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Bhakti Yoga: Understanding Bhakti Through Rasa Sentiment LMU/LLS Theses and Dissertations 2016 Bhakti Yoga: Understanding Bhakti Through Rasa Sentiment Johanna Bennett Loyola Marymount University, [email protected] Follow this and additional works at: https://digitalcommons.lmu.edu/etd Part of the Education Commons, and the Religion Commons Recommended Citation Bennett, Johanna, "Bhakti Yoga: Understanding Bhakti Through Rasa Sentiment" (2016). LMU/LLS Theses and Dissertations. 780. https://digitalcommons.lmu.edu/etd/780 This Thesis is brought to you for free and open access by Digital Commons @ Loyola Marymount University and Loyola Law School. It has been accepted for inclusion in LMU/LLS Theses and Dissertations by an authorized administrator of Digital Commons@Loyola Marymount University and Loyola Law School. For more information, please contact [email protected]. "! Bhakti Yoga: Understanding Bhakti Through Rasa Sentiment by Johanna Bennett A thesis presented to the Faculty of the Department of Yoga Studies Loyola Marymount University In partial fulfillment of the Requirements for the Degree Masters of Arts in Yoga Studies 2016 #! TABLE OF CONTENTS INTRODUCTION 3! CHAPTER ONE - BHĀVA AND RASA 15! EMOTION 15! BHĀVA 17! RASA 19! RASA BHĀVA - RASA THEORY 21! CHAPTER TWO - BHAKTI 28! BHAKTI AS DEFINITION AND MOVEMENT IN CONTEXT 28! THE BHĀGAVATA PURĀṆA 33! THE GĪTAGOVINDA BY JAYADEVA – KṚṢṆA FROM RADHA’S PERSPECTIVE 37! BASIC EXPRESSIONS, QUALITIES, AND CHARACTERISTICS OF A BHAKTA 39! 2 MODES, 4 TYPES, AND 9 FORMS OF BHAKTI 46! THE GAUḌĪYA SAMPRADĀYA, CAITANYA, THE GOSVĀMINS, RŪPA GOSVĀMIN 49! CHAPTER THREE - BHAKTI RASA IN CONTEXT 50! BHAKTI RASA: RŪPA GOSVĀMIN – BHAKTIRASĀMṚTASINDHU 52! SĀDHANA BHAKTI IN THE BHAKTIRASĀMṚTASINDHU 56! MADHUSŪDANA SARASVATĪ – BHAKTIRASĀYANA: BHAKTI RASA FOR THE ADVAITIN 61! CONCLUSION 65! 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