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Swaminarayan and ethics : a religiohistorical study

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dc.contributor.advisor Le Roux, C. du P.
dc.contributor.author Kamal, Davraj
dc.date.accessioned 2015-01-23T04:24:51Z
dc.date.available 2015-01-23T04:24:51Z
dc.date.issued 1994-11
dc.identifier.citation Kamal, Davraj (1994) Swaminarayan and ethics : a religiohistorical study, University of South Africa, Pretoria, <http://hdl.handle.net/10500/17046> en
dc.identifier.uri http://hdl.handle.net/10500/17046
dc.description.abstract As part of the Phenomenological Method used in this dissertation, the research work applied the hermeneutical concepts of bhakti, karma and moksha. Focus was on the role played by the guru, the sadhus and devotees of the Swaminarayan Movement and how they related t~ their religious, ethical and social obligations. Their responses to ethical scriptures were evaluated, especially with a view to determining the extent to which ethical injunctions permeates, enhances, uplifts and shapes the adherents spiritually ,morally and socially. Swaminarayan ethics was also placed within the context of Classical Hindu Texts and in particular, the work of Ramanuja and his Vishistadvaita philosophy. Further, it has been observed that the quest for the Ultimate Reality (Purushottam) is through their relationship with Akshar, Guru Pramukh Swami, the model of ethical excellence whose charisma binds the fibre of the Movement and his role serves both the ethical and transcendental plane of the Movement. en
dc.format.extent 1 online resource (152 leaves)
dc.language.iso en
dc.subject Sampradaya
dc.subject Akshar
dc.subject Purushottam
dc.subject Dharma
dc.subject Bhakti
dc.subject Moksha
dc.subject Karma
dc.subject Sadhu
dc.subject Jnan
dc.subject Vairagya
dc.subject Visishthadvaita
dc.subject Atman-Brahman
dc.subject Varnashrama
dc.subject Ashrama
dc.subject.ddc 294.55
dc.subject.lcsh Swami-Narayanis en
dc.subject.lcsh Gurus en
dc.subject.lcsh Dharma (Buddhism) en
dc.subject.lcsh Bhakti en
dc.subject.lcsh Karma en
dc.title Swaminarayan and ethics : a religiohistorical study en
dc.type Dissertation en
dc.description.department Religious Studies and Arabic
dc.description.degree MA (Religious Studies)


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