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Winged faith
The Sathya Sai global civil religious movement incorporates Hindu and Muslim practices, Buddhist, Christian, and Zoroastrian influences, and \"New Age\"-style rituals and beliefs. Shri Sathya Sai Baba, its charismatic and controversial leader, attracts several million adherents from various national, ethnic, and religious backgrounds. In a dynamic account of the Sathya Sai movement's explosive growth, Winged Faith argues for a rethinking of globalization and the politics of identity in a religiously plural world. This study considers a new kind of cosmopolitanism located in an alternate understanding of difference and contestation. It considers how acts of \"sacred spectating\" and illusion, \"moral stakeholding\" and the problems of community are debated and experienced. A thrilling study of a transcultural and transurban phenomenon that questions narratives of self and being, circuits of sacred mobility, and the politics of affect, Winged Faith suggests new methods for discussing religion in a globalizing world and introduces readers to an easily critiqued yet not fully understood community.
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From Neither/Nor to Both/And: Reconfiguring the Life and Legacy of Shirdi Sai Baba in Hagiography
The paper focuses on two hagiographic texts about the Indian saint Shirdi Sai Baba: G. R. Dabholkar's Śrī Sāī Satcarita (1930) in Marathi and B. V. Narasimhaswami's four-volume Life of Sai Baba (1955-69) in English. A comparative study of these texts highlights a notable shift in the saint's life story. Whereas Dabholkar describes a saint who is \"neither Hindu nor Muslim,\" Narasimhaswami emphasizes particular devotional testimonies to reconstruct Shirdi Sai Baba as a syncretistic figure who is \"both Hindu and Muslim.\" Narasimhaswami's reconstruction also reveals a politics of compositeness, in which a dominant Hindu embrace contains a domesticated Muslim-ness.
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In the Presence of Sai Baba
This book offers an account of the Sai Baba movement as a pathway for charting the varied cartographies, sensory formations, and cultural memories implicated in urbanization and globalization.It is based on ethnographic research carried out in India, Kenya, and the US.
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Be United, Be Virtuous
In one popular devotional poster the Indian god-man Shirdi Sai Baba (d. 1918) gazes out at the viewer, his right hand raised in blessing. Behind him are a Hindu temple, a Muslim mosque, a Sikh gurdwara, and a Christian church; above him is the slogan, “Be United, Be Virtuous.” In his lifetime, Shirdi Sai Baba acquired a handful of Hindu and Muslim devotees in western India. Over the past several decades, he has been transformed from a regional figure into a revered persona of pan-Indian significance. While much scholarship on religion in modern India has focused on Hindu nationalist groups, new religious movements seeking to challenge sectarianism have received far less attention. Drawing upon primary devotional materials and ethnographic research, this article argues that one significant reason for the rapid growth of this movement is Shirdi Sai Baba’s composite vision of spiritual unity in diversity, construed by many devotees as a needed corrective to rigid sectarian ideologies.
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Life mission theory XIII: The soul's contract to contribute to the evolutionary development of the human species - Holistic, consciousness-oriented, biological science explains evolution and links it to the concept of karma
This article provides a review of the central ideas in interdisciplinary, holistic science, aiming to provide a unified scientific worldview. It integrates the sciences of matter, life, and consciousness and this great synthesis gives: 1) Holistic biology that extends towards physical matter on the one hand and spirit and consciousness on the other; 2) Existentially based psychology and 3) Evidencebased holistic medicine. Interdisciplinary science explains biological information, including morphogenesis and evolution. The synthesis presented explains the central lifedrama of man and gives a scientific understanding of Buddhas concept of karma: the individuals contract with the universe to contribute to the evolution of the human species. Karma manifests a central problem of humanity in the persons drama of life and forces the individual to find new solutions. These solutions contribute to the evolution of the human species through a structure in the collective consciousness that shamans call the human form. We believe that the deepest existential obligation of man is The souls contract to contribute to evolution.
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Global financial crisis: dharmic transgressions and solutions
Purpose - The 2008-2009 global crisis was not only a financial calamity, but also a major ethical disaster. The purpose of this paper is to discuss the dharmic transgressions that took place in connection with the crisis using the philosophy of Bhagavan Sri Sathya Sai Baba, a world spiritual leader and teacher.Design methodology approach - The paper initially gives a brief overview of the unfolding crisis, its devastation of the world economy and a review of related literature. The paper then outlines the concept of dharma which, as expounded by Bhagavan Baba, must ultimately result in social welfare. The paper goes on to analyze the factors that created, triggered and fuelled the crisis from this perspective. The paper also outlines solutions based on Baba's philosophy to prevent such a crisis from occurring in the future.Findings - The fundamental finding of the paper is that the global financial crisis was triggered and fuelled by factors which were transgressions of dharma. Thus, the solution to prevent such a crisis is adherence to dharma.Practical implications - The paper gives several recommendations to investors, institutions and regulators to act in a way to prevent such crises in the future.Social implications - If the principles of dharma are adhered to, they will not only prevent occurrence of financial crises, but will also make the financial system work for the welfare of the entire society.Originality value - The paper shows the relevance of the teachings of Bhagavan Baba which are quintessentially the philosophy of \"Sanathana Dharma\" (eternal dharma) in solving current economic problems and contributing to social welfare.
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In Memoriam: Erlendur Haraldsson
A variety of mystical and paranormal experiences in childhood and youth are recounted in his recently published memoir, Towards the Unknown. Erlendur was honored with an Outstanding Career Award by the Parapsychological Association in 1997 and in 2010 was awarded the Myers Memorial Medal by the Society for Psychical Research. Erlendur kept a list of publications and speaking engagements on his web site, https:// notendur.hi.is/~erlendur/english/, which the University of Iceland reportedly has no plans to remove.
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