Living Mantra
Produktnummer:
18c2073dc9f31a44ed99eb989fcb767713
| Autor: | Rao, Mani |
|---|---|
| Themengebiete: | Andhra-Telengana Hindu deities India South Asia gurus mantra religious practice seers tantrism visionary experience |
| Veröffentlichungsdatum: | 01.10.2018 |
| EAN: | 9783319963907 |
| Sprache: | Englisch |
| Seitenzahl: | 215 |
| Produktart: | Gebunden |
| Verlag: | Springer International Publishing |
| Untertitel: | Mantra, Deity, and Visionary Experience Today |
Produktinformationen "Living Mantra"
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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