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Guardians of the transcendent : an ethnography of a Jain ascetic community /

Itinerant white-robed ascetics represent the highest ethical ideal among the Jains of rural Rajasthan. They renounce family, belongings, and desires in order to lead lives of complete non-violence. In their communities, Jain ascetics play key roles as teachers and exemplars of the truth; they are em...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Vallely, Anne, 1966-
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Toronto ; Buffalo : University of Toronto Press, ©2002.
Colección:Anthropological horizons ; 22.
Temas:
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • pt. 1. The ethics of renunciation
  • Introduction
  • Ethics and the ascetic ideal
  • pt. 2. The rituals of separation
  • Creation through negation : the rite of Bhiksha
  • The making of an ascetic : the construction of difference
  • Death, demons, and desire
  • pt. 3. Being of the world
  • The worldly life of renunciants
  • Devotion and divinity
  • Conclusion : ascetic women : the link in the Laukik and Lokottar
  • Appendices. The fourteen Gunasthanas (stages of spiritual development) ; Rules and regulations in the ascetic life ; Examples of Sarala's poems (abridged) ; The ascetic ideal ; Examples of the Nivrtti-Marg : Jainism's public face ; The daily routine of the Sadhvis.