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On the occasion of Prof. Zandee's retirement from the Chair of Ancient Religions and their
Phenomena in the University of Utrecht it is appropriate to give a short survey of the history of …

In his book, Wegen en drijfveren der religie (1947) 1), he compares the religion of the
Marind-Anim of New Guinea (now Irian Barat) with the religion of the so-called" ethische richting"(" …

Tantric sadhana (religious practice) consists of two parts: ritual worship (pujii) 1 and
meditation (yoga). Both are of equal importance to every Tantric. Even the siddha or avadhuta, …

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Van de levende buiten-christelijke godsdiensten: het Hindoeïsme, het Boeddhisme en de
Islam is het Hindoeïsme verreweg de oudste. Het heeft reeds een geschiedenis van ruim drie …

Hindu-ism 471 the content of the message, while the main characteristic of a Guru is his
radiating personality. In a passage in Meditation and Life Chinmayananda even criticises gurus …

Several forms of initiation can be traced here. a. Firstly the so-called upanqyana (" leading
to himself": ie" the guru leads the pupil to himself". 2) In ancient India every young man …

Persons all over the world have to perform or to go through certain rites if they want to have
contact with things or beings belonging to the divine world. What a person considers to …

2. The classic characterization of yoga is that at the beginning of Pataiijali's Yoga Sfitra (I, 2),
where yoga is defined as the suspension of the cognitive functions of the mind (yogaS …