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Part I was here . Another Side of Thakur Bhaktivinoda, A Svārasikī Adventure (Part Two) by Gadadhar Pran Das [gadadhar̮das000@yahoo.co.in]. A svārasikī adventure is a lila meditation that follows the path of our yearning. In this segment, Vamsivadanananda Thakur continues his recitation of the Rāsa-līlā.  Sri Vamsivadana's Bhāgavata Discourse Continues Taking up from where we left off, Vamsivadana Thakur will now comment on the Bhagavatam's six verses that he just sang before Mahaprabhu and the bhaktas when the last chapter was ending. Vaṁśī uvāca: “Seeing the autumn's rising full moon awakens Krishna's romantic desires. So when arriving at the place called Rasouli, where a beautiful forest lies beside the Yamuna, Krishna plays His madhura madhura vaṁśī to lure the gopis' minds. The stirring vibration is tad-anaṅga-vardhanam as it ignites the flames of their kāma .” Let me explain this more clearly. In the Srutis it is said gāyantaṁ striyaḥ kāmaya...

Gaura-Gadadhar at Gadai-Gauranga Kunj Why did Thakur Bhaktivinoda inaugurate Lakshmipriya, Gauranga and Vishnupriya's nitya-sevā-pūjā in the yoga-pitha mandir that he founded at Mayapur? In this chapter we will attempt to answer this question, and go on to discuss how this yoga-pitha is worshiped in Goloka Nabadwip. As we completed our guru-pūjā to Bhaktivinoda's guru-varga, that begins from Vipina vihari Gosvami and leads up to Sri Nityananda Prabhu, Ramai wishes to take us to Vamsivadana Thakura. For he is the next acharya of this paramparā whom we keenly desire to worship. To meet Vamsi, Ramai leads us out from the western gate of Nityananda's abode, and we start heading up the hill towards Gauranga's breathtaking palace in the Dham's center. Then as we arrive on the palace's southwestern side, Ramai brings us into a hidden chamber within its high golden walls. And here we find Vamsivadana guarding a secret entrance which leads into Vishnupriy...

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...

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 In Chapter 2 Bhaktivinoda Thakur’s authentic mañjarī paramparā was introduced. Beginning from Radha’s younger sister, Ananga Manjari, the sampradāya ācārya , it descends in an unbroken succession of mañjarīs to reach Vilasa Manjari, who is Kamala Manjari (Bhaktivinoda Thakur’s) guru-rūpa-sakhī . When one hankers to take up gopi-ānugatya bhajana , this is how the process can ideally begin: When at the time of receiving initiation we have a guru-mañjarī and a mañjarī-paramparā who will factually be there to guide us in Radha-Krishna’s nikunja-sevā . Because Bhaktivinoda Thakur took dīkṣā  in such a lineage, and furthermore instructs in Hari-nāma-cintāmaṇi that one should receive ekādaśa-bhāva from such a guru, won’t those wishing to fo...