Friday, January 16, 2009

Raganuga Series: Foreword

Originally written for Raganuga.Org, revised edition previously unpublished.

Raghunatha Das Goswami encounters Radha amidst his meditation;
Tulasi Manjari holding a box of pearls in an illustration of Mukta-carita

The practice of raganuga-bhakti in the Gaudiya Vaishnava tradition is in many ways unique among the devotional religions of India. On this website, we will help you to become acquainted with the mysteries of this beautiful path leading to the attainment of unprecedented, ecstatic love for the Supreme Lord, also known as prema.

Though the language of the text will be kept as simple and lucid as possible, we are bound to refer to the original Sanskrit and Bengali literature, which lies at the root of the tradition, in order to uphold the authenticity of the presentation. In the course of our presentation, we are mainly drawing from the works of Sri Rupa Gosvami, Sri Jiva Gosvami, Sri Krishna Das Kaviraja and Sri Visvanatha Cakravarti.

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