Submitted by mukta singh on Fri, 11/10/2017 - 05:57
All Glories to A.C. Prabhupada, Sripada Maharajam,
All Glories to Gouranga Mahaprabhu and Goura Bhakta Vrnda Ki Jay!
Guru Maharaja, Dandavat Pranam!
Please accept my humble obeisances unto Guruji Maharaja's padmacharan that after Guruji's reply I have more courage for reading more and more books. The meaning of Guruji's sankirtan is reading and chanting more.
Haridasa Swami informed me that the Navadwip parikrama will start from the 18th Feb. 2018 by registration so we are planning to reach Mayapur on the 17th Feb. 2018 by evening. If Guruji’s India programme is fixed it will be a golden change for us to see and served Guruji during Navadwip parikrama. We are trying to join in the English speaking team (group).
In the Bhakti Rasamrita Sindhu 1:2:295 - Following after the inhabitants of Vraja, one should perform service in one's physical body and in one's siddha body, with a desire for a particular bhava.
Sadhaka-rupa refers to the physical body of the practitioner. Siddhaka-rupa refers to the body which is suitable for one's desired service, and which has been developed by internal meditation.
The siddha-rupa is given by a guru on the path of raga-bhakti when he sees the qualification for raganuga-bhakti and a particular inclination in a partiular disciple. However, forms of manjaris, assistants to the Sakhis of Radha, seem to be the most prminent forms given.
From my little knowledge I think that Sakhis are the helpers of the outer parts and manjaris are the helpers of the inner part and Sadhaka is upto Nabadwip and Siddhaka is for Brndavan. Correct me if mistaken.
HpS - Hare Krsna!! The citations above are from where? It is a translation of Bhakti-rasa-amrta-sindhu? The translations we have are Srila Prabhupada's Nectar of Devotion, which Dhanurdhara Swami expands greatly in Waves of Devotion and also Prof. David Haberman's translation and Introduction and Bhanu Swami's translation and commentary.
As we understand "Sadhana-rupa" means the form we do Sadhana-bhakti with. This can be done with bother the Gross and Subtle body. This involves following the rules and regulations of Bhakti presented by the Acharya eg. 16-rounds on beads and three Gayatri chanting in the mind.
Siddha-rupa refers to the eternal form of the living entity when it is again awake, "upadesamrta: "nitya siddha krsna prema..."". Now it is sleeping, compressed by subtle and gross material body, but its spiritual nature is what gives life to the material body. Like we are sleeping but we are alive and that animates our gross breathing.
Sakhis are Gopis over 12-years old, past puberty. Manjaris are Gopis pre-puberty. Of course this is TOTALLY spiritual. They are all in Krsna lila in Vraja. Nabadvipa lila in Lord Caitanya and the Goswamis in external lila and as we understand there is a corresponding part in Braja where Krsna with the help of Lalita and Visakha tries to understand Srimati Radharani's ecstacy by talking about it and immitating it.
O.K?
Raganuga Bhakti is not something that is imposed. This is a mistake that it generated from the deivant Siddha-pranali sect that has been centered in Radha-kunda. Again, "nitya siddha krsna prema.." NOI. We have a spiritual situaion we are Manjaris, Monkeys, Milk, Millers, Vaikuntha-vasis, Ayodhya-vasis and we are just trying by Sadhana bhakti and then Raganuaga bhakti to wake up our spiritual form, ourselves. The spiritual master guides you in acting according to your Siddha-rupa when you, it, is a little awake by guiding you in activities that will especially wake up your eternal service relation with Krsna.
Eg. you can play the piano music from the paper, but it is very mechanica, but when your teacher says, 'I'll play it on the violin, you play on the piano". Then, in his associaton you can play with Raga, feeling, and of course, that stimulates your eternal Raga.
O.K?
Yours fallen servant
Yamunesvara Das