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Bhakti-rasayana by Madhusudana Sarasvati

(Study and translation of first chapter)

by Lance Edward Nelson | 2021 | 139,165 words

Hinduism Hindu Philosophy Vedanta Vaishnavism

This is a study and English translation of the Bhakti-rasayana by Madhusudana Sarasvati (16th century)鈥攐ne of the greatest and most vigorous exponents of Advaita after Shankara-Acharya who was also a great devotee of Krishna. The Bhaktirasayana attempts to merge non-dualist metaphysics with the ecstatic devotion of the Bhagavata Purana, by assertin...

Chapter 7 - First chapter of Bhakti-rasayana鈥擡nglish translation

- Sub-Contents: (+ / -)

Part 1 - Opening Prayer and Introduction to Stanza One

Part 2 - The Four Types of Yoga

Part 3 - Preliminary Purification of the Mind through the Yoga of Action

Part 4 - The Approach to Devotion through the Yoga of Knowledge

Part 5 - Devotion Is The Supreme Goal Of Life

Part 6 - The Goal of Life is Bliss Only

Part 7 - Devotion is the Highest Goal of Life Because it is Pure Bliss

Part 8 - Other Terms in the First Stanza Explained

Part 9 - Scriptural Support for Devotion as the Goal of Life

Part 10 - Devotion as Means and Devotion as End

Part 11 - Devotion Distinguished from Knowledge of Brahman

Part 12 - The Characteristics of Devotion

Part 13 - The Mind in Devotion

Part 14 - The Three Levels of Devotees

Part 15 - Other Designations of the Melting State

Part 16 - The Three Levels of Advanced Devotees

Part 17 - The Definition Of Permanent Emotion And Sentiment

Part 18 - The Permanent Emotion Becomes a Sentiment Because it is Blissful

Part 19 - The Explanation According to Samkhya

Part 20 - Objections Based on Other Theories of Mind

Part 21 - The Final Position on Mind

Part 22 - The Form of the Lord in the Melted Mind

Part 23 - The Possession of the Lord's Form is Natural

Part 24 - The Levels of Non-Attachment

Part 25 - The Relation of Knowledge, Non-Attachment, and Devotion

Part 26 - The Nature of Knowledge

Part 27 - The Nature of the Higher Non-Attachment

Part 28 - The Nature of Devotion

Part 29 - The Eleven Stages of Devotion

Notes for chapter 7

[Full title: An annotated translation of the first chapter of Madhusudana Sarasvati鈥檚 Bhakti-rasayana, with Madhusudana鈥檚 own commentary]

Last Updated: 03 January, 2025

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