The don’ts of bhakti, Part 1
Limbs eleven to twenty are prohibitions or the dont’s of bhakti. They are as important …
Bhakti Rasamrita Sindhu
The first ten limbs of bhakti are prescriptions
We now examine the rest of the limbs of bhakti. Rupa Goswami writes about these: …
Why take dīkṣā from a guru?
Of the 64 limbs of bhakti ennumerated by Rupa Goswami, Jiva Goswami comments that the …
The limbs of bhakti help us relate with Kṛṣṇa
Rupa Goswami lists 64 limbs of bhakti in the Bhakti rasamrta sindhu. We will examine …
Uttama bhaktas are very rare among both muktas and siddhas
Rupa Goswami quotes the following verse from the sixth canto of the भागवतम् in भक्तिरसामृत …
Three types of eligible beginners of vaidhī uttamā bhakti
In discussing the eligibility for beginners on the path of vaidhī bhakti, Rupa Goswami writes:…
The qualification for vaidhī sādhanā bhakti
The definition of vaidhī uttamā sādhanā bhakti
Having defined uttamā sādhanā bhakti, Rupa Goswami lists its two divisions:
…वैधी रागानुगा चेति सा
Is the sādhya, bhāva or prema?
Rupa Goswami in his भक्तिरसामृत सिंधु has presented three divisions of उत्तमा भक्ति (uttamā bhakti): …
sādhanā purifies the citta for the manifestation of bhāva
We have seen that साधना (sādhanā) is the activities of the senses (इंद्रिय-व्यापार) that result …
Śrī Rūpa defines sādhanā bhakti, Part II
The second line of the definition of साधना भक्ति given by Śrī Rūpa Goswami is …