Indian Asceticism
Throughout the history of Indian religions, the ascetic figure is most closely identified with power. These tales give rise to questions about how power and violence are related to the phenomenon of play.Indian Asceticism focuses on the powers exhibited by ascetics of India from… Celý popis ↓
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Indian Asceticism
Throughout the history of Indian religions, the ascetic figure is most closely identified with power. These tales give rise to questions about how power and violence are related to the phenomenon of play.Indian Asceticism focuses on the powers exhibited by ascetics of India from ancient to modern time. A by-product of the ascetic path, power is displayed in the ability to fly, walk on water or through dense objects, read minds, discern the former lives of others, see into the future, harm others, or simply levitate one's body.
He focuses on Hinduism, but evidence is also presented from Buddhism and Jainism, suggesting that the subject matter of this book pervades India's major indigenous religious traditions.The book includes a look at Carl Olson discusses the erotic, the demonic, the comic, and the miraculous forms of play and their connections to power and violence.
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