Religious Experience in the Hindu Tradition

• Main Author: McDaniel, June (auth)
• Format: Electronic Book Chapter
• Language: English
• Published: MDPI - Multidisciplinary Digital Publishing Institute 2019
• Subjects: ??kta tantra; Bhakti; prak?ti; Nirguna Bhakti; T?la; pilgrimage; Yoga S?tra; ku??alin?; ??nti; modern Hinduism; Yogas?tras; Manasa; shongshar; being seen; arts & religions; tantra; ammai; sacred domesticity; Hinduism; Srividya; India; Vedanta; Mahipati; sam?dhi; Bhagavad G?t?; shankh; Indian music; Erlebnis; Mariyamman; Tukaram; Santmat; pluralism; bhakti; yoga; I; ?r? Vidy?; Dhrupad; seeing; affliction; Ramakrishna; Tamil; moral conduct; tantric s?dhan?; sa?yama; medieval Sant tradition; prayer; Indian Religions; meditation; devotion; saints; yantra; S??khya philosophy; anta?kara?a; Balaji; ?akti; not I; Sants; guru; Khayal; N?da-Brahman; Gandhi; possession; mah?bh?va; Sang?ta; modern gurus; Ganges; poxes; creativity; Tantric Studies; rain; goddess; trance; brahman; bh?va; Erfahrung; sacred sound; G?yatr? mantra; puru??rtha; Sadhus; Yoga; conch; William James; dar?an; S??khya; agricultural field; Bengali home; puru?a; Lakshmi; Ethnography; R?ga; Ved?nta; Patañjali; religious experience; K?rtan; divine light and sound; performance; renunciation; dhy?n; Bhajan; Rasa; mok?a
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This Special Issue of Religions brings together a talented group of international scholars who have studied and written on the Hindu tradition. The topic of religious experience is much debated in the field of Religious Studies, and here, we present studies of the Hindu religious experience explored...