01 Dec 2023 morning – Highest Bhakti: The Manjaris Are Totally One-Directed to Radharani (English translation) – Bhuj, India | Srila BV Vana Maharaja
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The Guru’s mercy purifies the sadhaka’s heart.
Like the cakora birds that only taste the rays of the moon, the devotees only taste the divine nectar.
Two types of bhakti: vaidhi-bhakti and raganuga-bhakti.
In vaidhi-bhakti, there is no natural love for Guru and Krsna, such practitioners only follow the rules and regulations of the scriptures.
Conditioned souls are contaminated by laziness, sleep and lust, thinking it is the body, they suffer from anxiety and fear.
Those who follow raganuga-bhakti serve spontaneously with love and affection.
Ragatmika-jana are the eternal servants of Krsna, they show two symptoms: their mood depends on rasa and they are always absorbed in that mood.
The jiva who does sadhana/bhajana, and serves Krsna under the instruction of the ragatmika-jana, is called raganuga.
Whoever serves under the instruction of Rupa Gosvami is rupanuga. Raghunatha Dasa prays to obtain service to Radharani, under the guidance of Rupa Manjari.
The vrajavasis are sambhandhatmikas, and the gopis are kamatmikas.
The prema in the hearts of the gopis is visudha-prema, totally pure. For them, service to Krsna is the main thing, and the relationship is secondary.
In vatsalya and sakhya, the relationship with Krsna is the main thing, then service.
