Edwin Byrant, a scholar of Hinduism
who spoke at the Bhakti Yoga conference based at Harvard in March 2025, discussed
the transcendence that is in bhukti devotion to a Hindu deity, such as
Krishna. Such transcendence can end a person’s transactional approach in trying
to please a deity in exchange from beneficial grace from the deity’s love. Both
the steps and definitions of bhakti reveal the salience of transcendence
in loving devotion to a deity.
The full essay is at "Transcendence in Hindu Bhakti."
