Description: Living Mantra : Mantra, Deity, and Visionary Experience Today, Hardcover by Rao, Mani, ISBN 3319963902, ISBN-13 9783319963907, Like New Used, Free shipping in the US
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, th 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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Book Title: Living Mantra : Mantra, Deity, and Visionary Experience Today
Number of Pages: Xix, 215 Pages
Language: English
Publisher: Springer International Publishing A&G
Publication Year: 2018
Topic: Hinduism / Rituals & Practice, Anthropology / Cultural & Social, Anthropology / General, Sociology of Religion
Illustrator: Yes
Genre: Religion, Social Science
Item Weight: 18.9 Oz
Author: Mani Rao
Item Length: 8.3 in
Book Series: Contemporary Anthropology of Religion Ser.
Item Width: 5.8 in
Format: Hardcover
