2006, ISBN: 9781403960368

New Delhi, India: Penguin, 1992 The sacred city of Banaras on the River Ganges is one of the oldest living cities in the world—as old as Jerusalem, Athens and Peking. It is the place… Más…

New Delhi, India: Penguin, 1992 The sacred city of Banaras on the River Ganges is one of the oldest living cities in the world—as old as Jerusalem, Athens and Peking. It is the place where Shiva, the Lord of All, is said to have made his permanent home since the dawn of creation. There are few cities in India as traditionally Hindu and as symbolic of the whole of Hindu culture as Banaras. In this eloquent, finely observed study, Diana Eck shows how the city, over the centuries, has become a lens through which the Hindu vision of the world is precisely focused. She reveals the spiritual and historical resonance of this holy place where great sages such as the Buddha and Shankara taught, where ashrams, palaces, and universities were built, where God has been imagined and imaged in a thousand ways. Eck describes the rites of its temples, the busy life of its riverfront, and the exuberance of its festivals. She narrates how people travel from all over India to Banaras for the privilege of dying a good death here, for they believe that on the banks of the River Ganges where ‘the atmosphere of devotion is improbable in its strength? it is possible to be released from this earthly round forever. In her account of the sacred history, geography, and art of the city, its elaborate and thriving rituals, its myths and literature, and its importance to pilgrims and seekers, Diana Eck uses her wealth of scholarship to make the Hindu tradition come powerfully alive so that we come to understand the meaning that this sacred city holds for the millions of believers who have been coming here for over 2,500 years. Printed Pages: 432.. Paperback. New/New. 16 Cms x 23 Cms., Penguin, 1992, 6, New York: Palgrave Macmillan, 2006. Paperback. x, 214p., illustrated with scattered b&w photography, mostly recent, softbound (a paperback original) in 9x6 inch photo-decorated wraps. An absolutely sound, clean and unmarked copy. Palgrave studies in oral history., Palgrave Macmillan, 2006, 0<

2006, ISBN: 9781403960368

[ED: Taschenbuch], [PU: Palgrave Macmillan US], Terrorism, black poverty, and economic exploitation produced a condition of collective trauma and social suffering for thousands of black D… Más…

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ISBN: 9781403960368

Terrorism, black poverty, and economic exploitation produced a condition of collective trauma and social suffering for thousands of black Deltans in the Twentieth Century. Based on oral h… Más…

Terrorism, black poverty, and economic exploitation produced a condition of collective trauma and social suffering for thousands of black Deltans in the Twentieth Century. Based on oral histories with African American activists and community leaders, this work reveals the impact of that oppression. New Textbooks>Trade Paperback>Social Sciences>Regional African American>Regional African Amer, Palgrave Macmillan US Core >1 >T<

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