[INDOLOGY] bhakti

[patrick mccartney]

Thank you to everyone who replied to my query about bhakti. There is a lot
to think about and continue reading.

All the best,

Patrick McCartney, PhD
Fellow
School of Culture, History & Language
College of the Asia-Pacific
The Australian National University
Canberra, Australia, 0200


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Ep1 - Imagining Sanskrit Land <https://youtu.be/jMi7tkPBbJ4>

Ep 2 - Total-am <https://youtu.be/7tAp8m9RHPU>

Ep 3 - Jalam ≠ Chillum <https://youtu.be/cLZeuCT_mwQ>

Ep 4 - It's Time to get Married
<https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_B3un7aHEAc>

A Day in our Ashram
<https://www.youtube.com/results?search_query=ek+din+hamaare+ashram+mein>

Stop animation short film of Shakuntala
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Forced to Clean Human Waste <http://youtu.be/y3XfjbwqC_g>

One of my favourite song <http://trinityroots.bandcamp.com/track/all-we-be>s

The Philosophy of Cycling
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On Fri, Nov 4, 2016 at 12:39 PM, patrick mccartney <psdmccartney at gmail.com>
wrote:

> Dear Friends,
>
> Is this the first mention of the term 'bhakti' ?
>
> yasya deve parā *bhaktir* yathā deve tathā gurau /
> tasyaite kathitā hy arthāḥ prakāśante mahātmanaḥ prakāśante mahātmanaḥ //
> SvetUp_6.23 //
>
>
>  I ask this question as I'm trying to understand the following statement:
>
>
>
> *GEV is based on the sacred Vedic principles of bhakti-yoga. *
>
> http://www.ecovillage.org.in/our-projects#_VEC
>
>
> While 'bhakti' is mentioned at least in the above upanishad, I thought
> 'bhakti yoga' was quite clearly a post-vedic development, and that the
> bhakti movement developed from the 6th century CE. To the devotee this
> statement might seem unproblematic, but to the scholar it appears to
> conceptually and temporally conflate disparate things.
>
>
> As I am certainly not an expert on bhakti I would appreciate
> clarification.
>
>
> I am interested in how organisations operationalise the 'vedic' sign in
> their marketing and promotional material to generate 'authenticity' and
> legitimacy.
>
>
>
>
> All the best,
>
> Patrick McCartney, PhD
> Fellow
> School of Culture, History & Language
> College of the Asia-Pacific
> The Australian National University
> Canberra, Australia, 0200
>
>
> Skype - psdmccartney
> Phone + Whatsapp:  +61 414 954 748
> Twitter - @psdmccartney
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>
> academia <https://anu-au.academia.edu/patrickmccartney>
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> Edanz <https://www.edanzediting.com/expert/anthropology/patrick-mccartney>
>
> #yogabodyANU2016 symposium <https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=X80KxW2bb0w>
> <http://chl.anu.edu.au/news-events/events/658/yoga-and-body-past-and-present-symposium?#tab>
>
> Ep1 - Imagining Sanskrit Land <https://youtu.be/jMi7tkPBbJ4>
>
> Ep 2 - Total-am <https://youtu.be/7tAp8m9RHPU>
>
> Ep 3 - Jalam ≠ Chillum <https://youtu.be/cLZeuCT_mwQ>
>
> Ep 4 - It's Time to get Married
> <https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_B3un7aHEAc>
>
> A Day in our Ashram
> <https://www.youtube.com/results?search_query=ek+din+hamaare+ashram+mein>
>
> Stop animation short film of Shakuntala
> <https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LVqBD_2P4Pg>
>
> Forced to Clean Human Waste <http://youtu.be/y3XfjbwqC_g>
>
> One of my favourite song
> <http://trinityroots.bandcamp.com/track/all-we-be>s
>
> The Philosophy of Cycling
> <http://elibrary.com.ng/UploadFiles/file0_2221.pdf>
>
>
>
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