[Sri Ramakrishna] The Hindu Experience or Emotions Associated With it.

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Dear Sunder

 

You seem to have ten plus one rasa(s).

(Not nine plus one as per your email)

 

I think Vatsalya may not be in the main category!!

(vatsalya appears as one of the attitudes in bhakti but so

does shanta bhava!)

 

Can you re-check ?

 

regards

jay

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<sunderh

<Ramakrishna >

Sunday, October 28, 2001 12:13

[sri Ramakrishna] Re: The Hindu Experience or Emotions Associated

With it.

 

 

> Namaste,

>

> Bharata Muni, in the classic treatse on Aesthetics

> classified the human emotions under 9 categories -

>

> nava rasas (nine rasas or moods):

>

> shR^i~Ngara (love),

> vira (heroism),

> biibhatsa (disgust),

> raudra (anger),

> haasya (mirth),

> bhaya~Nkaara (terror),

> karuNa (pity),

> adbhuta (wonder),

> shaanta(tranquility) and

> vaatsalya (parental fondling).

>

> Some have added atenth one under 'bhakti' [devotion].

>

> Regards,

>

> Sunder

>

>

>

>

> Ramakrishna, " Vivekananda Centre " <vivekananda@b...>

> wrote:

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> > HAIRR X

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> > hindu@b...

> > Sunday, October 28, 2001 05:45

> > The Hindu Experience or Emotions Associated With it.

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> > Greetings,

> >

> > I am doing a research paper on the six dimensions of Hinduism and

> I am stuck on the emotional aspect of Hinduism. Being Western I'm not

> sure I can relate to how one feels within this philosophy-Help!,

> please.

> > Also, may I quote you? Please include all the pertinent

> information.

> >

> > Regards,

> > Geralyn Fitzgerald

> >

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> > Dear Geralyn

> >

> > We will certainly try and assist. We are passing your interesting

> > message to our email list and are pretty sure you will get a good

> response.

> > I do not think our list members will mind if you quoted them in

> your

> > research paper. The list members are requested to respond directly

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> > copy to the list (so that others may not duplicate similar views).

> >

> > jay

> > Vivekananda Centre London

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