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Chapter 27 Gadadhar and Gauranga's Yugal Upasana (Part 2): Their Rasātmikā Bhajan After giving some examples of Gaura and Gadadhar's bhāvāḍhya worship in the last chapter, when They relish the bhāvas of the Nabadwip and Vrindavan pastimes, let us now discuss Their internal rasātmikā worship. This mood awakens when Gadadhar and His close followers assume beautiful female forms to enjoy shringar rasamaya lilas (conjugal loving pastimes) with Gauranga—just as Krishna does with Radha and Her sakhis. In the beginning we had no idea (as is the case with most others) that this rasatmika mood is indeed an intrinsic part of Gaura lila. That was until we met a very special bhakta named Sachidulal Baba Das Babaji Maharaj. As an initiate in Gadadhar's parivar, in the lineage coming from Gadadhar's disciple, Kastha kata Jagannatha Das, he had an amazing story to reveal. But before telling about how we met this rare Vaishnava, and what we learned from him, it will h...

Gadadhar Praner Pran Gaura Gadadhara. In this chapter, Gadadhar Pran Prabhu explores some of the early poetry of the Gaudiya Vaishnava school that focuses on Gaura-Gadadhar worship. Please take note of the notes on Bengali pronunciation and transliteration HERE . Email gadadhar_das000@yahoo.co.in Chapter 26 Gadadhar and Gauranga's Yugal Upasana (Part I) After completing 25 chapters, now we come to our favorite topic—Gadadhar and Gauranga's yugal bhajan—which also happens to be Thakur Bhaktivinoda's life and soul—and the counterpart of Radha-Madhava's madhura upasana in Vraja. In this chapter some examples of their bhāvāḍhya worship will be given. Then in the next chapter we shall investigate what their rasātmikā worship entails. When we say bhāvāḍhya , this refers to the madhura bhavas of Nabadwip and Vrindavan that Gauranga and His bhaktas relish within their minds, when everyone remains in a male form. But when Gadadhar and his rasika bhakta...