The Philosophy and Religion of Sri Chaitanya
author: O.B.L Kapoor
edition: 2008, Munshiram Manoharlal Publishers Pvt. Ltd.
pages: 258
ISBN-10: 8121502756
ISBN-13: 9788121502757
Topic: Vaishnavism
Stages in the Development of Priti
This chapter describes Stages in the Development of Priti of the thirteenth chapter in the book The Philosophy and Religion of Sri Chaitanya written by O.B.L Kapoor. This work is a comprehensive, critical and comparative study of all aspects of the philosophy and religion of Shri-Caitanya (Sri Chaitanya). Importance is given to the concept of Bhakti—the highest means of attaining God, Prema—divine love and Rasa—The doctrine of transcendental relish. The first three chapters deal with the history of the Vaishnava religion dating from the earliest Vedic period and Vaishnavism in ancient Bengal. The rest of the chapters discuss the philosophy and religion the Chaitanya movement.
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Garga Samhita (English) [by Danavir Goswami]
Sanskrit text, transliteration and word-by-word meaning: तद्-रूपं स-गुणं श्रुत्वा मन्-मुखात् प्रीति-वर्धनात् सादृशीं श्री-हरिस् तां वै समुद्वोढुं मनो दधे tad-rupam sa-gunam shrutva man-mukhat priti-vardhanat sadrishim shri-haris tam vai samudvodhum mano dadhe tad-rupam—hear beauty; sa-gunam—and virtues; shrutva—hearing; man-mukhat—from my mouth; priti-vardhanat—because of the increase of love; sadrishim—like her; shri-harih—Lord Krishna; tam—her; vai—indeed; samudvodhum—to marry; manah—the mind; dadhe—fixed...
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A History of Indian Philosophy Volume 4 [by Surendranath Dasgupta]
Two stages are sometimes distinguished according to the intensity of the development of joy, viz., udaya, ishad-udgama ; the latter has again two stages. The culminating stage is called prakatodayavastha. (* 4) Shat-satidarbha, p. 732....
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Jainism and Patanjali Yoga (Comparative Study) [by Deepak bagadia]
Stages of spiritual elevation (guna-sthanakas). [Full title: Stages of spiritual elevation (guna-sthanakas) or jiva-sthanakas ] An aspirant may reach upto various stages or states of virtues called as “Gunasthanaks” during his journey of spiritual pursuit, which are indicators of his spiritual progress as per Jain scriptures. In order to understand the spiritual development of an aspirant, proper knowledge of the Gunasthanakas is of prime importance. Each one is also an inner state of jiva....
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[The Philosophy and Religion of Sri Chaitanya: index]
[About The Author (O.b.l. Kapoor)]
[Preface]