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X-WR-CALNAME:2022 NEH Summer Institute
X-WR-CALDESC:The Imagination and Imaginal Worlds in the Mirror of Buddhism
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SUMMARY:Laurie Patton, “Achieving Other Worlds in Vedic Religion”
DESCRIPTION:This talk will address the power of mantra and a theory of imagination, particularly associational imagination in the Vedic world. While Vedic texts do not express any clear aesthetic theory, such as we find in later classical Sanskrit thought, we can infer an understanding of the Vedic theory of imagination through viniyoga, or the choice of which mantras to use in which rituals. Through examining the uses of the same poetic image in different ritual contexts, or “ritual metonymy,” we can also show how those associational worlds changed over time. We will dive more deeply into Vedic metonymy through a case study of mantras for achieving other worlds, or lokas, through recitation in the late Vedic period.\nReadings: \nPatton, Laurie. Bringing the Gods to Mind: Mantra and Ritual in Early Indian Sacrifice, selections from chapters 2, 3, and 8.\n
URL:https://sibi.mangalamresearch.org/events/achieving-other-worlds-in-vedic-religion/
LOCATION:2018 Allston Way, Berkeley, California
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