Vaisnava Concepts of God : Philosophical Perspectives (Paperback)

1. Introduction; 2. The concept of god in the Bhavaga-G?t?: A panentheistic account; 3. Beauty and form as a corollary of a perfect being: K???a in the Bh?gavata-Pur??a; 4. The nature of God in the P?ncar?tra with specific reference to the Jay?khya-Sa?hit?; 5. Supreme Self and Supreme Lord: Cosmological monotheism in the Mah?bh?rata epicr; 6. The ??v?r concept of God and Tamil Vai??avism: If we examine, there is but one God! 7. Two conceptions of the relation between self and God: The debate between ?a?kara and R?m?nuja; 8. In defence of divine transcendence: Madhva’s critique of ‘material panentheism’; 9. Non-theism and theism in the Nimb?rka Samprad?ya; 10. Embodiment and abstraction: God in Pu??im?rga; 11. On ?aktis and their divine possessor: Towards a Gau??ya Vai??ava concept of God; 12.  Harmonising the personal God with the impersonal Brahman: Sri Ramakrishna’s Vijn?na Ved?nta in dialogue with Gau??ya Vai??avism; 13. The God of yoga: Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhup?da and divine pedagogy addressing divine hiddenness; Index