The Gospel of Sri Ramakrishna- 4.27. - 2. Different groups of devotees :-2. & 3. Different moods of aspirants : 2.

14/01/2017.

Chapter-4. ADVICE TO HOUSEHOLDERS-27
August 13, 1882

2. Different groups of devotees :-2. & 3.

Different moods of aspirants 2.

2.1
"Santa, the serene attitude.  The rishis of olden times had this attitude toward God.  They did not desire any worldly enjoyment.  It is like the single-minded devotion of a wife to her husband.  She knows that her husband is the embodiment of beauty and love, a veritable Madan.

2.2
"Dasya, the attitude of a servant toward his master.  Hanuman had this attitude toward Rama.  He felt the strength of a lion when he worked for Rama.  A wife feels this mood also.  She serves her husband with all her heart and soul.  A mother also has a little of this attitude, as Yasoda had toward Krishna.

2.3
"Sakhya, the attitude of friendship.  Friends say to one another, 'Come here and sit near me.' Sridama and other friends sometimes fed Krishna with fruit, part of which they had already eaten, and sometimes climbed on His shoulders.

2.4
"Vatsalya, the attitude of a mother toward her child.  This was Yasoda's attitude toward Krishna.  The wife, too, has a little of this.  She feeds her husband with her very life-blood, as it were.  The mother feels happy only when the child has eaten to his heart's content.  Yasoda would roam about with butter in her hand, in order to feed Krishna.

2.5
"Madhur, the attitude of a woman toward her paramour.  Radha had this attitude toward Krishna.  The wife also feels it for her husband.  This attitude includes all the other four."

To be continued ..