Attending Krishnas Image Kenneth Russell Valpey by Kenneth Russell Valpey; 9781134175451, 1134175450 instant download after payment.

There is a steady and growing scholarly, as well aspopular interest in Hindu religion especially devotional (bhakti) traditions as forms of spiritual practice and expressions of divine embodiment. Associated with this is the attention to sacred images and their worship. Attending Krishna's Image extends the discussion on Indian images and their worship, bringing historical and comparative dimensions and considering Krishna worship in the context of modernity, both in India and the West. It focuses on one specific worship tradition, the Chaitanya Vaishnava tradition of thefourteenth tosixteenth centuries, as it develops and sustains itself in two specific locales. By applying the comparative category of religious truth',the bookprovides a comprehensive understanding of a living religious tradition.It successfully demonstrates the understanding of devotion as a process of participation with divine embodiment in which worship of Krishna's image is integral.