– Shraddha and sadhu-sanga are the stages of kanishtha-kanishtha adhikari; bhajana-kriya and anartha-nivritti are the stages of kanishtha-madhyama adhikari; nishtha is the stage of kanishtha-uttama adhikari; ruchi is the stage of madhyama-kanishtha adhikari, asakti is the stage of madhyama-madhyama adhikari, rati is the stage of madhyama-uttama adhikari, the stages from bhava to prema correspond to uttama-adhikari.
– The stages of anartha-nivritti are: eka-desha-vartini, bahu-desha-vartini, prayiki, purna and atyantiki.
– Vaidhi-bhakti and raganuga-bhakti are two sides of the same coin. Raganuga-bhakti includes vaidhi-bhakti, but vaidhi-bhakti does not include raganuga-bhakti.
– Bhajaniya-ruchi and bhajaniya-asakti.
– A kanishtha-adhikari has kamala shraddha, which is a very subtle faith that is not yet mature.
– Verse: kṣāntir avyartha-kālatvaṁ viraktir māna-śūnyatā… (Bhakti-rasamrita-sindhu 1.3.25)
– The three symptoms of bhava: bhagavat-prapti-abhilasha, anukula-abhilasha, and sauharda-abhilasha.
– Raghunatha dasa Gosvami rejects Krishna’s mercy and longs for Srimati Radhika’s mercy.
– Learn this verse: āśā-bharair amṛta-sindhu-mayaiḥ kathañcit… (Vilapa-kusumanjali 102).
– Vritrasura-stuti.
– Murchita-kashaya, nirdhuta-kashaya and bhagavata-parsada-deha-prapta.
– Ninda (criticism).
2026, Holland, Lectures in English, Anartha-nivritti, Categories of Devotees, Holland 2026, Kanishtha-adhikari, Madhyama-adhikari, Ninda, Uttama-adhikari
11 Feb 2026 evening (airport) – Categories of Devotees (English) – Zoetermeer, Holland