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Sixteenth-century Hindu theologian Rupa Gosvamin established a technique by which, in imitating one of the significant figures in Krishna's dramatic world, a devotee might actually become the character whose part he or she was playing. Haberman here demonstrates that the Hindu view of reality accepts such role playing, called raganuga bhakti sadhana, as the preeminent way to salvation. He argues that Hindu devotional religion is not entirely a religion of grace, as many scholars have held, but one which requires discipline and effort. Throughout the book, Haberman explores Indian dramatic theory, Rupa's unique application of that theory to devotionalism, developments in the practice of this technique, and its contemporary manifestations.

Indian religions --- Acting --- India --- Bhakti. --- Chaitanya (Sect) --- Religious aspects --- Doctrines. --- Rupagosvāmī, --- Chaitanya (Sect).

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Bhakti --- Chaitanya (Sect) --- Vedanta --- Jīva Gosvāmī --- Philosophy.

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Krishna (Hindu deity) --- Spiritual life --- Cult --- Early works to 1800. --- Chaitanya (Sect) --- Srila Rupa Gosvami's 'Sri Upadesmrta' --- spiritual teachings --- guru --- yoga --- medieval India --- spiritual perfection

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"Sanātana Gosvamin's Haribhaktivilasa (ca. 1540) describes the normative ritual life of a Vaisnava devotee. As it is one of the first Sanskrit texts of Gaudiya Vaisnava tradition begun by Sri Krsna Caitanya (1486-1533) it presents a fascinating meeting between this ecstatic new religious movement and older, Brahminical tradition. On the basis of eleven manuscripts, this important text has now been for the first time been critically edited. In his extensive introduction, Mans Broo engages with many of the questions that have vexed earlier scholars of this text (such as who really was the author?) by exploring its extensive intertextualities"--

Chaitanya (Sect) --- Bhakti. --- Devotional exercises. --- Rituals. --- Vishnu (Hindu deity) --- Krishna --- Cult. --- Devotional theology --- Devotions --- Exercises, Devotional --- Theology, Devotional --- Christian life --- Devotion --- Theology, Practical --- Worship --- Bhakti-marga --- God (Hinduism) --- Chaitnaya (Sect) --- Hindu sects --- Worship and love --- Christna --- Gopal --- Kr̥ṣṇa --- Govinda --- Mohan --- Gopala --- Bal Gopal