Jagat

There is no other bhakta like Vamsi; Gaurasundar is his siksha guru, and Vishnupriya Devi is his diksha guru. Just before Gauranga took sannyasa, He taught him Krishna's  rasa-rāja upāsanā  doctrine. These teachings are recorded in  Vaṁśī-śikṣā  by Premadas Mishra, the great grand-disciple of Ramai Thakura. In this chapter Mahaprabhu will tell what Krishna’s rasa-rāja upāsanā is and also explain how we can perform it. Then we will examine some of Vamsivadan's poetry and his rare book entitled Sri Gaurāṅga-līlāmṛta . Vaṁśī-śikṣā invocatory verses abhinna-rasa-rājāya śrī-śacīnandanāya ca gurave bhakta-rūpāya caitanyāya namo namaḥ śṛṅgāra-rasa-saṁmagnaṁ śṛṅgāra-rūpakaṁ param sukhadaṁ śubhadaṁ devaṁ rasarājaṁ namāmy aham I offer my pranam so the son of Sachi, Who is non-different from Rasa-rāja Krishna, and Who takes the form of a bhakta-guru to teach His Rasa-rāja worship. Rasa-rāja Krishna is deeply fascinated by  śṛṅgāra  (conjuga...

Baghnapada temple. See video . Previous posts in this series. 1: Guru Nishtha 2: Raganuga Sadhana following Bhaktivinoda Thakur's Manjari Parampara 3: Svarasiki Bhajan 4: Attaining Siddhi 5: Learning about Siddha Krishnadas Baba's Gutika 6: The Gutika's Contents 7: Bhaktivinoda’s nistha to the Vamsivadana Guru Parampara 8: The Author’s svārasikī sthiti 9: Following Thakur Bhaktivinoda’s Guru Parampara in Golok Nabadwip 10: Entering Sri Nityananda’s abode and Bipin Bihari Goswami’s puja There are three important books that imbibe this paramparā ’s essential teachings: Śrī-Vaṁśī-śikṣā by Premadas Misra Anaṅga-mañjarī-sampuṭikā by Sri Ramai Thakur Śrī-Muralī-vilāsa by Sri Rajaballabh Goswami 1. Vaṁśī-śikṣā by Premadas Misra contains the Rasaraj doctrine that Mahaprabhu taught to his priya-pārṣada Vamsivadana. In this regard it can be said that just as Prabhu gave various kinds of śikṣā to his various leading sampradāya ācāryas, such...