the nectar of instruction
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The Nectar of Instruction. Content. Introduction to the text Bhakti-yoga as a process Vaidhé-bhakti Prema-bhakti Çré Rädhä-kuëòa. Introduction to the text. Çréla Rüpa Gosvämé and The Nectar of Instruction ( Çré Upadeçämåta ) The commentary by Swami Prabhupada - PowerPoint PPT PresentationTRANSCRIPT
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The Nectar of Instruction
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Content
• Introduction to the text• Bhakti-yoga as a process• Vaidhé-bhakti • Prema-bhakti• Çré Rädhä-kuëòa
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Introduction to the text
• Çréla Rüpa Gosvämé and The Nectar of Instruction (Çré Upadeçämåta)
• The commentary by Swami Prabhupada• Note: all appendices are extracted from Çré
Bhaktyäloka by Srila Bhaktivinoda Thakura
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Bhakti-yoga as a process1. sadhana-bhakti
1. vaidhi-sadhana – act according to rules & regulations (vidhi means rules, vaidhi means genitive case, belonging to rules, determined by rules, sadhana means practice)
2. raganuga-sadhana – choose one representative bhakta-archetype and serve, meditate, follow instructions & example
2. prema/raga-bhakti – live fully surcharged with divine emotions, no need to ask, follow, no boundaries as in divine love there are no rules: if you love, you love! (only for the select few qualified ones!)
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The nine elements of vaidhi sadhana-bhakti
1. sravana - hearing2. kirtana - glorifying3. smarana - remembrance4. vandana - prayers5. pada sevana – simple services6. dasya – serving mode7. pujana - worship8. sakhya - friendship9. atmanivedana – total self surrender
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The nine elements of prema-bhakti
1. rati – loving attraction2. prema – sweet love3. sneha – tenderness4. maana – opposing feelings5. pranaya – intimate relationship6. raga – attachment7. anuraaga – secondary attachment8. bhaava – ecstatic love9. mahabhaava – higher type of ecstatic love
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Vaidhé-bhakti I
• Regulative principles– Negative (text 1, text 2)– Positive (text 1, text 3)
• Impediments (text 2)• Positive attitudes (text 3)
– Nine processes of Bhakti (text 3)
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Vaidhé-bhakti II
• Mahätmäs (text 2, text 6)– Durätmäs (text 2, 11)
• Associating with the saints and the devotees– Principles of association (text 4)– The three types of devotees (text 5)
• Approaching the Spiritual Master (text 5, text 6)
• Awakening the love for Kåñëa (text 4, text 7)
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Prema-bhakti
• Always remembering Kåñëa (text 8)• Living in Våndävana under the guidance of
a pure devotee (text 8)• Development of the devotional service (text 8)
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Çré Rädhä-kuëòa
• Introductory information (text 9)• The gopé mood (text 10)• The most exalted method of devotional
service (text 11)
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Summary
• Çréla Narottama däsa Öhäkura has sung: rüpa-raghunätha-pade ha-ibe äkutikabe häma bujhaba se yugala-périti
"When I am eager to understand the literature given by the Gosvämés, then I shall be able to understand the transcendental loving affairs of Rädhä and Kåñëa."
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Discussion
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