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The Nectar of Instruction

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

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The Nectar of Instruction

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  1. The Nectar of Instruction

  2. Content • Introduction to the text • Bhakti-yoga as a process • Vaidhé-bhakti • Prema-bhakti • Çré Rädhä-kuëòa

  3. 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

  4. Bhakti-yoga as a process sadhana-bhakti vaidhi-sadhana – act according to rules & regulations (vidhi means rules, vaidhi means genitive case, belonging to rules, determined by rules, sadhana means practice) raganuga-sadhana – choose one representative bhakta-archetype and serve, meditate, follow instructions & example 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!)

  5. The nine elements of vaidhi sadhana-bhakti 1. sravana - hearing 2. kirtana - glorifying 3. smarana - remembrance 4. vandana - prayers 5. padasevana – simple services 6. dasya – serving mode 7. pujana - worship 8. sakhya - friendship 9. atmanivedana – total self surrender

  6. The nine elements of prema-bhakti 1. rati – loving attraction 2. prema – sweet love 3. sneha – tenderness 4. maana – opposing feelings 5. pranaya – intimate relationship 6. raga – attachment 7. anuraaga – secondary attachment 8. bhaava – ecstatic love 9. mahabhaava – higher type of ecstatic love

  7. 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)

  8. 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)

  9. 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)

  10. Çré Rädhä-kuëòa Introductory information (text 9) Thegopémood (text 10) The most exalted method of devotional service (text 11)

  11. 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."

  12. Discussion

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