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Living Mantra: Mantra, Deity, and Visionary Experience Today (Contemporary Anthropology of Religion) - Hardcover
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<P></P><P><I>LIVING MANTRA&NBSP;</I>IS AN ANTHROPOLOGY OF MANTRA-EXPERIENCE AMONG HINDU-TANTRIC PRACTITIONERS.&NBSP;IN ANCIENT INDIAN DOCTRINE AND LEGENDS, MANTRAS PERCEIVED BY&NBSP;<I>RISHIS&NBSP;</I>(SEERS) INVOKE DEITIES AND HAVE TRANSFORMATIVE POWERS.&NBSP;ADOPTING A METHODOLOGY THAT COMBINES SCHOLARSHIP AND PRACTICE, MANI RAO DISCOVERS A CONTINUING TRADITION OF VISIONARIES (<I>RISHIS</I>/SEERS) AND REVELATIONS IN SOUTH INDIA’S ANDHRA-TELANGANA. BOTH DEEPLY RESEARCHED AND REPLETE WITH FASCINATING NARRATIVES, THE BOOK&NBSP; 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? <I>LIVING MANTRA</I> 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.</P><P></P>
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“Mani Rao moves beyond aesthetic and linguistic interpretations to elaborate mantra as an activating force and transformative embodied experience. Mantras, deities, practitioners, communities of practice, even authoritative texts, emerge as dynamic, evolving assemblages of meaning, knowing and feeling. We are invited to think of mantra as a form of potency dynamized by the agency of its practitioners. An insightful, gripping and accessible scholarly work.” (Lata Mani, Historian, Cultural Critic, Filmmaker)
“Mani Rao shows an extraordinary ability to enter into the lived experiences of her informants. In this ‘anthropology of mantra,’ Rao studies modern situations of visionary and auditory religious experience, with many descriptions of the relationship between image and sound, deity and mantra. This book should be of great interest to scholars of Indian religion and to practitioners of both Hindu devotion and yogic meditation.” (June McDaniel, Professor Emerita of History of Religions, College of Charleston, USA)
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“Mani Rao shows an extraordinary ability to enter into the lived experiences of her informants. In this ‘anthropology of mantra,’ Rao studies modern situations of visionary and auditory religious experience, with many descriptions of the relationship between image and sound, deity and mantra. This book should be of great interest to scholars of Indian religion and to practitioners of both Hindu devotion and yogic meditation.” (June McDaniel, Professor Emerita of History of Religions, College of Charleston, USA)
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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- VerlagPalgrave Macmillan
- Erscheinungsdatum2018
- ISBN 10 3319963902
- ISBN 13 9783319963907
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Living Mantra : Mantra, Deity, and Visionary Experience Today
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Buchbeschreibung Buch. Zustand: Neu. Druck auf Anfrage Neuware - Printed after ordering - Living Mantrais an anthropology of mantra-experience among Hindu-tantric practitioners.In ancient Indian doctrine and legends, mantras perceived byrishis(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. Artikel-Nr. 9783319963907
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