Bhakti is self-revealing
In Anuccheda 139 of the Bhakti Sandarbha, Śrī Jīva Goswami explains how bhakti is self-revealing. …
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The successive stages of Prīti, Part II
In a previous post, I examined Anuccheda 84 of the Prīti Sandarbha where Śrī …
The successive stages of Prīti, Part I
As we saw in a previous article, the eight stages of prīti are classified according …
Saṁskāras in the citta are the basis for the eight stages of Prīti
In Anuccheda 84 of the Prīti Sandarbha, Śrī Jīva Gosvāmi explains that the eight stages …
Śrī Kṛṣṇa impels the highest prīti
Śrī Jīva Goswami’s presentation in the Sandarbhas is emphatic about the supremacy of Śrī Kṛṣṇa …
The unique qualities of uttamā bhakti
The definition of uttamā bhakti in Śrī Rūpa Goswami’s Bhakti rasāmṛta sindhu is the foundation …
The Svarūpa of Prīti
As I mentioned in a previous article, Śrī Jīva Goswami summarized the definition of …
Prīti is not under the control of the devotee
Śrī Jīva Goswami summarizes the definition of prīti in the Prīti Sandarbha Anuccheda 78.2 with …
How worldly love is different from Bhagavān’s love
In a previous article, I examined the definition of prīti given by Śrī Jīva …
What prīti is and what it is not
In a previous article, I examined the definition of prīti. Given the importance of …
Śrī Jīva Goswami defines prīti
The Prīti Sandarbha describes prīti as the prayojana or purpose of sādhana-bhakti. Here I examine …
Jaya and Vijaya did not identify with material bodies
Śrī Jīva Goswami emphatically establishes in the Prīti Sandarbha that the associates of Bhagavān can …