Śrī Jīva Goswami explains māyā
Śrī Jīva Goswami examines the meaning of māyā in Bhagavat Sandarbha Anuccheda 18. He gives …
Definitions
The definitions of avidyā and its products
The reason for suffering is avidyā, and it is the beginningless cause of the ātmā’s …
The definition of rasa, part I
Sri Rupa Goswami analyzes bhakti-rasa or the relish of bhakti in great detail. Indeed, his …
Summary of definitions of uttamā bhakti and its divisions
Here we summarize uttamā bhakti, its divisions and the definitions which were discussed in previous …
Śrī Rūpa Goswami explains rāgānugā bhakti
Śrī Rūpa Goswami defines rāgānugā bhakti as follows.
virājantīm abhivyaktāṁ vraja-vāsī janādiṣu |rāgātmikām anusṛtā yā …
Rupa Goswami defines bhāva, part III
We now examine the remaining qualifiers of bhāva. As we saw before, bhāva is …
Śrī Rūpa Goswami defines bhāva, part II
We now take up the qualifiers in the definition of bhāva. The svarūpa lakṣaṇam of …
Rupa Goswami defines bhāva, part I
We now examine the definition of bhāva by Sri Rupa Goswami. As a reminder, bhāva …
On the importance of definitions in bhakti
Much of the confusion and disagreements in discussions over bhakti can be avoided if the …
The definition of vaidhī uttamā sādhanā bhakti
Having defined uttamā sādhanā bhakti, Rupa Goswami lists its two divisions:
…वैधी रागानुगा चेति सा
Other equivalent definitions of uttamā bhakti
Rupa Goswami goes on to point out in his master piece भक्ति रसामृत सिंधु (Bhakti …
Śrī Rūpa Goswami defines uttamā bhakti, Part III
Continuing our discussion of the तटस्थ लक्षणम् (taṭastha lakṣaṇam) from a previous post, we now …