MATA AMRITANANDAMAYI: An Embodiment of the ‘Embracing’ Sainthood
History has witnessed manifold personalities who appear with a special flair of spirituality and charisma to enkindle and rekindle individuals and communities. Simple, insignificant and humble human beings become universal figures by gradually assuming spiritual powers. They emerge to be saints and...
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| Language: | English |
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Dharmaram College
2004
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Journal of Dharma
Year: 2004, Volume: 29, Issue: 3, Pages: 351-371 |
| Further subjects: | B
Amritapuri Amma: A Brief Life Sketch
B Novel Trend in the Bhakti Saga B Appraisal of Amritanandamayi and Her Sadhana B Sainthood: A Fact or a Process? B Divinity of Amritanandamayi B Dual Dimensions of Personality B Emergence of the Devi Bhava B The Meaning of the Divine Bhavas B not to be Adored B A Blending of Bhakti and Karma Margas B Claim of "Universal Motherhood" B Woman to be Admired B ‘Embracing’ Outflow of Love |
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| Summary: | History has witnessed manifold personalities who appear with a special flair of spirituality and charisma to enkindle and rekindle individuals and communities. Simple, insignificant and humble human beings become universal figures by gradually assuming spiritual powers. They emerge to be saints and wonder workers. Are saints born or made? The Bhakti Tradition has its own role in sensitizing the devotional sentiments of the devotees. The number of saints in the Indian tradition is not in any way less in comparing any other traditions of faith and devotion throughout the world. In recent debates we come across an amazing applaud to the saints of New Age Movements. Sanctity and divinity cannot be put into logical scrutiny to get perfect clarity of notions. Faith and reason, however, exist side-by-side enhancing each other in the human search for the real. Most often we fall short of reasoning in our attempt to understand ‘Saints’ of the times. Among the modern saints of the New Age, Mata Amritanandamayi is unique in various respects, especially in her dual expressions of divine bhavas and her hugging of the devotees to impart her blessings. |
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| ISSN: | 0253-7222 |
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