5 Primary Rasa in Ecstatic Love of Krishna
Sri Krishna
Vaisnava Devotional life involves exchanges of loving service; There are five primary flavors or rasas;
Five primary Rasas; 1 neutral ie appreciation, awe and reverence, 2 servant-master, 3 friend ship ( unequal or equal), 4 parental/protector, 5 lover.
These vary in degrees of intimacy and thickness of bhakti.
examples;
Truth
1. neutral apprecition, santa rasa, awe and reverence; yogis, sages, scholars, neophytes, some animals
Knowledge leads one to appreciate the existence of the Supreme
One who through cultivation of knowledge realizes his intellectual limitations, takes to yoga for direct unhindered perception.
By determined contemplation, practice of bhakti yoga and chanting, one may come to the realization of the localized Godhead, Supersoul.
Such great yogis are know as saints of devotion also. This is Srila Jaggannatha dasa Babaji.
Realizing the Absolute, some remain in this poisiton of neutrality of awe and reverence. A spirit cow for example, may have a mix, including awe, and parental affection also !
2. servants; dasya rasa, sadhaka bhaktas, devotees in general
Here is Lord Brahma, on lotus, Creator of our universe in service to Govinda, left side.
3. friends; sahkya rasa, may be in reverence or as equals, or even slightly superior raltionship to Krishna.
Arjuna, Krishna's warrior buddy, seen at back
4. Vatsalya rasa, Mother Yasoda, Krishna's mothers, His Fathers, older siblings, uncles, etc.
Father Vasudeva
Mother Yasoda
5. Lovers, madhurya rasa, may be married, or parakiya, unmarried
His Sweetheart Srimati Radharani
One begins by accepting the chanting of the Hare Krsna maha mantra. All things develop naturally simply by this process of chanting with devotion. It is readily done, anyone can start.
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