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Index
Cover
Title Page
Copyright Notice
Dedication
Introduction to the Volume
Statement of Purpose: Sources and Scope of the Volume
The Bhāgavata as Text
The Commentaries
Part I: Introduction to Bhakti Yoga
Definition of Bhakti
The Practices of Bhakti
Vaidhī (Prescriptive) Bhakti and Rāgānugā (Spontaneous) Bhakti
The Nine Practices of Vaidhī Bhakti
Śravaṇa (Hearing)
Kīrtana (Chanting)
Smaraṇa (Remembering)
Pāda-sevana (Service to Īśvara’s Feet)
Arcana (Worship)
Vandana (Offering Respect)
Dāsya (Servitorship)
Sakhya (Friendship)
Ātma-nivedana (Self-Surrender)
Bhakti Mixed with Attachment to Dharma and Jñāna
Bhakti and Dharma
Bhakti Mixed with Karma and Jñāna
Rāgānugā Bhakti
The Divine Brahman Realms of Vaikuṇṭha and Goloka
Līlā and Yogamāyā
Rāga, Bhāva, and Rasa
Rāgātmikā Bhakti
The Development of Rāgānugā Bhakti
Meditation in Hate and Lust
Meditating in Enmity: Kṛṣṇa and the Demons
Meditating in Passion: Kṛṣṇa and the Gopīs
The Practitioner of Bhakti, the Bhakta
The First Step in Bhakti: Association with a Bhakta
Satsaṅga and the Guru
The Varieties of Saints
The Liberated Bhakta: Different Types of Mokṣa in the Bhāgavata
The Object of Bhakti: Īśvara, Bhagavān, Brahman, and Divine Hierarchies
Bhakti and Other Paths of Yoga
Definition of Īśvara, Bhagavān, and Brahman
Prakṛti and the Three Guṇas: Sattva, Rajas, and Tamas
The Nature of Īśvara in Vedānta: Primary or Derivative?
A Three-Tiered Hierarchy of Brahman
The Rejection of Brahman
Who Is the Supreme Īśvara?: The Purāṇic Context
Īśvara, Pure Bhakti, and Motivated Bhakti
Materialistic Religiosity
Concluding Reflections
Some Academic Considerations
Hierarchies of Bliss
Part II: Tales and Teachings from the Bhāgavata Purāṇa
Book I
Invocation and Glories of the Śrīmad Bhāgavata Purāṇa (I.1)
The Setting of the Bhāgavata (I.1–4)
The Tale of Vyāsa: Existential Malaise (I.5–6)
The Tale of Sage Nārada: The Maidservant’s Son (I.5–6)
The Tale of Dhṛtarāṣṭra: The Blind Emperor’s Final Days (I.13)
The Tale of King Parīkṣit: Cursed to Die in Seven Days (I.18–19)
Book II
The Teachings of Sage Śuka: The Wandering Enlightened Sage (II.1–4)
The Tale and Teachings of Lord Brahmā: The Primordial Yogī (II.5–6)
Brahmā’s Vision of God (II.9)
Book III
The Tale and Teachings of Lord Brahmā, Version II (III.8–9)
The Tale of Queen Devahūti: The Mystic Powers of Yoga (III.23–24)
The Teachings of Lord Kapila: Sāṅkhya Yoga (III.25–33)
Book IV
The Tale of Prince Dhruva: The Five-Year-Old Yogī Prodigy (IV.8–9, 11, 12)
The Tale of King Pṛthu: The Ideal Monarch (IV.22–23)
The Allegory of King Purañjana: The Illusion of Sensual Pleasures (IV.25–29)
Book V
The Teachings of the Ṛṣabha Incarnation: The Ascetic as Madman (V.5–6)
The Tale of King Bharata: The Mind at the Moment of Death (V.7–9)
The Teachings to King Rahūgaṇa: The Illusion of Social Status (V.10–12)
The Allegory of the Forest: The Illusion of Family Life (V.13–14)
Book VI
The Tale of Ajāmila: The Power of Mantra (VI.1–3)
The Tale of King Citraketu: The Dead Son Returns (VI.14–16)
Book VII
The Teachings of Yamarāja: Lament of the Widowed Queens (VII.2)
The Tale of Child Prahlāda; Viṣṇu Protects His Bhaktas (VII.4–9)
Book VIII
The Tale of the Elephant Bhakta: Surrender to Viṣṇu (VIII.2–4)
Book IX
The Tale of King Ambarīṣa: The Consequences of Offending Bhaktas (IX.4–5)
The Tale of Saubhari: Suppressed Saṁskāras (IX.6)
Part III: Śrī Kṛṣṇa’s Incarnation
Book X
Kṛṣṇa’s Birth (X.3)
Vātsalya Bhāva: Kṛṣṇa as Mischievous Child (X.8–9, 11)
Sakhya Bhāva: Kṛṣṇa as Playful Friend (X.12–13, 15, 18)
Madhura Bhāva: Kṛṣṇa as Amorous Lover (X.23, 29–33, 21)
Part IV: Caitanya’s Śikṣāṣṭakam
The Eight Verses of Instruction
Part V: The Nārada Bhakti Sūtras
Appendix I: Establishing the Authority of the Bhāgavata Purāṇa in the Vedic Tradition
Appendix II: Sāṅkhya Chart
Glossary
Notes
Introduction to the Volume
Definition of Bhakti
The Practices of Bhakti
The Practitioner of Bhakti, the Bhakta
The Object of Bhakti: Īśvara, Bhagavān, Brahman, and Divine Hierarchies
Concluding Reflections
The Bhāgavata Purāṇa: Book I
The Bhāgavata Purāṇa: Book II
The Bhāgavata Purāṇa: Book III
The Bhāgavata Purāṇa: Book IV
The Bhāgavata Purāṇa: Book V
The Bhāgavata Purāṇa: Book VI
The Bhāgavata Purāṇa: Book VII
The Bhāgavata Purāṇa: Book VIII
The Bhāgavata Purāṇa: Book IX
Śrī Kṛṣṇa’s Incarnation: Book X
Caitanya’s Śikṣāṣṭakam: The Eight Verses of Instruction
The Nārada Bhakti Sūtras
Appendix I
Bibliography
Also by Edwin F. Bryant
Praise for Bhakti Yoga
A Note About the Author
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