The Birth of Kirtan The Life and Teachings of Chaitanya |
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| Author:
| Prime, Ranchor |
| ISBN: | 978-1-60887-107-0 |
| Publication Date: | Oct 2012 |
| Publisher: | Mandala Publishing
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| Book Format: | Hardback |
| List Price: | USD $29.99 |
Book Description:
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The Birth of Kirtan: The Life and Teachings of Chaitanyais the biography of a mystic saint who pioneered devotional yoga (Bhakti) in sixteenth-century India and started the practice of sacred chanting (kirtan) that has now spread around the world. While Chaitanya’s practice has become a global movement over the last five hundred years, little is generally known about this spiritual reformer, as the two principal texts recounting his life were written in...
More Description The Birth of Kirtan: The Life and Teachings of Chaitanyais the biography of a mystic saint who pioneered devotional yoga (Bhakti) in sixteenth-century India and started the practice of sacred chanting (kirtan) that has now spread around the world.
While Chaitanya’s practice has become a global movement over the last five hundred years, little is generally known about this spiritual reformer, as the two principal texts recounting his life were written in Bengali in the sixteenth century. InThe Birth of Kirtan,Bhakti scholar and teacher Ranchor Prime adapts these two narratives into a moving and emotionally charged English-language biography for a modern audience. His poetic retelling is complemented by full-color reproductions of never-before-published nineteenth-century paintings of Chaitanya’s life.