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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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Kategoria Książki po angielsku Humanities Religion & beliefs Religion: general

• Pełny tytuł: Living Mantra
• Podtytuł: Mantra, Deity, and Visionary Experience Today
• Autor: Mani Rao
• Język: Angielski
• Oprawa: Twarda
• Liczba stron: 215
• EAN: 9783319963907
• ISBN: 3319963902
• ID: 19728368
• Wydawca: Springer International Publishing AG
• Waga: 406 g
• Wymiary: 217 × 154 × 20 mm
• Data wydania: 01. October 2018

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