Dovetailing the Mind
How does the Raganuga sadhak combine lila-smaran with his bodily activities?
Let us use the example of bathing. Everyone must take a bath, for this daily activity cannot be omitted. When combined with lila-smaran,however, even this nity-kritya (daily bodily function) becomes a spiritually potent activity. For example:
During the pratah-…
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Posted on August 1, 2007 at 4:17am —
Before going into detail about the internal aspect of Raganuga bhakti, let us examine Rupa Goswami’s third important sloka which runs follows:
3. The external sadhana
sravanot kirtanadini vaidha bhaktyuditani tu
yanyangani ca tanyatra vijneyani manisibhih (BRS 1.2.296)
The wise should know that sra…
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Posted on July 31, 2007 at 10:02pm —
Krishna Das Kaviraj re-affirms Sri Rupa’s intention in Madhya 22.156-157:
bāhya, antara, — ihāra dui ta' sādhana
'bāhye' sādhaka-dehe kare śravaṇa-kīrtana
'mane' nija-siddha-deha kariyā bhāvana
rātri-dine kare vraje kṛṣṇera sevana
The words ratri-dine kore braje krsnera sebana, to me…
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Posted on July 31, 2007 at 10:00pm —
The foundation of Raganuga Sadhan Bhakti
Sri Rupa Gosvami presents the basis of Raganuga sadhna in three principal slokas:
1.
kṛṣṇaḿ smaran janaḿ cāsya preṣṭhaḿ nija-samīhitam
tat-tat-kat…
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Posted on July 31, 2007 at 9:57pm —
The alada Rupa is recommended in the next sloka 1.2.295 from Bhakti-rasämrita-sindhu.
sevA sAdhaka-rUpeNa siddha-rUpeNa cAtra hi |
tad-bhAva-lipsunA kAryA vraja-lokAnusArataH ||
The Raganuga practitioner desirous of becoming an eternal Brajavasi, should follow in the moods and mellows of those particular associates in two ways:
- externally, in the sadhaka-deha (practitioner…
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Posted on July 31, 2007 at 9:56pm — 2 Comments
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