Guardians of the Transcendent : An Ethnography of a Jain Ascetic Community /

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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
Autor principal: Vallely, Anne, 1966-
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Buffalo : University of Toronto Press, 2002.
Colección:Book collections on Project MUSE.
Temas:
Frau.
Terapanth > Indien > Rajasthan.
Askese > Frau > Jainismus > Indien > Rajasthan.
Frau
Askese
Jainismus
Terehpanth (Jaina sect)
Jaina women.
Ethnology.
Ascetics.
Asceticism > Jainism.
Ethnology > Religious aspects > Jainism.
SOCIAL SCIENCE > Anthropology > Cultural.
RELIGION > Jainism.
Ethnologie > Inde > Lādnūn.
Femmes jaïna > Inde > Lādnūn.
Ethnologie > Aspect religieux > Jaïnisme.
Ascetisme > Jaïnisme.
Ascetes > Inde > Lādnūn.
Terâpanthî (Secte jaïna)
Ethnology > India > Ladnun.
Ascetics > India > Ladnun.
Jaina women > India > Ladnun.
Rajasthan > Terapanth.
India > Ladnun.
Electronic books.
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.

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