Actually, there is absolutely nothing „artificial“ about practicing raganuga-bhakti. Raganuga-bhakti is a sadhana of bhakti, just like vaidhi-bhakti too. It is a process and it runs through the same stages like the path of vaidhi-bhakti. Raganuga-bhakti is not the post-graduate study of a vaidhi-bhakti practitioner. It may be that the practitioner starts with vaidhi-bhakti, but … Continue reading Raganuga-bhakti artificial?

Mādhurya Kādambinī – Sri Visvanatha Cakravartipada Commentaries by Śrī Rādhākuṇḍa Mahānta Paṇḍita Śrī Ananta Dās Bābājī Mahārāja Translation by Advaita das   The two unfolding leaves called sādhana on the desire creeper of bhakti were described before. Now as hearing, chanting and other devotional processes become very smooth, suddenly many shiny petals known as anubhāvas … Continue reading PREMA – purest divine love

Mādhurya Kādambinī – Sri Visvanatha Cakravartipada Commentaries by Śrī Rādhākuṇḍa’s Mahānta Paṇḍita Śrī Ananta Dās Bābājī Mahārāja Translation by Advaita das atha saivāsaktiḥ paramapariṇāmaṁ prāptavatī ratyapara paryāyo bhāva ityākhyāṁ labhate. ya eva hi sac-cid-ānanda iti śakti-trikasya svarūpabhūtasya kantalībhāvaṁ bhajate. yam eva khalu bhakti-kalpa-vallyā utphullaṁ prasūnam ācakṣate. yasya ca bāhyaiva prabhā sarvaiḥ sudurlabhā ābhyantarī tu mokṣam … Continue reading BHAVA – Blossoming divine love

Mādhurya Kādambinī – Sri Visvanatha Cakravartipada Commentaries by Śrī Rādhākuṇḍa’s Mahānta Paṇḍita Śrī Ananta Dās Bābājī Mahārāja Translation by Advaita das atha saiva bhajana viṣayā ruciḥ prathama prauḍhatamā satī yadā bhajanīyaṁ bhagavantaṁ viṣayīkaroti tadeyam āsaktir ityākhyāyate. yaiva bhakti kalpavallyāḥ stavakībhāvamāsādayantī bhāva premṇi puṣpaphale acirād eva bhāvinī dyotayati. rucir bhajana viṣayā āsaktir bhajanīya viṣayeti bhūmnaiva vyāpadeśaḥ. … Continue reading ASAKTI – Enchantment of the heart

Mādhurya Kādambinī – Sri Visvanatha Cakravartipada Commentaries by Śrī Rādhākuṇḍa’s Mahānta Paṇḍita Śrī Ananta Dās Bābājī Mahārāja Translation by Advaita das atha pūrvaṁ yā aniṣṭhitā niṣṭhiteti dvividhoktā bhajana kriyā tasyāḥ prathamā ṣaḍ vidhā lakṣitā. tato dvitīyām alakṣayitvevānartha nivṛttiḥ prakrāntā. yad uktam— śṛṇvatāṁ svakathāḥ kṛṣṇaḥ puṇya śravaṇa kīrtanaḥ hṛdyantaḥ stho hyabhadrāṇi vidhunoti suhṛt satām naṣṭa prāyeṣvabhadreṣu … Continue reading NISTHA – Great steadiness in bhakti

Mādhurya Kādambinī – Sri Visvanatha Cakravartipada Commentaries by Śrī Rādhākuṇḍa’s Mahānta Paṇḍita Śrī Ananta Dās Bābājī Mahārāja Translation by Advaita das athābhyāsa kṛṣṇa vartma dīpitāṁ bhakti kāñcana mudrāṁ sva tejasā vahantīṁ dadhāne bhakta hṛdi tasyāṁ rucir utpadyate. śravaṇa kīrtanādīnām anyato vailakṣaṇyena rocakatvaṁ ruciḥ. yasyām utpadyamānāyāṁ pūrva daśāyām iva tair muhur apyanuśīlitair na śramopalabdhi gandho'pi. yā … Continue reading RUCI – Attainment of taste

The book 'Rādhā Rasa Sudhānidhi' consists of Śrīpāda's prayers in both sādhaka āveśa - the more external consciousness of a practising devotee - and siddha āveśa - the internal consciousness, in which he is aware of his eternal spiritual body as a maidservant and/or girlfriend of Śrī Rādhā. Sometimes we will see him in the … Continue reading Radhika´s scent maddens Krishna

Mādhurya Kādambinī – Sri Visvanatha Cakravartipada Commentaries by Śrī Rādhākuṇḍa’s Mahānta Paṇḍita Śrī Ananta Dās Bābājī Mahārāja Translation by Advaita das athānarthānāṁ nivṛttih. te cānarthāś caturvidhāḥ duṣkṛtotthā sukṛtotthā aparādhotthā bhaktyutthāś ceti. tatra duṣkṛtotthā durabhiniveśa dveṣa rāgādyāḥ pūrvoktāḥ kleśā eva. sukṛtotthā bhogābhiniveśā vividhā eva. te ca kleśāntaḥpātina iti kecit. aparādhotthā ityatra nāmāparādhā eva gṛhānte. sevāparādhāntu nāmabhis … Continue reading ANARTHA NIVRITTI – Cessation of All Unfavourable Elements.

Mādhurya Kādambinī – Sri Visvanatha Cakravartipada Commentaries by Śrī Rādhākuṇḍa’s Mahānta Paṇḍita Śrī Ananta Dās Bābājī Mahārāja Translation by Advaita das tato bhajana kriyā. sā ca aniṣṭhitā niṣṭhitā ca. tatra prathamam aniṣṭhitā krameṇotsāhamayī ghanataralā vyūḍha vikalpā viṣaya saṅgarā niyamākṣamā taraṅga raṅgiṇīti ṣaḍ vidhā bhavantīti svādhāraṁ vilakṣayati (5) TRANSLATION: The next stage is bhajana-kriyā, or the … Continue reading BHAJANA KRIYA – Devotion in practice

Mādhurya Kādambinī – Sri Visvanatha Cakravartipada Commentaries by Śrī Rādhākuṇḍa’s Mahānta Paṇḍita Śrī Ananta Dās Bābājī Mahārāja Translation by Advaita das tataś cāśrita guru-caraṇasya tasya jijñāsyamāṇasya sadācārasya tacchikṣayaiva sajātīyāśaya snigdha-bhaktyabhijña sādhu-saṅga bhāgyodayaḥ TRANSLATION: After attaining faith, one takes shelter of a Guru and inquires about the rules and regulations of the devotional process. By following … Continue reading SADHU SANGA – Holy association