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Editorial
Sk. Makbul Islam
English Section
Article-1
Bhakti Yoga and Jagannatha Con sciousness
Susmita Bose
Article-2
Diffusion of Sri Jagannath Consciousness: Observing Cognitive and Iconographic Changes
Sk. Makbul Islam
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Ramakrishna Mission Vidyamandir Organized seminar on Folkloristics
Inauguration of Sri Jagannath Journal, Bhubaneswar
Susmita Bose
Bhakti Yoga and Jagannatha Consciousness
Abstract
This paper tries to appreciate the interrelationship between Sri
Jagannath Consciousness and Bhakti Yoga considering the issue of
Nababidha Bhakti, the role of Guru, the Qualified Monism of
Ramanuja, Bhakti Yoga and Sri Chaitanya Deva, Brotherhood of
Man and Fatherhood of God and so on.
VII:
VII:
Lastly, the Madhura or the Kanta Bhava is the highest of all bhavas. It
comprises within itself the above four Bhavas and is yet something more
than them. It is a sort of love that subsists between a devoted wife and her
husband. To put it more accurately, it is a kind of love that a woman feels
for a man other than her husband for in the later case, love is more intense
on account of the sexual barrier, standing between the two. In Goudiya
Vaishnavasm, Sri Radha is delineated as the personification of love, while
Sri Krishna is God incarnate. Sree Krishna is the only Purusha and all
other human beings belong to Prakriti when other name is Sri R adha. She is
the sole guide to lead them unto God. She is the Maha Guru or the Supreme
spiritual guide. It is said that in the Chaitanya avatar, Sree Krishna puts on
the garb of Sree Radha i.e., becomes, in body and mind, Sree Radha Himself
with a view to taste the beauty and the grace of the love that Sree Radha
bore unto Him in Dwapara Yuga. Sree Radha stands for Jivatma and Sree
Krishna for Brahman or the Paramatma. In Puri, Lord Jagannath personifies
Paramatma as well as Parabrahma.
About Author:
Senior Lecturer in the Department of Philosophy, St. Pauls Cathedral
Mission College, Kolkata.
1. Theoretical Note
This paper is designed to observe the major changes, found in the cultural manifestations of
Jagannath Consciousness and the following cult in anthropological term, in conformity to
Diffusion as was suggested by the Diffusional School of anthropology, simultaneously
developed in Britain, America and Germany, during the closing decades of 19th and
beginning decades of 20th century. If we perceive the entire cultural configuration of Sri
Jagannath from the point of cultural anthropology, we must observe that Sri Jagannath
Consciousness has two aspects a. The origin and development of Sri Jagananth the historical part of the issue, and
b. The diffusion of Jagannath from Orissa, beyond her boundary
My paper primarily deals with the second point.
The major points that Diffusional School of anthropology has mentioned, are,
a. culture is diffused and borrowed from one place to another place
b. culture has a center and culture is borrowed from center to periphery
c. diffusion may cause some changes in manifest level of culture.
Now, if we, theorize the issue of diffusion of Sri Jagananth Consciousness from Orissa to
other parts of India and world, we must mention Puri to be the major center of Jagannath
Culture, while Bengal, Assam, Meghalaya and Bangladesh may be termed as minor centers
concerned, lying in the periphery of entire circle of Jagannath Culture.
Diffusion of
Sri Jagannath
From
Center (Puri) to
Periphery (beyond Orissa)
Culture
Center
Minor
Center
(Major)
(National)
Puri
Bengal
Assam
Meghalaya
Tripura
Minor
Center
(International)
Bangladesh
2. Methodology of Research
To observe this issue, I have executed extensive field work in on Jagannath Culture in West
Bengal, Meghalaya, Assam as well as in Bangladesh, and have collected information in a
Structured Information Format.
Here, the term information implies a. collection of printed materials (secondary source of data)
b. collection through interview
c. collection of audio document (interview, songs)
d. collection of visual document (still)
e. collection of audio-visual document (video)
f. personal observation and feelings
Here I must mention that, though I am dealing with a UGC Major Research Project on Sri
Jagannath Consciousness in West Bengal, Nepal and Bangladesh, yet I have executed some
field work relating to Sri Jagannath in some other states of India. The reports of those survey
have also been included in designing this paper.
Cognitive Change
Iconographic Change
Neelamadhab (Concept)
God of Humanity
Change
Configuration of Jagananth
Iconographic Change
Colour of Jagananth
Material of Jagananth deity
About Author
Principal Investigator of UGC Major Research Project on Sri Jagannath Consciousness in
West Bengal, Nepal and Bangladesh and Associate Professor, Department of Bengali, St.
Pauls Cathedral Mission College, Kolkata, West Bengal