Bhakti
by B.Bhattacharya

Religion is an empty shell without the support of a metaphysical base.This book analyses the nature of bhakti - a form of total dedication that ultimately helps sublimate and annihilate that ego in man which creates a yawning breach between selfishness and self-realization."Bhakti" is a spiritual engineers'handbook,to bridge this gap and assuage that insatiable inner hunger that shadows the progress of life from the embryo to the grave.This book proposes to expose that inner hunger,find out its nature and suggest a healing touch.About The AuthorB.Bhattacharya,born in 1910 in Varanasi,recevied his intial education in traditional 'toles' (traditional learning centers) in Sanskrit and did M.A.(English) from Allahabad University.At the ripe age of 93,in spite of his blindness,he still plans new books and keeps a very lively and active group of scholars around him reminding of the famous academies run by Socrates,Coleridge and Arnold.