Introduction
1. The Gauḍīya Tradition: From Veda to Rādhā
2. Śrī Krishna: Enter the Dark Lord
3. Śrī Gaura Tattva: From Black to Gold
4. The World of Bhakti
5. The Nectar of the Holy Name
6. Śikṣāṣṭakam: Eight Beautiful Prayers
7. Gauḍīya Vedānta: Inconceivable Unity in Diversity
8. Śrī Chaitanya and Other Traditions
9. Rāmānanda Rāya: The Viceroy of Devotion
10. Rāgānuga-bhakti: Śrī Chaitanya’s Special Gift
Afterword: Mahāprabhu Comes West
Steven J. Rosen is author of 31 books, the founding editor of the Journal of Vaishnava Studies, and associate editor of Back to Godhead magazine.
There is much that is praiseworthy and much to be learned from
Steven Rosen's book.
*Reading Religion*
“Steven J. Rosen is well known and respected for his prolific
output of writing on Krishna bhakti and related topics, but I would
venture to state that this is by far his most important work yet.
It represents a lifetime of serious study and scholarship, sieving
through all the literature on Chaitanya— hagiographic, theological,
pedagogical, academic and more—from the earliest literary sources
to the transplantation of the tradition to the West. Indeed, this
accumulation of sources from different genres is among the unique
contributions of this book, allowing us to engage the significance
of this remarkable saint/avatāra through a wide variety of lenses.
This user-friendly volume seems set to be the go-to source for
scholars, students, and practitioners of bhakti on one of the most
divinely intoxicated personalities in recorded history.”
*Edwin Bryant, Rutgers University*
“As one might imagine, I was delighted to learn that Steven was
interested in contributing a work to this series. And not just any
work: it could well be argued that this volume is his magnum opus.
While it is written with the clarity of his earlier work, there is
scholarly depth here that makes this particular volume a
substantial contribution to academic knowledge of the important,
but under-studied figure of Śrī Chaitanya Mahāprabhu.”
*Jeffery Long, Elizabethtown College*
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