Category:Anubhava
Theme Analysis
In the science of devotional service, Śrīla Prabhupāda defines anubhāva as "subsequent ecstasy" or the bodily symptoms that manifest as a result of internal spiritual emotions. When a devotee's love for Kṛṣṇa matures, it is not merely a mental sentiment; it produces visible physical transformations. These symptoms include dancing, rolling on the ground, loud singing, yawning, heavy breathing, and neglecting public opinion. Anubhāva acts as one of the five essential ingredients (along with vibhāva, sāttvika, vyabhicārī, and sthāyī-bhāva) that combine to allow the devotee to relish the mellow of bhakti-rasa. However, Śrīla Prabhupāda issues a strong caution: these symptoms are the result of the seed of love fructifying in the heart and should never be imitated by those still on the material platform.
- The Components of Rasa: Anubhāva is a key ingredient in the exchange of love between the devotee and Kṛṣṇa, working in conjunction with other ecstatic symptoms to create a palatable relationship.
- Visible Symptoms: Śrīla Prabhupāda lists thirteen specific categories of anubhāva, ranging from roaring laughter to hiccups and bodily convulsions.
- Spontaneous Expression: These symptoms are characterized by a lack of concern for social convention; the devotee may dance, sing, or cry without caring for the surroundings.
- Advanced Realization: True anubhāva appears only when one is situated in ecstasy. Theoretical discussion or artificial imitation by neophytes is discouraged.
- Explore the synthesized essence of this category in this Vanipedia article: Anubhāva - The External Symptoms of Ecstatic Love.
Subcategories
This category has the following 3 subcategories, out of 3 total.
Pages in category "Anubhava"
The following 29 pages are in this category, out of 29 total.
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- By engaging in sravanam kirtanam visnoh under a spiritual master one's life becomes perfect, and his attachment for Krsna becomes positively manifested. In that stage, he is situated in ecstasy, experiencing bhava and anubhava
- By means of vibhava, anubhava, sattvika and vyabhicari, hearing and chanting are activated, and the devotee is able to taste love for Krsna. Then attachment for Krsna, or permanent ecstasy (sthayi-bhava), becomes the mellow of devotional service
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- Ecstatic love for Krsna, which is known as anubhava, is symptomized by the following signs
- Examples of anubhava as follows: dancing, rolling on the ground, singing very loudly, stretching the body, crying loudly, yawning, breathing very heavily, neglecting the presence of others, drooling, laughing like a madman, wheeling the head and belching
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- In the attitude of anubhava, one dances and sometimes falls down, sometimes sings loudly, shows convulsions, yawns, and sometimes breathes very heavily - all without concern for circumstances
- In this division of Bhakti-rasamrta-sindhu there are five general topics: vibhava - special symptoms of ecstasy, anubhava - subsequent ecstasy, sattvika-bhava - constitutional ecstasy, vyabhicari-bhava- aggressive ecstasy & sthayi-bhava- fervent ecstasy
- In this stage, all expressions of unhappiness by the devotee are called anubhava, or ecstatic loving symptoms
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- The bodily symptoms which are manifested by a devotee in expressing ecstatic love for Krsna are called anubhava
- The different causes for developing anubhava and vibhava are called steady ecstasy, or sancari-bhava
- The first symptom of anubhava, or engagement in a particular type of service, is exemplified by Daruka, a servant of Krsna who used to fan Krsna with a camara, a bunch of hair
- The friends and servants of Krsna were combined together in serving Him, and all of their activities are known as anubhava
- The many external ecstatic symptoms, or bodily transformations which indicate ecstatic emotions in the mind and which are also called udbhasvara, are the anubhavas, or subordinate ecstatic expressions of love
- The resultant manifestations such as moving the eyebrows, fear, astonishment and smiling, which have been explained hereinbefore, are called anubhava
- The subordinate ecstasies are smiling, dancing and singing, as well as different manifestations in the body. The natural ecstasies, such as being stunned, are considered among the subordinate ecstasies (anubhava)
- Their only thought is to go out in search of Krsna. When the gopis meet Krsna, the display of their exchanging glances as well as their joking and laughing behavior is called anubhava, or sub-ecstasy in conjugal love
- There are eight types of transcendental ecstasy (known as bhava, anubhava, sthayi-bhava and so on), and these are discussed in The Nectar of Devotion
- These are all called anubhava, subordinate signs of ecstatic emotion. They are visible in a person in whose heart the seed of love of God has begun to fructify
- These feelings of subordination, as explained above, are sometimes manifested as anubhava
- They practice penance (tapasya) & tolerance (titiksa), & they realize the position of the living entity & the Lord (anubhava). These are the eight qualifications of the brahmanas. Therefore among all living entities, no one is superior to the brahmanas
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- When attachment produced in the lover and beloved before their meeting by seeing, hearing and so on becomes very palatable by the mixture of four ingredients, such as vibhava and anubhava, this is called purva-raga
- Whenever there is a recitation of poetry or a dramatic play on the different pastimes of Krsna, the audience develops different kinds of transcendental loving service for the Lord. They enjoy different types of vibhava, anubhava and sancari-bhava
- Without some mixture of these five ecstatic principles (vibhava, anubhava, sattvika-bhava, vyabhicari-bhava & sthayi-bhava), one cannot relish transcendental bliss