{"product_id":"living-mantra-mantra-deity-and-visionary-experience-today-9783030071844","title":"Living Mantra: Mantra, Deity, and Visionary Experience Today","description":"\u003cp\u003e • Author(s): Mani Rao\u003cbr\u003e • Publisher: Springer\u003cbr\u003e • Publisher Imprint: Palgrave MacMillan\u003cbr\u003e • BISAC: Anthropology - Cultural \u0026amp; Social\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eFrom the Back Cover\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eLiving Mantra \u003c\/i\u003eis an anthropology of mantra-experience among Hindu-tantric practitioners. In ancient Indian doctrine and legends, mantras perceived by \u003ci\u003erishis \u003c\/i\u003e(seers) invoke deities and have transformative powers. Adopting a methodology that combines scholarship and practice, Mani Rao discovers a continuing tradition of visionaries (\u003ci\u003erishis\u003c\/i\u003e\/seers) and revelations in south India's Andhra-Telangana. Both deeply researched and replete with fascinating narratives, the book reformulates the poetics of mantra-practice as it probes practical questions. Can one know if a vision is real or imagined? Is vision visual? Are deity-visions mediated by culture? If mantras are effective, what is the role of devotion? Are mantras language? \u003ci\u003eLiving Mantra\u003c\/i\u003e interrogates not only theoretical questions, but also those a practitioner would ask: how does one choose a deity, for example, or what might bind one to a guru? Rao breaks fresh ground in redirecting attention to the moments that precede systematization and canon-formation, showing how authoritative sources are formed.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Springer","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":45274097975447,"sku":"9783030071844","price":1836.0,"currency_code":"INR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0666\/3471\/1191\/files\/9783030071844.webp?v=1769238812","url":"https:\/\/atlanticbooks.com\/products\/living-mantra-mantra-deity-and-visionary-experience-today-9783030071844","provider":"Atlantic Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}