Chapter 1 Prologue Chapter 2 Bhakti as a Perennial Concept Chapter 3 Bhakti and Early Buddhist Thought Chapter 4 Bhakti and Philosophy in the Bhagvadgita Chapter 5 Bhakti and Love: Narada Bhakti Sutra Chapter 6 Bhakti and the Philosophies of Art Chapter 7 Epilogue Chapter 8 Bibliography
R. Raj Singh is professor of philosophy at Brock University.
Challenging the narrow religious conception of bhakti linked with
Hindu devotionalism, the author successfully presents historical
evidence in favour of a broader and richer interpretation of this
concept within the various Indian traditions. Essential for a
deeper understanding of what living philosophy means from an Indian
perspective, bhakti is understood here as an existential loving
attitude joining together knowledge and action.
*Rosa Fernandez-Gomez, University of Malaga, Spain*
One of the merits of Professor R. Raj Singh's Bhakti and Philosophy
is to point the way to a fertile reconsideration of the Indian
traditional notion of devotion (bhakti) by bringing to light
through knowledge and insight what makes piety a crucial factor in
the broader horizon of human experience where ethic, aesthetic and
transcendental values play an equal role in the construction of a
true self saturated with fervour in the multi-oriented directions
of creativity, contemplation and action.
*Grazia Marchianò, University of Siena-Arezzo, Italy*
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