Jaina Worship And Rituals
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Jaina Worship And Rituals
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Author : K. L. Chanchreek
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 2004
Jaina Worship And Rituals written by K. L. Chanchreek and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2004 with Jainism categories.
The Archetypal Actions Of Ritual
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Author : Caroline Humphrey
language : en
Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA
Release Date : 1994
The Archetypal Actions Of Ritual written by Caroline Humphrey and has been published by Oxford University Press, USA this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1994 with Language Arts & Disciplines categories.
Humphrey and Laidlaw present a new and radical general theory of ritual by drawing on an ethnographically rich account of the ritual worship of the Jains of western India. Ritual, they argue, is not a logically separate type of activity, but rather a quality that can be attributed to a wide range of everyday activities. In exploring the issue of what is distinctive about actions which are ritualized, this book makes an ambitious and controversial contribution to social and religious anthropology.
Making A Mantra
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Author : Ellen Gough
language : en
Publisher: University of Chicago Press
Release Date : 2021-10-11
Making A Mantra written by Ellen Gough and has been published by University of Chicago Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2021-10-11 with Religion categories.
Jainism originated in India and shares some features with Buddhism and Hinduism, but it is a distinct tradition with its own key texts, art, rituals, beliefs, and history. One important way it has often been distinguished from Buddhism and Hinduism is through the highly contested category of Tantra: Jainism, unlike the others, does not contain a tantric path to liberation. But in Making a Mantra, historian of religions Ellen Gough refines and challenges our understanding of Tantra by looking at the development over two millennia of a Jain incantation, or mantra, that evolved from an auspicious invocation in a second-century text into a key component of mendicant initiations and meditations that continue to this day. Typically, Jainism is characterized as a celibate, ascetic path to liberation in which one destroys karma through austerities, while the tantric path to liberation is characterized as embracing the pleasures of the material world, requiring the ritual use of mantras to destroy karma. Gough, however, argues that asceticism and Tantra should not be viewed in opposition to one another. She does so by showing that Jains perform “tantric” rituals of initiation and meditation on mantras and maṇḍalas. Jainism includes kinds of tantric practices, Gough provocatively argues, because tantric practices are a logical extension of the ascetic path to liberation.
Absent Lord
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Author : Lawrence A. Babb
language : en
Publisher: Univ of California Press
Release Date : 1996-08
Absent Lord written by Lawrence A. Babb and has been published by Univ of California Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1996-08 with Religion categories.
What does it mean to worship beings that one believes are completely indifferent to, and entirely beyond the reach of, any form of worship whatsoever? How would such a relationship with sacred beings affect the religious life of a community? Using these questions as his point of departure, Lawrence A. Babb explores the ritual culture of image-worshipping Svetambar Jains of the western Indian states of Gujarat and Rajasthan. Jainism traces its lineages back to the ninth century B.C.E. and is, along with Buddhism, the only surviving example of India's ancient non-Vedic religious traditions. It is known and celebrated for its systematic practice of non-violence and for the intense rigor of the asceticism it promotes. A unique aspect of Babb's study is his linking of the Jain tradition to the social identity of existing Jain communities. Babb concludes by showing that Jain ritual culture can be seen as a variation on pan-Indian ritual patterns. In illuminating this little-known religious tradition, he demonstrates that divine "absence" can be as rich as divine "presence" in its possibilities for informing a religious response to the cosmos.
The Archetypal Actions Of Ritual
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Author : Caroline Humphrey
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1994
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The Jains
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Author : Paul Dundas
language : en
Publisher: Psychology Press
Release Date : 2002
The Jains written by Paul Dundas and has been published by Psychology Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2002 with Jainism categories.
"This revised and expanded edition takes account of new research into Jainism as carried out over the last ten years."--BOOK JACKET.
Heroic Wives Rituals Stories And The Virtues Of Jain Wifehood
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Author : M. Whitney Kelting
language : en
Publisher: Oxford University Press
Release Date : 2009-10-22
Heroic Wives Rituals Stories And The Virtues Of Jain Wifehood written by M. Whitney Kelting and has been published by Oxford University Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2009-10-22 with Religion categories.
Although in Hinduism it is mainly used to refer to widow immolation, the term 'sati' means 'true woman' - a female hero. Whitney Kelting has learned that in Jainism satis appear as subjects of devotional hymns. This seems paradoxical, given that Jain spirituality is to disengage oneself from worldly existence and Jain devotionalism is usually directed toward those souls who have reached perfect detachment. In fact, however, there is a vast corpus of popular texts, many of them written by prominent scholar-monks between the 16th and 18th centuries, illustrating the distinctly worldly virtues of devoted Jain wives. In this fieldwork-based study, Kelting explores the ways in which Jain women use sati narratives and rituals to understand wifehood as a choice, which these women's ongoing ritual practices continually shape. She focuses on eight well-known Jain sati narratives, recorded in both formal ritual contexts and in informal retellings, and also as read aloud from printed versions. She finds that one of the principal functions of Jain sati narratives is to contribute to a discourse of wifehood, which addresses the concerns of Jain laywomen within the Jain value system and provides a fertile context in which Jain women can explore their questions of virtue and piety.
Approaches To Jaina Studies
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Author : Narendra K. Wagle
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1999
Approaches To Jaina Studies written by Narendra K. Wagle and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1999 with Religion categories.
Ascetics And Kings In A Jain Ritual Culture
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Author : Lawrence A. Babb
language : en
Publisher: Motilal Banarsidass
Release Date : 1998-01-01
Ascetics And Kings In A Jain Ritual Culture written by Lawrence A. Babb and has been published by Motilal Banarsidass this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1998-01-01 with Religion categories.
Jainism is aside from Buddhism, the only surviving example of India`s ancient non-Vedic religious traditions celebrated for its systematic practice of non-violence and for the rigor of the asceticism it promotes. It sheds light on a little known religious tradition and demonstrates that divine absence.
The Archetypal Actions Of Ritual
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Author : Caroline Humphrey
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 2023
The Archetypal Actions Of Ritual written by Caroline Humphrey and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2023 with Jainism categories.
Presents a general theory of ritual by drawing on an ethnographically rich account of the ritual worship of the Jains of western India. The authors argue that ritual is not a logically separate type of activity, but rather a quality that can be attributed to a much wider range of everyday activity.