05.28.10
Posted in Bhakti-rasāmṛta-sindhu, Darshan, Esoteric Teaching, Nectar of Devotion at 11:51 by tbcarreiro
In this darshan I explained:
dhanyasyāyaṁ navaḥ premā yasyonmīlati cetasi |
antarvāṇībhir apy asya mudrā suṣṭhu sudurgamā ||1.4.17||
“This ever-fresh prema arises in the heart of a person who is very fortunate. That person’s behavior is very difficult to comprehend even for those who are knowledgeable in scriptures.”
ataeva śrī-nārada-pañcarātre, yathā —
bhāvonmatto hareḥ kiñcin na veda sukham ātmanaḥ |
dukhaṁ ceti maheśāni paramānanda āplutaḥ ||1.4.18||
Therefore, in the Nārada-pañcarātra it is is said:
“O goddess Pārvatī, the person who is mad with love of the Lord, being absorbed in the highest bliss, does not at all know his own happiness and distress.”
premṇa eva vilāsatvād vairalyāt sādhakeṣv api |
atra snehādayo bhedā vivicya na hi śaṁsitāḥ ||1.4.19||
“Sneha and other advanced stages are the manifestations of prema, but because they are rare, even in those who have practiced bhakti, the distinctions will not be described here.”
śrīmat-prabhupadāmbhojaiḥ sarvā bhāgavatāmṛte |
vyaktīkṛtāsti gūḍhāpi bhakti-siddhānta-mādhurī ||1.4.20||
“My Master Śrī Sanātana Gosvāmī has very clearly described all the sweetness of the conclusions of bhakti in his Bṛhad-bhagavatāmṛta, though it is very esoteric.”
gopāla-rūpa-śobhāṁ dadhad api raghunātha-bhāva-vistārī |
tuṣyatu sanātanātmā prathama-vibhāge sudhāmbu-nidheḥ ||1.4.21||
“May the eternal Lord in the beautiful form of a cowherd boy, who distributes His mood of love to Rāma and other forms, be pleased with this first part of Śrī Bhakti-Rasāmṛta-sindhu.”
Alternate translation:
“May the person named Sanātana Gosvāmī, who glorified Gopāla Bhaṭṭa Gosvāmī and Rūpa Gosvāmī and bestowed Kṛṣṇa-prema to Raghunātha dāsa Gosvāmī, be pleased with this first section of the ocean of nectar!”
iti śrī-śrī-bhakti-rasāmṛta-sindhau
pūrva-vibhāge prema-bhakti-laharī-caturthī
“Thus ends the Fourth Wave in the Eastern Ocean of Śrī Bhakti-Rasāmṛta-sindhu, concerning prema-bhakti.”
iti śrī-śrī-bhakti-rasāmṛta-sindhau rasopayogi-sthāyi-bhāvopapādano
nāma pūrvavibhāgaḥ samāptau|
“Here ends the Eastern Ocean of Śrī Bhakti-Rasāmṛta-sindhu.”
Questions asked during Darshan:
* Living entities in hellish planets can they perform bhakti over there, really?
* Why does living entity choose to get attached to māyā at all?
* For preaching, one has to lower oneself from the stage of prema?
* It seems that duplication is a part of surrender. Why is otherwise so difficult?
* Why is difficult to teach such advanced stages, how can we make it easier?
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05.24.10
Posted in Bhakti-rasāmṛta-sindhu, Darshan, Esoteric Teaching, Nectar of Devotion at 09:02 by tbcarreiro
In this darshan I explained:
mahima-jñāna-yuktaḥ syād vidhi-mārgānusāriṇām |
rāgānugāśritānāṁ tu prāyaśaḥ kevalo bhavet ||1.4.14||
Those who have practiced vaidhī-bhakti and then get the great mercy of the Lord attain prema with knowledge of the Lords powers. Those who have practiced rāgānuga-bhakti and then get the great mercy of the Lord usually attain prema with sweetness.
ādau śraddhā tataḥ sādhu-saṅgotha bhajana-kriyā |
tatonartha-nivṛttiḥ syāt tato niṣṭhā rucis tataḥ ||1.4.15||
athāsaktis tato bhāvas tataḥ premābhyudañcati |
sādhakānām ayaṁ premnaḥ prādurbhāve bhavet kramaḥ ||1.4.16||
In the beginning one must have a preliminary desire for self-realization. This will bring one to the stage of trying to associate with persons who are spiritually elevated. In the next stage one becomes initiated by an elevated spiritual master, and under his instruction the neophyte devotee begins the process of devotional service. By execution of devotional service under the guidance of the spiritual master, one becomes free from all material attachment, attains steadiness in self-realization, and acquires a taste for hearing about the Absolute Personality of Godhead, Śrī Kṛṣṇa. This taste leads one further forward to attachment for Kṛṣṇa consciousness, which is matured in bhāva, or the preliminary stage of transcendental love of God. Real love for God is called prema, the highest perfectional stage of life.
Questions asked during Darshan are:
* Do you envision the possibility of having several Āśrama levels for different grades of devotees?
* Is it a normal experience to feel that someone needs a change of Āśrama?
* What is the lesson that Kṛṣṇa tries to teach us when we encounter difficulties in our association?
* Are local people here in India close to being Kṛṣṇa conscious or are they mostly religious?
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05.19.10
Posted in Bhakti-rasāmṛta-sindhu, Darshan, Esoteric Teaching, Nectar of Devotion at 07:48 by tbcarreiro
In this darshan I explain:
atha harer atiprasādotthaḥ —
harer atiprasādoyaṁ saṅga-dānādir ātmanaḥ ||1.4.9 ||
Prema arising from the great mercy of the Lord is explained: The great mercy of the Lord includes such things as the Lord giving His association to the devotee.
yatha ekādaśe (11.12.7) —
te nādhīta-śruti-gaṇā nopāsita-mahattamāḥ |
avratātapta-tapasaḥ mat-saṅgān mām upāgatāḥ ||1.4.10||
Prema arising from the great mercy of the Lord is explained in the Eleventh Canto of Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam [11.12.7]:
The persons I have mentioned did not undergo serious studies of the Vedic literature, nor did they worship great saintly persons, nor did they execute severe vows or austerities. Simply by association with Me and My devotees, they achieved Me.
māhātmya-jñāna-yuktaś ca kevalaś ceti sa dvidhā ||1.4.11||
Prema arising from the Lords mercy has two types: that endowed with knowledge of the Lords powers, and that endowed only with knowledge
of the Lords sweetness.
atha ādyo, yathā pañcarātre —
māhātmya-jñāna-yuktas tu sudṛḍhaḥ sarvatodhikaḥ |
sneho bhaktir iti proktas tayā sārṣṭyādinānyathā ||1.4.12||
Prema arising from the Lords mercy endowed with knowledge of His powers is explained in the Pañcarātra:
Affection for the Lord more than anyone else, which is very firm, and includes knowledge of the Lords powers, is called bhakti. By that bhakti, a person attains powers in the spiritual world as well as other rewards. There is no other way of attaining such things.
kevalo, yathā tatraiva —
manogatir avicchinnā harau prema-pariplutā |
abhisandhi-vinirmuktā bhaktir-viṣṇu-vaśaṅkarī ||1.4.13 ||
Prema arising from the Lords mercy endowed with sweetness is also explained in the Pañcarātra:
That bhakti inundated with prema, with continuous spontaneous desires to please the Lord free from desires for other results (even the desire to see His powers) brings Viṣṇu under control.
Here are the questions from today’s Darshan:
* If a devotee promising to follow 4 regs, and chanting, dedicated. If he doesn’t respect the 4 regulative principles what are his chances to get closer to Kṛṣṇa?
* So people have to make a very clear decision, if they want pure devotional service or not?
* For a neophyte devotee seeing these ways of attaining prema, what should he do with this knowledge?
* So then, the devotees will find themselves in one of this states of prema or is it preconceived?
* Deity worship, should we develop our own style?
* Once a vaidhī-bhakta attains his/her position to the Lord, is there no way that their taste can change?
* What are the bonafide relationships we can have with Guru and Lord Caitanya?
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05.14.10
Posted in Bhakti-rasāmṛta-sindhu, Darshan, Esoteric Teaching, Nectar of Devotion at 09:58 by tbcarreiro
bhāvotthoti-prasādotthaḥ śrī-harer iti sa dvidhā ||1.4.4||
This prema for the Lord has two types: that arising from bhāva and that arising from mercy.
tatra bhāvotthaḥ —
bhāva evāntar-aṅgāṇam-aṅgānām-anusevayā |
ārūḍhaḥ parama-utkarṣam bhāva-uttaḥ parikīrtitaḥ ||1.4.5||
Prema arising from bhāva is explained: That bhāva which reaches the highest excellence by continual service using all aṅgas is called prema arising from bhāva.
tatra vaidha-bhāvottho, yathaikādaśe (11.2.40)
evaṁ-vrataḥ sva-priya-nāma-kīrtyā
jātānurāgo druta-citta uccaiḥ |
hasaty atho roditi rauti gāyaty
unmādavan nṛtyati loka-bāhyaḥ ||1.4.6||
An example of prema arising from vaidha-bhāva is supplied by the Eleventh Canto of Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam [11.2.40]:
By chanting the Holy Name of the Supreme Lord, one comes to the stage of love of Godhead. Then the devotee is fixed in his vow as an eternal servant of the Lord, and he gradually becomes very much attached to a particular name and form of the Supreme Personality of Godhead. As his heart melts with ecstatic love, he laughs very loudly or cries or shouts. Sometimes he sings and dances like a madman, for he is indifferent to public opinion.
rāgānugīya-bhāvottho, yathā pādme —
na patiṁ kāmayet kañcid brahmacarya-sthitā sadā |
tam-eva mūrtiṁ dhyāyantī candrakantir-varānanā ||1.4.7||
śrī-kṛṣṇa-gāthāṁ gāyantī romāṇcodbheda-lakṣaṇā |
asmin-manvantare snigdhā śrī-kṛṣṇa-priya-vartayā ||1.4.8||
Prema arising from bhāva based on rāgānuga-bhakti is described in the Padma Purāṇa:
In this manvantara period, the beautiful-faced Candrakānti observed continuous celibacy, and continuously meditated only on the form of Kṛṣṇa, thinking, One should not desire anyone else as a husband. She sang songs about Him with her hairs standing on end. She developed complete affection for Kṛṣṇa by hearing stories about Kṛṣṇa.
Here are the questions from today’s Darshan:
* What are the differences in between the raganuga and bhāva stages?
* Are these stages, bhāva, prema, different stages of meditation?
* Are these stages, bhāva, prema, degrees of spontaneity?
* How important is the time factor in chanting the Holy Name?
* How long is your I?
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05.10.10
Posted in Bhakti-rasāmṛta-sindhu, Darshan, Esoteric Teaching, Nectar of Devotion at 13:44 by tbcarreiro
In today’s darshan I explained:
samyaṅ-masṛṇita-svānto mamatvātiśayāṅkitaḥ |
bhāvaḥ sa eva sāndrātmā budhaiḥ premā nigadyate ||1.4.1||
When bhāva becomes extremely condensed, it is called prema by the learned. It softens the heart completely and produces extreme possessiveness of the Lord in the devotee.
yathā pañcarātre—
ananya-mamatā viṣṇau mamatā prema-saṅgatā |
bhaktir ity ucyate bhīṣma-prahlādoddhava-nāradaiḥ ||1.4.2||
In the Pañcarātra it is said:
Prema is defined by Bhīṣma, Prahlāda, Uddhava and Nārada as that bhāva which has possessiveness related to Viṣṇu (or any other form of the Lord) and to no one else.
bhaktiḥ premocyate bhīṣma-mukhyair yatra tu saṅgatā |
mamatānya-mamatvena varjitety atra yojanā ||1.4.3||
The analysis of the grammar of the previous verse is as follows: Prema is called by Bhīṣma and others where there is possessiveness (mamatā) related to (saṅgatā) Viṣṇu and where possessiveness of other things (ananya-mamatā) is absent.
Here are the questions from today’s Darshan.
* What is the meaning of possessiveness?
* If an emotion is negative would it also be eternal?
* When Sudāmā went outside of Vrndavana, he wanted to experience separation?
* Does Kṛṣṇa appear to the self realized soul in the form that he is attached to?
* Do different souls have different attachment to different forms of Kṛṣṇa?
* In deity worship, is the aim to also have one particular form that one worships?
* If bhāva is inferior to prema, what could it be used for in Kṛṣṇa’s service?
* When we reach higher states of consciousness, is there anything like losing consciousness?
* When leading kīrtan, if everyone’s consciousness is let’s say, in śanta rāsa, should the kīrtan leader adapt to them?
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05.05.10
Posted in Bhakti-rasāmṛta-sindhu, Darshan, Esoteric Teaching, Nectar of Devotion at 20:03 by tbcarreiro
hari-priya-janasyaiva prasāda-bhara-lābhataḥ |
bhāvābhāsopi sahasā bhāvatvam upagacchati ||1.3.52 ||
tasminn evāparādhena bhāvābhāsopy anuttamaḥ |
krameṇa kṣayam āpnoti kha-sthaḥ pūrṇa-śaśī yathā ||1.3.53 ||
By the great mercy of a dear devotee of the Lord, the semblance of
bhāva suddenly becomes real bhāva. By offending that devotee, even the
best bhāvābhāsa gradually wanes, just as the full moon in the sky
gradually wanes.
kiṁ ca —
bhāvopy abhāvam āyāti kṛṣṇa-preṣṭhāparādhataḥ |
ābhāsatāṁ ca śanakair nyūna-jātīyatām api ||1.3.54 ||
Moreover, it should be stated: By an offense against the dearest devotee
of the Lord, if the offense is grave, even real bhāva will be destroyed. If
the offense is medium, the bhāva will turn into bhāvābhāsa. If the
offense is slight, the bhāva will become an inferior type.
gāḍhāsaṅgāt sadāyāti mumukṣau supratiṣṭhite |
ābhāsatām asau kiṁvā bhajanīyeśa-bhāvatām ||1.3.55||
By intimate association with a person who strongly desires impersonal
liberation, real bhāva becomes bhāvābhāsa, or becomes worship of the
self as the Lord.
ataeva kvacit teṣu navya-bhakteṣu dṛśyate |
kṣaṇam īśvara-bhāvoyaṁ nṛtyādau mukti-pakṣagaḥ ||1.3.56||
It is seen sometimes that new devotees, absorbed in the goals of
different types of liberation, identify themselves with the Lord
momentarily, during dancing or other acts of devotion.
sādhanekṣāṁ vinā yasminn akasmād bhāva īkṣyate |
vighna-sthagitam atrohyaṁ prāg-bhavīyaṁ susādhanaṁ ||1.3.57||
Bhāva sometimes suddenly appears in a person without knowledge of
sādhana or mercy, and without scriptural knowledge. It should be
inferred that in a previous life, some obstacle interrupted that persons
skillful sādhana, and in this life the obstacle has finally been removed.
lokottara-camatkāra-kārakaḥ sarva-śaktidaḥ |
yaḥ prathīyān bhaved bhāvaḥ sa tu kṛṣṇa-prasādajaḥ ||1.3.58||
That bhāva which is more amazing than anything in this world, which
gives all powers and which is very deep, is caused by the mercy of
Kṛṣṇa.
jane cej jāta-bhāvepi vaiguṇyam iva dṛśyate |
kāryā tathāpi nāsūyā kṛtārthaḥ sarvathaiva saḥ ||1.3.59 ||
If some apparent fault is seen in a person who has developed real bhāva,
one should not be hostile toward him, because he has accomplished the
goal in all respects.
yathā nārasiṁhe —
bhagavati ca harāv ananya-cetā
bhṛśam alinopi virājate manuṣyaḥ |
na hi śaśa-kaluṣa-cchaviḥ kadācit
timira-parābhavatām upaiti candraḥ ||1.3.60||
Thus it is said in the Narasiṁha Purāṇa:
A person who is dedicated completely to the Lord may show, externally,
serious contamination, but internally he is pure. The full moon, though
marked by the figure of a rabbit, is never overcome by darkness.
ratir aniśa-nisargoṣṇa-prabalatarānanda-pūra-rūpaiva |
uṣmāṇam api vamantī sudhāṁśu-koṭer api svādvī ||1.3.61 ||
Rati is naturally and eternally unstable because of its continuous, everincreasing
desires for pleasing the Lord, and it is full of bliss.
Manifesting this instability in the form of a variety of sañcāri-bhāvas, it
is tastier than millions of moons.
Here are the questions from today’s Darshan.
* Is it correct to understand that a disciple in relationship with their Guru can attain to bhāva of servitorship and no more than that?
* Is there any living entity in māyā that could get the mercy of Kṛṣṇa by achieving at least one second of realization?
* When can a devotee know for sure that his bhāva is real or a reflexion?
* Is the pastime of Tulasī devī and Sudama an example of losing bhāva?
* What is the difference between Bhakti Rasamrta Sindhu and Bhakti Rasamrta Sindhu-Bindhu?
* Are emotions the way to reach Kṛṣṇa?
* What is the meaning of the word bindhu?
* The anxiety caused by the struggling of achieving ones life goals is, in part, an effort not to crystallize? Is receiving Kṛṣṇa Darshan the end of that struggle?
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04.30.10
Posted in Bhakti-rasāmṛta-sindhu, Darshan, Esoteric Teaching, Nectar of Devotion at 21:08 by tbcarreiro
api ca —
vyaktaṁ masṛṇitevāntar lakṣyate rati-lakṣaṇam |
mumukṣu-prabhṛtīnāṁ ced bhaved eṣā ratir na hi ||1.3.41 ||
However it should be said: if softness of the heart, the symptom of rati, becomes clearly visible in persons desiring liberation, or in other unqualified persons, then it is not real rati.
vimuktākhila-tarṣair yā muktir api vimṛgyate |
yā kṛṣṇenātigopyāśu bhajadbhyopi na dīyate ||1.3.42 ||
sā bhukti-mukti-kāmatvāc chuddhāṁ bhaktim akurvatām |
hṛdaye sambhavaty eṣāṁ kathaṁ bhāgavatī ratiḥ ||1.3.43 ||
How can rati appear in persons having desires for enjoyment or liberation? Those persons do not perform pure bhakti. Rati is sought out by those liberated from all desires and it is not given by Kṛṣṇa immediately even to the devotees, since it is most secret.
kintu bāla-camatkāra-karī tac-cihna-vīkṣayā |
abhijñena subodhoyaṁ raty-ābhāsaḥ prakīrtitaḥ ||1.3.44 ||
pratibimbas tathā cchāyā raty-ābhāso dvidhā mataḥ ||1.3.45||
Though this semblance of rati is very astonishing to the innocent, those in knowledge understand what it really is by seeing the characteristics [of the person displaying so-called rati]. This is called ratyābhāsa, a semblance of rati. This semblance of rati has two types: reflection (pratibimba) and splendor (chāyā).
tatra pratibimbaḥ —
aśramābhīṣṭa-nirvāhī rati-lakṣaṇa-lakṣitaḥ |
bhogāpavarga-saukhyāṁśa-vyañjakaḥ pratibimbakaḥ ||1.3.46||
Pratibimba or reflection is described as follows: When there are apparent qualities of rati accompanied by desires for enjoyment or liberation, it is called pratibimba (reflected) ratyābhāsa. This pratibimba ratyābhāsa awards the goals of enjoyment and liberation to those persons without their having to exert effort.
daivāt sad-bhakta-saṅgena kīrtanādy-anusāriṇām |
prāyaḥ prasanna-manasāṁ bhoga-mokṣādi rāgiṇām ||1.3.47||
keṣāṁcit hṛdi bhāvendoḥ pratibimba udañcati |
tad-bhakta-hṛn-nabhaḥ-sthasya tat-saṁsarga-prabhāvataḥ ||1.3.48||
The reflection of the moon of bhāva appears in the hearts of some persons who are attached to enjoyment or liberation, but who become somewhat satisfied by following the aṅgas of bhakti through occasional association with real devotees. That moon of bhāva is situated in the sky of the real devotees heart, and it appears as a reflection in the nondevotee for some time by its impressions.
atha chāyā —
kṣudra-kautūhala-mayī cañcalā duḥkha-hāriṇī |
rateś chāyā bhavet kiṁcit tat-sādṛśyāvalambinī ||1.3.49 ||
Chāyā-ratyābhāsa is now described: That which has some similarity to real rati, which possesses a small amount of interest in the Lord, which is unstable and which destroys suffering, is said to be chāyā-ratyābhāsa.
hari-priya-kriyā-kāla-deśa-pātrādi-saṅgamāt |
apy ānuṣaṅgikād eṣa kvacid ajñeṣv apīkṣyate ||1.3.50||
kintu bhāgyaṁ vinā nāsau bhāva-cchāyāpy udañcati |
yad abhyudayataḥ kṣemaṁ tatra syād uttarottaram ||1.3.51 ||
Chāyā ratyābhāsa appears sometimes even in ignorant people by a combination of performing actions dear to the Lord, observing the festivals of the Lord, residing in the dhāma of the Lord and associating with the devotees of the Lord. Even this chāyā-ratyābhāsa, which eventually bestows auspiciousness to these people, appears only with great good fortune.
Here are the questions from today’s Darshan.
* Are there examples/explanations in the śastra of the modern material individualism in connection with Māyāvādī philosophy?
* What would be a likely reincarnation for these cold people?
* How can a mixed devotee understand their material desires, if he can’t even see it?
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04.28.10
Posted in Bhakti-rasāmṛta-sindhu, Darshan, Esoteric Teaching, Nectar of Devotion at 02:24 by tbcarreiro
atha nāma-gāne sadā ruciḥ, yathā —
rodana-bindu-maranda-syandi-dṛg-indīvarādya govinda |
tava madhura-svara-kaṇṭhī gāyati nāmāvalīṁ bālā ||1.3.38||
Taste for chanting the Holy Name of the Lord is illustrated as follows:
O Govinda! Today the young girl with the sweet voice, whose lotus eyes are streaming with tears of honey, is singing Your names.
tad-guṇākhyāne āsāktiḥ, yathā kṛṣṇa-karṇāmṛte (88) —
mādhuryād api madhuraṁ manmathatā tasya kim api kaiśoram |
capalyād api capalaṁ ceto bata harati hanta kiṁ kurmaḥ ||1.3.39 ||
Attachment to discussing the Lords qualities is described in Kṛṣṇa-Karṇāmṛta [88]:
That youthful Kṛṣṇa, with the qualities of Cupid, who is extremely sweet and extremely fickle, has stolen my heart. What should I do?
tad vasati-sthale prītiḥ, yathā padyāvalyām —
atrāsīt kila nanda-sadma śakaṭasyātrābhavad bhañjanaṁ
bandha-ccheda-karopi dāmabhir abhūd baddhotra dāmodaraḥ |
itthaṁ māthura-vṛddha-vaktra-vigalat-pīyūṣa-dhārāṁ pibann
ānandāśru-dharaḥ kadā madhu-purīṁ dhanyaś cariṣyāmy aham ||1.3.40||
An example of attachment for the abode of the Lord is found in the Padyāvalī [121]:
Nandas house was here. This is where Kṛṣṇa broke the cart. Here is where Dāmodara, who cuts material bondage, was tied up by ropes.” When will I be fortunate enough to wander about in Mathurā with tears streaming from my eyes, drinking such streams of nectar flowing from the mouth of an elder of Mathurā?
kṣāntir avyartha-kālatvaṁ viraktir māna-śunyatā |
āśā-bandhaḥ samutkaṇṭhā nāma-gāne sadā ruciḥ ||1.3.25||
āsaktis tad-guṇākhyāne prītis tad-vasati-sthale |
ity ādayonubhāvāḥ syur jāta-bhāvāṅkure jane ||1.3.26||
The anubhāvas or characteristics of a person who has developed the bud of bhāva are as follows: tolerance, not wasting time, detachment from enjoyment, pridelessness, confidence in the Lords mercy, longing for the Lord, taste for chanting the Lords Holy Name, attachment to discussing the Lords transcendental qualities, and attachment to living in the abode of the Lord.
Here are the questions from today’s Darshan.
* Why should be interested in the characteristics of a person in the stage of bhāva?
* What’s wrong with leaders of a spiritual organization if they are in the mode of passion?
* Does the stage of bhāva imply that we know our eternal spiritual body?
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04.26.10
Posted in Bhakti-rasāmṛta-sindhu, Darshan, Esoteric Teaching, Nectar of Devotion at 04:32 by tbcarreiro
atha samutkaṇṭhā —
samutkaṇṭhā nijābhīṣṭa-lābhāya guru-lubdhatā ||1.3.36||
Longing is now defined: longing means to have intense greed for attaining service to the Lord.
atha kṛṣṇa-karṇāmṛte (54) —
ānamrām asita-bhruvor upacitam akṣīṇa-pakṣmāṅkureṣv
ālolām anurāgiṇor nayanayor ārdrāṁ mṛdau jalpite |
ātāmrām adharāmṛte mada-kalām amlāna vaṁśī-svaneṣv
āśāste mama locanaṁ vraja-śiśor-mūrtiṁ jagan-mohinīm ||1.3.37||
An example of longing for the Lord is given in the Kṛṣṇa-Karṇāmṛta:
I long to see that young Kṛṣṇa who enchants the universe with His curved black eyebrows, thick eyelashes, with His attractive, shifty eyes, with His soft words that melt the heart, with His sweet red lips, and with the intoxicating sound emanating from the clear notes of His flute.
Questions:
* Why is it important to mention “clear” as a quality of the sound of Kṛṣṇa’s flute?
* Who is the author of Kṛṣṇa Karnamrta?
* Does the service mentioned in the verse 1.3.36 specifically refer to service performed with our spiritual body?
* Was Śrīla Prabhupāda born to fulfill part of Kṛṣṇa’s plans?
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04.22.10
Posted in Bhakti-rasāmṛta-sindhu, Darshan, Esoteric Teaching, Nectar of Devotion at 03:01 by tbcarreiro
I got on a roll and spoke spontaneously for a long time about the big picture of bhāva-bhakti in devotional service and how to study it. Bhāva manifests spontaneously in the pure mind when the devotee relishes the higher taste of spiritual pleasure due to love of Godhead. Bhāva is this higher taste that allows us to utilize our existing body and mind in pure transcendental activities. It become the impetus for engaging in the higher levels of devotional service. Cultivating this higher taste is the path of bhāva-bhakti.
But before we can relish this higher taste, we have to give up lower tastes, material tastes. This higher taste can be cultivated by systematic study and training in bhakti-yoga. Just like anyone can learn to sing nicely in kīrtan by studying music. Our material tastes confine our experience to a narrow range of low consciousness; but the sophisticated ontology of bhakti allows us to approach the platform of transcendental emotions (bhāva).
Questions:
* Someone may argue that the whole process of Bhakti is about love of God, which is related to feelings and emotions, not to science or logic. What if one says that he just wants to love Kṛṣṇa and don’t want to study the science, like grammar or ontology?
* The translation of the verse 1.1.11 says ‘unobstructed by impersonal jnāna.’ Is it correct that what makes jnāna impersonal is the purpose we are trying to use it for?
* Do you think that it is a coincidence that Lord Caitanya studied grammar when He executed His pastimes?
* Many times the new devotees want to study topics that are way above their heads. Usually we encourage that in the sense that give a little freedom. What is your advise to that?
* Hare Kṛṣṇa. Please accept my humble obeisances. Do you mean that we must know all the definitions of words from memory at any given time?
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