Early History of the Vaishnava Faith and Movement in Bengal, from Sanskrit and Bengali Sources c8.s2.3
Early History of the Vaiṣṇava Faith and Movement in Bengal, from Sanskrit and Bengali Sources c8.s2.3
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c8.s2.3
The Pūrva-vibhāga, consisting of four Laharīs, gives a preliminary discussion of the different types of Bhakti. The first Laharī discusses Bhakti in general (Sāmānya-bhakti); the second gives an exposition of Sādhana-bhakti (Bhakti attainable by special external effort) and its two varieties, Vaidhī and Rāgānugā; the third deals with Bhāva-bhakti (Bhakti resulting from spontaneous inward emotion); and the fourth treats generally of Prema-bhakti (Bhakti ripened into a sentiment of Love).