Exquisite Love

" Exquisite Love  takes us into the very depths of the Indian devotional tradition, combining rigorous scholarship with the kind of insight that can only come through deep practice. Not only does this book teach you about the sutras and their background in the tradition, it unveils a genuine experience of the inner sttes that are the core of the yoga of the heart. A must read for anyone who wants to understand and deeply experience this profound path to yogic union."  Sally Kempton, author of  Meditation for the Love of It. 
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       William K. Mahony, PhD, is the Charles A. Dana Professor of Religion at Davidson College in the United States. Holding academic degrees from Williams College, Yale University and the University of Chicago, he served as one of the editors of the first edition of the 16-volume  Encyclopedia of Religion  and as President of the Muktabodha Indological Research Institute. The recipient of several teaching awards and of a National Endowment for the Humanities fellowship, his research, writing and teaching turn toward the contemplative and devotional dimensions of religions and philosophies arising in India. His other books include  The Artful Universe: An Introduction to the Vedic Religious Imagination , published by the State University of New York Press, which is on foundational perspectives, ideas and practices in ancient India that have influenced religious sensibilities in India and beyond since that time. Readers of this book,  Exquisite Love,  will see that he integrates his scholarship with sensibilities and perspectives informed by his own deep appreciation for the spiritual life.
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