The Propagation of a Hindu Sect in India and Nepal: The Krishna-PraṇāmīSampradāy
The Propagation of a Hindu Sect in India and Nepal: The Krishna-PraṇāmīSampradāy
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印度教教派在印度和尼泊尔的传播:克里希纳-普拉纳米传教派
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10.1080/00856401.2011.549082
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2011
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G. Toffin
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G. Toffin
Abstract The Krishna-Praāmīsampradāy is a Hindu non-caste reformist sect belonging to the bhakti and sant streams. It originated in seventeenth-century Gujarat and rejects life-cycle rituals and sacrificial rites. Its expansion over the last decades in Nepal and Northeast India has been a remarkable phenomenon. This article examines the historical propagation of the congregation. In the past, the influence of charismatic religious figures prevailed; today, teaching by young preachers and the use of new means of communication, especially through mega-ceremonies of the pārāya type, play a major role. This development has led to internal conflicts. A dissenting minority advocates a return to the original nirgun (formless, devoid of qualities) ideas of the group.