Bhakti Siddhant Glossary sambandha | सम्बन्ध Sambandha (Devanagari: संबंध ISO15919: saṁbaṁdha) means complete bond. Every jiva has every relationship only with Shri Krishna. Four main kinds of bonds are * sajatya sambandha - being of one category, that is, both God and the individual soul are conscious and eternal, * saddheshya sambandha - residing in one
Bhakti Siddhant Glossary Samaveda | सामवेद The original Vedas were divided into 4 books and written by Sage Ved Vyas. One of them is Samaveda (Devanagari: सामवेद ISO15919: sāmaveda). This Veda defines the samsangeet (Devanagari: साम संगीत ISO15919: sāma saṁgīta). Each Veda mantra it set to precise tonal accents called svara
Bhakti Siddhant Glossary samartha rati | समर्था रति A devotee sees Shri Krishna as her beloved and Shr Radha as her Ladyship. She is completely selfless and desires to serve her beloved at all times in any and every way. The thought of her own happiness doesn't even cross her mind. This kind of love is
Bhakti Siddhant Glossary samarpana | समर्पण samarpana (Devanagari: समर्पण ISO15919: samarpaṇa) means to surrender. Jiva is the master of two things - his own body and his mind. Scriptures advise jiva to attain everlasting, ever-increasing, and ever-new bliss fully surrender the following three things to Shri Radha-Krishna * body in the service of your Beloved God,
Bhakti Siddhant Glossary samanjasa rati | समंजसा रति A devotee sees Shri Krishna as her beloved. She is mostly selfless, but occasionally she thinks about her own happiness. This kind of love is called madhurya bhava of samanjasa rati (Devanagari: समंजसा रति ISO15919: samaṁjasā rati). Leading example of such a personality is eternal consort of Shri Krishna
Bhakti Siddhant Glossary samadhi | समाधि Complete absorption of the mind in the object of meditation is called samadhi (Devanagari: समाधि ISO15919: samādhi). This state is reached in jnana marg, jnanayoga, yoga marg and also bhakti marg. The experiences in samadhi in each path of spiritual upliftment are significantly different. LEARN MORE * Path of yoga
Bhakti Siddhant Glossary salokya | सालोक्य Salokya mukti (Devanagari: सालोक्य ISO15919: sālokya) desire to live in the abode of Maha Vishnu. LEARN MORE * moksha * Liberation REFERENCE Prema Rasa Madira - The Intoxicating Bliss of Divine Love, Vol. 1, Ch. 3
Bhakti Siddhant Glossary sakhya sambandha | सख्य संबंध The friendship between God and the individual soul (jiva) is eternal. This is sakhya sambandha (Devanagari: सख्य संबंध ISO15919: sakhya saṁbaṁdha). God is not a friend who stays only in good times. He is always with the jiva in every yoni at all times. Even if the
Bhakti Siddhant Glossary sakhya bhava | सख्य भाव Loving God as your friend: the third of five devotional sentiments to specific relationships towards God. LEARN MORE * bhava * Vatsalya bhav REFERENCE Prema Rasa Siddhanta - Philosophy of Divine Love, Ch. 12
Bhakti Siddhant Glossary sakhi bhava | सखी भाव An attitude in devotion in which the devotee regards himself as a sakhi of Shri Radha or Shri Sita and a selfless assistant in Their pastimes with their Beloved. REFERENCE Prema Rasa Madira - The Intoxicating Bliss of Divine Love, Vol. 1, Ch. 3
Bhakti Siddhant Glossary sakhi | सखी Female companion, a girl friend: a personal associate of Shri Radha. Reference: Prema Rasa Madira - The Intoxicating Bliss of Divine Love, Vol. 1, Ch. 3
Bhakti Siddhant Glossary sakha bhava | सखा भव sakha bhava (Devanagari: सखा भाव ISO15919: sakhā bhāva) is the attitude of the cowherd boys of Braj. They consider Shri Krishna as their sakha (Devanagari: सखा ISO15919: sakhā). they dont have an inkling of His Godliness. They are part of His lilas. LEARN MORE * bhava * Devotional Sentiments REFERENCE Prema
Bhakti Siddhant Glossary sakama bhakti | सकाम भक्ति sakama bhakti (Devanagari: सकाम भक्ति ISO15919: sakāma bhakti) is devotion to God which is inspired with the desire to attain material pleasures. This type of bhakti is called rajasi or tamasi bhakti. This bhakti is performed for one's own happiness. A few examples of this type
Bhakti Siddhant Glossary sajatiya bhed shunya | सजातीय भेद शून्य An entity is called sajatiya bhed shunya (Devanagari: सजातीय भेद शून्य ISO15919: sajātīya bhēda śūnya) when the entity is non-different from objects of the same nature as its own. All avataras of Shri Krishna have the same nature of Him. They are all God and
Bhakti Siddhant Glossary sajatya sambandha | साजात्य संबंध sajatya sambandha (Devanagari: साजात्य संबंध ISO15919: sājātya saṁbaṁdha) means belonging to one category. God and the jiva are both of one kind. God is conscious and so is the soul. God is eternal so is jiva. LEARN MORE * sambandha REFERENCE Who am I? Who is
Bhakti Siddhant Glossary sahachari | सहचरी Same as gopi. REFERENCE Prema Rasa Madira - The Intoxicating Bliss of Divine Love, Vol. 3, Ch. 20
Bhakti Siddhant Glossary rupadhyana | रूपध्यान Practicing to create a mental image of your Ishtdev, endowing that form with infinite amounts of the qualities you love is rupadhyana (Devanagari: रूपध्यान ISO15919: rūpadhyāna). God has given jiva the freedom to create a God's form with physical attributes jiva likes. Make it come
Bhakti Siddhant Glossary Rudra | रुद्र A manifestation of Lord Shiva: they are eleven in number. Reference: Practise Powerful Meditation, Ch. 8
Bhakti Siddhant Glossary ruchi | रुचि Spontaneous interest in remembering God and Guru is called ruchi (Devanagari: निष्ठा ISO15919: ruci). While performing sadhana bhakti and moving towards bhava bhakti developing ruchi in devotion is the sixth step. LEARN MORE * shraddha * bhajan kriya * anarth nivritti * nishtha * bhav * Bhakti is extremely difficult to attain REFERENCE Divya
Bhakti Siddhant Glossary romancha | रोमान्च Horripilation or goosebumps: one of the eight symptoms of divine love ecstasy. LEARN MORE * ashta sattvic bhava * Ecstasy of Divine Love REFERENCE Prema Rasa Siddhanta - Philosophy of Divine Love, Ch. 6
Bhakti Siddhant Glossary rishi rina | ऋषि ऋण Debt to the sages: one of the three debts to be repaid to attain liberation. LEARN MORE * tri rina * Three debts REFERENCE Bhagavad Bhakti - True Devotion, Ch. 7
Bhakti Siddhant Glossary rishi | ऋषि A Hindu sage or saint: an ascetic. Some people perform sadhana and gain control over their senses. They are called rishi (Devanagari: ऋषि ISO15919: r̥ṣi). LEARN MORE * Rajrishi * Brahmrishi REFERENCE Prema Rasa Siddhanta - Philosophy of Divine Love
Bhakti Siddhant Glossary Rigveda | ऋग्वेद The original Vedas were divided into 4 books and written by Sage Ved Vyas. One of them is Rigveda (Devanagari: ऋग्वेद ISO15919: r̥gveda). REFERENCE Who am I? Who is Mine? Vol. 1, Ch. 2
Bhakti Siddhant Glossary riddhi | रिद्धि Celestial treasures: opulence that is unique to the celestial abodes. REFERENCE Prema Rasa Madira - The Intoxicating Bliss of Divine Love - Vol. 1, Ch. 4
Bhakti Siddhant Glossary raas / raas lila | रास / रास लीला Shri Radha is the only Supreme Goddess of raas lila (Devanagari: रास लीला ISO15919: rāsa līlā). It is often referred to simply as raas (Devanagari: रास ISO15919: rāsa). The Supreme God Shri Krishna puts His crown at the lotus feet of Shri Radha to seek permission for
