08.29.09
Posted in Darshan, Esoteric Teaching, Nectar of Devotion, Podcasts at 14:36 by anandavardhana
The continuous ecstasy of love can remain like a powerful king, subduing all temporary manifestations of love as well as any opposing elements of anger. It can be exhibited directly or indirectly, and thus ecstatic love can be described as direct or indirect. These symptoms of ecstatic love are possible only when one is fully situated in a transcendental position. Direct ecstatic love can be divided into two groups-namely, selfish and selfless.
When noncontradictory symptoms of ecstatic love are distinctly manifest, any contradictory symptoms create a sense of abomination. Contradictory ecstatic love is called selfish. That ecstatic love which can adjust all contradictory or noncontradictory symptoms is called direct selfless love. These selfless symptoms can again be divided into five groups: neutrality, servitude, fraternity, parenthood and conjugal love. Such ecstatic love assumes a particular mode in contact with different objects of love.
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08.28.09
Posted in Darshan, Esoteric Teaching, Nectar of Devotion, Podcasts at 12:55 by anandavardhana
All the above-mentioned thirty-one symptoms of ecstatic love are called vyabhicārī, or disturbing. All these symptoms refer to apparently disturbed conditions, but even in such disturbed conditions there is acute ecstatic love for Kṛṣṇa. These symptoms, however, can be divided into three groups: first class, second class and third. There are many disturbing symptoms in ecstatic love, such as envy, anxiety, pride, jealousy, conclusion, cowardliness, forgiveness, impatience, hankering, regret, doubtfulness and impudence. These are included in the thirty-one conditions of ecstatic love. Śrīla Rūpa Gosvāmī has very nicely analyzed the different kinds of disturbing symptoms, and although it is very difficult to find the exact English equivalents for many Sanskrit words used here, his analysis will now be presented.
Questions: * Is it correct understanding to say that Radha displays both kind of hearts, golden and cotton ? * Bhishma’s father gave him a boon that he can choose the time of death. But Bhishma’s father Shantanu didn’t lead an austere life. He liked a fisherwoman. My question is how could people in that age have the potential to give boons without leading an austere life? * In Kali Yuga everyone is born sudra ? * If brahmana is soft hearted and ksatriya golden, what about vaisya and sudra ?
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08.27.09
Posted in Darshan, Esoteric Teaching, Nectar of Devotion, Podcasts at 11:41 by anandavardhana
We complete the Nectar of Devotion Ch. 30, Further Features of Ecstatic Love for Kṛṣṇa, on vyābhicārī-bhāvas.
Questions: * Some people worship the demigods, but its a long and difficult process, why do they do it ? * Do followers of Shiva practice all kinds of intoxication, and sex life with no restrictions ? * Like the sun salutations are to Kṛṣṇa himself, is that ok ? * What are the qualifications of reading the Bhagavatam? * There are religions in Brasil that come from Africa, and they are basically in mode of ignorance. They are into spirits and dealings to do good or bad to others. My house keeper here say some very weird stuff. Does that come from the Vedas? * Is it ok to worship demigods for spiritual purposes ?
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Posted in Darshan, Esoteric Teaching, Nectar of Devotion, Podcasts at 11:06 by anandavardhana
We continue to discuss vyābhicārī-bhāvas, with many examples from the Vedic scriptures.
Questions: * Do queens know about the gopis and Kṛṣṇa’s relationship ? * What happened when Laksmi tried to enter the rasa dance ? * Is the emotion of anxiety causing pain to Mother Yasoda ?
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Posted in Darshan, Esoteric Teaching, Nectar of Devotion, Podcasts at 10:54 by anandavardhana
In this Darshan we cover the vyābhicārī-bhāvas of pride, doubt, apprehension, intense emotion, madness, forgetfulness and disease in the devotional service of Kṛṣṇa.
Questions: * In the spiritual world every day is so ecstatic, but there are no days are there ? * Are emotions in the spiritual world really that intense or just poetic representations ? * How does the freedom in time work ? How would it affect others ?
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08.23.09
Posted in Darshan, Esoteric Teaching, Nectar of Devotion at 19:38 by anandavardhana
There are some bodily symptoms called vyābhicārī-bhāvas which express overwhelming ecstatic love. They are counted at thirty-one as follows: disappointment, lamentation, humility, guilt, fatigue, intoxication, pride, doubt, apprehension, intense emotion, madness, forgetfulness, disease, confusion, death, laziness, inertness, bashfulness, concealment, remembrance, argumentativeness, anxiety, thoughtfulness, endurance, happiness, eagerness, haughtiness, envy, impudence, dizziness and alertness.
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Posted in Darshan, Esoteric Teaching, Nectar of Devotion at 13:22 by anandavardhana
When a devotee is always intensely affected by love for Kṛṣṇa in a direct relationship with Him, or even a little apart from Him, his status is called existential ecstatic love. The symptoms originating from such existential ecstatic love are divided into three headings: namely, moist, burnt and dried-up.
We also discuss mahābhāva. There is a supreme symptom of ecstatic love which is called mahābhāva. This mahābhāva expression was possible only in Rādhārāṇī, but later on when Śrī Kṛṣṇa Caitanya appeared to feel the mode of love of Rādhārāṇī, He also expressed all of the symptoms of mahābhāva. Śrī Rūpa Gosvāmī says in this connection that when the symptoms of ecstatic love become the most bright, that stage is accepted as mahābhāva.
Śrīla Rūpa Gosvāmī further analyzes the ecstatic loving expression into four divisions which are called sāttvābhāsā.
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Posted in Darshan, Esoteric Teaching, Nectar of Devotion at 13:11 by anandavardhana
In this final Darshan from New Jersey we cover the last half of CH. 26 and also Ch. 27. The bodily symptoms which are manifested by a devotee in expressing ecstatic love for Kṛṣṇa are called anubhāva. Practical examples of anubhāva are as follows: dancing, rolling on the ground, singing very loudly, stretching the body, crying loudly, yawning, breathing very heavily, neglecting the presence of others, drooling, laughing like a madman, wheeling the head and belching. When there is an extraordinary excess of ecstatic love, with all of these bodily symptoms manifested, one feels relieved transcendentally.
These symptoms are divided into two parts: one is called śīta, and the other is called kṣepaṇa. When there is yawning, it is called śīta, and when there is dancing it is called kṣepaṇa.
questions for 21 August 2009: * What is the length of Kṛṣṇa’s flute ānandinī ? * Are we going to study the science of rasa-tattva deeply ? * We experience emotions all day, and they get distorted by mind or senses, are they a reflection of pastimes in the spiritual world ? * Can the same ultimate bhava (achieved by chanting the Hare Krsna mantra) achievable through dvadasakshara mantra too? * What is the point of marriage in the spiritual world if everybody is there to love and serve Krsna? * What type of religion is practiced in the spiritual world?
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Posted in Darshan, Esoteric Teaching, Nectar of Devotion at 12:59 by anandavardhana
Some things which give impetus or stimulation to ecstatic love of Kṛṣṇa are His transcendental qualities, His uncommon activities, His smiling features, His apparel, His garlands, His flute, His buffalo horn, His leg bells, His conchshell, His footprints, His places of pastimes (such as Vṛndāvana), His favorite plant (tulasī), His devotee and the periodical occasions for remembering Him. One such occasion for remembrance is Ekādaśī, which comes twice a month on the eleventh day of the moon, both waning and waxing. On that day all the devotees remain fasting throughout the night and continuously chant the glories of the Lord.
Questions: * Is there a spiritual mind ? * Was Bābājī’s old Yahoo group http://groups.yahoo.com/group/raganug… ? * Hare Krsna. Please accept my humble obeisances All Glories to Śrila Prabhupāda. When relishing Krsna Pastimes is there a set of Specific Qualities we should remember? He has so many nice Qualities does the scripture state any specific pastimes? * When we study confidential pastimes from scriptures of the Six Goswamis, how can we understand them properly considering they might * In different relationship with gopis, what is the meaning of scratching like claws of a parrot, is it a fight ?
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Posted in Darshan, Esoteric Teaching, Nectar of Devotion at 12:42 by anandavardhana
A person who is always absorbed in Kṛṣṇa consciousness is called a devotee of Kṛṣṇa. Śrīla Rūpa Gosvāmī says that all the transcendental qualities discussed above are also found in the devotees of Kṛṣṇa. The devotees of Kṛṣṇa can be classified into two groups: those who are cultivating devotional service in order to enter into the transcendental kingdom, and those who are already in the perfectional stage of devotional service.
A person who has attained the stage of attraction for Kṛṣṇa and who is not freed from the material impasse, but who has qualified himself to enter into the kingdom of God, is called sādhaka. Sādhaka means one who is cultivating devotion in Kṛṣṇa consciousness. The description of such a devotee is found in Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam 11.2.45. It is said there that a person who has unflinching faith in and love for the Personality of Godhead, who is in friendship with devotees of Kṛṣṇa, and who is very merciful to the ignorant, raising them to the standard of devotional service, and who is uninterested in nondevotees, is considered to be situated in the position of cultivating devotional service.
When one is found shedding tears by hearing of the pastimes of the Lord, it is to be understood that the blazing fire of material existence will be extinguished by such watering. When there is shivering of the body and the hairs of the body stand up, it is to be understood that the devotee is nearing perfection. An example of a sādhaka cultivating devotional service is Bilvamaṅgala Thākur.
When a person is never tired of executing devotional service and is always engaged in Kṛṣṇa conscious activities, constantly relishing the transcendental mellows in relationship with Kṛṣṇa, the devotee is called perfect. This perfectional stage can be achieved in two ways: one may achieve this stage of perfection by gradual progress in devotional service, or one may become perfect by the causeless mercy of Kṛṣṇa, even though he has not executed all the details of devotional service.
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