The Sants Chaukhamba Orientalia curious practitioners

curious practitioners

in their different ways

this work could not have seen the light of day without the willing participation of my Tibetan teachers and friends

Two major modes of dissolution are implied

Fixing-up of the mind in the object of contemplation 1049 376

The Sants Chaukhamba Orientalia curious practitionersThe devotional transformation of medieval Hinduism known as bhakti was an extremely diverse phenomenon. This book brings together current research and offers new perspectives on the radical wing of the movement. Its central focus is the Sant tradition of North India, whose major figure is Kabir and out of which the Sikh religion evolved. It also considers the Sants of Maharashtra and a few of the other major nonconformist traditions. A variety of