Bhakti and Philosophy by R. Raj Singh

By R. Raj Singh

Bhakti is a amazing characteristic and tendency of human lifestyles having to do with one's committed involvement with somebody, item, deity, or inventive venture. In Bhakti and Philosophy, R. Raj Singh strains the bigger meanings and roles of bhakti because it traditionally emerged in the various famous notion platforms of India, similar to Vedanta and Buddhism, with a distinct specialise in the seminal texts similar to the Vedas, Upanishads, the Bhagvadgita, the Bhakti sutras and the Buddhist sutras. The publication in particular outlines the relationship among bhakti and philosophy, a connection hitherto neglected in such a lot reviews on bhakti, which take place to target the non secular measurement in preference to the secular and existential meanings of this pivotal tendency. the worth of this paintings lies not just in its noticeable contribution to philosophy and non secular reports, but in addition in advancing our realizing of bhakti as a common tendency and an essential part in resolving the ever-enigmatic philosophical challenge said within the uncomplicated query 'what is love?'

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