Beloved in Blue

What does it mean to be met by Kṛṣṇa?

Most books about Kṛṣṇa begin with his divinity, his teaching, the sweep of his life from the prison at Mathurā to the forest where it ends.

This one begins with the people who loved him.

Devakī, carrying a child she knows she cannot keep. Kuntī, who asks for her calamities back. Akrūra, sent by a tyrant to bring Kṛṣṇa to his death. Uddhava, his dear friend, sent to the gopīs as a messenger. Sudāmā, too ashamed to offer his modest gift. Śiśupāla, who hates him for a lifetime.

Sixteen people, sixteen relationships, and in each one a question every heart knows. What does it mean to love someone you cannot keep? What does it mean to love God and still cause pain? What kind of relationship is hatred?

Each chapter follows its question all the way to Kṛṣṇa, and closes with one of his names to carry into practice.

There is a seventeenth relationship in these pages. It is for you to discover.

Illustrated with seventeen full-color plates. Includes a note on pronunciation, a glossary of names and terms, and an appendix of one hundred and eight names of Kṛṣṇa in Devanāgarī and transliteration.

From the author of Shakti Rising and Fractals of Reality, both winners of the Nautilus Gold Award.