The Bhagavatam is a combination of exquisite poetry, sublime philosophical ideas and captivating mythology. Its appeal and operation are primarily through the heart. It is intended for, and succeeds in, capturing the heart and imagination. By means of certain potent insights, suggestions, allegories, images and stories, it enables the mind and soul to take off from their mundane moorings and soar into the infinite, ethereal realm of light, love and bliss, impossible for pedestrian, earth-bound intellect and dry reasoning. It enables us to taste and enjoy the delicious mango and be nourished by it, instead of getting bogged down in mere leaf-counting. (Swami Sastrananda)
Details about Bhagavata Purana in Wikipedia:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bhagavata_Purana
Complete Bhagavatam online: (The Bhakti Vedanta Book Trust International):
http://srimadbhagavatam.com/
Srimad Bhagavatam : The Divine Story:
http://blogs.epicindia.com/bhagavatam/
Some Bhagavatam Commentaries:
http://www.veda.harekrsna.cz/encyclopedia/spbooks.htm#2
Tales from the Bhagavatam, Retold for Children:
http://www.bagavatham.org/
Monday, January 21, 2008
The Bhagavatam
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