Guardians of the transcendent : an ethnography of a Jain ascetic community
Asceticism Ascetics Ethnology Jaina women Terehpanth (Jaina sect) sähkökirjat
University of Toronto Press
2002
EISBN 9781442675544
Pt. 1. The ethics of renunciation.
Introduction.
Ethics and the ascetic ideal.
Pt. 2. The rituals of separation.
Creation through negation : the rite of Bhiksha.
The making of an ascetic : the construction of difference.
Death, demons, and desire.
Pt. 3. Being of the world.
The worldly life of renunciants.
Devotion and divinity.
Conclusion : ascetic women : the link in the Laukik and Lokottar.
Appendices. The fourteen Gunasthanas (stages of spiritual development) ; Rules and regulations in the ascetic life ; Examples of Sarala's poems (abridged) ; The ascetic ideal ; Examples of the Nivrtti-Marg : Jainism's public face ; The daily routine of the Sadhvis.
Introduction.
Ethics and the ascetic ideal.
Pt. 2. The rituals of separation.
Creation through negation : the rite of Bhiksha.
The making of an ascetic : the construction of difference.
Death, demons, and desire.
Pt. 3. Being of the world.
The worldly life of renunciants.
Devotion and divinity.
Conclusion : ascetic women : the link in the Laukik and Lokottar.
Appendices. The fourteen Gunasthanas (stages of spiritual development) ; Rules and regulations in the ascetic life ; Examples of Sarala's poems (abridged) ; The ascetic ideal ; Examples of the Nivrtti-Marg : Jainism's public face ; The daily routine of the Sadhvis.
