Encyclopedia of Hinduism

Further reading: Harish Johari, Leela: The Game of Self- knowledge (Rochester, Vt.: Destiny Books, 1993). lingam The lingam or S ...

Further reading: Wendy Doniger O’Flaherty, Siva the Erotic Ascetic (New York: Oxford University Press, 1981); Stella Kramrisch, ...

the Gold Coast of Queensland. In England, North America, Australia, and New Zealand he taught seminars in his increasingly popul ...

tices for conscious parenting. For Lee Lozowick and his students, spiritual maturity is expressed in and through all aspects of ...

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265 J:AF Maa, Shree (1950– ) teacher of bhakti yoga After spending her childhood and early adult years meditating and worshippin ...

Saraswati arrived in California. Refusing to adver- tise or promote their presence, the two established a temple, Devi Mandir, i ...

The city served as the port for the chief Pal- lava capital at KANCHIPURAM. It was situated at the mouth of the Palar River, 32 ...

not so subtle jab at renunciants who have not truly left behind desire. The hills contain 10 carved-out mandapas (temple areas) ...

well. There are versions in every one of the local Indian languages, as well as simplified folk dramas that act out its tales fo ...

The first of the basic four is from BRIHADA- RANYAKA UPANISHAD I. 4. 10: “Aham brahmasmi” (I [aham] am [asmi] the ultimate reali ...

courage and calm. The Shvetambaras and Digam- baras disagree about what occurred once Mahavira reached a marriageable age. The S ...

was approached during this period by the AJIVIKA ascetic Makkhali Gosala, who, upon seeing his magical yogic powers, became his ...

twilight yoga, which included elements of the I Ching, Tibetan Buddhism, Zen Buddhism, and SHAIVISM. In 1978 he established an E ...

Further reading: Martin Ebon, Maharishi: The Guru: The Story of Maharishi Mahesh Yogi (Bombay: Pearl, 1968); Jack Forem, Transce ...

turies. Hindus have been very active in politics in Malaysia. See also DIASPORA; INDONESIA. Further reading: Crispin Bates ed., ...

yield benefits in both spiritual and worldly terms if they are visited. A wide variety of places, times, locations, or objects c ...

HUTAS). Its deity is RUDRA. Its SHAKTI, or presiding female divinity, is LAKINI, sometimes also called Bhadrakali. It has 10 blu ...

substance of the universe itself, and hence yields power when recited. See also GAYATRI MANTRA. Further reading: Harvey P. Alper ...

in the case of chickenpox and other diseases today. Further reading: Pia Srinivasan Buonomo and S. A. Srinivasan, The Goddess Ma ...