 49. Enlightenment |
*The Bhagavata Purana (also commonly referred to as the Srimad Bhagavatam) is rightly esteemed as the most complete an authoritative exposition of ancient knowledge in the literature of the Hindu tradition of spirituality. Its roots are in ancient oral traditions, but it may have been put into writing between the fifth and tenth centuries A.D. The author is purported to be Vyasa (Krishna Draipayana), a contemporary of Krishna. This "Purana" is the ultimate text of spiritual science, or the Way of the Devotional Sacrifice of Man into God. It extols the Virtues of the Divine Person, principally in the form of Krishna, and communicates the esoteric secrets of the Way in which we may Realize that One.
