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Sathya Sai Baba and his movement
Marčík, Pavel ; Štampach, Ivan Odilo (advisor) ; Řehák, Petr (referee)
Sathya Sai Baba is the most popular spiritual leader in India. He has about fifty million disciples, usually they are from India, but he has also some disciples from european and north american countries. Sathya Sai Baba proclaims about himself he is second incarnation of actual avatar, he also proclaims the first incarnation was Sai Baba from Shirdi, who is very popular indian saint. Sathya Sai Baba's cult is popular especially for Sathya Sai Baba's acts like is for example healing of his disciples, materialization etc. These acts interpretate his disciples like a miracles. Sathya Sai Baba accents in his teaching, which is based on traditional Hindu texts, ethic dimension of religions. Sathya Sai Baba also created his official organization. This organization focus her activities especially to adoration of Sathya Sai Baba, to study his texts, to service and education. Organization has also branch in Czech republic. Czech branch counts about thirty people. Sathya Sai Baba is criticised from suspects in cheating, sexual abuses of his disciples and from political scheming. Criticism often appears from his exdisciples. Keywords Sathya Sai Baba - new religious movement - cult - followers - official organization - criticism.
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Possible Influence of the Sacred to Human Behaviour and Experience
Marčík, Pavel ; Jirman, Jaroslav (advisor) ; Heryán, Ladislav (referee)
The work is based on experience from social work with orphans which is realized by NGO Letní dům, which organizes social rehabilitation camps for orphans. Part of the settings of these camps is a specially arranged room (called Chýška), where all camp participants meet every evening to reflect on the day passed. The author of the work considers this space holy for them. Holiness is not necessary connected here with religious or with moral category. It is connected with transcendental reality, which differentiates between ordinary and extra-ordinary or holy. The paradox is that these differences manifests the original reality. This reality is in everything that was created. It is without any deffirence. It is unity. A part of the work is introduction to the psychological theory of attachement, affective deprivation, Pesso-Boyden system psychomotoric therapy and factors which influence the group therapy. These chapters are included in the work for better understanding of orphan problems. Practical part of work is a description of Chýška and the camps. Second practical part of work is a reflection of Chýška by participants of the camps by means of half structured talks. Powered by TCPDF (www.tcpdf.org)
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Sathya Sai Baba and his movement
Marčík, Pavel ; Štampach, Ivan Odilo (advisor) ; Řehák, Petr (referee)
Sathya Sai Baba is the most popular spiritual leader in India. He has about fifty million disciples, usually they are from India, but he has also some disciples from european and north american countries. Sathya Sai Baba proclaims about himself he is second incarnation of actual avatar, he also proclaims the first incarnation was Sai Baba from Shirdi, who is very popular indian saint. Sathya Sai Baba's cult is popular especially for Sathya Sai Baba's acts like is for example healing of his disciples, materialization etc. These acts interpretate his disciples like a miracles. Sathya Sai Baba accents in his teaching, which is based on traditional Hindu texts, ethic dimension of religions. Sathya Sai Baba also created his official organization. This organization focus her activities especially to adoration of Sathya Sai Baba, to study his texts, to service and education. Organization has also branch in Czech republic. Czech branch counts about thirty people. Sathya Sai Baba is criticised from suspects in cheating, sexual abuses of his disciples and from political scheming. Criticism often appears from his exdisciples. Keywords Sathya Sai Baba - new religious movement - cult - followers - official organization - criticism.
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