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Living Mantra

- Mantra, Deity, and Visionary Experience Today
Af: Mani Rao Engelsk Paperback

Living Mantra

- Mantra, Deity, and Visionary Experience Today
Af: Mani Rao Engelsk Paperback
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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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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.    

Produktdetaljer
Sprog: Engelsk
Sider: 215
ISBN-13: 9783030071844
Indbinding: Paperback
Udgave:
ISBN-10: 3030071847
Udg. Dato: 3 jan 2019
Længde: 0mm
Bredde: 148mm
Højde: 210mm
Forlag: Springer Nature Switzerland AG
Oplagsdato: 3 jan 2019
Forfatter(e): Mani Rao
Forfatter(e) Mani Rao


Kategori Sociale grupper: religiøse grupper og samfund


ISBN-13 9783030071844


Sprog Engelsk


Indbinding Paperback


Sider 215


Udgave


Længde 0mm


Bredde 148mm


Højde 210mm


Udg. Dato 3 jan 2019


Oplagsdato 3 jan 2019


Forlag Springer Nature Switzerland AG

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