eprintid: 11305
rev_number: 6
eprint_status: archive
userid: 1
dir: disk0/00/01/13/05
datestamp: 2010-11-24 14:51:34
lastmod: 2014-08-19 05:41:13
status_changed: 2010-11-24 14:51:34
type: article
metadata_visibility: show
creators_name: Scheifinger, Heinz
title: Hindu Embodiment and the Internet
ispublished: pub
subjects: ddc-200
divisions: i-72050
keywords: Sinne , Internet , Religiöse Praxis , Hinduismussenses , internet , religious practice , Hinduism
cterms_swd: Ästhetik
cterms_swd: Wahrnehmung
cterms_swd: Religion
abstract: Hinduism is a fully embodied religion yet it is being practised in cyberspace where a degree of disembodiment occurs. In this article I consider the nature of the body in Hinduism and discuss this in the light of Hindu religious activity online. The lack of full embodiment online suggests that widespread Hindu online activity is unsuited to cyberspace. However, an investigation of the Hindu puja ceremony and its online manifestation indicates that an important aspect of embodiment remains when an individual performs the ceremony online. Furthermore, as a result of the Hindu belief that mind and the physical external body are inextricably related, cyberspace proves to be a highly suitable environment for the carrying out of the Hindu puja ceremony.
abstract_translated_lang: eng
date: 2010
date_type: published
id_scheme: DOI
id_number: 10.11588/heidok.00011305
portal_cluster_id: p-relinternet
portal_order: 04.1
ppn_swb: 1404040919
own_urn: urn:nbn:de:bsz:16-opus-113053
language: eng
bibsort: SCHEIFINGEHINDUEMBOD2010
full_text_status: public
publication: Online - Heidelberg Journal of Religions on the Internet: Vol. 04.1 Special Issue on Aesthetics and the Dimensions of the Senses
editors_name: Heidbrink, Simone
editors_name: Miczek, Nadja
citation:   Scheifinger, Heinz  (2010) Hindu Embodiment and the Internet.  Online - Heidelberg Journal of Religions on the Internet: Vol. 04.1 Special Issue on Aesthetics and the Dimensions of the Senses.       
document_url: https://archiv.ub.uni-heidelberg.de/volltextserver/11305/1/11.pdf