Look Inside

Sri Bhakti Rasamrta Sindhu Bindu (A Drop of the Nectarean Ocean of Bhakti Rasa)

FREE Delivery
Express Shipping
$42
Express Shipping: Guaranteed Dispatch in 24 hours
Quantity
Delivery Ships in 1-3 days
Item Code: NAN459
Publisher: Gaudiya Vedanta Publications
Author: Srila Visvanatha Cakravarti Thakkura
Language: English
Edition: 2017
ISBN: 9781633161252
Pages: 336
Cover: Hardcover
Other Details 8.5 inch X 6.0 inch
Weight 530 gm
Fully insured
Fully insured
Shipped to 153 countries
Shipped to 153 countries
More than 1M+ customers worldwide
More than 1M+ customers worldwide
100% Made in India
100% Made in India
23 years in business
23 years in business
Book Description
Back of the book

A through Sri Krsna supported the great weight of Govardhana, He was devoid of pride (santa). He smiled when He saw that the small boys were prepared to hold up the hill (hasya and vatsalya). He spat at the smell of musty yoghurt (bibhatsa). He displayed tremendous prowess to lift Govardhana in the presence of his beloved friends (sakhya and vira). He looked at Indra with red eyes (raudra). Tears came to His eyes when He saw the residents of Vraja tormented by the powerful wind and rain (karuna). He trembled before His respectful elders on account of having spoiled Indra’s yajna (dasya and bhayanaka). His eyes widened at the torrential downpour of water (adbhuta), and His hairs stood on end when He saw the younger girls (madhurya). May that Lord Giridhari protect you.

Introduction

Srila Visvanatha Cakravarti Thakura, the crown prince of illustrious teachers among the Gaudiya Vaisnava acaryas, is the author of the book. In this book there is a description of the nature of uttama-bhakti and its divisions, sadhana-bhakti, the stages in the development of prema, the limbs of bhajana, offences committed in the performance of devotional service (seva-aparadha), offences against the holy name (name-aparadha), vaidhi- and raganuga-sadhana-bhakti, bhavan-bhakri, prema-bhakti and bhakri-rasa.

Life history of

Srila Visvanatha Cakravarti Thakura

Srila Visvanatha Cakravarti Thakura appeared in a family of brahmanas from the community of Radhadesa in the district of Nadia, West Bengal. He was celebrated by the name Hari-vallabha. He had two older brothers named Ramabhadra and Raghunatha. In his childhood, he studied grammar in a village named Devagrama. After this he went to a village named Saiyadabad in the district of Mursidabad where he studies the bhakti-sastras in the home of his guru. It was in Saiyadabad that he wrote three books while still undergoing his studies. These three books are Sri Bhakti-rasamrta-sindhu-bindu, Sri Ujjvala-nilamani-krianan and Sri Bhagavatamrta-kana. A short time later, he renounced his household life and went to Vrndavana. There he wrote many books and commentaries.

After the disappearance of Sriman Mahaprabhu and His eternal associates who had taken up residence in Vraja, the current of suddha-bhakti was flowing by the influence of three great personalities: Srinivasa Acarya, Narottama Thankura and Syamananda Prabhu, Srila Visvanatha Cakravarti Thankura was fourth in the line of disciple succession coming from Srila Narottama Thankura.

One disciple of Srila Narottama Thakura was named Sri Ganga-narayana Cakravarti Mahasaya. He lived in Balucara Gambhila within the district of Mursidabad. He had no sons and only one daughter, whose name was Visnupriya, Srila Narottama Thakura had another disciple named Ramakrsna Bhattacarya from the brahmana community of Varendra, a rural community of west Bengal. The youngest son of Ramakrsna Bhattacarya was named Krsna-carana. Sri Ganga-narayana accepted Krsna-carana as an adopted son. The disciple of Sri Krsna-carana was Radha-ramana Cakravart, who was the spiritual master of Visvanatha Cakravarti Thakura.

In his commentary on Srimad-Bhagavatam entitled Sarartha-darsini, at the beginning of the rasa-pancadhyaya, the five chapters describing Sri Krsna’s rasa-lila, Visvanatha Cakravarti Thakura has writing the following verse:

Sri-rama-krsna-ganga-caranan

natva gurun uru-premnah

srila-narottama-natha

sri-gauranga-prabhum naumi

In this sloka the name Sri Rama refers to the spiritual master of Visvanatha Cakravarti Thakura, Sri Radha-ramana. The world Krsna refers to his grand-spiritual master, parama-gurudeva, Sri Krsna-carana. The name Ganga-carana refers to his great grand-spiritual master, paratpara-gurudeva, Sri Ganga-carana. The name Narottama refers to his great-great grand-spiritual master, parama-paratpara-gurudeva, Srila Narottama Thakura, and the word natha refers to the spiritual Goswami. In this way he is offering obeisances unto his guru-parampara up to Sriman Mahaprabhu.

The daughter of Srinivasa Acarya, Hemalata Thakurani, was extremely leaded and a great Vaisnavi. She expelled an estranged disciple named Rupa Kaviraja from the Gaudiya Vaisnava community. Thereafter Rupa Kaviraja was known as atibadi in the Gaudiya Vaisnava community. He established his own concocted doctrine, opposed to the Gaudiya Vaisnava conclusions, that only a person in the renounced order of life could act as acarya. He claimed that it was not possible for a householder to become a spiritual master. Completely disregarding the path of devotional rules and regulations (vidhi-marga), he propagated the path of spontaneous attraction (rdga-marga) in an unrestrained and undisciplined manner. His opinion was that raganuga-bhakti could be practised by smarana (remembrance) alone, abandoning the practices of sravana and kirtana (hearing and chanting).

Fortunately, Srila Cakravarti Thakura was present at that time. In his Sarartha-darsini commentary on the third canto of Srimad-Bhagavatam, he refuted these false conclusions. The householder disciples in the disciplic succession of Nityananda Prabhu's son, Virabhadra, and those who are descendants of the rejected sons of Advaita Acarya award and accept the title of gosvami. Such action is completely improper according to the line of acaryas. Sri Cakravarti Thakura refuted this idea of Rupa Kaviraja. He proved that it was not incompatible for a qualified grhastha descendant of an acarya to act as a spiritual master. But for unfit descendants of acarya families who are greedy for disciples and wealth to adopt the name of Gosvami is unlawful and contrary to the statements of sastra. This he also proved. Therefore, although acting as an acarya, he never used the title gosvami with his name. He did this just to instruct the foolish and unfit descendants of acarya families of modern times.

When Srila Visvanatha Cakravarti Thakura was very old, he spent most of the time in a semi-conscious state, deeply absorbed in bhajana. At that time in the state of Jaipur, a debate broke out between the Gaudiya Vaisnavas and other Vaisnavas who supported the doctrine of svakiyavada (marital love in the Lord's pastimes).

Contents
Introduction
TO THE HINDI EDITIONi
Editors' Preface
TO THE THIRED ENGLISH EDITIONxv
Mangalacaranam1
Text 1
Uttama-bhakti3
Text 2
Three Types of Uttama-bhakti & Sadhana-bhakti 23
Text 3
Stages Leading to the Appearance of Prema 31
Text 4
The Sixty-four Limbs of Bhajana 47
Text 5
Sava-aparadha 119
Text 6
The Severity of Name-aparadha 123
Text 7
Nama-aparadha125
Text 8
Vaidhi-bhakti 127
Text 9
Raganuga-bhakti 131
Text 10
Further Discussion on Raganuga-bhakti141
Text 11
Five Types of Raganuga- sadhanna145
Text 12
Bhava-bhakti149
Taxt 13
Prema-bhakti 161
Text 14
Overviwe of Bhakti-rasa 165
Text 15
Description of Vyabhicatia-bhavas187
Text 16
Gradation in the Manifestation of Bhavas195
Text 17
General Descripiton of Sthayibhava 203
Text 18
Santa-rasa 213
Text 19
Dasya-rasa219
Text 20
Sakhya-rasa235
Text 21
Vatsalya-rasa243
Text 22
Madhurya-rasa247
Text 23
Mixture of Bhavas 253
Text 24
Overviwe of Gauna-rasa255
Text 25
Compatible and Incompatible Rasas275
Text 26
Inclusion of Gauna-rasas within Mukhya-rasas281
Text 27
Rasabhasa283
Appendix 1
Structure Overview of the Book 289
Appendix 2
References to Bhakti-rasamrta-sindhu293
Verse Index295
Sample Pages













Frequently Asked Questions
  • Q. What locations do you deliver to ?
    A. Exotic India delivers orders to all countries having diplomatic relations with India.
  • Q. Do you offer free shipping ?
    A. Exotic India offers free shipping on all orders of value of $30 USD or more.
  • Q. Can I return the book?
    A. All returns must be postmarked within seven (7) days of the delivery date. All returned items must be in new and unused condition, with all original tags and labels attached. To know more please view our return policy
  • Q. Do you offer express shipping ?
    A. Yes, we do have a chargeable express shipping facility available. You can select express shipping while checking out on the website.
  • Q. I accidentally entered wrong delivery address, can I change the address ?
    A. Delivery addresses can only be changed only incase the order has not been shipped yet. Incase of an address change, you can reach us at help@exoticindia.com
  • Q. How do I track my order ?
    A. You can track your orders simply entering your order number through here or through your past orders if you are signed in on the website.
  • Q. How can I cancel an order ?
    A. An order can only be cancelled if it has not been shipped. To cancel an order, kindly reach out to us through help@exoticindia.com.
Add a review
Have A Question

For privacy concerns, please view our Privacy Policy

Book Categories