Bhakti Rasamrita Sindhu

[Guest guest]

This is extremely interesting. Are they preparing an English edition? As far

as I knew there was only David Haberman preparing an English translation of

the complete Bhakti Rasamrita Sindhu.

 

 

 

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> I heard that the Indira Gandhi Institute for the Arts were preparing an

> edition of BRS. Their head office is in Delhi.

>

> Nila Madhava Dasa

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[Guest guest]

On Thu, 17 Feb 2000, Vic D wrote:

 

> This is extremely interesting. Are they preparing an English edition? As far

> as I knew there was only David Haberman preparing an English translation of

> the complete Bhakti Rasamrita Sindh>

 

Can't tell you that, I simply read in one of their other publications

(1999) that they had prepared an edition of the BRS which they intended

to publish shortly. It may even be David Haberman's edition that they

are publishing...

 

I don't have the book here with me but when I get a chance I'll get all

the details for you (Monday perhaps).

 

NMD

[Guest guest]

Thank you, I look forward to learning more about it.

[Guest guest]

> It will be utterly useless and waste of time to read a book such as Bhakti

> Rasamrta sindhu prepared by the karmis. What is their understanding of the

> fine details of bhakti as taught by our acaryas. No matter how good the

> karmis translation may be, it will be like a milk touch by serpents.

>

> Ys, Isvara dasa.

 

I beg to differ. If you were seeking spiritual guidance from such a

translation, then perhaps it would be "utterly useless." I'm reading

Haberman's "Acting as a Way of Salvation" at the moment, and while I'm not

about to add his picture to my altar, I have found it very interesting to

see Gaudiya Vaisnavism from an outsider's perspective. Even his preliminary

remarks about socialization made me look closer at both the process of

sadhana and ISKCON.

 

Perhaps if you can't even find a single piece of gold, then at least you'll

have a better understanding of how to preach to someone coming from such a

background and will be familar with their arguments.

 

Didn't Srila Prabhupada use Dr Radhakrishna's Gita in the early days? And

didn't he then repeatedly comdemn the ideas contained in it, which were the

very ideas that prevent many others from approaching Krsna?

 

Many contemporary devotional scholars and writers use non-devotional

literature as an aid to their studies and as an impetus for their writing.

So it seems that they are not of the opinion that such works are "utterly

useless."

 

Hare Krsna,

ys. brajajana

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mémäàsakava-òavägneù kaöhinämapi kuëöhayannasau |

jihväm sphurantu sanätana suciraà tava bhakti-rasämåtäm-bhodhiù ||5||

 

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O Sanatana let the resplendent waters of this Bhakti-Rasamrita-Sindhu

extinguish the flames that issue from the tongues of Mimamsakas.

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Having invoked Radha and Krishna (sloka 1), Sri Caitanya (sloka 2), his

guru, Sanatan Goswami (sloka 3) and the community of bhaktas (sloka 4), Rupa

Goswami now prays for the benediction that his book never be damaged by

interpretations from those who believe the ultimate aim of religion to be

ritual (karma mimamsaka) or philosophy (jnana mimamsaka).

 

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Nevertheless - any editions of the book may be helpful academically and

intellectually, which can form a basis on which to build a proper

interpretation.