The Upanayana
The Upanayana

Author: Ram Chandra Prasad

Publisher: Motilal Banarsidass Publ.

Published: 1997

Total Pages: 208

ISBN-13: 9788120812406

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Upanayana is one of the sixteen samskaras or purificatory rites in which a boy is invested with the sacred thread and thus endowedwith second or spiritual birth and qualified to learn the Veda by heart. In this ceremony the boy goes to an Acarya well-versed in the Vedas with a view to be initiated into Vedic studies or a Guru draws a boy towards himself and initiates him into one of the three twice-born classes. From the day the initiation ceremony takes place the young celibate commits himself to a life of austerity and abstinence; he chooses to lead a life rigorously disciplined by vows and disciplinary rules.

A Sacred Thread
A Sacred Thread

Author: Raymond Brady Williams

Publisher: Columbia University Press

Published: 1996

Total Pages: 356

ISBN-13: 9780231107792

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What are UFOs? And what did happen in Hanger 57? This book looks into the stories behind the sightings, including several closed military files that may have some very strange evidence within them.

Sacred Space, Sacred Thread
Sacred Space, Sacred Thread

Author: John W. Welch

Publisher: Wipf and Stock Publishers

Published: 2019-04-17

Total Pages: 232

ISBN-13: 1532635249

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The insightful studies contained in this book will be of significant value to anyone interested in experiencing more deeply the intersections between materiality and spirituality. Part 1 introduces readers into Egyptian, Israelite, Christian, and Hindu temples, shrines, or sanctuaries. Part 2 helps readers understand how items of colored fabrics, clothing, robes, and veils, convey ritual meanings. Part 3 reports two panel discussions that exemplify the pathway of fruitful conversation. Matter and spirit might seem to some to be polar opposites. But as these studies by distinguished and diverse scholars demonstrate, spiritual experiences are constructively defined and refined within the coordinates of place and time. Sacred space, as well as sacred cloth, define borders, but not necessarily boundaries, between the sacred and the profane. These material coordinates physically enclose and also spiritually disclose. They both symbolize and synergize, as they encompass and expansively inspire. These original and enjoyable presentations will help all readers to hold tenaciously to the tenets and also the tensions inherent in physical spiritual experiences.

Yajurvediya Bratopanayana
Yajurvediya Bratopanayana

Author: Trilochan Dash

Publisher: Soudamini Dash

Published: 2020-04-20

Total Pages: 491

ISBN-13:

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Yajurvediya Bratopanayana (Sacred thread ceremony based on Yajurveda) describes all the details of all the samskaras of the ceremony. It includes the mantras and shlokas with English translation of the procedures.

The Sacred Thread
The Sacred Thread

Author: Donald Dargie

Publisher: St. George, Ont. : Hystarg Associates

Published: 1991

Total Pages: 257

ISBN-13: 9780969565505

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Te Aho Tapu
Te Aho Tapu

Author: Mick Pendergrast

Publisher: Raupo

Published: 1987

Total Pages: 124

ISBN-13: 9780790003283

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A look at the techniques, styles and history of the art of Maori women's weaving.

The Sacred Thread
The Sacred Thread

Author: J. L. Brockington

Publisher:

Published: 1996

Total Pages: 252

ISBN-13:

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This classic introduction to Hinduism, now updated and including 14 illustrations of the Hindu deities, takes the Western reader through the concepts of the Hindu faith, from its Vedic origins to its present development.

Meditations of the Heart
Meditations of the Heart

Author: Howard Thurman

Publisher: Beacon Press

Published: 2023-01-31

Total Pages: 194

ISBN-13: 080700717X

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“As poet, prophet, and priest, Thurman builds upon a powerful legacy of ancestral hope: belief in a liberating God who can always be found ‘in and among the struggling.’” —Yolanda Pierce A universal beacon of hope and endurance for people of all faiths seeking to meet the challenges, uncertainties, and joys of life Howard Thurman’s Meditations of the Heart is a beautiful collection of over 150 prayers, poems, and meditations on prayer, community, and the joys and rituals of life by one of our greatest spiritual leaders. Thurman, a spiritualist and mystic, was renowned for the quiet beauty of his reflections on humanity and our relationship with God. In a new foreword, Yolanda Pierce, dean of Howard University’s School of Divinity, calls attention to the justice-centered theological framework of Thurman’s words. Pierce notes how Thurman brings to light an image of God who can always be found “in and among the struggling,” both in times of weariness and in strength. First written for and shared with his congregation of the Church for the Fellowship of All Peoples in San Francisco, California, these meditations sustain, elevate, and inspire. They are a universal beacon of hope and endurance for people of all faiths seeking to meet the challenges, uncertainties, and joys of everyday life with a renewed and liberating faith.