Vaishnava fiction |
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Vaishnava fiction |
 Feb 20 2011, 08:34 PM
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Spiritual Seeker  Group: Full Member Posts: 37 Joined: 20-February 11 From: USA Member No.: 2,148  |
I am fascinated by Vaishnava fiction. Just finished readying Divakaruni's Palace of Illusions. It is the Mahabharata told from Draupadi's point of view http://www.amazon.com/Palace-Illusions-Chi...i/dp/0385515995 I am currently reading Cuckold. It is the story of Mirabai. It is written excellently. http://www.amazon.com/Cuckold-Kiran-Nagark...mp;sr=1-1-spell Was curious if anyone read either of these or was interested in Vaishnava fiction? |
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Feb 21 2011, 08:18 PM
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 gaydiva vaisnava Group: Full Member Posts: 5,399 Joined: 3-March 05 Member No.: 32 let's create a new God |
Never thought of Mirabai as fiction. Didn't she kick one of the six goswamis butt?
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Feb 22 2011, 09:42 AM
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Spiritual Seeker Group: Full Member Posts: 37 Joined: 20-February 11 From: USA Member No.: 2,148 |
QUOTE (babu @ Feb 21 2011, 03:18 PM)  Never thought of Mirabai as fiction. Didn't she kick one of the six goswamis butt? You're right. I guess it is historical/biographical fiction...sort of like what the Prabhupada Lilamrta is. |
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Feb 22 2011, 10:50 AM
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 Pundit Group: Full Member Posts: 513 Joined: 28-September 07 From: USA Member No.: 1,147 |
I read most of Jaiva Dharma, the NM version. A lot of NM's work drives me crazy (I should really never read at all), but I have an easier time with it since he tends not to use "Supreme Personality of Godhead" 5 times in one paragraph. I really find that term to be impersonal, because it is really the same as "God" with an agenda about his position/post tied to it. Though I understand there was a very good reason for it once.
-------------------- "He by whom Brahman is not known, knows It, he by whom It is known, knows It not. It is not known by those who know It, It is known by those who do not know It." ~Kena Upanishad II.3
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Feb 22 2011, 10:46 PM
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 Jivanmukta Group: Moderators Posts: 3,643 Joined: 3-March 05 Member No.: 33 |
I have never heard of Vaisnava 'fiction', but I am fascinated by the idea. I have sometimes thought about stories from a certain individual's point of view, so that book using Draupadi's POV sounds like a good read!
-------------------- "I know not how I may seem to others, but to myself I am but a small child wandering the vast shores of knowledge, every now and then finding a small pebble to content myself with." ~~ Plato
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Feb 23 2011, 01:08 PM
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Spiritual Seeker Group: Full Member Posts: 37 Joined: 20-February 11 From: USA Member No.: 2,148 |
Jaiva dharma is a great example of Vaishnava fiction. It is a philosophical dialogue between individuals. It is very clever how Bhaktivinode Thakur has written it.
It is almost like his strategy is "If you can't beat them, join them." Bhaktivinode Thakur comes upon different places where there is opposition to Vaishnavism. But instead of philosophically fighting with them, he just ascribes them to a pseudo form of Vaishnavism. I noticed that he takes this approach with Islam and Devi-worship, in Jaiva dharma. |
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