Bhakti Sandarbha

DETAILS: 

• Author: HH Bhanu Swami , Jīva Gosvāmī
  
• Publisher: ‎ Tattva Cintāmaṇi Publishing
  
• Language: ‎ English
  
• Binding: Hardcover
  
• Item Weight: ‎ 750 g 

ABOUT THE BOOK

Bhakti Sandarbha is the fifth Sandarbha of Jiva Goswami. The first Sandarbha deals with pranama, the BHagavatam. The second, third and fourth Sandarbhas deal with sambandha: defining the Lord in his aspects as Paramatma, BHagavan and Krsna. The Bhakti Sandarbha deals with the abidheya (method), the sadhana of Bhakti. This is the means to realize Krsna. The same topic is covered in the second chapter of the eastern section of Bhakti-rasamrta-sindhu of Rupa Goswami, but is expanded greatly. It discusses the spiritual nature of this process, the qualification for bhakti, the various actions of bhakti, vaidhi and raganuga types, mixed and pure forms of bhakti and various types of the devotees.

ABOUT THE AUTHOR

Srila Jiva Gosvami (1513–1598) was the most prolific philosopher-scholar among the celebrated Six Gosvamis of Vrindavan. As the leader of the Gaudiya Vaishnava community following the departure of Sri Chaitanya Mahaprabhu, his massive literary output established the formal epistemic and theological framework for the entire movement.

HH Bhanu Swami is an elite Japanese-born scholar, monk, and senior spiritual leader within the international Gaudiya Vaishnava tradition. Educated at the University of Tokyo, he possesses an extraordinary command of Sanskrit, traditional Bengali dialects, and Western philosophy, dedicating decades to translating foundational texts of the Vrindavan Gosvamis into clear, analytical English.

HH Bhanu Swami’s translational and commentary style is exceptionally structured, lucid, and textually faithful. Writing with the precision of a classical logician, he presents the original Devanagari verses, romanized transliterations, word-for-word synonyms, and smooth English prose alongside the invaluable auto-commentaries of Jiva Gosvami. He effortlessly maps dense Sanskrit grammatical structures and technical philosophical concepts into clear, scannable steps. By balancing deep esoteric sensitivity with strict scholarly rigor, his translation remains an indispensable international gold standard for academic institutions, Indologists, and practitioners of Bhakti-yoga worldwide.