Bhakti as Swaswaroopanusandhanam
We are used to thinking of bhakti as devotion to a personal God. This understanding of bhakti almost entirely determines how we discuss the concept today. That there are other ways as well in which the Indian tradition explores and discusses the concept does not occur to us. Hence, those accustomed to the contemporary associations of bhakti, are likely to be taken aback by a startlingly different understanding of bhakti in one of the central…