Re: [silk] Books about the Bhakti movement?

I would love to hear your views on the book once you have read it. I am basically alarmed / amused by the blurbs on amazon.com (partly reproduced below) which go against everything we as practicing Hindus have learned. *"Challenging this canonical narrative, John Stratton Hawley clarifies the hist

Re: [silk] Books about the Bhakti movement?

Your effusive endorsement speaks to your generous nature. The Upanishads (literally meaning to sit near the guru and listen) says this of the challenge of writing about the spirit - "Language takes to its heels in fright when faced with the prospect of describing the ineffable". Apropos "Division

Re: [silk] Books about the Bhakti movement?

How beautifully written, Cheeni. Thank you. I am still pondering over division and unison as seemingly-irreconcilable concepts, with regard to taxonomy...You often crystallize my amorphous, hard-to-pen thoughts. Only, I am not sure I agree with "division is violence"let me think about that. D

Re: [silk] Books about the Bhakti movement?

On Jun 21, 2017 12:13 PM, "Thaths" wrote: This book seems to be the one I am looking for: A Storm of Songs: India and the Idea of the Bhakti Movement by John Stratton Hawley. I'm glad you found a book to your looking. Judging by the Amazon "product desc