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Format: Softbound
Details: Softbound, 122 pages, size 15 x 22.5 x 0.8 cm.
Publisher: Gayatri, Croatia
Pub. Date: 2005
ISBN: 953-98952-9-4
Code: PH-KS

After a brief look at Caitanya Vaisnava epistemology, and the avatara-theology in this tradition, the author Kenneth R. Valpey (Krsna Ksetra Prabhu) explains basic principles of the bhakti-theology, and the concept of sadhana or practice, and how sound and form interrelate to allow a sentient being to become spiritually elevated. "Arcanam versus Idolatry" aims at comperative theology, whereby image worship in the Krishna-bhakti tradition of Caitanya Vaisnavism is juxtaposed with biblical objections to image worship. Here again, the focus is on the nature of bhakti, conceived as the ultimate modus of spirituality, leading toward and bringing about prema, or unfettered love for the supreme Being, God, or Krishna.

This book is addressing the following questions:

In which sense can apparently immovable material object be considered saintly and thus worthy of worship?

How is the practise of arcanam (formal deity worship) considered to be a means for approaching and being approached by God?

Is there a common ground relating arcanam, the Caitanya Vaisnava tradition, and Judeo-Christian tradition which dismisses all types of "idolatry"?