Do Saints Need Sleep? Baiji’s Renunciation as Service
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 20072395 |
|---|---|
| Authors | M Khandelwal (0000-0002-4552-8592, corresponding author) |
| Year | 2006 |
| Pages | 39-68 |
| Publication date | 2006-01-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | CHAPTER |
| Venue | Women's Renunciation in South Asia (SOURCE_BOOK) |
| Publisher | Palgrave Macmillan US (PUBLISHER) |
| DOI | 10.1007/978-1-137-10485-4_2 |
| OpenAlex | W2506933943 |
| ISBN | 9781137104854 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 1 |
| References cited | 3 |
Baiji is a sannyasini who was initiated into the Saraswati Dashnami order as a young woman.1 She has a large ashram of her own in Haridwar, a smaller one higher in the Himalayas, and many lay devotees. Baiji was reputed to be a strict, rather orthodox guru, but also generous in her interactions with both lay persons and other sadhus. In person, she was soft-spoken and quick to smile; she wore ankle-length robes and covered her short hair only for warmth in the winter. On our first meeting, she not only agreed to be interviewed but also warmly offered me a room at Rishi Ashram so that I might see for myself what life there was like.2
Renunciation · Theology · Anthropological Studies and Insights · Indian and Buddhist Studies · Philosophy · Psychology · Vietnamese History and Culture Studies
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| Citations per year | 0,08 |
| Citation span | 2013 - 2013 (1) |
| Citation velocity | historical |
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