Living Mantra

Name: Living Mantra
Brand: Springer International Publishing AG
SKU: 9783319963907
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Mantra, Deity, and Visionary Experience Today

Autor: Mani Rao

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Editura: Springer International Publishing AG

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Living Mantra is an anthropology of mantra-experience among Hindu-tantric practitioners. In ancient...

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Autor

Mani Rao

Limbă

engleză

Legare

Carte - Copertă tare

Publicat

2018

Pagini

215

EAN

9783319963907

ISBN

3319963902

Enbook ID

19728368

Editura

Springer International Publishing AG

Greutate

406

Dimensiuni

154 x 217 x 20

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Living Mantra is an anthropology of mantra-experience among Hindu-tantric practitioners. In ancient Indian doctrine and legends, mantras perceived by rishis (seers) invoke deities and have transformative powers. Adopting a methodology that combines scholarship and practice, Mani Rao discovers a continuing tradition of visionaries ( rishis /seers) and revelations in south India's Andhra-Telangana. Both deeply researched and replete with fascinating narratives, the book reformulates the poetics of mantra-practice as it probes practical questions. Can one know if a vision is real or imagined? Is vision visual? Are deity-visions mediated by culture? If mantras are effective, what is the role of devotion? Are mantras language? Living Mantra interrogates not only theoretical questions, but also those a practitioner would ask: how does one choose a deity, for example, or what might bind one to a guru? Rao breaks fresh ground in redirecting attention to the moments that precede systematization and canon-formation, showing how authoritative sources are formed.

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