After briefly and cojncisely summarizing principla ideals of classical Yoga philosophy, the paper is primarily concerned with outlining the issue of theism within its frame. Related sūtras are treated where definition of Īśvara, the ssupreme Being and highest spiritual monad, is presented and referred to. These are followed by some considerations over that peculiar concept of God. Conclusion is drawn and argued for that the notion of Īśvara (who cannot be thought of as a personal god) is of philosophical rather than religious character. Not being in any sense creator of the universe nor enjoying any sort of cult or religious practice and remaining in his eternal inertness and perfection, Īśvara could be best seen as a God of the yogīs, whose only aim, so to speak, is to serve as a perfect model for a libertaion-seeking person. It is his very existence thet urges yogī to achieve self-realization by means of concentration., Ján Országh., and Obsahuje seznam literatury
Kabyles, a Berber-speaking population living in North Algeria, are nowadays very active in the proces of self-determination within Algeria and in the fight for their rights. This text describes how French colonization has influenced the (self)perception of Kabyles as a culturally and linguistically specific group. Special attention is given to the position of Kabyles in post-independent Algeria and the way the Algerian régime, in the name of anti-colonialism, has reproduced colonial thoughts and concepts. Also examined are the contemporary activities of Kabyle political parties and the Movement for autonomy of Kabylia., Tereza Hyánková., and Obsahuje seznam literatury
This paper aims at examining the current attempts of the Hindutva organizations to hijack the environmental discourse and use it to mobilize the public on religious and communal bases. After a brief summary of the main ideological strands and movements in contemporary Indian envirnonmentalism, special attention is paid to the attempt by the VHP and other Sangh Parivar organizations to appropriate the Ganga monement in Uttarakhand. With reference to the previous campaigns in the 1980s and 1990s, in which the waters of the Ganga already played an important role, their strategies and tactics are examined and discussed, followed by an analysis of the seminal question: Why is it that time the Hindu Right has not been successful in capturing the public imagination and seizing the environmental agenda in order to transform it into a broader social movement., Jiří Krejčík., and Obsahuje seznam literatury
Present paper deals with general aspects of Tibetan Buddhism with emphasis on ritual practice of the Nyingma tradition. Next, it tackles various forms of myth and cult goddess Tara while giving some remarks from the point of view of structural anthropology. The author argues that the worship of Tara plays crucial role in the lay and monastic spheres and the cult of the goddess provides a common background for symbolical communication both within and between the contexts., Petr Horáček., and Obsahuje seznam literatury
This article seeks to explore the culture of violence in the mountainous Caucasus seen from a historical perspective. To the end, it employs a number of contemporary testimonies made primally by outsiders who visited the region in the 17th-19th centuries. The focus of the article rests in the evolution of the phenomenon of blood feud, a staple of the Caucasus from time immemorial, and its reservation and relevance nowadays. and Emil Souleimanov.