In-depth discussions for serious practitioners and students of śāstra. These articles contain technical Sanskrit terms and nuanced theological points.
I received questions about an article I had written some years ago on Śrī Jīva Goswami’s explanation of the statement ‘kṛṣṇas tu bhagavān svayam’. I […]
The importance of definitions cannot be overstated in keeping concepts straight in our heads. In Indian philosophy, writers take great pains to define items and […]
In a previous post, I examined Anuccheda 84 of the Prīti Sandarbha where Śrī Jīva Goswami explains that each successive stage of prīti derives from […]
As we saw in a previous article, the eight stages of prīti are classified according to the saṁskāras they create in the devotee’s citta. Here, […]
In Anuccheda 84 of the Prīti Sandarbha, Śrī Jīva Gosvāmi explains that the eight stages of prīti are defined by the saṁskāras they instill in […]
Śrī Rūpa Goswami’s rasa theory in the Bhakti-rasāmṛta-sindhu includes vibhāva, which is of two types, ālambana- and uddīpana-vibhāva. ālambana-vibhāva is the objective support of prema, […]
Question: As an uttama bhakta performs svarūpa-siddhā bhakti, would their actions other than svarūpa-siddhā bhakti be saṅga-siddhā bhakti? Answer: I think you are mixing two […]
As I mentioned in a previous article, Śrī Jīva Goswami summarized the definition of prīti in the Prīti Sandarbha Anuccheda 78.2 with a beautiful metaphor. […]
Śrī Jīva Goswami summarizes the definition of prīti in the Prīti Sandarbha Anuccheda 78.2 with a beautiful metaphor. For this, he employs gadya-kāvya or prose […]
In a previous article, I examined the definition of prīti given by Śrī Jīva Goswami. There, we saw how prīti or love for Bhagavān has […]
In a previous article, I examined the definition of prīti. Given the importance of this subject, Śrī Jīva Goswami devotes considerable attention to the essential […]
The Prīti Sandarbha describes prīti as the prayojana or purpose of sādhana-bhakti. Here I examine the definition of prīti presented by Śrī Jīva Goswami in […]
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