For readers familiar with the basics of bhakti, these articles explore key practices, theological themes, and scriptural frameworks within Caitanya Vaiṣṇavism.
Vairāgya literally means a state in which a person is devoid of attachment or rāga …
The word śāstra is commonly used in devotional parlance, but its definition is not always …
The word ‘anādi’ is a simple word. Yet, in recent decades, much confusion has surrounded …
There are three broad divisions of yoga – karma yoga, jñāna yoga and bhakti yoga. …
The word jnāna has the common meaning of ‘knowledge’. However, in Sanskrit usage, the word …
A sticking point with many people is that Vaiṣṇavas insist that God has a specific…
Śrī Jīva Goswami examines the meaning of māyā in Bhagavat Sandarbha Anuccheda 18. He gives …
The reason for suffering is avidyā, and it is the beginningless cause of the ātmā’s …
Sri Rupa Goswami analyzes bhakti-rasa or the relish of bhakti in great detail. Indeed, his …
Here we summarize uttamā bhakti, its divisions and the definitions which were discussed in previous …
Śrī Rūpa Goswami defines rāgānugā bhakti as follows.
virājantīm abhivyaktāṁ vraja-vāsī janādiṣu |rāgātmikām anusṛtā yā …
We now examine the remaining qualifiers of bhāva. As we saw before, bhāva is …
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