Gods on Earth: The Management of Religious Experience and Identity in a North Indian Pilgrimage CentreBloomsbury Academic, 1988 - 310 pages A detailed historical anthropology of Ayodhya, which argues that religious values can reflect political and economic processes. |
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Page 69
... devotion . On the contrary , the devotee wants to remain in the transient world , to return to it after death in order to serve Ram in his play . Giving pleasure to the god ( tatsukhi ) is seen as the primary object of Ramanandi devotion ...
... devotion . On the contrary , the devotee wants to remain in the transient world , to return to it after death in order to serve Ram in his play . Giving pleasure to the god ( tatsukhi ) is seen as the primary object of Ramanandi devotion ...
Page 80
... devotion possible . The essential message in Tulsidas's work seems to be that Ram should be worshipped with devotion and that he has two aspects : nirguna and saguna . The attributeless Ram can only be reached through ' gnostic ...
... devotion possible . The essential message in Tulsidas's work seems to be that Ram should be worshipped with devotion and that he has two aspects : nirguna and saguna . The attributeless Ram can only be reached through ' gnostic ...
Page 81
... devotion of the worshipper and that both are equally true , in fact the two aspects are the same . The essence of Ram is contained in his name ( Rām Nām ) . The method to reach the ultimate truth is the repeated utterance of Rām Nām ...
... devotion of the worshipper and that both are equally true , in fact the two aspects are the same . The essence of Ram is contained in his name ( Rām Nām ) . The method to reach the ultimate truth is the repeated utterance of Rām Nām ...
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Sarayu and the ghats | 9 |
The presence of | 18 |
The conjunction of time and place | 28 |
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