Dr. Jeffery Long explores delicate balance, love, longing, devotion, intimacy, and compassion in Hindu texts. Beginning with the story of Ushas and the arrival of dawn from the Rigveda, we journey to the dance of Shiva and Shakti and understandings of love and longing within Radha and Krishna. As we explore love, we encounter Bhakti and Bhajan, and the wisdom of Thich Nhat Hanh and Mahatma Gandhi.
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01/29/22 • 33 min
Music & Peacebuilding - Loving Intimacies and Interconnected Being
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longing itself is seen as a particularly powerful form of bhakti. Because when your loved one is, let's say traveling and you're you can't be there. That's that sense of missing the person is a very powerful expression of love. And it's said to be one of the sweetest forms of bhakti that someone can feel that deep longing for God. There's story after story of Hindu saints, who in the mold of Radha cried out with longing for God,
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