Seva

Beckerlegge, Gwilym

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“…The provision of food, health, and educational resources is widespread among contemporary Indian religious organizations, many of which claim associations with yoga. 86 This service mission is also exemplified by the Vivekananda Kendra founded in 1972 by the Indian nationalist leader Eknath Ramkrishna Ranade . The Kendra conducts yoga camps as part of its mission to provide spiritual and practical uplift to the masses of India.…”

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The Revival of Yoga in Contemporary India

Newcombe¹

2017

Oxford Research Encyclopedia of Religion

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The word yoga refers to a multifaceted array of beliefs and practices. Yoga is twinned with sāṃkhya as one of the six orthodox darshanas (worldviews) of Hindu philosophy, with Patañjali’s Yogaśāstra having been codified by around the 5th century of the Common Era. A distinct body of texts known as the haṭhayoga corpus appears around the 11th century and emphasizes physical practices most likely used by ascetic communities. The ultimate aim of yoga is described by various words (e.g., kaivalya, samādhi, mokṣa, etc.); it is often described as an experience of an individual soul’s uniting with the divine, and/or becoming liberated from the material world. These historical precedents have continuities with contemporary yoga practices, and for many Indians today, yoga is understood as the essence of Indian spirituality. Yoga, however, took on new meanings in the late colonial period, becoming a mental, physical, and ethical discipline to aid in the struggle for an independent Indian nation state; a scientific, evidence-based practice to improve health and well-being; and a template for the evolution of an individual as well as humanity as a whole. At the same time, yoga kept an association with liberation and the realization of the ultimate nature of reality. In the early 21st century, all these meanings remain current in the Indian context, where yoga is continuing to experience a revival. In India, yoga is understood as a unique and valuable cultural resource that has the potential to revitalize both an individual’s health and the Indian nation-state, being an exemplar of the unique insights that Indian traditions can give to the rest of the world. Despite a notable shift in what is understood by yoga in the modern period, yoga continues to be a multivalent and increasingly popular practice in contemporary India.

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The Revival of Yoga in Contemporary India

Newcombe¹

2017

Oxford Research Encyclopedia of Religion

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“…For further research, the concept of sevā needs to be explored more carefully because it has been developed and applied socio-politically in a much larger context (see Alder, 2018;Beckerlegge, 2015). What this article has found, thus, can be replicated in other arenas of life, where women and marginal people also employ notions of sevā to claim some kind of empowerment and assertion of their self.…”

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Feminisation of Ascetic Celibacy in Haridwar

Hamaya

2019

South Asia Research

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Case studies of male–female ascetic couples in Haridwar in North India complicate the widespread knowledge that male Hindu renouncers are supposed to observe celibacy. Based on extended ethnographic work, this article investigates specifically how female ascetics tackle the dominant androcentric discourses and practise celibacy from a female point of view, focussing on their practice of sevā or spiritual service. The article argues that while female ascetics do not object to the androcentric ideology of celibacy, they follow it only partly, switching their focus from sexual abstinence to devotional sevā. Doing this, female ascetics value controlling emotion more than controlling sexual desire. Through the practice of sevā, they aim for fostering an attitude of devotion as a feminised manifestation of their efforts towards reaching spiritual attainment.

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“…Dahulu, seva memang merupakan salah satu ekspresi dari dorongan yang semakin kuat menuju aktivisme sosial yang juga disalurkan ke dalam gerakan reformasi sosial dan kampanye politik untuk kemerdekaan India. 48 Maka dari itu seva mencontohkan harapan pemikiran dan tindakan yang didasarkan pada aktivisme sakral di dunia di mana ketidakadilan, ketimpangan, dan keserakahan merajalela. 49 Tujuan dari seva adalah keharmonisan, kesejahteraan dan kebahagiaan, tidak hanya untuk pemimpin tetapi juga untuk masyarakat luas.…”

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Mencintai Alam dalam Naungan Yang Ilahi

Atmoko

2023

IJT

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Perhatian kaum Injili terhadap alam secara umum mengikuti paham dualistik dan utilitarian yang dipengaruhi oleh pemikiran Agustinus. Untuk lepas dari jebakan dualisme, saya menafsirkan konsep dual Agustinian uti (cara atau menggunakan) dan frui (menikmati atau bersukacita karena) menggunakan dua konsep Hindu seva (tidak mementingkan diri) dan svarupa (bentuk sesungguhnya). Dengan itu, saya mengonstruksi sikap mencintai alam—yakni segala ciptaan—di dalam naungan Ilahi. Saya menggunakan metodologi teologi komparatif reinterpretasi dari Catherine Cornille, yang membuat konsep dari satu agama tertentu menjadi lebih dipahami ketika diperbandingkan dengan konteks agama lain. Pertama, konsep Hindu svarupa dapat mengubah tendensi dualistik dari frui yang tadinya terarah “kepada” naungan Ilahi menjadi lebih non-dualistik dengan berada “dalam” naungan Ilahi. Dengan demikian, svarupa menjadi penting dalam menafsirkan ulang frui. Kedua, konsep Hindu seva menarik makna uti supaya tidak terjatuh dalam mode utilitarian dalam berelasi dengan alam tanpa kasih. Begitu juga saya menemukan seva bermanfaat untuk reinterpretasi saya akan konsep uti. Dengan memahami pandangan Agustinian uti-frui yang biner melalui seva dan svarupa, saya hendak mengembangkan paradigma lingkungan hidup yang non-dikotomis dan non-utilitarian. Bergerak melampaui dualisme Allah-ciptaan membantu umat Kristen untuk melihat kasih Allah di dalam dunia material. Begitu juga, memakai pandangan non-utilitarian membantu kita untuk lebih perhatian terhadap impak jangka panjang dari perlakuan manusia terhadap alam.

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Seva

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The Revival of Yoga in Contemporary India

The Revival of Yoga in Contemporary India

Feminisation of Ascetic Celibacy in Haridwar

Mencintai Alam dalam Naungan Yang Ilahi

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