[INDOLOGY] Eating flesh of a jogi, a magician, a healer

[Nagaraj Paturi]

Prof. Karp,

You must be aware of these words from the Bible. “You Must Eat My Flesh” I
found a discussion here:
http://www.desiringgod.org/articles/what-jesus-meant-when-he-said-you-must-eat-my-flesh

There are huge number of pages discussing these biblical words.

What struck me is, Jesus the Guru figure asks to eat his flesh and drink
his blood.

There seems to be some esoteric or mystic similarity between the two
expressions.

Regards,

-N

On Mon, Apr 25, 2016 at 11:33 PM, Dean Michael Anderson via INDOLOGY <
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> The principle is basically the same - there is a special power in the
> remains of those considered to be spiritually advanced. Compare European
> saintly relics.
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> Grisly, indeed.
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> Dean
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> *From:* Artur Karp <karp at uw.edu.pl>
> *To:* Dean Michael Anderson <eastwestcultural at yahoo.com>
> *Cc:* Dipak Bhattacharya <dipak.d2004 at gmail.com>; indology <
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> In Śahr Safidon ki Kahani it is the guru (Dhanthar Baid, Mbh.'s
> Dhanvantari) who orders his disciples to cut and and eat his body - so that
> his healing powers would not be lost.
>
> Best, also -
>
> Artur
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> 2016-04-25 18:35 GMT+02:00 Dean Michael Anderson <
> eastwestcultural at yahoo.com>:
>
> The place to look would be the texts and tales of "left-handed" tantra.
> I'm not familiar with the older texts but I do know that in places with
> famous burning grounds like Varanasi and Kathmandu the families guard the
> bodies to prevent tantriks from eating the flesh of the deceased. I have
> read about this in modern stories, and talked to people who have seen it.
> It is certainly very much still alive in the minds of modern Indians and
> Nepalis.
>
> Best,
>
> Dean Anderson
>
>
> On Sun, Apr 24, 2016 at 8:35 PM, Artur Karp <karp at uw.edu.pl> wrote:
>
> In "Śahr Safidon ki kahani" (published by Richard Temple, The Legends of
> the Panjab , Vol. I (No XVI,
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> Bombay 1884 [Reprints: 1962, 1977] -
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> his disciples eat flesh of their Guru, Dhanthar Baid - in order to gain
> his powers  Is this motif found somewhere else in Indian narratives?
>
> Thanks in advance,
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> Artur Karp
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Nagaraj Paturi

Hyderabad, Telangana, INDIA.

Former Senior Professor of Cultural Studies

FLAME School of Communication and FLAME School of  Liberal Education,

(Pune, Maharashtra, INDIA )


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