{"id":12,"date":"2008-07-14T10:26:47","date_gmt":"2008-07-14T10:26:47","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/kunjeshwari.com\/sweetblog\/?p=12"},"modified":"2008-07-30T15:00:20","modified_gmt":"2008-07-30T15:00:20","slug":"different-types-of-devotional-practice-leads-to-different-types-of-love","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/kunjeshwari.com\/sweetblog\/sweet_books\/analytical_study_of_love\/different-types-of-devotional-practice-leads-to-different-types-of-love\/","title":{"rendered":"Different types of devotional practice leads to different types of love"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Depending on what type of <em>s<\/em><em>\u00e2dhan\u00e2<\/em> we perform we can get two types of love &#8211;<\/p>\n<ul style=\"text-align: justify;\">\n<li>Love that contains the knowledge that Sri <em>Bhagav<\/em><em>\u00e2n<\/em> is almighty<\/li>\n<li>Simply love<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Srila Rupa Gosw\u00e2mip\u00e2d states the same in B.R.S. &#8211;<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><em> <\/em><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><em>&#8220;m\u00e2h\u00e2tmya-gy\u00e2na-yuktashcha kevalashcheti s\u00e2 dwidh\u00e2<\/em>&#8220;<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Devotional practice is of two types &#8211;<\/p>\n<ol style=\"text-align: justify;\" type=\"1\">\n<li><em>Vaidhi<\/em><\/li>\n<li><em>R\u00e2g\u00e2nug\u00e2<\/em><!--more--><\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">\n<table style=\"text-align: justify;\" border=\"0\" cellspacing=\"0\" cellpadding=\"0\" width=\"100%\">\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td>\n<h2 style=\"TEXT-ALIGN: center\">Love gained by following the vaidhi path<\/h2>\n<p style=\"TEXT-ALIGN: center\">\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">When a <em>s\u00e2dhak<\/em> follows the <em>vaidhi <\/em>path he has a strong feeling that Sri <em>Bhagav<\/em><em>\u00e2n<\/em> is majestic. Therefore when he gains love, it is mixed with a sensation of glory. When a <em>s\u00e2dhak<\/em> practices the path of <em>vidhi<\/em> (or <em>vaidhi<\/em> path) then he gains love, however this love results in either <em>s\u00e2lokya<\/em>, <em>s<\/em><em>\u00e2rshti, s\u00e2rupya or s\u00e2mipya<\/em>. These are four types of liberation or <em>mukti<\/em> that a devotee can get. Then he goes to Vaikuntha.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">&#8220;<em>aishwarya-gy\u00e2ne bidhi-marge bhajan koriy\u00e2,<\/em><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><em>boikunthete j\u00e2y chaturbidha mukti p\u00e2iy\u00e2&#8221;<\/em><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><em> <\/em><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Meaning &#8211; &#8220;When we practice <em>bhajan<\/em> in the path of <em>vidhi <\/em>by considering Sri <em>Bhagav<\/em><em>\u00e2n<\/em> as majestic, we attain liberation and go to Vaikuntha.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">&#8211; (C.C.\u00c2di.3.17.)<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">\n<table style=\"text-align: justify;\" border=\"0\" cellspacing=\"0\" cellpadding=\"0\" width=\"100%\">\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td>\n<h2>Love gained by following R\u00e2g\u00e2nug\u00e2<\/h2>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">The <em>R<\/em><em>\u00e2g\u00e2nug\u00e2<\/em> devotee worships Sri Krishna as the Son of Vrajendra (King of Vrajadh\u00e2m, that is, Nanda Mah\u00e2r\u00e2j). It is devoid of a sense of majesty. Hence such a devotee gains simply love (\u2018<em>keval&#8217; prem<\/em>). The devotional practice in <em>R<\/em><em>\u00e2g\u00e2nug\u00e2<\/em> path is without a hint of opulence or <em>aishwarya-gy\u00e2n<\/em>. Srila Rupa Gosw\u00e2mip\u00e2d states this in B.R.S. &#8211;<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">&#8220;<em>r<\/em><em>\u00e2g\u00e2nug\u00e2shrit\u00e2n\u00e2ncha pr\u00e2yashah kevalo bhavet&#8221;<\/em><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Meaning &#8211; &#8220;The devotees who practice <em>R<\/em><em>\u00e2g\u00e2nug\u00e2<\/em> almost always (<em>pr<\/em><em>\u00e2yashah)<\/em> gain <em>keval prem<\/em>.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Srimat Jiva Gosw\u00e2mip\u00e2d has explained the word \u2018<em>pr<\/em><em>\u00e2yashah<\/em>&#8216; (almost always) as &#8211; &#8220;Although a devotee may follow <em>R<\/em><em>\u00e2g\u00e2nug\u00e2 <\/em>if his devotion is tainted with <em>vaidhi bhakti<\/em> then he will not attain simply love.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">This means that not necessarily all <em>R\u00e2g\u00e2nug\u00e2<\/em> devotees will attain <em>keval prem<\/em>. However we should note that we can taste the pure sweetness of <em>Vraja-ras<\/em> only when we possess <em>keval prem<\/em>.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">(to be continued&#8230;&#8230;..)<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Depending on what type of s\u00e2dhan\u00e2 we perform we can get two types of love &#8211; Love that contains the knowledge that Sri Bhagav\u00e2n is almighty Simply love Srila Rupa Gosw\u00e2mip\u00e2d states the same in B.R.S. &#8211; &#8220;m\u00e2h\u00e2tmya-gy\u00e2na-yuktashcha kevalashcheti s\u00e2 &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/kunjeshwari.com\/sweetblog\/sweet_books\/analytical_study_of_love\/different-types-of-devotional-practice-leads-to-different-types-of-love\/\">Continue reading <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[5,7,6],"class_list":["post-12","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-analytical_study_of_love","tag-lovew","tag-peace","tag-religion"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/kunjeshwari.com\/sweetblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/kunjeshwari.com\/sweetblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/kunjeshwari.com\/sweetblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kunjeshwari.com\/sweetblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kunjeshwari.com\/sweetblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=12"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/kunjeshwari.com\/sweetblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/kunjeshwari.com\/sweetblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=12"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kunjeshwari.com\/sweetblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=12"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kunjeshwari.com\/sweetblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=12"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}