Jiva Tattva - On any spiritual path, including bhakti, there are three factors involved: the practitioner, the practice, and the goal to be achieved. To be successful in one�s spiritual practice, one must have a clear understanding of all three of these factors. This book primarily focuses on providing authoritative knowledge about the practitioner, the j?va. Knowledge about the j?va is gained from ??stra. However, if one does not know how to interpret it properly, ??stra can be misunderstood. It is for this reason that there are differences of opinion about the nature of the j?va in different groups of spiritualists. In this book, some basic principles are discussed that govern how ??stra is meant to be understood at different levels and how its true intentions are realized