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Page 166
... China and there to find Buddha in the guise of Janardana . Vaśişṭha did as his father suggested , and Buddha directed him to persist in his worship of Tārā , but in the Chinese mode , using wine , flesh and sexual intercourse . Vasistha ...
... China and there to find Buddha in the guise of Janardana . Vaśişṭha did as his father suggested , and Buddha directed him to persist in his worship of Tārā , but in the Chinese mode , using wine , flesh and sexual intercourse . Vasistha ...
Page 168
... China , made his residence at Tarapith . One epithet of Tārā makes reference to the Chinese origins of Tārā worship : Mahācīnatārā . The story as told at Tarapith integrates the Buddha - Vasistha legend with the conventional Dakṣa ...
... China , made his residence at Tarapith . One epithet of Tārā makes reference to the Chinese origins of Tārā worship : Mahācīnatārā . The story as told at Tarapith integrates the Buddha - Vasistha legend with the conventional Dakṣa ...
Page 169
... China and learning spiritual practices may indicate something of the relationship between these two Tārās . This aspect of the story may preserve facts of the historical transmission of the worship of this goddess from Buddhism to ...
... China and learning spiritual practices may indicate something of the relationship between these two Tārās . This aspect of the story may preserve facts of the historical transmission of the worship of this goddess from Buddhism to ...
Contents
The Gauramandala conceived as lotus 2 VästupuruşamandalaThe temple as puruşa Plates between pages 104 and 105 | 1 |
a Goswamy and his CaitanyaViṣṇupriya shrine | 2 |
GauraNitãi Caitanya and Nityananda | 3 |
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activities Advaitic ākhāḍās ascetics aspects Āśrama association avatāra Bābā Bakreswar Bārī bathing behaviour Benares bhakti Bharamalla bhoga Birbhum body Brahman Burdwan Caitanya Calcutta caste cent cremation ground cult culture darśana deity devotion dharnă dharnā-jātris District divine earthly festival Gajan Ganges Ganguly Gauḍīya Vaiṣṇavas Gauranga Mandira Giri goddess Gosvāmin Goswamys guru Hindu Hinduism holy Hooghly District important India individual institution jātris journey Kālī kirtana Kṛṣṇa līlā linga located mahanta mantra matha Māyā Mayapur Muslim Navadvip number of pilgrims offering perform pilgrimage centre pilgrimage tradition pilgrims pīṭhas place of pilgrimage popular practices prasāda priests pūjā Purāņa purohit Rādhā religious ritual river sacred places sacrifice sadhus Śākta Sākta pithas Śakti Samāj sannyāsis Sanskrit sect shrine siddhis Śiva śmaśāna social songs spiritual Śrī Kṛṣṇa symbolic Tantric Tārā Tarakeswar Tāraknatha Tarapith temple tion tirtha town Vaiṣṇava Vāmā Vāmākhepā Vasistha village visited vows Vṛndāvana West Bengal worship