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Publisher:
Cambridge University Press
Online publication date:
June 2022
Print publication year:
2022
Online ISBN:
9781009047821
DOI:
https://doi.org/10.1017/9781009047821
Series:
Elements in New Religious Movements
Subjects:
History of Religion, Sociology of Religion, Religion, Religion: General Interest
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Book description

The practice of listening to subtle, inner sounds during meditation to concentrate and elevate the mind has a long history in various religions around the world, including Islam, Christianity, Hinduism, Buddhism, Jainism, and Sikhism. Today there are a number of new religious movements that have made listening to the inner sound current a cornerstone of their teachings. These groups include the Radhasoamis, the Divine Light Mission, Eckankar, the Movement of Spiritual Inner Awareness (MSIA), MasterPath, the Sawan-Kirpal Mission, Quan Yin/Ching Hai, Manavta Mandir, ISHA, and a number of others. In this study we provide a historical and comprehensive overview of these movements and how they have incorporated listening to the inner sound as part of their spiritual discipline. We are particularly interested in the distinctive and nuanced ways that each group teaches how to listen to the inner sound current and how they interpret it in their own unique theologies.

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New Sound Current Movements Websites

Films on the History and Practice of Shabd Yoga on YouTube

  1. 1. Hanging on the Gallows: Baba Faqir Chand and the Tibetan Book of the Dead. https://youtu.be/EGpCa6nZM3A

  2. 2. Listening to the Inner Sound: The Perennial Practice of Shabd Yoga. https://youtu.be/PkSCgbzFi7c

  3. 3. Sawan Singh and the Way of Sound. https://youtu.be/c8k4yXuGH28

  4. 4. The Ancient Practice of Shabd Yoga. https://youtu.be/zZIip8x6-BM

  5. 5. The Future of Meditation: Technological Augmentation and Interior Sojourns. https://youtu.be/EIAyFL5LF-s

  6. 6. The Mystic Sound: Hazrat Inayat Khan. https://youtu.be/u5wMi1kPhJo

  7. 7. The Radhasoami Connection: Exploring the Influence of Shiv Dayal Singh. https://youtu.be/Mdl5DNhaf-8

  8. 8. The Sound Current: A Meditational Session on Shabd and Nam. https://youtu.be/5AMHtl4q3t8

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