The Place of the Hid­den Moon: Erotic Mys­ti­cism in the Vaishnava-sahajiya Cult of Ben­gal, by Edward C. Dimock, Jr.
SOME EXCERPTS AND COMMENTS
In her 1989 fore­word, Wendy Doniger says:
This is the most reli­able and indeed alto­gether the best book I know on all of the many Indo­log­i­cal sub­jects with which it deals, some of them major […]

Schol­arly Com­ments on Chai­tanya Chari­ta­m­rita
Some time ago, I wrote a blog express­ing the need for a schol­arly explo­ration of just who the his­tor­i­cal Krishna Chai­tanya really was. Recently, a friend com­mented on it say­ing, “let’s get the ball rolling.” Hav­ing some time avail­able, I make some com­ments on what we may actu­ally know, espe­cially when […]

Hindu Encounter with Moder­nity: Kedar­nath Datta Bhak­tivin­oda Vais­nava The­olo­gian, by Shukavak N. Dasa is a crit­i­cal,
the­o­log­i­cal biog­ra­phy of my grand-spiritual-teacher, Bhak­tivin­ode Thakur. It sup­ports nat­ural devo­tion and Uni­ver­sal­ist Radha-Krishnaism. He was very influ­enced by 19th cen­tury ratio­nal­ism, Chris­tian­ity and Uni­tar­ian thought. Bhak­tivin­ode pre­sented the teach­ings of Krishna Chai­tanya in a new way to intel­lec­tu­als of […]

The Lan­guage of God: A Sci­en­tist Presents Evi­dence for Belief by Fran­cis S. Collins, head of the Human Genome Project: I mostly agree with his posi­tion. He says, “Sci­ence reveals that the uni­verse, our own planet, and life itself are engaged in an evo­lu­tion­ary process.” (p 45) I would add that our knowl­edge of […]

How to Love Your Flute: A Guide to Flutes and Flute Play­ing, or How to Play the Flute, Choose One, and Care for It, Plus Flute His­tory, Flute Sci­ence, Folk Flutes, and More (Paper­back)
by Mark Shep­ard (Author), Anne Suber­caseaux (Illus­tra­tor), Paul Horn (Pref­ace)
Price: $11.25
I am a well rounded per­son con­ver­sant in the arts, let­ters, and […]