The Glorious Disappearance of Vaishnavas: ISKCON’s Vision of Exemplary Death ISKCON’s Vision of Exemplary Death

This article examines accounts of the deaths of notable ISKCON devotees, beginning with that of the founder, and shows how these are presented as examples to other devotees. Death is understood as merely a transition, and the glorious death as the culmination of a process of conscious dying which ta...

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Main Author: King, Anna S. (Author)
Format: Electronic Article
Language:English
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Published: Equinox 2012
In: Religions of South Asia
Year: 2012, Volume: 6, Issue: 1, Pages: 103-128
Further subjects:B Prabhupada
B Bereavement
B Krishna
B Hospice
B ISKCON
B Death
B Samadhi
B Dying
B Internet
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