tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31351038.post7813901180907015347..comments2024-03-26T13:06:41.178-04:00Comments on Jagat: Sri Chaitanya’s Śikṣāṣṭakam: Comparing the original with two translations.Jagadananda Dashttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05887720845815026518noreply@blogger.comBlogger12125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31351038.post-63801889314698169752015-09-05T16:16:57.873-04:002015-09-05T16:16:57.873-04:00You are a beautiful Rasa Siddha Jagadananda Das.You are a beautiful Rasa Siddha Jagadananda Das.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31351038.post-74446726479337818702015-09-05T10:08:47.529-04:002015-09-05T10:08:47.529-04:00Sister's of mercy:
tathä ca mahä kaurme
agni-...Sister's of mercy:<br /><br />tathä ca mahä kaurme<br />agni-puträ mahätmänas tapasä strétvam äpire |<br />bhartäraïca jagad-yonià väsudevam ajaà vibhum || 304 ||<br /><br />See page 146:<br /><br />http://gaudiyahistory.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/10/Rupa_Goswami_Bhakti_rasamrta_sindhu_Bon_Maharaja.pdf<br />Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31351038.post-91807236689589357632015-09-04T06:33:35.158-04:002015-09-04T06:33:35.158-04:00In regard to "ei dehe-i Vrindavan", one ...<br />In regard to "ei dehe-i Vrindavan", one came across an interesting text entitled:<br /><br />The Place of Devotion: Siting and Experiencing Divinity in Bengal-Vaishnavism.<br /><br />Download:<br /><br />http://www.google.co.uk/url?sa=t&rct=j&q=&esrc=s&source=web&cd=2&cad=rja&uact=8&ved=0CC8QFjABahUKEwiVhce2lN3HAhVDaRQKHQq-Ac4&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.luminosoa.org%2Fsite%2Fbooks%2Fdownload%2F2%2F254%2Fplace-of-devotion%2F&usg=AFQjCNG2fVX5g1LpVNNjuZf_Ul2bWHvsgQ<br /><br />As a Vaishnava Jagadananda Das, is this a valid text worthy of study?<br />Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31351038.post-24071940411457247102015-09-03T11:03:04.977-04:002015-09-03T11:03:04.977-04:00Dear Jagadananda Das,
Yes, it is exactly the same...Dear Jagadananda Das,<br /><br />Yes, it is exactly the same for the Kaula, love is the means and the goal; there really is only love, love eternal. It is only in this love of truth that one goes forward into the light.<br /><br />The partner is not a mechanistic appendage, but part of the whole - Man is not a machine.<br /><br />In truth, we are not machines!<br /><br />M. N.<br />Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31351038.post-12982729213630252502015-09-03T09:32:45.806-04:002015-09-03T09:32:45.806-04:00As a Vaishnava, I consider the affective aspect of...As a Vaishnava, I consider the affective aspect of spiritual life to be the most important. The practices of yoga are complementary. Tantrics and Sahajiyas often tend to look at the "partner" as a mechanical accoutrement, but we are interested in the love. Love is the primary means and the goal. Jagadananda Dashttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05887720845815026518noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31351038.post-41698126198572765972015-09-03T08:23:26.297-04:002015-09-03T08:23:26.297-04:00Although, as one knows full well, to a practicing ...<br />Although, as one knows full well, to a practicing Sahajiya, bhakti is not quite the full story to the descent of grace.<br /><br />Whilst rummaging around looking for a little more information on the subject, one came across a short overview; which readers may wish to gain a nodding acquaintance with the following text: <br /><br />"Sahajiyās", an entry in Brill's Encyclopaedia Of Hinduism, vol. 3 (2011) - Pages 507-513.<br /><br />http://www.academia.edu/13187835/Sahajiy%C4%81s_an_entry_in_Brills_Encyclopedia_Of_Hinduism_vol._3_2011_507-513<br /><br />As a Kaula, reading about the akṣayasarovara (page 511) was especially interesting; although the author has not realised (page 512) that the perfect prema, the stainless and pure spiritual love that bonds Rādhā and Krsna is by the uniting both masculine and feminine of the self within the self (by breath) and piercing the skull in this union to impregnate the void with the spurting seed of this union.<br /><br />No physical (external) partner is required for this practice, it is purely tantric (a phallus of energy raised above the skull).<br /><br />M. N.<br /><br />Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31351038.post-59547430666769151702015-09-01T12:57:53.333-04:002015-09-01T12:57:53.333-04:00Jagadananda Das said: We believe in the efficacy o...Jagadananda Das said: We believe in the efficacy of God's name more than in the power of our own practices. Bhakti is about the descent of grace.<br /><br />M. N. replied: My person knows not the descent of grace (the effect) by bhakti (the cause) to God's name.<br /><br />You speak the truth Jagananda Das, bhakti to God's name is a valid vehicle to the descent of grace; bhakti to God's name is also a practice in its own right (a practice which takes a life time to complete).<br /><br />The vehicle of a Kaula's grace is direct union with the nameless one, the primordial being (the one before all others). Undivided, in original form of the light-body as pure consciousness, the Kaula cross over the threshold of life-and-death into the nothing to become as one with the true Guru (THE light which dispels all darkness).<br />Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31351038.post-2272181902931714972015-09-01T08:30:40.840-04:002015-09-01T08:30:40.840-04:00We believe in the efficacy of God's name more ...We believe in the efficacy of God's name more than in the power of our own practices. Bhakti is about the descent of grace.Jagadananda Dashttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05887720845815026518noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31351038.post-1880159028259886492015-09-01T08:29:32.644-04:002015-09-01T08:29:32.644-04:00Sundarim is in apposition to kavitAm, i.e., its ad...Sundarim is in apposition to kavitAm, i.e., its adjective and there is no fourth na to indicate that it is a separate item. <br /><br />But even if we were to take it as a separate item, the purpose of Sahajiyaism is not different from prema bhakti. Beauty that is separate from Krishna is not the goal.Jagadananda Dashttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05887720845815026518noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31351038.post-47327976979480311212015-08-31T02:15:08.021-04:002015-08-31T02:15:08.021-04:00How do you reconcile "na sundarim" with ...How do you reconcile "na sundarim" with sahajiyismAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31351038.post-50654125014388329242015-08-30T22:21:47.804-04:002015-08-30T22:21:47.804-04:00for extra knowledge about sri Radha Krishna visit ...for extra knowledge about sri Radha Krishna visit this website:- <a href="http://sriradhakrishnabhakti.blogspot.in" rel="nofollow">sriradhakrishnabhakti.blogspot.com</a>Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01176583923358502302noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31351038.post-3696267705340802872015-08-30T12:48:58.573-04:002015-08-30T12:48:58.573-04:00The practice of दम (Dama), त्याग (Tyāga)and अप्रमा...The practice of दम (Dama), त्याग (Tyāga)and अप्रमाद (Apramāda) polishes the mirror to perfection - to see the true light of one's own reflection.<br /><br />M.N.<br /><br /><br />Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com