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Page 254
... means to the accumulation of personal spiritual merit which can be applied to the attainment of happiness and well - being in this life , or to personal salvation in the after - life . Pruess finds that the personal relationship between ...
... means to the accumulation of personal spiritual merit which can be applied to the attainment of happiness and well - being in this life , or to personal salvation in the after - life . Pruess finds that the personal relationship between ...
Page 262
... means taken to indicate the presence or intentions of the supernatural . A third fact suggested by Eliade is that ' every consecrated place , in fact , is a " centre " ... where there exists the possibility of breaking through from the ...
... means taken to indicate the presence or intentions of the supernatural . A third fact suggested by Eliade is that ' every consecrated place , in fact , is a " centre " ... where there exists the possibility of breaking through from the ...
Page 297
... means of observances and casts it off in any holy centre of Śiva whether it is of human or divine origin , whether it is built by sages or whether it is self - born , becomes a yogin and attains oneness with Śiva . Similarly , it is ...
... means of observances and casts it off in any holy centre of Śiva whether it is of human or divine origin , whether it is built by sages or whether it is self - born , becomes a yogin and attains oneness with Śiva . Similarly , it is ...
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