Dev Publishers Krishna-Seva: Traditional Ritual in the Practice of Bhakti Yoga - Softcover

Kenneth R. Valpey; Kenneth Russell Valpey; Kenneth Valpey; Krishna Kshetra Swami

 
9789359441405: Dev Publishers Krishna-Seva: Traditional Ritual in the Practice of Bhakti Yoga
Softcover
ISBN 10: 9359441406 ISBN 13: 9789359441405
Publisher: Dev Publishers, 2024

Synopsis

In today's cultural atmosphere of competing spiritualism jostling with vague scepticism and strident "new atheism," we do well to listen carefully to thoughtfully articulated wisdom of bygone ages. An important voice for finding existential meaning in daily devotional practices (bhakti-yoga) can be heard in the sixteenth-century Caitanya (Gauḍīya) Vaiṣṇava tradition. In this brief but carefully crafted work, the author takes readers step-by-step through the deep reasoning behind these practices with special focus on sevā--conscientious attending--to sacred temple images, concluding with a cogent explanation of why this practice is not to be mistaken for "idolatry". About the author: Kenneth R. Valpey is a Research Fellow of the Oxford Centre for Hindu Studies and a Fellow of the Oxford Centre for Animal Ethics. He has been a practicing monastic in the Caitanya Vaiṣṇava tradition since 1972.

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Publisher
Dev Publishers
Publication date
2024
Language
English
ISBN 10 
9359441406
ISBN 13 
9789359441405
Binding
Paperback
Edition number
1
Number of pages
148