Vaishnava Bhakti Theology and Interfaith Dialogue: Journal of Vaishnava Studies

Abstract

Dialogue holds a profoundly important place in the practices and theological vision of the Chaitanya school of Vaishnavism. First,
dialogue is itself an essential part of the practice and worship in the life absorbed in Krishna bhakti. Dialogue is also a literary matrix through which even the greatest revelations of Krishna’s divine acts are most often disclosed. Moreover, dialogue is the pedagogical medium through which the teachings of bhakti are transmitted. And finally, dialogue becomes a constituent and essential element within the most intimate exchanges between divine personages within līlās contained in the divine realm.