Table of Contents

Chapter 1 Bhakti and the ?g Veda—Does it Appear There or Not?, Jeanine Miller; Chapter 2 Love and Devotion in Buddhism, Karel Werner; Chapter 3 The Dynamics of Paritta Chanting in Southern Buddhism, Peter Harvey; Chapter 4 Psychological Analysis of Bhakti, T.R. Sharma; Chapter 5 The Pervasiveness of Bhakti in the Bh?gavata Pur??a, Freda Matchett; Chapter 6 The Place of Bhakti in Âa?kara’s Ved?nta, Jacqueline Gaynor Suthren Hirst; Chapter 7 The Role of Bhakti in the Da?an?m? Order, Wade H. Dazey; Chapter 8 The Subject, the Object, the Path and the Goal: Âaiva Devotion in a Monistic Setting, Gavin Flood; Chapter 9 Violence and the Goddess, David Smith; Chapter 10 Some Reflections on Hindu Bhakti Iconography, Christopher Aslet;

About the Author

Karel Werner