REL 1510 Study Guide - Midterm Guide: Jai Santoshi Maa, Radha Soami, God
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The article was extremely interesting, for many reasons. The author was reiterating a single main focus- that hindu guru and deity worship centers around vision, specifically, eyes. The idea that the passing of eye contact through the devotee to their god or goddess holds special connections is well argued throughout the article. The author explains how through these pictures, sculptures, iconographic representations the devotee and deity actual see each other, that it is a two way street that accomplishes not only physical and mental achievements but mainly spiritual. The physical incarnation, or perhaps representative is better used, of the devotee"s deity allow the worshippers to live among the divine in a perceptual sort of way. The author goes through multiple resources to back their findings and explain how the idea of the. The first resource that the author turns to is that of the glance of compassion so used by the radhasoami guru.
