The Life of Hinduism

marriage. 65 bride has reached puberty or is fifteen or sixteen. City brides are usually older than seventeen, and college girls ...

66. the life cycle spected by the husband ’s female kin. Birjis Jahan, a Pathan Muslim, told me that a sullied bride would be re ...

marriage. 67 Hindu men ask about available mates for their children among their in-laws and relatives in other villages, and the ...

68. the life cycle The man read her palm, quizzed her on her knowledge of worship, demanded her horoscope, and asked that she pr ...

marriage. 69 tions. She pretended not to hear but was secretly excited and frightened. No one spoke directly to her of the weddi ...

70. the life cycle die single become ghosts who haunt the descendants of their more fortunate broth- ers. For some devout indivi ...

marriage. 71 lims, divorce is relatively rare, but it does occur, and remarriage is usually easy. In educated urban Hindu circle ...

72. the life cycle The next winter, her grandfather was stricken by pneumonia and died. This tragic event deprived the family of ...

marriage. 73 gathered to sing and welcome her. Almost overcome with shyness and apprehen- sion, she was made to sit near her hus ...

74. the life cycle cousin and Amar Singh’s little sister, to whom she was bhabhi. Several songfests were held by the women, most ...

marriage. 75 law, her husband cannot take her side without shaming himself before his elders. Thus she quickly learns the behavi ...

5. Death beyond Death The Ochre Robe agehananda bharati yadahareva virajet, tadahareva pravrajet On the day on which he renounce ...

death beyond death. 77 near the Chausatthi Temple wearing the robes of Dafanamimonks. I approached them and saluted, and they be ...

78. the life cycle was before he became a monk—except perhaps city folks and college students. I could be a svatantra monk and m ...

death beyond death. 79 it is still a worthwhile risk. There is a passage in the scriptures which can be so in- terpreted as to e ...

80. the life cycle the sun sets; then you can lie down here and rest for a few hours; at midnight I shall take you to the Manika ...

death beyond death. 81 for a long time yet. And if some sadhuteaches the children the three Rs and the adults how to make their ...

82. the life cycle is the minimum criterion. So long as you feel you satisfy this criterion, you are a san- nyasi. If you do not ...

death beyond death. 83 figure 6 ManikarnikaGhat, Banaras, where Agehananda Bharati received his midnight initiation, becoming a ...

84. the life cycle The moment Swami Vifvananda appeared the dahasaris bowed low with folded palms and withdrew from the platform ...