ISBN:
0520066472
Language:
English
Pages:
Online-Ressource
DDC:
152.4
Keywords:
Ethnology Congresses
;
Emotions Congresses
;
Love Religious aspects
;
Hinduism
;
Congresses
;
India Social life and customs
;
Congresses
;
Konferenzschrift
;
Indien
;
Gesellschaft
;
Gefühl
Abstract:
Yogis lying on a bed of nails in search of detachment from all feeling, white-bearded gurus preaching meditation on the transcendental, close-knit families in which the aged and infirm live out their days happy and secure in the loving devotion of their children, and ritualists worshiping more by rote than by heartfelt devotion these are some images through which the West perceives India and the emotional lives of its people. These, too, are the images that the essays in this book seek to replace with pictures of worship based upon deeply felt and deeply motivating ecstatic love, of elderly people anxious and afraid of impending physical deterioration and loss of independence, and of priests pursuing a carefree, lusty, and happy-go-lucky way of life.
Note:
Includes bibliographies and index
