Śrī Jīva Goswami’s commentary on the definition of uttamā bhakti, part III
I continue translating Śrī Jīva Goswami’s commentary on the definition of uttamā bhakti given in …
Definitions
Śrī Jīva Goswami’s commentary on the definition of uttamā bhakti, part I
I finally decided to sit down and translate Śrī Jīva Goswami’s commentary on the definition …
Śrī Jīva Goswami defines bhakti
In the Bhakti Sandarbha, Śrī Jīva Goswami describes a large number of different types of …
The kaniṣṭha bhāgavata lacks knowledge of śāstra and hence śāstrīya-śraddhā
In previous articles, I discussed the characteristics of the uttama and madhyama bhāgavatas as explained …
The characteristics of a devotee: the madhyama bhāgavata
In a previous article, I discussed the characteristics of the uttama bhāgavata. Here, I will …
Q/A: does Śrī Jīva Goswami state that the jīva is Bhagavān’s cit-śakti?
Q: You wrote in a previous article that the jīva is not Bhagavan’s cit-śakti. But …
What is the meaning of the term duḥkha-pratiyogi?
Śrī Jīva Gosvāmī uses the term ‘duḥkha-pratiyogi’ as a synonym of the word ‘ānanda’, which …
A definition of mukti
We come across the term ‘mukti’ frequently in the scriptures. The term evokes a final, …
Definition of the word ‘Sandarbha’
Śrī Babaji is famous for translating the Sandarbhas of Śrī Jīva Goswami into English. As …
How to build a nyāya
A nyāya is a logical argument that is used to establish one’s point. Śrī Jīva …
Sat-kārya-vāda
In Anuccheda 60 of the Paramātmā Sandarbha, Śrī Jīva Goswami accepts the Vedantic concept of …
Definition of yukta-vairāgya
Vairāgya literally means a state in which a person is devoid of attachment or rāga …