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Author: Amanda J. Lucia Publisher: Univ of California Press ISBN: 0520958071 Category : Religion Languages : en Pages : 321
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Globally known as Amma, meaning "Mother," Mata Amritanandamayi has developed a massive transnational humanitarian organization based in hugs. She is familiar to millions as the "hugging saint," a moniker that derives from her elaborate darshan programs wherein nearly every day ten thousand people are embraced by the guru one at a time, events that routinely last ten to twenty hours without any rest for her. Although she was born in 1953 as a low-caste girl in a South Indian fishing village, today millions revere her as guru and goddess, a living embodiment of the divine on earth. Reflections of Amma focuses on communities of Amma’s devotees in the United States, showing how they endeavor to mirror their guru’s behaviors and transform themselves to emulate the ethos of the movement. This study argues that "inheritors" and "adopters" of Hindu traditions differently interpret Hindu goddesses, Amma, and her relation to feminism and women’s empowerment because of their inherited religious, cultural, and political dispositions. In this insightful ethnographic analysis, Amanda J. Lucia discovers how the politics of American multiculturalism reifies these cultural differences in "de facto congregations," despite the fact that Amma’s embrace attempts to erase communal boundaries in favor of global unity.
Author: Amanda J. Lucia Publisher: Univ of California Press ISBN: 0520958071 Category : Religion Languages : en Pages : 321
Book Description
Globally known as Amma, meaning "Mother," Mata Amritanandamayi has developed a massive transnational humanitarian organization based in hugs. She is familiar to millions as the "hugging saint," a moniker that derives from her elaborate darshan programs wherein nearly every day ten thousand people are embraced by the guru one at a time, events that routinely last ten to twenty hours without any rest for her. Although she was born in 1953 as a low-caste girl in a South Indian fishing village, today millions revere her as guru and goddess, a living embodiment of the divine on earth. Reflections of Amma focuses on communities of Amma’s devotees in the United States, showing how they endeavor to mirror their guru’s behaviors and transform themselves to emulate the ethos of the movement. This study argues that "inheritors" and "adopters" of Hindu traditions differently interpret Hindu goddesses, Amma, and her relation to feminism and women’s empowerment because of their inherited religious, cultural, and political dispositions. In this insightful ethnographic analysis, Amanda J. Lucia discovers how the politics of American multiculturalism reifies these cultural differences in "de facto congregations," despite the fact that Amma’s embrace attempts to erase communal boundaries in favor of global unity.
Author: Swami Paramatmananda Puri Publisher: M A Center ISBN: 1680372963 Category : Philosophy Languages : en Pages : 196
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Since 1968 Swami Paramatmananda Has Led A Life Of A Renunciate, Moving There At The Age Of Nineteen, To Imbibe The Spiritual Essence Of That Great And Ancient Culture. It Has Been His Great Fortune To Have Kept The Company Of Great Saints And Sages Over The Year, Culminating In His Meeting With His Guru, Mata Amritanandamayi, In 1979. When Swami First Met Amma, He Asked Her How He Should Continue His Sadhana. Amma's Reply, Become Like The Dust Under Everyone's Feet. This Is How The Title Of The Book Came About. As One Her Senior Disciples, He Was Eventually Asked To Return To The U.S. To Serve As The Head Of Her First Ashram In The West, The Mata Amritanandamayi Center In San Ramon, California, Where He Remained In Residence From 1990 Till 2001. Many Residents And Visitors To The Center Still Remember That One Of The High Points There Were Swami's Talks, Encompassing His Experiences In India, His Understandings Of Amma's Teachings, Scriptural Texts And His Life On The Spiritual Path. With Wit And Humor, He Synthesized East And West And Created A Forum For Spiritual Learning For People From All Walks Of Life.
Author: Swami Paramatmananda Puri Publisher: M A Center ISBN: 1680372971 Category : Philosophy Languages : en Pages : 204
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Since 1968 Swami Paramatmananda Has Led A Life Of A Renunciate, Moving There At The Age Of Nineteen, To Imbibe The Spiritual Essence Of That Great And Ancient Culture. It Has Been His Great Fortune To Have Kept The Company Of Great Saints And Sages Over The Year, Culminating In His Meeting With His Guru, Mata Amritanandamayi, In 1979. When Swami First Met Amma, He Asked Her How He Should Continue His Sadhana. Amma's Reply, Become Like The Dust Under Everyone's Feet. This Is How The Title Of The Book Came About. As One Her Senior Disciples, He Was Eventually Asked To Return To The U.S. To Serve As The Head Of Her First Ashram In The West, The Mata Amritanandamayi Center In San Ramon, California, Where He Remained In Residence From 1990 Till 2001. Many Residents And Visitors To The Center Still Remember That One Of The High Points There Were Swami's Talks, Encompassing His Experiences In India, His Understandings Of Amma's Teachings, Scriptural Texts And His Life On The Spiritual Path. With Wit And Humor, He Synthesized East And West And Created A Forum For Spiritual Learning For People From All Walks Of Life.
Author: Amanda J. Lucia Publisher: University of California Press ISBN: 0520376951 Category : Religion Languages : en Pages : 319
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Transformational festivals, from Burning Man to Lightning in a Bottle, Bhakti Fest, and Wanderlust, are massive events that attract thousands of participants to sites around the world. In this groundbreaking book, Amanda J. Lucia shows how these festivals operate as religious institutions for “spiritual, but not religious” (SBNR) communities. Whereas previous research into SBNR practices and New Age religion has not addressed the predominantly white makeup of these communities, White Utopias examines the complicated, often contradictory relationships with race at these events, presenting an engrossing ethnography of SBNR practices. Lucia contends that participants create temporary utopias through their shared commitments to spiritual growth and human connection. But they also participate in religious exoticism by adopting Indigenous and Indic spiritualities, a practice that ultimately renders them exclusive, white utopias. Focusing on yoga’s role in disseminating SBNR values, Lucia offers new ways of comprehending transformational festivals as significant cultural phenomena.
Author: Elizabeth Ruth Skoglund Publisher: Wipf and Stock Publishers ISBN: 1725234920 Category : Religion Languages : en Pages : 236
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"Elizabeth Skoglund is right--the overall effect of Amy Carmichael's writings is comfort. Not the soft, pat-on-the-back sort, but the original cum fortis, meaning 'to stand alongside and strengthen.'" --Ruth Bell Graham, best-selling author "The books and poems of Amy Carmichael have been a great inspiration to me through the years. They have a cherished and prominent place in my library. All are well worn by frequent use in my own devotional life and ministry. However, I never fully appreciated the person behind these profound and incisive thoughts until I read Elizabeth Skoglund's remarkable book, Amma: The Life and Words of Amy Carmichael. The author, an outstanding counselor and distinguished writer, presses her own sensitive and responsive heart next to Amy's, and the result is a book dealing with the crucial issues of life today. You will meet the real Amy Carmichael, and her words will give you courage and strength in suffering, pain, discouragement, spiritual burnout, and most important of all, in how to maintain a vital trust relationship with the Lord as you live and work for Him by His power. This book will move you deeply. You will keep it close at hand and reread it often. It's crammed full of authentic hope, true comfort, and powerful inspiration." --Loyd John Ogilvie, former chaplain of the U.S. Senate "Elizabeth Skoglund has succeeded in drawing a very true picture of Amma herself and the values that were vitally important to her." --Nancy E. Robbins, MD, attending physician for the last five years of Amma's life
Author: Amma Marfo Publisher: CreateSpace ISBN: 9781505385366 Category : Languages : en Pages : 256
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Between 1/3 and 1/2 of individuals are considered introverted, a nebulous and often misunderstood label that can summon images of silent, antisocial misfits. In reality, the introverted temperament has a great deal of value in society- and can have particular value in the field of student affairs, where it can often be ignored as a viable way of being. Featuring the stories of nearly twenty higher education professionals and considerable research on introversion, THE I'S HAVE IT strives to demystify several elements of introversion, call attention to how it is masked in our daily dealings with one another, and how to best manage it in a variety of roles that one may encounter in the field of student affairs. This book is perfect for those who are navigating the field as introverts, those who understand themselves but want a way to explain their style to others, and even the extrovert seeking understanding on how to work with an introverted employee, coworker, or student.
Author: Christopher Patrick Miller Publisher: Rowman & Littlefield ISBN: 1498564852 Category : Religion Languages : en Pages : 335
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Today’s globalized society faces some of humanity’s most unprecedented social and environmental challenges. Presenting new and insightful approaches to a range of these challenges, the timely volume before you draws upon individual cases of exemplary leadership from the world’s Dharma traditions—Hinduism, Sikhism, Jainism, and Buddhism. The volume's authors refer to such exemplary leaders as “beacons of Dharma,” highlighting the ways in which each figure, via their inspirational life work, provide us with illuminating perspectives as we continue to confront cases of grave injustice and needless suffering in the world. Taking on difficult contemporary issues such as climate change, racial and gender inequality, industrial agriculture and animal rights, fair access to healthcare and education, and other such pressing concerns, Beacons of Dharma offers a promising and much needed contribution to our global remedial discussions. Seeking to help solve and alleviate such social and environmental issues, each of the chapters in the volume invites contemplation, inspires action, and offers a freshly invigorating source of hope.
Author: Sondra Ray Publisher: New World Library ISBN: 1577317661 Category : Religion Languages : en Pages : 258
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The Divine Mother is known by many names and takes many forms. In Christianity, she is the Virgin Mary. In China, she is universally loved as the goddess of compassion, Quan Yin. In Hawaii, Pele, the goddess of fire, manifests in the form of a woman near the volcanoes. In India, she is embodied by Kali, Lakshmi, Tara, and other goddesses. The fusion of feminine qualities from all religions and traditions, the Divine Mother can be a nurturing presence and a powerful guide along your individual spiritual path. Through stories, prayers, and teachings, Sondra Ray enthusiastically escorts you into the profound reawakening of the sacred feminine in the hearts and minds of seekers throughout the world. Ray describes her pilgrimages to holy places where she has sought the divine feminine, from the revered Baca Valley in Colorado to the Himalayan foothills. Her reflections on Amma (the hugging saint), Mother Teresa, Mary Magdalene, and other Divine Mothers, as well as men like Shastriji and Babaji, who embrace the feminine aspect of divinity, provide insight and inspiration as well as suggestions for worship and renewal. Ray's delightful and awe-inspiring adventures, coupled with insightful teachings and prayers, show how embracing the Divine Mother can help attract more love, abundance, clarity, and wisdom into your life. In Rock Your World with the Divine Mother, Ray demonstrates that the Divine Mother's presence is essential for both inner peace and peace in the world.
Author: István Keul Publisher: Taylor & Francis ISBN: 1000654923 Category : Social Science Languages : en Pages : 283
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This book focuses on genealogies of religious authority in South Asia, examining the figure of the guru in narrative texts, polemical tracts, hagiographies, histories, in contemporary devotional communities, New Age spiritual movements and global guru organizations. Experts in the field present reflections on historically specific contexts in which a guru comes into being, becomes part of a community, is venerated, challenged or repudiated, generates a new canon, remains unique with no clear succession or establishes a succession in which charisma is routinized. The guru emerges and is sustained and routinized from the nexus of guruship, narratives, performances and community. The contributors to the book examine this nexus at specific historical moments with all their elements of change and contingency. The book will be of interest to scholars in the field of South Asian studies, the study of religions and cultural studies.
Author: Dorothea Lüddeckens Publisher: Routledge ISBN: 1000464326 Category : Religion Languages : en Pages : 692
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The relationships between religion, spirituality, health, biomedical institutions, complementary, and alternative healing systems are widely discussed today. While many of these debates revolve around the biomedical legitimacy of religious modes of healing, the market for them continues to grow. The Routledge Handbook of Religion, Medicine, and Health is an outstanding reference source to the key topics, problems, and debates in this exciting subject and is the first collection of its kind. Comprising over thirty-five chapters by a team of international contributors, the Handbook is divided into five parts: Healing practices with religious roots and frames Religious actors in and around the medical field Organizing infrastructures of religion and medicine: pluralism and competition Boundary-making between religion and medicine Religion and epidemics Within these sections, central issues, debates and problems are examined, including health and healing, religiosity, spirituality, biomedicine, medicalization, complementary medicine, medical therapy, efficacy, agency, and the nexus of body, mind, and spirit. The Routledge Handbook of Religion, Medicine, and Health is essential reading for students and researchers in religious studies. The Handbook will also be very useful for those in related fields, such as sociology, anthropology, and medicine.
Author: Amanda J. Lucia
Author: Amanda J. Lucia
Author: Swami Paramatmananda Puri
Author: Swami Paramatmananda Puri
Author: Amanda J. Lucia
Author: Elizabeth Ruth Skoglund
Author: Amma Marfo
Author: Christopher Patrick Miller
Author: Sondra Ray
Author: István Keul
Author: Dorothea Lüddeckens