Bhakti ("loving devotion") is a general term in Indian culture.Considering its broad meaning this term could be an integral part ofevery religion; but in India, from a few centuries before Common Era,bhakti gradually has been associated with specific gods, religiousbeli More
Bhakti ("loving devotion") is a general term in Indian culture.Considering its broad meaning this term could be an integral part ofevery religion; but in India, from a few centuries before Common Era,bhakti gradually has been associated with specific gods, religiousbeliefs and practices, in as much as today it is the most importantcomponent of Indian religions. According to early Indologists, such asAlbrecht Weber and Friedrich Lorinser, the formation of bhakti wasinfluenced by Christianity so they paid no heed to its Indian roots.However other scholars such as Bhandarkar and Radhakrishnan tracedthe roots of bhakti to the Hindu texts and considered it as an indigenousconcept. The emphasis on Hindu texts was followed by later scholars inas much as it reduced the foreign influences to the secondary role andlimited it to the later development of the concept in the medievalperiod. So in order to understand the concept of bhakti and to trace itsroots, above all, it is necessary to study the Hindu texts.
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The epic is the description of athletic behaviors valiance and individual or ethnic honors of nations. From so long ago till now, there were cultural relations between different nations. By studying various epics of nations, we can observe many common backgrounds among More
The epic is the description of athletic behaviors valiance and individual or ethnic honors of nations. From so long ago till now, there were cultural relations between different nations. By studying various epics of nations, we can observe many common backgrounds among these epics. At first glance, many of these national epics are the same and even more closer. And the differences emerge in minor cases in cultural and religious fields. Actually, the differences among epics are the reflection of people’s beliefs in every race. The present article does comparison, analysis of “Shahnameh Ferdosi” the greatest epic effect of Persian language with a few famous epics of other nations like Iliad and capital letter odyssey, Ramayana, Indreh and Krishna. The writer tried to analyze the similarities and differences of other epics with Shahnameh by confronting and comparison of the overall structure of stories. And by drawing the comparative tables display epics infrastructure and their epic heroical character.
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Throughout history, there were several nations forced to speak other languages and to learn about other cultures as a result of war, migration, religious beliefs, and so on. This fusion of language and culture has led to the emergence of many artistic styles and forms. More
Throughout history, there were several nations forced to speak other languages and to learn about other cultures as a result of war, migration, religious beliefs, and so on. This fusion of language and culture has led to the emergence of many artistic styles and forms. This was a reciprocal influence on the culture and art of both countries or all the countries involved in the specific historic event such as war, migration, etc. Archaeological excavations carried out by Professor Ed Keele and a Canadian archeological team at Yazdgerd castle before the revolution of Iran revealed a critical column that contained a number of motifs. After a while, the column was moved to the ROM Museum in Toronto.In this article I provide reference to evidence and documents form pasts centuryes to present, and I would make this argument that one of these motifs can be an obvious representative of a dancer or a singer. This paper includes a piece from my lifelong research in the field of theatre and show form.The article explains how the carved details in the form and cover of this excavated motif are very similar to Gusan and maybe Krishna, the Indian god. There are several historical Books that talk about Gusans as pioneers of acting in the world. The hypothesis explains how this mural can be perceived as a typical role of a Gusan. A proposed explanation is provided as to how the prominence of a Gusan can adorn the palace of a king.
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Abstraction means abandoning all material and spiritual belongings in order to reach the truth, as one of the most important constituent factors of Sufism, is one of the main and important topics of mysticism, which is mentioned in mystical texts. In this descriptive-an More
Abstraction means abandoning all material and spiritual belongings in order to reach the truth, as one of the most important constituent factors of Sufism, is one of the main and important topics of mysticism, which is mentioned in mystical texts. In this descriptive-analytical article, the views of Maulana Jalaluddin, Mohammad Balkhi and Jiddu Krishnamurti on abstraction are compared. The aim of the research is to find similarities and dissimilarities aspects of these two great mystics of the Orient. The results of the research show that these two mystics in many issues such as: simultaneous belief in material and spiritual abstraction, abstraction from the country or land, abstraction from intellect, knowledge, abstraction from self or ego, abstraction and love, abstraction and self-knowledge and ... commonalities and differences in issues such as: abstraction from the mentor and teacher and abstraction from religion and ideology are different and inconsistent with each other. But in general, the commonalities of the two are more than the points of difference, and this shows the similarity of the epistemological fountain and the empirical sharing of these two mystics, which is the true mysticism or the truth of mysticism.
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