Em busca do sentido da vida: a perspectiva de estudantes de Vedanta sobre “uma vida de yoga”

Bastos CG (2018)

Publication Type: Journal article

Publication year: 2018

Journal

Religião e Sociedade Instituto de Estudos da Religião

Book Volume: 38

Pages Range: 218-238

Issue: 3

DOI: 10.1590/0100-85872018v38n3cap10

Abstract

This article analyzes the meanings of becoming a devotee, according to the Vedanta tradition, and some implications arising from this type of experience lived by the informants. It is based upon fieldwork of a group of Non-dualism Vedanta students that live in Rio de Janeiro. The meanings of this learning process will be portrayed, as well as its implications on the life style of the group. Furthermore, matters such as the trajectory of the Western individual, spiritual disenchantment, fundamental loss of the purpose of living will be discussed, with the aim of analyzing the kind of religious beliefs practiced by the group, thus contributing to the understanding of the meanings of being “religious” or “spiritualized” today.

Authors with CRIS profile

Cecilia Bastos

Involved external institutions

Universidade Federal do Rio de Janeiro (UFRJ) / Federal University of Rio de Janeiro BR Brazil (BR)

How to cite

APA:

Bastos, C.G. (2018). Em busca do sentido da vida: a perspectiva de estudantes de Vedanta sobre “uma vida de yoga”. Religião e Sociedade, 38, 218-238. https://dx.doi.org/10.1590/0100-85872018v38n3cap10

MLA:

Bastos, Cecilia Guimarães. "Em busca do sentido da vida: a perspectiva de estudantes de Vedanta sobre “uma vida de yoga”." Religião e Sociedade 38 (2018): 218-238.

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