Research Catalog

Title

A living theology of Krishna Bhakti : the essential teachings of A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada / Tamal Krishna Goswami ; edited with introductory and concluding chapters by Graham M. Schweig.

Author

Goswami, Tamal Krishna.

Publication

New York : Oxford University Press, c2012.

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Details

Additional Authors

Schweig, Graham M., 1953-

Description

viii, 286 p.; 25 cm.

Summary

"A. C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhup?da (1896-1977), founder of the Hare Krishna Movement, traced his lineage to the fifteenth-century Indian saint Sri Chaitanya. He authored more than fifty volumes of English translation and commentaries on Sanskrit and Bengali texts, serving as a medium between these distant authorities and his modern Western readership and using his writings as blueprints for spiritual change and a revolution in consciousness. He had to speak the language of a people vastly disparate from the original recipients of his tradition's scriptures without compromising fidelity to the tradition. Tamal Krishna Goswami claims that the social scientific, philosophical, and 'insider' forms of investigation previously applied have failed to explain the presence of a powerful interpretative device-a mahavakya or 'great utterance'-that governs and pervades Prabhupada's 'living theology' of devotion on bhakti. For Prabhupada, the wide range of 'vedic' subject matter is governed by the axiomatic truth: Krishna is the Supreme Personality of Godhead. Goswami's academic training at the University of Cambridge, his thirty years' experience as a practitioner and teacher, and his extensive interactions with Prabhupada as both personal secretary and managerial representative, afforded him a unique opportunity to understand and illuminate the theological contribution of Prabhupada. In this work, Goswami proves that the voice of the scholar-practitioner can be intimately connected with his tradition while sustaining a mature critical stance relative to his subject. A Living Theology of Krishna Bhakti includes a critical introduction and conclusion by Graham M. Schweig."--Publisher's website.

Subject

• A. C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupāda, 1896-1977
• International Society for Krishna Consciousness > Doctrines

Bibliography (note)

• Includes bibliographical references (p. [233]-257) and index.

Contents

In Quest of the 'Theological' Prabhupada -- The Travails of Illegitimacy: Historical Setting -- Pramana: Sources of Knowledge -- Sambandha: Krishna, the Supreme Personality of Godhead -- Abhidheya: Devotional Service, Bhakti.

Call Number

JFE 13-503

ISBN

• 9780199796632 (hardcover : alk. paper)
• 0199796637 (hardcover : alk. paper)

LCCN

2011050785

OCLC

771425246

Author

Goswami, Tamal Krishna.

Title

A living theology of Krishna Bhakti : the essential teachings of A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada / Tamal Krishna Goswami ; edited with introductory and concluding chapters by Graham M. Schweig.

Imprint

New York : Oxford University Press, c2012.

Bibliography

Includes bibliographical references (p. [233]-257) and index.

Added Author

Schweig, Graham M., 1953-

Research Call Number

JFE 13-503