Mysticism in Maharashtra: Indian Mysticism"This book analyses and evaluates the mystical trends observable in the writings of mystics in Medieval India with particular emphasis on the mystics of Maharashtra. We get a fair idea of the spiritual heaven introduced into Indian thought by the writers such as Ramananda, Kabir, Gauranga, Jnanesvara, Namadeva, Ekanatha, Tukarama, Ramadasa and others. The list exhausts all types of mysticism that are known to exist. The book is rather a study of comparative mysticism and it draws striking parallelism between the mystics of Maharashtra and the Western mystics like Plotinus, Eckhart, Dante and others." |
Contents
PART II | |
Mysticism in Maharashtra | 1 |
The superstitious and the rationalistic in Rāmadāsa p 382 | 15 |
God is the only reality p 384 17 From the Cosmos to | 21 |
Biographical Introduction | 25 |
The Jñāneśvarī | 47 |
and Anthropomorphism p 63 22 The Infinite Awe in Crea | 70 |
Purity p 77 38 Steadfastness p 78 39 SelfControl | 79 |
General Review | 209 |
The Abhangas of Bhānudāsa Janārdana Swami | 218 |
Bhakti p 249 43 The True Bhagavata Dharma p 250 | 250 |
General Review | 256 |
I Historical Events in his Life 1 Introductory p 270 | 270 |
Tukārāmas Mystical Teaching | 313 |
Allegories 84 The allegory of the Crop p 350 85 | 351 |
Biographical Introduction | 361 |
Divine Heritage I p 86 47 Divine Heritage II p 88 | 88 |
Divine Heritage III p 90 49 Demoniac Heritage | 96 |
Renunciation of the Fruits of Action p 102 62 | 106 |
and without p 119 85 The Realization of the Self p 119 | 119 |
The Amritanubhava | 140 |
p 386 | 183 |
The Abhangas of Namadeva and Contemporary Saints | 192 |
The Dasabodha | 374 |
to all evil p 379 9 Images not God p 379 10 Four ascend | 382 |
upon the evanescence of the world p 387 23 In this mortal | 393 |
The characteristics of a Guru p 393 35 The characteris | 400 |
in His hands p 400 45 The power of Disinterested Love | 412 |
General Review and Conclusion | 422 |
Common terms and phrases
A.D. Sake Abhangas Absolute actions Alandi Amritānubhava Arjuna asks Atman attained become Bhagavadgītā Bhakti bliss body Brahman called Changadeva Chapter darkness death deity desire deva devotee disciple dispassion divine egoism Ekanātha existence eyes feet filled fire flowers give God's name grace Guru hand happiness heart ignorance intellect Janardana Jñāna Jñānadeva Jñāneśvara Jñāneśvara tells Kirtana knowledge Krishna light live Maharashtra Māyā meditation merely mind moon move Muktābāi mystical mystical experience Nāmadeva nectar never Nivritti Nivrittinātha object ocean one's Pandharpur philosophical Plotinus praise Prakriti Purusha qualities rāma Rāmadāsa Rāmānuja reach realisation regards Saints Samādhi Sampradaya Samsara says Nāmadeva says Tukā seen senses similarly Siva Sivājī soul speak spiritual teacher teaching temple Thee things Thou art tion tree true Tukārāma Tukārāma tells Tukarama's unreal utter Vedas verily virtues vision Vitthala whole world words worldly worship Yoga