, augmented by a deep appreciation of their value and relevance to present-day scholars and seekers. Mysticism in India is the only major study in English of medieval Indian religious literature. The book's enduring value has been enhanced by the addition of a foreword by a scholar currently working in Marathi literature, and a preface by a present-day poet-saint of Maharashtra.
Publisher: SUNY Press
ISBN: 9780873956697
Category : Religion
Languages : en
Pages : 540
Book Description
Mysticism in India is a complete and informative description of the teachings, works, and lives of the great poet-saints of Maharashtra written by a scholar and professor who was also a mystic. Jnaneshwar, Namadev, Tukaram, Eknath, Ramdas, and the other saints discussed belonged to the great devotional religious movement that spread through medieval India. With the exception of Ramdas, they all belonged to the tradition of the Varkaris, the most popular sect in contemporary Maharashtra. Their compositions exemplify the universality of their faith and practice, and are recognized as literary treasures. Ranade was primarily interested in the poet-saints as mystics--teachers of the perennial philosophy--whose experiences have general metaphysical and religious implications. At the heart of his classic is a comprehensive, objective presentation of the thought of these saints, augmented by a deep appreciation of their value and relevance to present-day scholars and seekers. Mysticism in India is the only major study in English of medieval Indian religious literature. The book's enduring value has been enhanced by the addition of a foreword by a scholar currently working in Marathi literature, and a preface by a present-day poet-saint of Maharashtra.
Traditions of Indian Mysticism Based Upon Nirguna School of Hindi Poetry
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Languages : en
Pages : 331
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Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 331
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Traditions of Indian Mysticism Based Upon Nirguna School of Hindi Poetry
Author: P. D. Barthwal
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ISBN: 9780836402179
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Languages : en
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ISBN: 9780836402179
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Languages : en
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Hindu Mysticism
Author: Surendranath Dasgupta
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ISBN: 9780243637560
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Languages : en
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ISBN: 9780243637560
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Languages : en
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Shamans, Mystics, and Doctors
Author: Sudhir Kakar
Publisher: Knopf
ISBN: 0307831795
Category : Body, Mind & Spirit
Languages : en
Pages : 393
Book Description
Shamans, Mystics and Doctors is a detailed and thoroughly fascinating account of the many ways in which the ancient healing traditions of India—embodied in the rituals of shamans, the teachings of gurus and the precepts of the school of medicine known as Ayurveda—diagnose and treat emotional disorder. Drawing on three years of intensive fieldwork and his own psychoanalytic training and experience, Sudhir Kakar takes us into a world of Islamic mosques and Hindu temples, of assembled multitudes, and dingy, out-of-the-way consultation rooms… a world where patients and healers blame evil spirits for emotional disturbances… where dreams and symptoms that would be familiar to Freud are interpreted in terms of a myriad of deities and legends… where trance-like “dissociation states” are induced to bring out and resolve the conflicts of repressed anger, lust and envy… where proper grooming, diet, exercise and conduct are (and have been for centuries) seen as essential to the preservation of a healthy mind and body. As he witnesses the practitioners and their patients, as he elucidates the therapeutic systems on which their encounters are based, as he contrasts his own Western training and biases with evidence of his eyes (and the sympathies of his heart), Kakar reveals the universal concerns of these individuals and their admittedly foreign cultures—people we can recognize and feel for, people (like their Western counterparts) trying to find some balance between the pressures and rewards of the external world and the fantasies and desires of the internal. This is a major work of cultural interpretation, a book that challenges (and should enhance) our understanding of therapy, mental health and individual freedom.
Publisher: Knopf
ISBN: 0307831795
Category : Body, Mind & Spirit
Languages : en
Pages : 393
Book Description
Shamans, Mystics and Doctors is a detailed and thoroughly fascinating account of the many ways in which the ancient healing traditions of India—embodied in the rituals of shamans, the teachings of gurus and the precepts of the school of medicine known as Ayurveda—diagnose and treat emotional disorder. Drawing on three years of intensive fieldwork and his own psychoanalytic training and experience, Sudhir Kakar takes us into a world of Islamic mosques and Hindu temples, of assembled multitudes, and dingy, out-of-the-way consultation rooms… a world where patients and healers blame evil spirits for emotional disturbances… where dreams and symptoms that would be familiar to Freud are interpreted in terms of a myriad of deities and legends… where trance-like “dissociation states” are induced to bring out and resolve the conflicts of repressed anger, lust and envy… where proper grooming, diet, exercise and conduct are (and have been for centuries) seen as essential to the preservation of a healthy mind and body. As he witnesses the practitioners and their patients, as he elucidates the therapeutic systems on which their encounters are based, as he contrasts his own Western training and biases with evidence of his eyes (and the sympathies of his heart), Kakar reveals the universal concerns of these individuals and their admittedly foreign cultures—people we can recognize and feel for, people (like their Western counterparts) trying to find some balance between the pressures and rewards of the external world and the fantasies and desires of the internal. This is a major work of cultural interpretation, a book that challenges (and should enhance) our understanding of therapy, mental health and individual freedom.
Encyclopaedia of Indian Mysticism
Author: Sadhu Santidev
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ISBN: 9788170209300
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 308
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ISBN: 9788170209300
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 308
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Traditions of Indian Mysticism
Author: Pītāmbaradatta Baḏathvāla
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Languages : en
Pages : 0
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Languages : en
Pages : 0
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Mysticism and Religious Traditions
Author: Steven T. Katz
Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA
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Category : Body, Mind & Spirit
Languages : en
Pages : 322
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Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA
ISBN:
Category : Body, Mind & Spirit
Languages : en
Pages : 322
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Encyclopaedia of Indian Mysticism
Author:
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ISBN: 9788170209300
Category : Mysticism
Languages : en
Pages : 292
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Publisher:
ISBN: 9788170209300
Category : Mysticism
Languages : en
Pages : 292
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