Download or read book Oral testimonies on Sai Baba As gathered during a field research in Shirdi and other locales in October November 1985 written by Antonio Rigopoulos and published by . This book was released on 2020 with total page 218 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Devotional Spaces of a Global Saint written by Smriti Srinivas and published by Taylor & Francis. This book was released on 2022-10-28 with total page 292 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Devotional Spaces of a Global Saint focuses on the presence and contemporaneity of Shirdi Sai Baba (d.1918), who has a vast following in postcolonial South Asia and an ever-growing global diaspora. Essays consider the saint’s influence on everyday life and how visual, narrative, textual, sensorial, performative, political, social, and spatial practices interpenetrate to produce multiple terrains of devotion. Contributions by twelve scholars of several academic disciplines explore eruptions and circulations of sacred materials, spatialities of devotional practices, visual and digital imaginaries, transcultural narrativizations, and material affects and effects of Sai Baba. The presentation transcends routine scholarly discussions about sainthood, cultures of worship, religious objects, Hinduism and Islam. Shirdi Sai Baba’s presence conveys inspiration and healing energies and he accepted the entreaties of people of all castes and creeds, offering an alternative to communal ideologies of his time – and the present. Considerations of Shirdi Sai Baba’s milieux of devotional praxis situate and localize debates about the meaning of nation and religion, past and present, urbanization, and class identity in transitions from colonial to postcolonial/global South Asia. The book expands the boundaries of the study of Shirdi Sai Baba and makes important contributions to South Asia Studies, Anthropology, Religious Studies, Global Studies, Urban Studies, Indian Ocean Studies, Inter-Asian Studies, Visual and Media Studies, and Cultural Geography.
Download or read book The Life And Teachings Of Sai Baba Of Shirdi written by Antonio Rigopoulos and published by SUNY Press. This book was released on 1993-01-01 with total page 498 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A vast and diversified religious movement originating from Sai Baba of Shirdi, is often referred to as "the Sai Baba movement." Through the chronological presentation of Sai Baba's life, light is shed on the various ways in which the important guru figures in this movement came to be linked to the saint of Shirdi.
Download or read book Behind K a s Smile written by Antonio Rigopoulos and published by State University of New York Press. This book was released on 2024-10-01 with total page 306 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Behind Kṛṣṇa's Smile offers a wholly original perspective on the celebrated Bhagavadgītā, or "Song of God." The book investigates Kṛṣṇa's hint of laughter (prahasann iva) in Bhagavadgītā 2.10, which is generally understood to be the turning point of the famous poem, signaling the outpouring of his grace and teaching to Arjuna. Remarkably, it is from this verse that Śaṅkara and other leading theologians begin to write their commentaries. In addition to exploring the momentousness of Kṛṣṇa's hint of laughter and its impact on the poem's central teachings, Behind Kṛṣṇa's Smile provides a crucial interpretation of Kṛṣṇa's prahasann iva in the Vedānta commentarial tradition, from Śaṅkara up to modern times. The book also considers the meanings of the stock phrase prahasann iva in the larger epic framework of the Mahābhārata and Rāmāyaṇa. Moreover, the book offers the first comprehensive review of the significance of Kṛṣṇa's smile in Kṛṣṇaite iconography and literature, demonstrating that there is a unified canon bringing together the literary and performative dimensions of Kṛṣṇa’s hint of laughter.
Download or read book What Researchers Say on Sri Shirdi Sai Baba written by Satya Pal Ruhela and published by M.D. Publications Pvt. Ltd.. This book was released on 1994 with total page 162 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This research monograph is a unique addition to the existing literature on Sri Shirdi Sai Baba, who lived a humble life and taught the basics of spirituality and morality to the devotees through his many miracles, revelations of their past birhts, simple yet penetrating teachings, stories and thrilling parables.
Download or read book The Afterlife of Sai Baba written by Karline McLain and published by University of Washington Press. This book was released on 2016-08-25 with total page 278 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Nearly a century after his death, the image of Sai Baba, the serene old man with the white beard from Shirdi village in Maharashtra, India, is instantly recognizable to most South Asians (and many Westerners) as a guru for all faiths—Hindus, Muslims, and others. During his lifetime Sai Baba accepted all followers who came to him, regardless of religious or caste background, and preached a path of spiritual enlightenment and mutual tolerance. These days, tens of thousands of Indians and foreigners make the pilgrimage to Shirdi each year, and Sai Baba temples have sprung up in unlikely places around the world, such as Munich, Seattle, and Austin. Tracing his rise from small village guru to global phenomenon, religious studies scholar Karline McLain uses a wide range of sources to investigate the different ways that Sai Baba has been understood in South Asia and beyond and the reasons behind his skyrocketing popularity among Hindus in particular. Shining a spotlight on an incredibly forceful devotional movement that avoids fundamental politics and emphasizes unity, service, and peace, The Afterlife of Sai Baba is an entertaining—and enlightening—look at one of South Asia’s most popular spiritual gurus.
Download or read book Shirdi Sai Baba A Traditional Tale written by Appu Series and published by Media Fusion India Pvt Ltd. This book was released on with total page 13 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Sai Baba was a phenomenon whose charisma and omniscience attracted multitudes from all religions and regions of India.
Download or read book Sai Baba of Shirdi written by Kevin R. D. Shepherd and published by . This book was released on 2015-12-01 with total page 462 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book provides an assessment of Shirdi Sai Baba, taking into account both the Muslim Sufi and Hindu components of his biography. The author has integrated the available materials without neglecting some frequently overlooked details and supporting data. Many people look at Shirdi Sai Baba as a unifying force between Hindus and Muslims, while others see him as representing only one religious identity. This book covers these points in great detail. In eighty chapters, the sources are analysed to portray diverse events of the saint's life, and to profile many of his devotees. Employing the accounts of Dabholkar, Narasimhaswami, and other key commentators, the treatment investigates numerous obscure situations, besides other more well known occurrences. The author maintains that, despite some hagiology appearing in the sources, there is sufficient evidence for realistic biographical dimensions, more especially during the last ten years of the saint's life, when a large number of visitors arrived at Shirdi. Shirdi Sai Baba (d.1918) is one of the most important latter day Indian saints. He lived an ascetic existence as a faqir in a rural mosque. He is distinctive for a universalist attitude, bypassing religious dogma. The teachings of Sai Baba employed allusion and parable, and are not typical of the traditions associated with him. Some complexities of this matter are addressed in a separate chapter. The book is annotated and fully indexed.
Download or read book New Insights on Shirdi Sai Baba written by DR CHANDRABHANU. SATPATHY and published by . This book was released on 2019-02-11 with total page 224 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book is based on in-depth research that triangulates information from several primary sources, to provide hitherto unknown facts about Sai Baba, village Shirdi and some of the people who visited it during the late 19th and early 20th centuries. It not only adds to the repository of knowledge about this great saint of India and the role that he played in the context of protecting his devotees during Indias struggle for freedom, but additionally provides new insights by raising questions and seeking answers through analysis of rare documents drawn from the National Archives, police records and diaries pertaining to that time as well as reviewing personal documents and literature in different languages. It contains nine chapters dealing with different aspects of Sai Babas life in Shirdi. The book has several rare photographs of Sai Baba, Shirdi and his devotees as well as compositions of Shirdi of that time. A glossary is provided at the end of the book for ease of reference. The book will be a valuable asset not just for all those who are devotees of Sai Baba and other Sadgurus, but also for students and academics who have an interest in Indias culture and history and in the means used by the British to understand and control developments in different parts of the country.
Download or read book Beyond Shirdi Stories Of The Living Presence Of Sai Baba written by Krishnaswamy Iyer Venkataraman and published by . This book was released on 2004 with total page 146 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Sai Baba Faqir of Shirdi written by Kevin R.D. Shepherd and published by . This book was released on 2017 with total page 263 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book is an informative sequel to the same authors Sai Baba of Shirdi: A Biographical Investigation. The inter-religious dimensions of Sai Baba are again emphasised. His identity as an independent faqir is outlined. In nearly forty chapters, many aspects of Sai Babas life are probed. His contact with Hindu and Muslim devotees achieves further profile. There are details about such factors as his begging rounds, his avoidance of initiation, his complex temperament that is often misrepresented, and his affinity with bhakti. Features included are the Notebook of Abdul Baba, the Shri Sai Satcharita of Govind Dabholkar, the Shirdi Diary of Ganesh Khaparde, and the 1920s memoir of Hari Dixit. In relation to a major controversy, Kevin Shepherd also offers a critical assessment of the Sufism theory conceived by the late Dr. Marianne Warren. Also covered are saintly entities with whom Sai Baba had diverse contact, namely Bane Miyan of Aurangabad, Gadge Maharaj, Meher Baba, and Upasani Maharaj.
Download or read book Sri Shirdi Sai Baba written by Satya Pal Ruhela and published by PartridgeIndia. This book was released on 2015-12-18 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This is a research-based book on the divine life, teachings, spirit messages, and contributions of Sri Shirdi Sai Baba (1838-1918), the renowned Sufi saint of India. It highlights his importance as the 'Jagat Guru (Universal Master) whose teachings and messages elevate all people spiritually and morally and unite them. His main teachings are Allah (God) is one who is the sole master of all; the same 'atma'(soul) is in every creature; everyone is linked to others according to one's past actions and Rinanubandh (bond of give and take), and so one must be kind, compassionate, and helpful to all those who come in this life. He is now the supreme ascended master. He appears before people who earnestly remember him, in their dreams or in any other person's form to guide, inspire, save, and help them to solve their problems instantly. His Dwarka Mai masjid (mosque) and samadhi Mandir temple in Shirdi are well-known to billons of people of all regligions and cultures and are visited by thousands of people daily and by even more than hundred thousand pilgrims from all lovers of the world to seek his grace. This book was written by the devotee author as desired by the spirit of Sri Shirdi Sai Baba communicated to Sri Lakshman Swami, founder, Adi Sankarachrya and Dattratreya Adhyatmic Bhakti Mandli, Bangalore in 1992 and was blessed by Shivamma Thyayee of Roopen Agraha, Bangalore, who was then the only surviving 102-year-old contemporary devotee of Sri Shirdi Sai Baba and by Sri Shivnesh Swami of Shirdi. It has been one of the most popular books on Sri Shirdi Sai Baba since then. This revised and updated new edition provides valuable information on prominent Shirdi Sai temples, organizations, journals, and websites in the world. It will enlighten and spiritually uplift the readers belonging to all religions, cultures, and nations.
Download or read book Sri Sai Baba S written by B V Narasimha Swamy and published by Hassell Street Press. This book was released on 2021-09-09 with total page 322 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it. This work is in the public domain in the United States of America, and possibly other nations. Within the United States, you may freely copy and distribute this work, as no entity (individual or corporate) has a copyright on the body of the work. Scholars believe, and we concur, that this work is important enough to be preserved, reproduced, and made generally available to the public. To ensure a quality reading experience, this work has been proofread and republished using a format that seamlessly blends the original graphical elements with text in an easy-to-read typeface. We appreciate your support of the preservation process, and thank you for being an important part of keeping this knowledge alive and relevant.
Download or read book Life History of Shirdi Sai Baba written by Ammula Sambasiva Rao and published by . This book was released on 2008 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Beyond Shirdi written by and published by . This book was released on 2014 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Oral testimonies on Sai Baba As gathered during a field research in Shirdi and other locales in October November 1985 written by Antonio Rigopoulos and published by . This book was released on 2020 with total page 218 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Shri Sai Satcharita written by Govind Raghunath Dabholkar and published by Sterling Publishers Pvt., Limited. This book was released on 1999 with total page 918 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
