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Living Mantra

Part of the Contemporary Anthropology of Religion Book Series

DOI: 10.1007/978-3-319-96391-4

ISBN: 978-3-319-96390-7

Publisher: Springer International Publishing - Springer Journals

Sep 16, 2018

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Introduction

Rao, Mani

Pages: 3 –12

[In 2005, on an extended visit to Puttaparthi ashram in Andhra, South India, Mani Rao became familiar with mantra and mantra-sadhana (practice of mantra) and had an inexplicable experience. These led to questions about the experience and practice of mantra and to the research behind this book....
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A Mountain of Scholarship

Rao, Mani

Pages: 13 –26

[Indian concepts propose that mantra is ontological, the source of the material world and perceived by visionary “rishis.” Modern scholarship recapitulates these concepts and considers mantra through analytical frames including language theory. However, the ideas of contemporary...
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Crossing Over

Rao, Mani

Pages: 27 –49

[Fieldwork and mantra-sadhana as a methodology raised issues including insider–outsider positioning, experience-near and experience-distant approaches and how to navigate subjectivity. Rao reviews the relationship between practice and theory, oral and written, and folk and classical in India,...
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Are There Revelations Today?

Rao, Mani

Pages: 51 –63

[Rao discusses the concept of rishi (seer) in Indian thought, establishing the connection to visionary experience, and then discusses two cases of revelations in 20th-century CE India. The first instance is that of Daivarata (1892–1975) who received entirely “new” mantras during his meditation;...
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Body-Yantra: Sahasrakshi Meru Temple, Devipuram

Rao, Mani

Pages: 67 –112

[Established by Amritanandanatha Saraswati, a scientist-turned-seer, Devipuram has a temple in the shape of a three-dimensional Sriyantra (aniconic Goddess form). Rao begins by describing the beginnings of Devipuram and proposes mythical parallels. The rest of the chapter is a series of case...
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Self-Made: Svayam Siddha Kali Pitham, Guntur

Rao, Mani

Pages: 113 –148

[At the Svayam Siddha Kali Pitham in Guntur, the stone image of Goddess Kali manifested in front of a group of people. Swami Siddheswarananda Bharati is the guru here and reputed for siddhis (powers) and access to deities. Narratives in this chapter are about earnest effort, experiments with...
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“I Am in Mantra, Mantra Is in Me”: Nachiketa Tapovan, Kodgal

Rao, Mani

Pages: 149 –180

[This chapter discusses mantra-sadhana and experiences at Nachiketa Tapovan and how mantra opens the mind to silence within which an inner world becomes more evident. Swami Sivananda Puri speaks about receiving mantras from siddhas (celestial beings) and about mantra. At Navaratri, when mantras...
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Understanding Mantra Again

Rao, Mani

Pages: 183 –207

[This chapter considers information from across the fieldwork to arrive at proposals and conclusions about mantra and its relationship to deities and visionary experience today.]

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