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The Chaitanya Vaishnava Vedanta of Jiva Gosvami - When Knowledge Meets Devotion (Paperback, New)
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The Chaitanya Vaishnava Vedanta of Jiva Gosvami - When Knowledge Meets Devotion (Paperback, New)
Series: Routledge Hindu Studies Series
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The Chaitanya Vaishnava tradition is famous for its depth of
devotion to Krishna, the blue-hued Deity. Chaitanya Vaishnavas are
known for having refined the practice and aesthetics of devotion
into a sophisticated science. This imposing devotional edifice was
constructed upon a solid foundation of philosophical argument and
understanding. In this book, Ravi Gupta sheds new light on the
contribution of Chaitanya Vaishnavism to the realm of Indian
philosophy. He explores the hermeneutical tools employed, the
historical resources harnessed, the structure of the arguments
made, and the relative success of the endeavor. For most schools of
Vaishnavism, the supporting foundation consists of the
philosophical resources provided by Vedanta. The Chaitanya
tradition is remarkable in its ability to engage in Vedantic
discourse and at the same time practice an ecstatic form of
devotion to Krishna. The prime architect of this balance was the
scholar-devotee Jiva Gosvami (ca. 1517 - 1608). This book analyses
Jiva Gosvami's writing concerning the philosophy of the Vedanta
tradition. It concludes that Jiva's writing crosses 'disciplinary
boundaries', for he brought into dialogue four powerful streams of
classical Hinduism: the various systems of Vedanta, the ecstatic
bhakti movements, the Puranic commentarial tradition, and the
aesthetic rasa theory of Sanskrit poetics. With training in and
commitments to all of these traditions, Jiva Gosvami produced a
distinctly Chaitanya Vaishnava system of theology.
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