Encyclopedia of Hinduism

reform ISKCON on the basis of an interpretation of the directives for succession given by Swami Prabhupada BHAKTIVEDANTA (1896–1 ...

understand that a great GURU can teach disciples even after the guru is no longer in a physical body. Communication between the ...

Satyananda’s work entered the United States prior to his world tour. First, Llewellyn Publica- tions in St. Paul, Minnesota, pub ...

the VEDANTA SOCIETY and its ADVAITA (non-dualist) VEDANTA perspective. Isherwood was born into a well-to-do fam- ily in Cheshire ...

up in a Shaivite family, for example, is likely to chose a Shaivite divinity, for example Subramu- niya, youngest son of SHIVA, ...

Today, Iyengar is known to be one of the most influential yoga practitioners in the world. Further reading: B. K. S. Iyengar, Li ...

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207 J:AF Jagannath Temple, Puri The Jagannath temple at Puri, in Orissa on the Bay of Bengal, is one of the most famous in India ...

bright half of the month of Chaitra (March–April). Shvetambaras celebrate “Knowledge Fifth” (Jnana Panchami) on the fifth day of ...

the Jain movement with followers assuming one of four roles: monks (sadhu), nuns (sadhvi), lay- men (shravak), and laywomen (shr ...

turned his realm into a Jain state. In the next cen- tury, Muslim expansion in India stopped further Jain growth, but Gujarat re ...

DIVISIONS WITHIN THE JAIN COMMUNITY The major division in the Jain community arose in the fifth century B.C.E. and became formal ...

Communities and Cultures in Indian History (Albany: State University of New York Press, 1998); Paul Dun- das, The Jain (New York ...

thieves. Jayadeva told them to take what they wanted. They did so and then cut off his hands and feet and threw him into a pit. ...

provides a school for its own children as well as children from the larger community. First drawn to Hinduism by the inclusivene ...

birth and rebirth but remains alive. Most Shaivite traditions, and the VEDANTA of SHANKARA, accept the possibility of jivanmukti ...

school in order to obtain the remainder of his education from the world itself. At 19, without money or a destination, he took a ...

set up a publishing center and the Yoga Research Foundation. Branches of this organization now exist throughout the world. In 19 ...

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219 J:AF Kabir (c. 15th century) medieval Hindi saint-poet Kabir, a poor, illiterate man, was one of the great saint-poets of no ...