Mantra - Hearing the Divine in India and America 2e

Erscheinungsjahr 2005
ISBN: 978-0-231-12960-2
Verlag: Columbia University Press

Buch, Englisch, 136 Seiten, Format (B × H): 195 mm x 237 mm, Gewicht: 334 g

The experience of the divine in India has three components, sight, performance, and sound. One in a trilogy of books that include Diana Eck's Darsan: Seeing the Divine in India, and Susan L. Schwartz's Rasa: Performing the Divine in India, Mantra presents an introduction to the use of sound mantra in the practice of Indian religion.

Mantra in the form of prayers, rituals, and chants permeate the practice of Indian religion in both temple and home settings. This book investigates the power of mantra to transform consciousness. It examines the use and theory of mantra under various religious schools, such as the Patanjali sutras and tantra, and includes references to Hindu, Sikh, Sufi, Islam, and Buddhist traditions. This edition adds new sections on the use of sacred sound in Hindu and Sikh North American diaspora communities and on the North American non-Indian practice of yoga and mantra.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Coward, Harold G.

Goa, David J.

Fachgebiete

• Geisteswissenschaften Religionswissenschaft Sonstige Religionen Sonstige Religionen: Kult, Riten, Feiertage, Zeremonien, Gebete

Inhaltsverzeichnis

PrefaceHearing the SacredThe Nature of MantraFinding One's MantraGlossary

Über Autor(innen)

Harold G. Coward is the director of the Centre for Studies in Religion and Society at the University of Victoria in British Columbia.

David J. Goa is curator emeritus of the Provincial Museum of Alberta.