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Page 61
... practices . The former are superior , but the latter have their effect as well . Pilgrimage falls squarely into the latter category . In the lower category of practices in the Advaitic view , one still operates behind the veil of māyā ...
... practices . The former are superior , but the latter have their effect as well . Pilgrimage falls squarely into the latter category . In the lower category of practices in the Advaitic view , one still operates behind the veil of māyā ...
Page 169
... practices which Vasistha learned in China and carried to India and which yielded him siddhis are part of Tantric sadhanā . 10 Tantrism is an esoteric stream of Hindu thought and practice which is kept especially concealed since some of ...
... practices which Vasistha learned in China and carried to India and which yielded him siddhis are part of Tantric sadhanā . 10 Tantrism is an esoteric stream of Hindu thought and practice which is kept especially concealed since some of ...
Page 265
... practices ? A second similar example from Tarakeswar is the practice of dharna , which is not a feature of the ... practices that are the most common are the rituals of the already initiated . Similarly at Tarapith , elements of Hinduism ...
... practices ? A second similar example from Tarakeswar is the practice of dharna , which is not a feature of the ... practices that are the most common are the rituals of the already initiated . Similarly at Tarapith , elements of Hinduism ...
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