Mountains of the God: Spiritual Ecology of Himalayan Region; 2 Volumes
Gulia, Kuldip Singh (Ed.)
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Book ID : 32589
ISBN-10 : 81-8205-420-6 / 8182054206
ISBN-13 : 978-81-8205-420-2 / 9788182054202
Place
of Publication :
Delhi
Year
of Publication :
2008
Edition : (First Edition)
Language : English
23 cm. (Himalaya Past and Present Series)
CONTENTS
DESCRIPTION
Volume 1: Spiritual Ecology Including Dharma Rituals and Customs: This book presents a new vista to the Himalayan religions-Brahmanical as well as non-Brahmanical and primitive. Most of the pre-historic primitive religions, however, are adopting nowadays Brahmanical religious practices in order to climb up the social ladder. The book reveals that the Himalayan Temples also serve to preserve and protect the culture of the social segments concerned. But large shrines like Badrinath, Kedarnath, Gangotri and Yamunotri have power of influencing the non-Brahmanical and primitive culture, and set pace for a new cultural trend, besides the religious trends. Volume 2: Spiritual Ecology of Monasteries and Gompas: Hindu and Mahayana Buddhist Philosophies followed in the Himalayan region, offer much to ponder on the spiritual and metaphysical connections between human and nature. The Buddhist "Monasteries" and "Gomaps" in the Himalayas, and Tibet include the erstwhile cave-hermitages, the "hlakkangs" or "small temples" and conglomerations of temples. The building sites for "gompas" and "monasteries" are selected with great care, with due considerations to auguries and omens. Prayer wheels and prayer flags are duly placed and erected, and differentiated on the basis of their colour patterns. A number of legends are associated with the monasteries and gompas. The volume addresses about secrets in detail.
