Developing an Ecofeminist Ethic Within the Hindu Tradition Corey
... Tiamat to the account of humankind’s fall in Genesis. She describes how such stories reflect the social order of the time while simultaneously validating those very same patriarchal systems (464-5). However, not only do these texts justify and reinforce such hierarchies, but they also are quite tell ...
... Tiamat to the account of humankind’s fall in Genesis. She describes how such stories reflect the social order of the time while simultaneously validating those very same patriarchal systems (464-5). However, not only do these texts justify and reinforce such hierarchies, but they also are quite tell ...
A religion of the book? On sacred texts in hinduism
... texts in Hinduism. Such an endeavour is beset with potential difficulties, not least in that Hinduism is itself a modern term, not used before the latter half of the 18th century, and with no obvious equivalents in Indic languages before that time. Applying the term Hinduism to the past, then, is fr ...
... texts in Hinduism. Such an endeavour is beset with potential difficulties, not least in that Hinduism is itself a modern term, not used before the latter half of the 18th century, and with no obvious equivalents in Indic languages before that time. Applying the term Hinduism to the past, then, is fr ...
Tantra
Tantra, also called Tantrism and Tantric religion, is an Asian tradition of beliefs and meditation and ritual practices that seeks to channel the divine energy of the macrocosm or godhead into the human microcosm, in order to attain siddhis and moksha. It arose in India no later than the 5th century CE, and had a strong influence on both Hinduism and Buddhism.
