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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Religions of South Asia
Year: 2012, Volume: 6, Issue: 1, Pages: 103-128 |
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Prabhupada
B Bereavement B Krishna B Hospice B ISKCON B Death B Samadhi B Dying B Internet |
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