- salat & Sufi dhikr
EB: "Islam: the Five Pillars" (p.11-16), "Sufism" (p.6-9)
[or IAR, 65-76] + "How to Perform Salat" (web site)
(reflection: Allah, Gabriel, grace)
(community: Muhammad, hadith, fraternal orders)
- Pakistani celebration of Muhammad's birth
EB: "Islam: the Five Pillars" (p.11-16)
& "Sufism" (p.6-9) [or IAR, 65-76] +
"...Celebration of Muhammad's Birth" (RAP, 73-78)
(same terms as for "salat & sufi dhikr" above )
- Hindu image worship
"Chola Bronzes from South India" (web site)
+ IAR, 49-51, 54-61
(Brahman, Shiva, Vishnu, Krishna, Rama, avatara)
(temple, darshan, Shaivites, Vaishnavites)
- Ramprasad Sen's Shakta poetry writing & singing
"Bengali Songs to Kali" (RAP, 49-60)
(reflection: brahman, Durga/Uma, Kali, shakti)
(community: satsang, Durga Puja, Devi Mahatmya)
- R.R. Varma's 19th century painting & prints
"The Artist as Charismatic Individual" (ASA, 167-76)
+ "The Genius of Raja Ravi Varma" (on-line prints)
[optional: Shakuntala (MOO, 232-48)]
& Brhaddharma & Vishnu Puranas (IAR, 355-59)]
(reflection: Hinduism, Shakuntala, Hindu gods/goddesses)
(community: Royal Academy, Kerala, Puranas, pandits)
- storytelling & worship of Sitala
"...the Smallpox Goddess" (RAP, 79-87) + IAR 53-56
(reflection: Sitala, Manasa, Shakti, Kali)
(community: Bengal, smallpox, Krshnarama, left-handed worship)
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- medieval Jain storytelling
"Stories of Renunciation" (RAP, 88-93) + IAR, 101-108
[optional: "Gandhi's Favorite Hymns" (web site)]
(reflection: Jina, jiva, karma)
(community: confession, Svetambara, M.K. Gandhi)
- formal poetry study in medieval Bengal
"The Treasury of Well-Turned Verse" (MOO, 316-28)
(reflection: beauty, time, Kama, god of love)
(community: Jagaddala, peasants/farmers, monastery)
- designing and building imperial Mughal tombs
"Orthodoxy, Innovation & Revival" (ASA, 101-15)
(reflection: God, death, nature)
(community: Mughal dynasty, Khusraw, saints' tombs)
- Rajasthani royal portrait painting
"Timeless Symbols: Royal Portraits..." (ASA, 116-26)
(reflection: eternity, time, nature, reality)
(community: Rajput, Mughals, darbar, Holi)
- designing the new city of Chandigarh
"The East-West Opposition in Chandigarh..." (ASA, 177-88)
(reflection: modernity, Phoenix, Indian nation)
(community: Nehru, partition, M.K. Gandhi
- modern Theravada meditation & ascetic practice
"What is Theravada Buddhism" + "Ajaan Sao's Teaching"
(reflection: karma, duhkha, interdependent arising, nirvana)
(community: sangha, Theravada, Sri Lanka)
- modern vedanta ascetic practice & reflection
Teachings of Sri Ramana Maharshi, chapter 12 (IAR, 362-63)
"Vedanta Monasticism" (web site) & IAR, 31-40, 46-48 & 94
(reflection: brahman, karma, purusha)
(community: samnyasa, Vivekananda, Vedanta society)
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