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In the sixteenth century, the saint and scholar Sri Caitanya set in motion a wave of devotion to Krishna that began in eastern India and has now found its way around the world. Caitanya taught that the highest aim of life is to develop selfless love for God Krishna, the blue-hued cowherd boy who spoke the Bhagavad Gita. Although only a handful of poetry is attributed to Caitanya, his devotional theology was expounded and systematized by his followers in a vast array of poetical, philosophical, and ritual literature. This book provides a thematic study of Caitanya Vaishnava philosophy, introducing key thinkers and ideas in the early tradition, using Sanskrit and Bengali sources that have seldom been studied in English. The book addresses major areas of the tradition, including epistemology, ontology, aesthetics, ethics, and history, and every chapter includes relevant readings from primary sources.
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An Ocean of Emotion: Rasa and Religious Experience in Early Caitanya Vaiį¹£į¹ava Thought
Table of contents
- Cover Page
- Dedication
- Title Page
- Copyright Page
- Contents
- Author Profiles
- Preface
- Introduction Circling in on the Subject: Discourses of Ultimacy in Caitanya Vaiį¹£į¹avism
- Reading ÅrÄ« Caitanya Jokes with Veį¹ kaį¹a Bhaį¹į¹a: Kį¹į¹£į¹adÄsa KavirÄjaās Caitanya CaritÄmį¹ta
- Bibliography
- Epistemology and Ontology I Where One is Forever Two: God and World in JÄ«va GosvÄmÄ«ās BhÄgavata-sandarbha
- Reading The BhÄgavata PurÄį¹a in Four Verses: JÄ«va GosvÄmÄ«ās Kramasandarbha
- Bibliography
- Epistemology and Ontology II Caitanya Vaiį¹£į¹avism on Trial: Continuity and Transformation in the Eighteenth Century
- Reading A Pearl Necklace of Propositions: Baladeva VidyÄbhÅ«į¹£aį¹aās PrameyaratnÄvalÄ«
- Bibliography
- Ethics and Practice Caitanya Vaiį¹£į¹ava Ethics in Relation to Devotional Community
- Reading The UpadeÅÄmį¹tam of RÅ«pa GosvÄmÄ«: A Concise Teaching on Essential Practices of Kį¹į¹£į¹a Bhakti
- Bibliography
- Aesthetics An Ocean of Emotion: Rasa and Religious Experience in Early Caitanya Vaiį¹£į¹ava Thought
- Reading Two Discourses on Rasa
- Bibliography
- Index