Dying the Good Death: The Pilgrimage to Die in India's Holy City

Christopher Justice

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Langue : anglais

Edité par State University of New York Press, 1997

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Exploring the Hindu concepts of good and bad deaths, this rich ethnography follows pilgrims who choose to travel to the holy city of Kashi to die.Dying the Good Death is a unique ethnography, the first to focus on the experiences of dying at the end of the life cycle. In a region of northern India, some people at the end of their lives leave their villages and travel to the Hindu holy city of Kashi to die. These pilgrims expect that by dying in Kashi they will obtain the spiritual reward of moksha-liberation from the cycle of death and rebirth.Based on fieldwork conducted in Kashi's hospices or "mansions of liberation," Christopher Justice introduces us to a number of dying individuals and their families, providing rich and evocative descriptions of their remarkable experiences. The social contexts of these experiences are explored through descriptions of the families who provide care and the priests who chant the name of God twenty-four hours a day. The book also has clear implications for the potential ways in which we may choose to face the ends of our lives.…

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Titre
Dying the Good Death: The Pilgrimage to Die in India's Holy City
Auteur
Christopher Justice
Éditeur
State University of New York Press
Année de publication
1997
État de l'article
Fair
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Paperback
Langue
anglais
ISBN à 10 chiffres
0791432629
ISBN à 13 chiffres
9780791432624

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