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Indian Shaker Church
.
.
A new
syncretist
religion among Indians of NW USA and British Columbia. (There is no relation to white
Shakers
or
Quakers
.) John Slocum (?1840–97?) was a Squaxin logger near Olympia, baptized as a Roman Catholic. In 1881, he claimed to have visited heaven during a coma and to have been given a new way. In 1882, his wife Mary's shaking paroxysm was regarded as God's Spirit and cured John of an illness. Together they founded the Shaker Church, with moral reforms and spiritual healing through shaking and dancing rites in place of
shamanism
.
syncretist
religion among Indians of NW USA and British Columbia. (There is no relation to white
Shakers
or
Quakers
.) John Slocum (?1840–97?) was a Squaxin logger near Olympia, baptized as a Roman Catholic. In 1881, he claimed to have visited heaven during a coma and to have been given a new way. In 1882, his wife Mary's shaking paroxysm was regarded as God's Spirit and cured John of an illness. Together they founded the Shaker Church, with moral reforms and spiritual healing through shaking and dancing rites in place of
shamanism
.
Indicative
(form of absolution)
:
(form of absolution)
:
Indra
.
.
Supreme God of the Indo-
ryans, to whom (except for
Agni
) more hymns are addressed in the
g Veda
than to any other. He is the dispenser of rain and source of fruitfulness, who is himself sustained by vast quantities of
soma
. His strength is represented by his thunderbolt (
vajra
). He is found also in Jain and Buddhist mythology (as Sakka).
ryans, to whom (except forAgni
) more hymns are addressed in the
g Vedathan to any other. He is the dispenser of rain and source of fruitfulness, who is himself sustained by vast quantities of
soma
. His strength is represented by his thunderbolt (
vajra
). He is found also in Jain and Buddhist mythology (as Sakka).
Indra's net
(image of the interconnectedness of all things)
:
(image of the interconnectedness of all things)
:
Indriya
(Skt.).
1
In Indian philosophical systems, especially S
khya-yoga, the indriyas constitute the sense organs. There are ten indriyas divided into two categories: the organs of perception (buddhindriyas), and the organs of action (karmendriyas).
2
In Buddhism, the controlling or directing powers in human life, often listed as the twenty-two physical and psychological capacities in humans, including the five roots which lead to the five powers (
bala
), and culminating in the capacity of perfect knowledge—i.e. an
arhat
. See also
BODHIP
K
IKA-DHARMA
.
1
In Indian philosophical systems, especially S
khya-yoga, the indriyas constitute the sense organs. There are ten indriyas divided into two categories: the organs of perception (buddhindriyas), and the organs of action (karmendriyas).2
In Buddhism, the controlling or directing powers in human life, often listed as the twenty-two physical and psychological capacities in humans, including the five roots which lead to the five powers (
bala
), and culminating in the capacity of perfect knowledge—i.e. an
arhat
. See also
BODHIP
KIKA-DHARMA.
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