Vaishnava-Sahajiya
Автор:
Jesse Russell,Ronald Cohn, 144 стр., издатель:
"Книга по Требованию", ISBN:
978-5-5112-7458-4
High Quality Content by WIKIPEDIA articles! Vaishnava-Sahajiya is a form of tantric Vaishnavism that centred in Bengal, India, that had bellwethers from the 14th century but originated proper from the 16th century. Vaishnava-Sahajiya is generally considered as a 'left-hand path' (Sanskrit: vamacara) and apostate (sanskrit: apasampradaya; see Sampradaya) from the "orthodox" or vedic/ Brahminical standpoint, though followers claim that this view stems from a superficial understanding. There are both right-handed and left-handed Vaishnava-Sahajiyas Dakshinachara may be rendered into English as "right (Dakshina) (path to) attainment (chara)", while Vamachara may be rendered into English as "left (vama) (path to) attainment (chara)". The Dakshinacharyas ("Right Attainers") are the ones that practice the Panchamakara ('Five Ms') symbolically or through substitutions, whilst the Vamacharyas ("Left Attainers") are the ones that practice it literally. Данное издание представляет собой...