Are you looking for read ebook online? Search for your book and save it on your Kindle device, PC, phones or tablets. Download Universalist Radha-Krishnaism PDF full book. Access full book title Universalist Radha-Krishnaism by Steve Bohlert. Download full books in PDF and EPUB format.
Author: Steve Bohlert Publisher: ISBN: 9780918475022 Category : Religion Languages : en Pages : 160
Book Description
Universalist Radha-Krishnaism: A Spirituality of Liberty, Truth, and Love awakens the soul to its natural state of divine love and establishes an intimate, personal relationship with God-dess. It presents esoteric Indian spiritual wisdom in plain English from a postmodern, Western perspective. Steve Bohlert (Subal Das Goswami) lived in India as an itinerant Hindu monk and served as a Christian pastor in the Midwest. His intimate knowledge of Hindu and Christian spirituality inspires seekers to rapidly progress on the path to full God-dess realization, which increases enjoyment in this life and the next.
Author: Steve Bohlert Publisher: ISBN: 9780918475022 Category : Religion Languages : en Pages : 160
Book Description
Universalist Radha-Krishnaism: A Spirituality of Liberty, Truth, and Love awakens the soul to its natural state of divine love and establishes an intimate, personal relationship with God-dess. It presents esoteric Indian spiritual wisdom in plain English from a postmodern, Western perspective. Steve Bohlert (Subal Das Goswami) lived in India as an itinerant Hindu monk and served as a Christian pastor in the Midwest. His intimate knowledge of Hindu and Christian spirituality inspires seekers to rapidly progress on the path to full God-dess realization, which increases enjoyment in this life and the next.
Author: Steve Bohlert Publisher: ISBN: 9780918475046 Category : Religion Languages : en Pages : 202
Book Description
Universalist Radha-Krishnaism: The Way of Natural Devotion; A Practitioner's Handbook clearly and concisely reveals the esoteric meditative process of participating in Radha-Krishna's transcendental play. It includes historical and theological grounding along with instructions for the devotional yoga practice of creating an eternal, individual identity. Fully rewritten since the first edition, this edition offers seventy pages of new material that provides initiation and resources for the practice of amorous natural devotion. These teachings are addressed to western readers who need no prior knowledge of the subject to begin the path to full God-dess realization while increasing their enjoyment in this life and the next. REVIEW OF THE NEW EDITION "Steve Bohlert has dared to break the shackles of fundamentalism to deliver a much-needed re-visioning of an ancient religion of India, giving it new lifefor those of us in a multicultural 21st Century world. He has extracted the essence of Bengali Vaishnavism, and while staying true to its person-ality, has planted the seed back into the human body, so we may again receive the Original Blessing. I do not hesitate to call Steve Bohlert a prophet, not only as one gifted with spiritual insight, but also as one who foretells the future - of a path that must be something like he sees it or not be at all. That is, without such a re-birthing of Vaishnavism, its soul will never plant roots in the world at large. The orthodox will of course decry it and condemn him. 'The dogs may bark, but the caravan will pass.'" -- Daniel Cooper Clark, longtime Radha-Krishna devotee FROM FIRST EDITION REVIEWS "Many Westerners are attracted to diverse aspects of Hinduism and, in particular, devotion to Radha-Krishna, but soon find themselves alienated by two factors: an inescapable emphasis on 'Indian-ness' and the uncompromising literalism of the movement as it has come to the West. Steve Bohlert's approach to spirituality merges Western and Eastern thought by de-emphasizing cultural trappings and literalism, while maintaining a passionate emotional bond with the Supreme Being in this especially effective form of the Divine Couple, Radha-Krishna." -- Michael Valle, philosophy of religion teacher "Hundreds of years ago, Radha-Krishna, the archetypal goddess and god of love, were little-known outside of India, and worshiped only within the Hindu faith. Eighteenth and nineteenth century archaeologists and scholars made us aware of Hindu gods, but prior to the twentieth century, nobody in the West had any actual experience of Radha and Krishna. Even today, god and goddess remain concealed behind a brick wall of fundamentalism, which most of us from a Judeo-Christian background are powerless to navigate. On one hand, we may sense truth there, but until Bohlert's interpretation, there was no way to pierce the fundamentalist views and practices that keep these deities off limits." -- Nori Muster, author This book is sufficiently important that its wide dissemination amongst devotees is a desideratum. . . . old beliefs are given apparently radical new interpretations that widen their scope and potential for meaning. . . . Subal Steve Bohlert] has done a great service by introducing or naming the Vaishnava concept of deity as panentheism. . . . I favor r g nug natural devotion], as it seems does Subal, precisely because it . . . is about reforming the id-controlled ego into a love-permeated ego. . . . There is no doubt that Subal's is an important brick in the wall of religious discourse . . . His great contribution . . . is that he has gone out on a limb and attempted to make a coherent and systematic presentation of Radha-Krishna according to his vision. This means of course that he has set himself up for criticism, but that kind of courage is what is needed to push the discourse further. -- Jagadananda Das/Jan Brzezinski, Gaudiya Vaishnav scholar.
Author: Todd M. Johnson Publisher: John Wiley & Sons ISBN: 1118323033 Category : Religion Languages : en Pages : 340
Book Description
Created by two of the field’s leading experts, this unique introduction to international religious demography outlines the challenges in interpreting data on religious adherence, and presents a contemporary portrait of global religious belief. Offers the first comprehensive overview of the field of international religious demography – detailing what we know about religious adherents around the world, and how we know it Examines religious freedom and diversity, including agnostics and atheists, on a global scale, highlighting trends over the past 100 years and projecting estimates for the year 2050 Outlines the issues and challenges related to definitions, taxonomies, sources, analyses, and other techniques in interpreting data on religious adherence Considers data from religious communities, censuses, surveys, and scholarly research, along with several in-depth case studies on the global Muslim population, religion in China, and the religious demography of recently created Sudan and South Sudan Argues against the belief that the twentieth-century was a ‘secular’ period by putting forward new evidence to the contrary Provides resources for measuring both qualitatively and quantitatively important data on the world's religious situation in the twenty-first century
Author: Thomas Moore Publisher: Harper Collins ISBN: 0060930950 Category : Psychology Languages : en Pages : 340
Book Description
A highly original approach from best selling author Thomas Moore, restoring sex to its rightful place in the human psyche as an experience of the soul. In The Soul of Sex, Thomas Moore at last restores sex to its rightful place in the human psyche. Describing sex as an experience of the soul, Thomas Moore here brings out the fully human side of sex – the roles of fantasy, desire, meaning, and morality – and draws on religion, mythology art, literature, and film to show how sex is one of the most profound mysteries of life. While finding spirituality inherent in sex, Moore also explores how spiritual values can sometimes wound our sexuality. Blending rather than opposing spirituality and sexuality, The Soul of Sex offers a fresh, livable way of becoming more deeply sexual and loving in all areas of life.
Author: Allan Dahlaquist Publisher: Motilal Banarsidass Publ. ISBN: 9788120813236 Category : Religion Languages : en Pages : 334
Book Description
This work deals at length with various theories about relgion prevalent at the time when Megasthenes visited India very interesting and scholarly views have been put forth regarding investigations of Megasthenes their reliability and the reliability of his reporters. Undoubtedly Culture of India lacks historical aspect inasmuch-as does not provide as to when an event took place or certain concept was first used
Author: P. BANERJEE Publisher: Publications Division Ministry of Information & Broadcasting ISBN: 8123030088 Category : Languages : en Pages : 734
Book Description
The life of Krishna and his teachings have had a profound influence on the minds of the Indian people. The main aim of this volume is to present the life of Krishna as delineated in Indian art. This volume includes most of the best examples of Indian art to represent the episodes of his life.
Author: Steve Bohlert
Author: Steve Bohlert
Author: D. Anand
Author: Steve Bohlert
Author: Todd M. Johnson
Author: John Murdoch
Author: Thomas Campbell
Author: Thomas Moore
Author: Allan Dahlaquist
Author: P. BANERJEE
Author: Swami Bhaktipāda