Fasting: A Sacramental
Hunger or starvation is never sought as a goal, though for millions today it is a daily lived experience. Although deprivation of essential goods for one's maintenance is also never viewed as something holy or ideal, the world religions have regarded fasting as a powerful means for attaining th...
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Dharmaram College
1984
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Journal of Dharma
Jahr: 1984, Band: 9, Heft: 3, Seiten: 274-291 |
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Fasting
B Sacrament |
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Zusammenfassung: | Hunger or starvation is never sought as a goal, though for millions today it is a daily lived experience. Although deprivation of essential goods for one's maintenance is also never viewed as something holy or ideal, the world religions have regarded fasting as a powerful means for attaining the spiritual benefits. Whether voluntarily undertaken or imposed by the religious authority, such fasting is a sacramental in both western and eastern religions and so this article proposes to examine various aspects of it in these religious traditions. |
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ISSN: | 0253-7222 |
Enthält: | Enthalten in: Journal of Dharma
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