{"id":512,"date":"2008-09-01T11:17:31","date_gmt":"2008-09-01T05:47:31","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/kunjeshwari.com\/sweetblog\/?p=512"},"modified":"2008-09-01T11:17:31","modified_gmt":"2008-09-01T05:47:31","slug":"chapter-7-permanent-bhaav","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/kunjeshwari.com\/sweetblog\/sweet_books\/how-to-realize-ras\/chapter-7-permanent-bhaav\/","title":{"rendered":"Chapter 7 – Permanent bhaav"},"content":{"rendered":"

Permanent bh\u00e2v<\/em> or Sth\u00e2yi bh\u00e2v<\/em><\/span><\/strong> – Alank\u00e2r-Koustubh says \u2013 <\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

“When our heart is without a tinge of rajah<\/em> (mode of passion) and tamah<\/em> (mode of ignorance) and it is full of only pure goodness, then an indescribable passion can fill the heart; it is the source of ras<\/em>-relish, and the wise call it the \u2018permanent\u2019 or sth\u00e2yi-bh\u00e2v<\/em>.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n

Srila Rupa Gosw\u00e2mip\u00e2d says \u2013 <\/span><\/p>\n

“Laughter is a positive feeling while anger is a negative feeling. A bh\u00e2v<\/em> that subjugates all other bh\u00e2vs<\/em> whether positive or negative and looms high over them \u2013 we call such a bh\u00e2v<\/em> as \u2018permanent\u2019. The Bhakti-literatures call the passion for Sri Krishna as \u2018sth\u00e2yi-bh\u00e2v\u2019<\/em>.\u201d \u2013 (B.R.S.)<\/span><\/p>\n

Our sth\u00e2yi-bh\u00e2v <\/em>intermingles with the bh\u00e2vs <\/em>such as vibh\u00e2v<\/em> etc. and is transformed into ras<\/em>. On its own vibh\u00e2v<\/em> cannot make us realize ras<\/em>. It just causes us to express anubh\u00e2vs<\/em> (symptoms). The Vy\u00e2bhich\u00e2ri<\/em> (passing) bh\u00e2vs<\/em> only help anubh\u00e2v.<\/em> None of these bh\u00e2vs<\/em> can create ras<\/em> in us if we do not have \u2018sth\u00e2yi-bh\u00e2v<\/em>\u2019. When our sth\u00e2yi-bh\u00e2v <\/em>mingles with three other bh\u00e2vs<\/em>, then it is the sth\u00e2yi-bh\u00e2v<\/em> that turns into ras.<\/em> We have to be very clear about this. <\/span><\/p>\n

Sth\u00e2yi-bh\u00e2v <\/em>is permanent, whereas the other bh\u00e2vs<\/em> such as vibh\u00e2v<\/em> etc. change. Hence although the other bh\u00e2vs<\/em> do make us express ras<\/em>, they are not the source of ras.<\/em> Sth\u00e2yi-bh\u00e2v <\/em>is a form of the great power called Hl\u00e2dini Shakti.<\/em> It is inconceivable. Therefore Sth\u00e2yi-bh\u00e2v <\/em>is permanent and so is ras<\/em>. We repeat \u2013 when sth\u00e2yi-bh\u00e2v <\/em>matures, we realize ras<\/em>. Sth\u00e2yi-bh\u00e2v <\/em>has only one function \u2013 to please Sri Bhagav\u00e2n<\/em>.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

Here, we may question \u2013 <\/span><\/p>\n

You said \u2013 “sth\u00e2yi-bh\u00e2v <\/em>transforms into ras.<\/em>\u201d In the same breath you are saying \u2013 sth\u00e2yi-bh\u00e2v <\/em>and ras<\/em> are both permanent. Are you not contradicting yourself? When one thing changes into another, it does not remain. This means, when sth\u00e2yi-bh\u00e2v <\/em>will turn into ras<\/em>, the sth\u00e2yi-bh\u00e2v <\/em>will not exist any more, since now it is ras!<\/em> Then how can you call sth\u00e2yi-bh\u00e2v <\/em>permanent? Also how can you call ras<\/em> as permanent? Since it has taken birth from sth\u00e2yi-bh\u00e2v <\/em>\u2013 which means, earlier it did not exist. Does this not mean that both sth\u00e2yi-bh\u00e2v <\/em>and ras<\/em> are temporary?<\/span><\/p>\n

\u00a0(to be continued)<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Permanent bh\u00e2v or Sth\u00e2yi bh\u00e2v – Alank\u00e2r-Koustubh says \u2013 “When our heart is without a tinge of rajah (mode of passion) and tamah (mode of ignorance) and it is full of only pure goodness, then an indescribable passion can fill … Continue reading →<\/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":[48],"tags":[57,60,390,58,49,59],"class_list":["post-512","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-how-to-realize-ras","tag-bhaav","tag-bhav","tag-how-to-realize-ras","tag-permanent-bhaav","tag-ras","tag-sthayi-bhav"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/kunjeshwari.com\/sweetblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/512","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=512"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/kunjeshwari.com\/sweetblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/512\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":665,"href":"https:\/\/kunjeshwari.com\/sweetblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/512\/revisions\/665"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/kunjeshwari.com\/sweetblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=512"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kunjeshwari.com\/sweetblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=512"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kunjeshwari.com\/sweetblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=512"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}