• News
  • FAQs
  • Calendar
  • Support Us
  • Library Catalog
Online campus

facebook
rss
vimeo
youtube
email
  • HOME
  • ABOUT US
    • Bhaktivedanta College in a “Nutshell”
    • A Message from the Dean of Studies
    • Staff
      • Faculty Staff
      • Admin Staff
    • Partnerships
    • Bhaktivedanta College Library
    • Visit Us
  • CAMPUS PROGRAMS
    • Kirtan Course
    • Yoga Teacher Training Course (1-Month)
    • Bhakti Sastri PLUS Campus (4-Month)
    • Living Name Retreat cancelled for 2020
    • Madhurya Kadambini Campus
  • ONLINE PROGRAMS
    • List of Programs & FAQs
    • Yoga Philosophy Course
    • ISKCON Communications Course
    • Intro to Plant-based Nutrition Course
    • Bhaktivaibhava Canto I
    • Bhakti Sastri PLUS Program
    • Madhurya Kadambini
    • Thematic Bhagavad Gita
    • ISKCON Disciple Course
    • AFSM MBA
  • ADMISSION
    • Visa Requirements
    • Request a Call
  • STUDENT LIFE
    • Living on Campus
    • Kirtan Blog
    • Students Guidelines
  • CONTACTS
Bhaktivedanta College • Stages of bhakti and benefits of practical application

Stages of bhakti and benefits of practical application

Rupa Gosvami delineates nine stages of pure devotion to Krsna, in which spiritual emotions first awaken and then gradually intensify to the point of unalloyed love

April 04, 2019
by Veni Madhava das
ananda vrndavan, bhakti, madhurya kadambini, online
Comments are off

Author: Ananda Vrndavan dasi, teacher of Madhurya Kadambini course at Bhaktivedanta College
The first series on Madhurya Kadambini course

Nine stages of pure devotion to Krsna

Rupa Gosvami delineates nine stages of pure devotion to Krsna, in which spiritual emotions first awaken and then gradually intensify to the point of unalloyed love:

  1. Persons develop pure faith (sraddha)
  2. Associate with pure devotees (sadhu-sanga)
  3. Perform unsteady devotional service to Krsna (bhajana-kriya)
  4. Under the guidance of a bona-fide spiritual master, they give up their unwanted habits (anartha-nivritti)
  5. Firm faith awakens, by which devotional service fixes itself in the devotees’ character (nistha)
  6. A strong taste for devotional service appears (ruci)
  7. Attachment (asakti)
  8. Ecstatic emotion (bhava)
  9. Pure love of God (prema).

 
Join Madhurya Kadambini online course!
 
As we can see, spiritual life is actually a very precise, progressive and coherent type of science. With the knowledge of the symptoms of these different stages, we are being enabled to honestly detect where we are now and where we are going next in our spiritual life, which is essential for our further proper development. If we do not understand at what level we are at presently, we might assume that we are at another level and that we should do certain things that in reality might not be relevant or fit for us. People would tend to think that they are more advanced rather that they are less advanced.

 

About the Author
Social Share
  • google-share
Slide backgroundSlide thumbnail
Slide background

Request a call

    Fill in this form to receive a call from the College secretary.

    Current & Upcoming Courses

    • Bhaktivaibhava Canto I
      Bhaktivaibhava Canto I
      From: 02/01/2020 - 31/12/2021
      Mode of Delivery: Online - Open all the time
    • Intro to Plant-based Nutrition Course
      Intro to Plant-based Nutrition Course
      From: 02/01/2020 - 31/12/2030
      Mode of Delivery: Online - Open all the time
    • Bhagavad Gita - Bhakti Yoga (Chapters 7-12)
      Bhagavad Gita - Bhakti Yoga (Chapters 7-12)
      From: 01/03/2021 - 25/04/2021
      Mode of Delivery: Online
    • Grihastha Course
      Grihastha Course
      From: 12/04/2021 - 16/05/2021
      Mode of Delivery: Online
    • ISKCON Disciple Course
      ISKCON Disciple Course
      From: 12/04/2021 - 09/05/2021
      Mode of Delivery: Online
    • ISKCON Communications Course
      ISKCON Communications Course
      From: 19/04/2021 - 23/05/2021
      Mode of Delivery: Online
    • Check all events

    Sign up for Bhaktivedanta College Newsletter

    From time to time we send out letters to our students, alumni and friends to keep them up to date. Be with us & join now.
    * = required field

    The most visited (7 days)

    • HOMEHOME (361)
    • Grihastha CourseGrihastha Course (356)
    • ISKCON Communications CourseISKCON Communications Course   (206)
    • ISKCON Disciple CourseISKCON Disciple Course The ISKCON Disciples Course is a training program which deepens… (193)

    BHAKTI SASTRI PLUS

    Deepen your transcendental knowledge from everywhere and anytime!!


    Apply Now!
    facebook_group
    ©2015 Bhaktivedanta College - Design by Informa
    Stay connected: Facebook - YouTube - Vimeo - RSS | Privacy Policy