The Bhagavadgita and St. John of the Cross: A Comparative Study of the Dynamism of Spiritual Growth in the Process of God-Realisation

by RV D'Souza

Overview

The present study makes use of the comparative method incorporating historical, exegetical and critical analysis of the important text and words of the Bhagavadgitia and St. John of the cross. In these two traditions the dynamism of spiritual growth in the process of God-realisation is compared and contrasted through an exhaustive study on God, man and the ways.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9788876526992
Publisher:	Gregorian & Biblical Press
Publication date:	01/01/1996
Series:	Callaways #01 , #1
Pages:	484
Product dimensions:	6.00(w) x 1.25(h) x 9.00(d)

About the Author

Fr. Rudolf V. D’Souza, a member of the Karnataka-Goa Province of the Order of Discalced Carmelites (OCD), is well known for his seminars, workshops and conferences on Prayer in India and abroad. He has a Master’s degree in Sociology from the Karnataka University and Diploma in Teresian and Sanjuanistic Studies from the Centro Internacional Teresiano – Sanjuanista (Avila, Spain). He holds a Diploma from the Institute of Yoga, Santacruz, Mumbai. He has his Licentiate in Spirituality from the Pontifical Institute of Spirituality – Teresianum (Rome) and a Doctorate in Theology with Specialization from the Pontifical Gregorian University’s Institute of Spirituality (Rome). Among his many books are The Bhagavadgita and St. John of the Cross, Meeting in God Experience, Awareness and Union with God, When I cannot Pray, Come to A Lonely Place, Cast Your Net into the Deep, Only One Thing Is Needed, When God Longs for You and Meeting in God Experience. At present he is Regional Superior of the Carmelites in Canada and parish priest of Guardian Angels Parish at down town Vancouver.

Table of Contents

Contents

ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS

5

The Scope of Our Study

11

Spirit Spiritual Spirituality

20

In the Process of GodRealisation

34

The Background of the Bhagavadgita

41

The Authorship

47

The Dynamic Agents of Spiritual Growth

57

The Dynamic Man of the Bhagavadglta

83

The Dynamism of BhaktiMdrga

149

The Background to St John of the Cross

181

The Dynamic Spiral Progression

195

The Dynamic Agents of Spiritual Growth

201

The Dynamic Man

220

The Dynamism of Spiritual Growth

243

The Purgative Way

250

The Illuminative Way

277

The Typically Spiral Dynamism of Spiritual Growth

101

The Dynamism of KarmaMdrga

107

The Dynamism of JndnaMdrga

125

The Unitive Way

301

The Background for the Comparison

331

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