{"product_id":"philosophy-and-religion-of-sri-caitanya-chaitanya-philosophical-background-of-hare-krishna-movement-ihd42","title":"The Philosophy and Religion of Sri Caitanya (Chaitanya) (The Philosophical background of the Hare Krishna Movement)","description":"\u003ch2 class=\"title is-size-3-desktop is-size-5-touch has-text-centered product-details-description-title\"\u003eBook Specification\u003c\/h2\u003e\u003ctable\u003e \u003ctr\u003e \u003ctd class=\"product-details-specifications-label has-text-grey-dark\"\u003eItem Code:\u003c\/td\u003e \u003ctd\u003eIHD42\u003c\/td\u003e \u003c\/tr\u003e \u003ctr\u003e \u003ctd class=\"product-details-specifications-label has-text-grey-dark\"\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/td\u003e \u003ctd\u003e\u003ca href=\"\/ar\/book-author\/o%20b%20l%20kapoor\" class=\"underlined\" title=\"O.B.L KAPOOR\"\u003eO.B.L KAPOOR\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/td\u003e \u003c\/tr\u003e \u003ctr\u003e \u003ctd class=\"product-details-specifications-label has-text-grey-dark\"\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/td\u003e \u003ctd\u003e\u003ca href=\"\/ar\/book-publisher\/munshiram%20manoharlal%20publishers%20pvt%20ltd\" class=\"underlined\" title=\"Munshiram Manoharlal Publishers Pvt. 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Ltd.\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/td\u003e \u003c\/tr\u003e \u003ctr\u003e \u003ctd class=\"product-details-specifications-label has-text-grey-dark\"\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/td\u003e \u003ctd\u003eEnglish\u003c\/td\u003e \u003c\/tr\u003e \u003ctr\u003e \u003ctd class=\"product-details-specifications-label has-text-grey-dark\"\u003eEdition:\u003c\/td\u003e \u003ctd\u003e2008\u003c\/td\u003e \u003c\/tr\u003e \u003ctr\u003e \u003ctd class=\"product-details-specifications-label has-text-grey-dark\"\u003eISBN:\u003c\/td\u003e \u003ctd\u003e9788121502757\u003c\/td\u003e \u003c\/tr\u003e \u003ctr\u003e \u003ctd class=\"product-details-specifications-label has-text-grey-dark\"\u003ePages:\u003c\/td\u003e \u003ctd\u003e258\u003c\/td\u003e \u003c\/tr\u003e \u003ctr\u003e \u003ctd class=\"product-details-specifications-label has-text-grey-dark\"\u003eCover:\u003c\/td\u003e \u003ctd\u003eHardcover\u003c\/td\u003e \u003c\/tr\u003e \u003ctr\u003e \u003ctd class=\"product-details-specifications-label has-text-grey-dark\"\u003eOther Details\u003c\/td\u003e \u003ctd rel=\"product-dimensions\"\u003e9.8\" X 6.5\"\u003c\/td\u003e \u003c\/tr\u003e \u003c\/table\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ch2 class=\"title is-size-3-desktop is-size-5-touch has-text-centered product-details-description-title\"\u003eBook Description\u003c\/h2\u003e\u003cdiv class=\"product-details-description\" style=\"max-height: 63rem; overflow-y: auto;\"\u003e\n\u003ccenter\u003e \u003cimg src=\"https:\/\/cdn.exoticindia.com\/images\/products\/original\/books\/ihd42b.jpg\"\u003e\n\u003c\/center\u003e \u003cbr\u003e \u003cp style=\"text-align: center;\"\u003e \u003cb\u003eAbout the Book\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e This is a comprehensive, critical and comparative study of all aspects of the philosophy and religion of Sri Caitanya. In the first three chapter the history of the Vaisnava religion is traced from the earliest Vedic period to pre-Caitanya Vaisnavism in Bengal and some controversies regarding the life of Sri Caitanya and the Sampradaya or the sect to which he belongs are set at rest. In the succeeding chapters the problems of philosophy and religion are discussed in detail. It is shown how Sri Caitanya breathes a new spirit into philosophy and religion by transcending the narrow and mutually conflicting 'isms' and dogmas and reconciling them in a higher synthesis by menas of the concept of the absolute as bhagavan and doctrine of Acintyabhedabheda or inconceivable identity-in-difference. The importance of \u003ca href=\"\/ar\/article\/bhakti_sutras\"\u003ebhakti\u003c\/a\u003e as the exclusive means of attaining God is His highest and sweetest from is stressed. \u003ci\u003ePrema\u003c\/i\u003e or divine love is distinguished from eroticism and established as the highest end. The doctrine of rasa or transcendental relish is explained and Parakiya rasa is established as the highest rasa.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp style=\"text-align: center;\"\u003e \u003cb\u003eAbout the Author \u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e Dr. O.B.L. Kapoor was born in 1909. After taking the degree of Doctor of Philosophy in Philosophy from the University of Allahabad in 1938, he worked in various capacities as Research Fellow, indian institute of Philosophy, Amalner, D.Litt Scholar, University of Allahabad, Professor and Head of the Dept. of Philosophy, B.R. College, Agra, Principal, Govt. College,Gyanpur (Varanasi)\/Rampur. Since his retirement in 1967 he has been living in Vrindavan and writing books on subjects relating mainly to religion and philosophy. He has more than twenty-five works to his credit, including \u003ci\u003eThe Saints of Vraja, \u003c\/i\u003ewhich has been widely acclaimed throughout the West and \u003ci\u003eThe Life of Love,\u003c\/i\u003e now under print.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e \u003ccenter\u003e \u003cb\u003ePreface\u003c\/b\u003e\n\u003c\/center\u003e \u003cp\u003e Whether we judge the intensity of a devotee's love for God by the frantic outbursts of emotion that reveal the inner working of his heart; whether we measure him by the range and depth of his spiritual realisation and the height of bliss perpetually experienced by him; or, whether we apply to him the test of shaping the minds and moulding the lives of his associates and followers by the magnetic influence of his personality , Sri Caitanya stands out as the brightest luminary of divine love on the spiritual firmament of the world. His bountiful distribution of the nectar of divine love to the rich and the poor, the young and the old, the good and the wicked, regardless of any barriers of caste and creed; his congregational chantings of the name of Lord, in which lakhs and lakhs of men joined at a time ; his triumphs of love over his enemies; and the chastening effect of the mere touch and presence of his personality, which turned the kings and the chiefs into ascetics and the cruelest and the most hardened of sinners into saints, and made even the fiercest of animals dance with the joy of divine love, are all unparalleled in history.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e The intensity devotional character of the personality of Sri Caitanya, however , has eclipsed his philosophy. His place has been among the devotees and the mystics rather than among the philosophers. But the devotional side of his personality itself suggests a corresponding philosophical side of his nature – a definite and perfect sense of Reality, which must account for the particular way in which his heart and soul reacted to it. It is a mistake to suppose that the predominance of emotions in the life of a devotee renders him incapable of serious philosophical thinking. On the contrary, his understanding is so developed and purified that his grasp of things is more intuitive than ratiocinative and his knowledge of reality is more intimate and complete. His emotions are the natural outcome of his close apprehension of Reality.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e It is not necessary for a devotee, who is in direct and intimate touch with reality , to supplement his knowledge by undergoing training in one of the accredited schools of learning . But Sri Caitanaya had the additional advantage of high scholarship, which enabled him to express his thoughts with the precision, accuracy and consistency that characterise a system of philosophy. It is true that he did not himself write any philosophical treatise, but he imparted philosophical teachings to his disciples, whose learned works are based on them.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e It will be our endeavour in the present work to set forth in a systematic manner the philosophical and religious doctrine of Sri Caitanya on the basis of his utterances, as contained in his biographies, some of which give an elaborate and authoritative account of his teachings to Rupa, Sanatana and others and some of the important works of his followers, which were written under his express command and according to the guide-lines provided by him.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e The author is fully conscious of his responsibility in formulating the philosophy of Sri Caitanya and the necessity of approaching the subject with an unbiased mind. The fact that he has sometimes argued as Sri Caityanya himself would, in defence of his position, need not suggest that he has a sectarian outlook. He has only endeavoured by sympathetic understanding to enter deep into the spirit of his philosophy and represent it as accurately as possible. If he appears at times to own views , which are identical with those of Sri-Caitanya , it is only because of the non-sectarian and all-embracing character of his philosophy , which transcends all sectarian and mutually conflicting views and reconciles them in a higher synthesis .\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e The author is grateful to His Divine Grace A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupad, the Founder-Acarya of The International Society for Krishna Consciousness and the pioneer of what is popularly known as the ' Hare-Krishna-Movement,' for going through the type-script and promising, in token of his deep appreciation of the work, the participation of over hundred centres of ISKON outside India in any scheme for its distribution abroad.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e \u003ccenter\u003e \u003cb\u003eContents\u003c\/b\u003e\n\u003c\/center\u003e \u003cp\u003e Abbreviations\u003cbr\u003e Preface\u003cbr\u003e Chapter I \u003ci\u003ePre-Caitanya Vaisnavism\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cul\u003e Early History of Vaisnavism\u003cbr\u003e The Four Vaisnava Sampradayas (Sects)\u003cbr\u003e Pre-Caitanya Vaisnavism in Bengal \u003c\/ul\u003e \u003cp\u003e Chapter II \u003ci\u003e The life of Sri Caitanya\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cul\u003e Birth Divinity\u003cbr\u003e The Naughty Boy\u003cbr\u003e The Student\u003cbr\u003e The Householder\u003cbr\u003e Initiation and the Upsurge of Divine Love\u003cbr\u003e The Leader of Vaisnavas\u003cbr\u003e Samkirtana\u003cbr\u003e Samnyasa\u003cbr\u003e Journey to Puri and the Conversion of Sarvabhauma\u003cbr\u003e Travel in South India and the Meeting with Ramananda\u003cbr\u003e The Conversion of Prataparudra\u003cbr\u003e Pilgrimage to Vrndavana\u003cbr\u003e The Last Days in Puri and the Mysterious Passing Away \u003c\/ul\u003e \u003cp\u003e Chapter III \u003ci\u003eThe Sampradaya of Sri Caitanya\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cul\u003e Affiliation with Madhva\u003cbr\u003e Affiliation with Samkara \u003c\/ul\u003e \u003cp\u003e Chapter IV \u003ci\u003e Materials for the Philosophy of Sri Caitanya\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cul\u003e The Works of the Six Gosvamis\u003cbr\u003e The Biographises \u003c\/ul\u003e \u003cp\u003e Chapter V \u003ci\u003eSource of Knowledge\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cul\u003e Vaidusa Pratyaksa (Mystical Cogniton)\u003cbr\u003e Sabda (Revelation)\u003cbr\u003e Srimad-bhagavata \u003c\/ul\u003e \u003cp\u003e Chapter VI\u003ci\u003e Nature of the Absolute\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cul\u003e The Nirvisesa (Unqualified) Brahman\u003cbr\u003e The Absolute as both Savisesa (Qualified) and Nirisesa (Unqualified)\u003cbr\u003e The inconceivable Power of Brahman to Reconcile the Irreconcilable \u003c\/ul\u003e \u003cp\u003e Chapter VII \u003ci\u003eThe Concept of the Absolute as Bhagavan\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cul\u003e Brahman, Paramatman and Bhagavan\u003cbr\u003e The Saktis of Bhagavan \u003c\/ul\u003e \u003cp\u003e Chapter VIII \u003ci\u003eBhagavan Krsna\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cul\u003e The Infinite Partial Manifestation of Krsna\u003cbr\u003e The Dhaman (Celestial Abode) of Krsna\u003cbr\u003e The Parikaras (Retinue) of Krsna\u003cbr\u003e The Lila (Beatific Sports ) of Krsna\u003cbr\u003e Krsna as Rasa\u003cbr\u003e The Madhurya (Sweetness) of Sri Krsna\u003cbr\u003e The Manner and Purpose of Krsna's Appearance on Earth\u003cbr\u003e \u003c\/ul\u003e \u003cp\u003e Chapter IX \u003ci\u003eJiva - The Finite Self\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cul\u003e Mukti - Freedom from Bondage\u003cbr\u003e The Ultimate End \u003c\/ul\u003e \u003cp\u003e Chapter X \u003ci\u003eThe Phenomenal World\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cul\u003e The Doctrine of Maya\u003cbr\u003e The Process of Creation\u003cbr\u003e Sakti-Parinamavada \u003c\/ul\u003e \u003cp\u003e Chapter XI \u003ci\u003eThe Doctrine of Acintya-bhedabheda\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cul\u003e Acintya-bhedabheda and the of Samkara\u003cbr\u003e Acintya-bhedabheda and Visistadvaita of Ramanuja\u003cbr\u003e Acintya-bhedabheda Svabhavika-bhedabheda of Nimbarka\u003cbr\u003e Acintya-bhedabheda and Bhedavada of Madhva\u003cbr\u003e Acintya-bhedabheda and Suddhaviata of Vallabhacarya \u003c\/ul\u003e \u003cp\u003e Chapter XII \u003ci\u003eBhakti, the Means\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cul\u003e Bhakti, Jnana, Karman and Yoga\u003cbr\u003e The Nature (Svarupa-laksana) of Bhakti\u003cbr\u003e The Effects of Bhakti\u003cbr\u003e Sadhana-Bhakti\u003cbr\u003e Ritualistic (Vaidhi) and Spontaneous (Raganua Bhakti) \u003c\/ul\u003e \u003cp\u003e Chapter XIII\u003ci\u003e Priti, the End \u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cul\u003e Stages in the Development of Priti\u003cbr\u003e Higher Stages in Priti\u003cbr\u003e Sthayl Bhava (Basic Emotions) \u003c\/ul\u003e \u003cp\u003e Chapter XIV \u003ci\u003eRasa or Transcendental Relish\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cul\u003e Madhura-rasa and Eroticism\u003cbr\u003e Parakiya Rasa\u003cbr\u003e Select Bibliography\u003cbr\u003e Index \u003c\/ul\u003e \u003ccenter\u003e \u003cb\u003e\u003cu\u003e\u003cfont color=\"RED\" size=\"5\"\u003eSample Pages\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/u\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\n\u003c\/center\u003e \u003cbr\u003e \u003ccenter\u003e \u003cimg src=\"https:\/\/cdn.exoticindia.com\/images\/products\/original\/books\/ihd42d.jpg\"\u003e\n\u003c\/center\u003e \u003cbr\u003e \u003ccenter\u003e \u003cimg src=\"https:\/\/cdn.exoticindia.com\/images\/products\/original\/books\/ihd42e.jpg\"\u003e\n\u003c\/center\u003e \u003cbr\u003e \u003ccenter\u003e \u003cimg src=\"https:\/\/cdn.exoticindia.com\/images\/products\/original\/books\/ihd42f.jpg\"\u003e\n\u003c\/center\u003e \u003cbr\u003e \u003ccenter\u003e \u003cimg src=\"https:\/\/cdn.exoticindia.com\/images\/products\/original\/books\/ihd42g.jpg\"\u003e\n\u003c\/center\u003e \u003cbr\u003e \u003ccenter\u003e \u003cimg src=\"https:\/\/cdn.exoticindia.com\/images\/products\/original\/books\/ihd42h.jpg\"\u003e\n\u003c\/center\u003e \u003cbr\u003e \u003ccenter\u003e \u003cimg src=\"https:\/\/cdn.exoticindia.com\/images\/products\/original\/books\/ihd42i.jpg\"\u003e\n\u003c\/center\u003e \u003cbr\u003e \u003ccenter\u003e \u003cimg src=\"https:\/\/cdn.exoticindia.com\/images\/products\/original\/books\/ihd42j.jpg\"\u003e\n\u003c\/center\u003e \u003cbr\u003e \u003ccenter\u003e \u003cimg src=\"https:\/\/cdn.exoticindia.com\/images\/products\/original\/books\/ihd42k.jpg\"\u003e\n\u003c\/center\u003e \u003cbr\u003e \u003ccenter\u003e \u003cimg src=\"https:\/\/cdn.exoticindia.com\/images\/products\/original\/books\/ihd42l.jpg\"\u003e\n\u003c\/center\u003e \u003cbr\u003e \u003ccenter\u003e \u003cimg src=\"https:\/\/cdn.exoticindia.com\/images\/products\/original\/books\/ihd42m.jpg\"\u003e\n\u003c\/center\u003e \u003cbr\u003e \u003ccenter\u003e \u003cimg src=\"https:\/\/cdn.exoticindia.com\/images\/products\/original\/books\/ihd42n.jpg\"\u003e\n\u003c\/center\u003e \u003cbr\u003e \u003ccenter\u003e \u003cimg src=\"https:\/\/cdn.exoticindia.com\/images\/products\/original\/books\/ihd42o.jpg\"\u003e\n\u003c\/center\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Occultnthings","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":44633474924845,"sku":"IHD42","price":45.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/2094\/2117\/products\/the_philosophy_and_religion_of_sri_caitanya_chaitanya_ihd42.jpg?v=1677862503","url":"https:\/\/occultnthings.com\/ar\/products\/philosophy-and-religion-of-sri-caitanya-chaitanya-philosophical-background-of-hare-krishna-movement-ihd42","provider":"Occult-N-Things","version":"1.0","type":"link"}