The Yoga of Love
Krishna and the R?sa L?l? from the Bh?gavata Pur??a
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Product details:
- Publisher OUP USA
- Date of Publication 27 June 2025
- ISBN 9780197768426
- Binding Hardback
- No. of pages272 pages
- Size 216x140 mm
- Language English 700
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Short description:
The Yoga of Love offers a new translation of the dramatic love poem the R?sa L?l?, which is the ultimate focal point of one of the most treasured Sanskrit texts of India, the Bh?gavata Pur??a. Judged a literary masterpiece by Indian and Western scholars alike, this work of poetic genius and soaring religious vision is one of the world's greatest sacred love stories and, as Graham M. Schweig demonstrates in his commentary, should be regarded as India's Song of Songs.
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The heart of this book is a dramatic love poem, the Rasa Lila, which is the ultimate focal point of one of the most treasured Sanskrit texts of India, the Bh?gavata Pur??a. Judged a literary masterpiece by Indian and Western scholars alike, this work of poetic genius and soaring religious vision is one of the world's greatest sacred love stories and, as Graham M. Schweig demonstrates, should be regarded as India's Song of Songs. The story presents the supreme deity as the youthful and amorous cowherd, Krishna, who sends out a love call to his maidens, inviting them to an enchanting and celebratory dance of divine love.
In The Yoga of Love, Schweig translates the Rasa Lila and, through his commentaries, offers an exploration of its historical context, as well as an analysis of its aesthetic and emotional richness. He illuminates the religious and ethical nuances of the drama, drawing widely from the commentaries and esoteric vision of masters of the Chaitanya school of Vaishnavism, a prominent devotional Hindu tradition. Themes such as transcendence of death through love, the yoga of devotion, the contrast between worldly love and passionate love for God, and the dialectical tension between ethical boundaries and boundless love are presented. The final event of the R?sa dance, the author concludes, presents a dynamic symbol of supreme love that provides the basis for a theological vision of genuine religious pluralism.
Table of Contents:
Preface
Abbreviations
INTRODUCTION
When Divinity Calls Our Souls to Dance
PART I
The Text and Its Context
1 India's Classic Sacred Love Story
2 Framing Passages of the Rasa Lila
3 The Poetry and Drama of Divine Love
The Principals of the Drama
4 Vraja: Pastoral Paradise
5 Yogamaya: Potency for Intimacy
6 Krishna: Lord of Love, Beauty, and Play
7 The Gopis: Beloveds of Krishna
8 The Special Gopi: Radha
PART II
Dance of Divine Love
The Rasa Lila
Act 1 Krishna Attracts the Gopis and Disappears
Act 2 The Gopis Search for Krishna
Act 3 The Song of the Gopis: The Gopi Gita
Act 4 Krishna Reappears and Speaks of Love
Act 5 Krishna and the Gopis Join in the Rasa Dance
Song of the Flute
The Venu Gita
Song of the Black Bee
The Bhramara Gita
