{"product_id":"living-mantra-mani-rao-9783030071844","title":"Living Mantra: Mantra, Deity, and Visionary Experience Today","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eLiving Mantra \u003c\/i\u003eis an anthropology of mantra-experience among Hindu-tantric practitioners. In ancient Indian doctrine and legends, mantras perceived by \u003ci\u003erishis \u003c\/i\u003e(seers) invoke deities and have transformative powers. Adopting a methodology that combines scholarship and practice, Mani Rao discovers a continuing tradition of visionaries (\u003ci\u003erishis\u003c\/i\u003e\/seers) and revelations in south India's Andhra-Telangana. Both deeply researched and replete with fascinating narratives, the book reformulates the poetics of mantra-practice as it probes practical questions. Can one know if a vision is real or imagined? Is vision visual? Are deity-visions mediated by culture? If mantras are effective, what is the role of devotion? Are mantras language? \u003ci\u003eLiving Mantra\u003c\/i\u003e interrogates not only theoretical questions, but also those a practitioner would ask: how does one choose a deity, for example, or what might bind one to a guru? Rao breaks fresh ground in redirecting attention to the moments that precede systematization and canon-formation, showing how authoritative sources are formed. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Mani Rao\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 3030071847\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9783030071844\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Palgrave MacMillan\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 01\/03\/2019\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 215\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.63lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.27h x 5.83w x 0.50d","brand":"Mani Rao","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":43940733649151,"sku":"9783030071844","price":27.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/products\/img_b97afb8a-ecfe-4438-95b7-6c7b7b5f4f42.jpg?v=1681448882","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/living-mantra-mani-rao-9783030071844","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}