Tag: Veneration

The History of Vegetarianism and Cow-Veneration in India


Free Download Ludwig Alsdorf, "The History of Vegetarianism and Cow-Veneration in India"
English | 2012 | pages: 184 | ISBN: 0415533600, 0415548241 | EPUB | 4,0 mb
For the first time, this influential study by Ludwig Alsdorf is made available to an English speaking audience, translated by Bal Patil. It focuses on two of the most pertinent issues in Indian religion, the history of vegetarianism and cow-veneration, and its historical approach remains relevant to this day.

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Wild Yoga A Practice of Initiation, Veneration & Advocacy for the Earth [Audiobook]


Free Download Wild Yoga: A Practice of Initiation, Veneration & Advocacy for the Earth (Audiobook)
English | ASIN: B0CDMHD346 | 2023 | 11 hours and 35 minutes | M4B@64 kbps | 332 MB
Author: Rebecca Wildbear
Narrator: Deepa Samuel

Awaken Your Wild Nature and Deepen Your Relationship with Earth. This wonderfully fresh and revelatory book invites you to create a personal yoga practice that seamlessly melds health and well-being with spiritual insight, Earth stewardship, and cultural transformation. Wilderness guide and yoga instructor Rebecca Wildbear came to yoga after a life-threatening encounter with cancer in her twenties. Over years of teaching and healing, she devised the unique and user-friendly practice she presents in Wild Yoga. In this book, she guides you in connecting to the natural world and living from your soul while also addressing environmental activism. Whether you are new to yoga or an experienced practitioner, by engaging in this vibrant approach, you’ll discover greater levels of love, purpose, and creativity, along with the active awareness we know our planet deserves.

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The Role of Images and the Veneration of Icons in the Oriental Orthodox Churches


Free Download Christine Chaillot, "The Role of Images and the Veneration of Icons in the Oriental Orthodox Churches: Syrian Orthodox, Armenian, Coptic and Ethiopian Traditions"
English | 2018 | pages: 140 | ISBN: 3643909853 | PDF | 44,4 mb
The aim of this book is to demonstrate the presence in the very ancient Eastern Churches of religious images of all kinds (icons, paintings, illuminations), including the representation of Christ, together with the veneration (not the adoration) of icons/images. Presented here are not only the iconographic but also the liturgical-and especially the Christological-dimensions of the icon on the basis of texts used by these four traditions down the centuries. In contrast to the Byzantine Orthodox world which, after a controversy on this subject, officially established the veneration of icons from the time of the Second Council of Nicaea (787) and in 843, these Churches did not experience Iconoclasm. Christine Chaillot is Swiss and Orthodox (Patriarchate of Constantinople). She has published several books on the Orthodox Churches and the Oriental Orthodox Churches. (Series: Studies on Oriental Orthodox Church History / Studien zur Orientalischen Kirchengeschichte, Vol. 55) [Subject: Religious Studies, Christian Studies, History, Iconography]

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