Encyclopedia of Hinduism

orthodox Hindu culture. In approximately 350 short verses, Umasvami surveys basic Jain doc- trine. He discusses salvation; state ...

the erect phallus symbol of Shiva surrounded by the round YONI representing the goddess’s sexual organ. For Vaishnavites the ico ...

very traditional fashion, under the guidance of Brahmins and temple experts and artisans from India. However, each has its own u ...

holistic health facility. The center teaches nontra- ditional methods of healing, including biofeed- back, MEDITATION, yoga, fas ...

many beliefs with its parent religion Hinduism, most particularly the belief in liberation from the cycle of births, the cosmolo ...

After Blavatsky’s death in 1891, the Theosoph- ical movement experienced a decade of internal dissent. Annie BESANT, an Englishw ...

Bhikanji’s solution, radical for Jains, was that renunciation was more important than saving of an animal’s life. He argued that ...

time in Hindu tradition Time in Hinduism is a cyclical concept. The uni- verse arises and disappears in an infinite series of cy ...

Petrovna BLAVATSKY (1831–91) died. Previously, she and the third co-founder, Henry Steel Olcott (1832–1907), had moved to India, ...

this world to teach and promulgate the tradition of the Jains. Technically, no one can become com- pletely released from karma u ...

the second contains his own contribution, the Tirutontar Tiruvantathi. This work recounts the lives and achievements of the 63 s ...

temple ritual). Because of its sacredness, Tiruva- cakam has no traditional commentaries attached to it. Manikkavacakar’s most i ...

phenomena could not be achieved. He won a judgment of $138,000. T.M. was largely introduced to the West through two organization ...

Golden Age of Truth). It is 1,296,000 years in duration. The Sun God is its presiding divinity. Where in Krita Yuga pleasure was ...

indentured workers, who had endured a month- long voyage from Calcutta (Kolkata) aboard the Fatal Kazack. Trinidad had become a ...

porches, along streets, and throughout villages. The thousands of lamps are lit to dispel darkness and ignorance. In the 1920s, ...

attracts disciples and gains fame in his worship of Vithoba at Pandharpur. The famous Maratha king Shivaji visits Tukaram, who t ...

siram. The story of Tulsidas’s life is not historically verifiable and many details clearly are intended to enhance the understa ...

Turiyasangitananda, Swami (Alice Coltrane) (1937– ) jazz pianist and spiritual teacher Swami Turiyasangitananda combined her spi ...

Aurobindo had awaited her arrival. At the touch of the Mother’s hand, Judith felt electric forces go through her being. Judith a ...