Celetná 20
110 00 Praha-Staré Město
Česko
Ústav filosofie a religionistiky a Ústav jižní a centrální Asie
srdečně zvou všechny zájemce na přednášku, kterou prosloví
dr. Daniela Bevilacqua
(SOAS, University of London)
In this talk we are going to discuss ethnographic work among ascetics (sādhus, bābās) in India. After a practical introduction on how to undertake this kind of research, we will enter the field of the Kumbh Melā and of various āśrams to describe four main traditional ascetic orders (the sampradāyas of Daśanāmīs, Nāths, Rāmānandīs, and Udāsīns) stressing differences and similarities. In the end, we will analyse some of their practices: austerities and yoga sādhanā. The aim of the talk is to provide a wide understanding of contemporary Hindu asceticism and to question the information we usually find in textual sources.