Bhakti yoga (eBook)

Maṅgalācaraṅa - Dedication 7
Acknowledgements 12
Preface 15
Introduction 19
Love 25
Levels of love 27
Expansion of love 32
Sublimation of love 34
God 37
The souls 43
The cosmic manifestation 46
The worship of Īśvara 50
The nine limbs of bhakti yoga 55
Śravaṇa, "listening" 58
Kīrtana, "glorification" 61
Smaraṇa, "remembrance" 66
Pāda-sevana, "service to the feet" 69
Arcana, "worship" 80
Vandana, "reverence, prayer" 92
Dāsya, "being the servant of God" 97
Sakhya, "friendliness" 101
Ātma-nivedana, "surrendering to God" 104
Devotional Joy 109
The ocean of nectarean devotion 110
Bharata Muni's theory of rasa 112
Abhinavagupta's theory of rasa 117
King Bhoja's theory of rasa 119
Rūpa Gosvāmī's theory of bhakti-rasa 122
Art and religion 133
The development of devotees in saguṇa-bhakti 135
Kaniṣṭhādhikārīs, "novice devotees" 136
Madhyamādhikārīs, "intermediate devotees" 137
Uttamādhikārīs, "the most elevated devotees" 139
The evolution of saguṇa-bhakti 145
Sadhana bhakti, "bhakti in practice" 145
Bhāva-bhakti, "bhakti in ecstasy" 148
Prema-bhakti, "bhakti in pure love for God" 150
Parā-bhakti, "transcendental devotion" 155
Love is unity 162
Religion 167
The spiritual search 169
The religion of bhakti yoga 172
The person of religion 175
Glossary of Sanskrit terms 177
Sanskrit pronunciation guide 184
About the author 189
About the mission 193