Asceticism, identity, and pedagogy in Dharma traditions
Radical renunciation : the aim and practice of Jain asceticism / Jeffery D. Long -- Asceticism in the life of Gandhi / Veena Rani-Howard -- Looking in and letting go : viveka and vairāgya in the Vedanta tradition / Pravrajika Vrajaprana -- Renunciation in contemporary Buddhist monasticism / Karma Le...
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| Format: | Print Book |
| Language: | English |
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| Interlibrary Loan: | Interlibrary Loan for the Fachinformationsdienste (Specialized Information Services in Germany) |
| Published: |
Hampton, Va
Deepak Heritage Books
2006
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| In: |
Contemporary issues in constructive Dharma (3)
Year: 2006 |
| Series/Journal: | Contemporary issues in constructive Dharma
3 |
| Standardized Subjects / Keyword chains: | B
Hinduism
/ Asceticism
B Hindus / Religious identity B Western world / Hinduism / School teaching |
| Further subjects: | B
Conference program 2005 (Philadelphia, Pa)
B Hinduism Congresses Social aspects B Hinduism Congresses B Asceticism Congresses Hinduism B Hinduism Congresses Study and teaching |
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Table of Contents (Publisher) |
| Summary: | Radical renunciation : the aim and practice of Jain asceticism / Jeffery D. Long -- Asceticism in the life of Gandhi / Veena Rani-Howard -- Looking in and letting go : viveka and vairāgya in the Vedanta tradition / Pravrajika Vrajaprana -- Renunciation in contemporary Buddhist monasticism / Karma Lekshe Tsomo -- How the Arya Samaj remained Hindu while challenging orthodoxy / Pandita Indrani -- Casteless Hinduism : a view from top and bottom / Ramdas Lamb -- Contemporary Hinduism and Swami Vivekananda's Vedanta -- Sister Gayatriprana -- The gifts of exile : on being a Hindu in a global era / Rita Dasgupta Sherma -- On teaching sensitive topics and sensitive students : varna and jati / Deepak Sarma -- Introducing "Aryan" into the teaching of Hinduism -- Guy L. Beck -- Introducing Krishna as the divine lover / Lance E. Nelson -- Maya / Adarsh Deepak |
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| Item Description: | "Proceedings of sessions at the Third DANAM Conference, held on site at 2005 American Academy of Religion Annual Meeting, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, 18-20 November 2005. - Includes bibliographical references and index |
| Physical Description: | XXIX, 189 S., Ill. |
| ISBN: | 978-0-937194-50-8 |
