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Gosai Publishers has reprinted Evolution of Theism, which delineates the progressive evolution of theistic thought starting from Lord Buddha and Adi Sankara to the great Vaisnava acaryas Ramanuja and Madhva, culminating in the appearance of Sri Caitanyadeva and His philosophy of acintya-bhedabheda tattva. A great paperback introduction to this sublime philosophy.
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Swami B. G. Narasingha
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the Absolute Truth by the culture of
spiritual knowledge. Some of them
followed in the footsteps of Buddha,
practicing ahimsa, the path of non-
violence. Some that preferred to renounce
work followed Shankaracharya. In the
development towards transcendental
theism, Ramanuja and Madhva consid-
ered realization of the self as an eternal
servant of Godhead, to be the highest
goal. All these culminated
in the path of Divine Love
as taught by the Yuga Avatara,
Sri Chaitanya Mahaprabhu.
men have endeavored to realize
ince ancient times Indias holy
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Contents 4About Swami B G Narasingha 5Dedication 7Preface 8Introduction 10Part One BUDDHA - A...theistic Evolution 14Part Two SHANKARA - Incarnaton of Shiva 21Part Three RAMANUJA - Dawning of Devotion 31Part Four MADHVA - Devotion as Means & End 43Part Five SRI CHAITANYA - The Great Master 55