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economically motivated. Past beliefs, traditions, and customs will continue to
play a role in people’s lives, but to a lesser extent.
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Notes
1. See: Sen, K.M., Hinduism: The World’s Oldest Faith Baltimore, Maryland: Penguin
Books, 1969; Noble, Allen and A.K. Ehitt, India: Cultural Patterns and Processes.
Boulder, CO: Westview Press, 1982; Basham, A.L., The Wonder That Was India.
Calcutta: Rupa Co., 1991.
2. For more details, see: Sharma, Satish, ''Bhakti as a Popular Religious and Cultural
Movement in India.” Poptdar Culture Review, Vol. 10, No. 2, 1999, pp. 111-122. Also
see: Rice, Edward, Eastern Definitions. Garden City, New York: Doubleday & Company,
1978.
3. Prasad, R. C., Tulsidasa’s Shri Ramacharitamansa. Delhi: Motilal Banarsidass, 1989,
pp. 496-98. There is some variation in the description of Navdha-Bhakti in different
sources.
4. Bhaktivedanta, A.C., Bhagavad~Gita As It Is. Los Angeles: The Bhaktivedanta Book
Trust, 1986, pp. 628-35.
5. Goswami, Satsvarupa Dasa, Vaishnava Behavior: The Twenty-Six Qualities o f A
Devotee. Port Royal: Gita-Nagri Press, 1983, p. 77.
6. See: Roller, John, The Indian Way. Englewood Cliffs, NJ: Prentice-Hall Publishers,
1985; Zaehner, R.C., Hind