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

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Dear Jay,

 

You are right! I copied/pasted from a web-site, without

counting. vaatsalya is the 'intruder' in this list!

 

This site gives the facial expressions in dance for the nine emotions:

 

http://www.fortunecity.com/victorian/parkwood/388/dance.html

 

Regards,

 

Sunder

 

 

 

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

wrote:

> 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

> -

> <sunderh@h...>

> <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:

> > > -

> > > HAIRR X

> > > HAIRRX@m...

> > > hindu@b...

> > > Sunday, October 28, 2001 05:45

> > > The Hindu Experience or Emotions Associated With it.

> > >

> > >

> > > 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

> > >

> > > ===========response==============

> > >

> > > 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

> > with a

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

views).

> > >

> > > jay

> > > Vivekananda Centre London

> > >

> > >

> > >

> > >

> > >