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  • The Power of the Nath Yogis

    Yogic Charisma, Political Influence and Social Authority

    Edited by Daniela Bevilacqua, Eloisa Stuparich ...
    Series series Religion and Society in Asia
    The volume collects a series of contributions that help reconstruct the recent history of the Nath tradition, highlighting important moments of self reinterpretation in the sampradaya’s interaction with different social milieus. The leitmotif tying together the selection of articles is the authors’ explorations of the overlap between religious authority and political power. For example, in which ... Read more

    $64.99 USD

  • Modern Hindu Traditionalism in Contemporary India

    The Śrī Maṭh and the Jagadguru Rāmānandācārya in the Evolution of the Rāmānandī Sampradāya

    by Daniela Bevilacqua ...
    Series series Routledge Hindu Studies Series
    Modern Hindu Traditionalism addresses Hindu traditions that resisted contact with both Neo-Hindu thought and views of “classical” Hinduism perceived to be outmoded.This book provides an in-depth understanding of Modern Hindu Traditionalism through the case study of the Rāmānandī order (sampradāya) and the portrait of the Jagadguru Rāmānandācārya Rāmnareśācārya. This guru belongs to the ancient ... Read more

    $62.99 USD

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    Hindu Asceticism and its Spiritual Disciplines with Daniela Bevilacqua

    The practice of ascetic austerities and meditative yoga

    by Daniela Bevilacqua ...
    Narrated by Daniela Bevilacqua ...

    Unabridged

    3 hours 27 min

    Over three sessions Daniela explores Hindu asceticism, featuring the differences among the main ascetic groups and then focusing on their sādhanās or spiritual disciplines with close attention to the practice of austerities and the practice of yoga.Session 1: An introduction to Hindu asceticism providing a historical background of its origin and developments, highlighting differences among the ... Read more

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