Category:Vanipedia Articles - The Science of Loving God

Prema / Prema-bhakti: (The highest perfectional stage; unalloyed, pure love of Godhead).
Spontaneous Love: (Loving Kṛṣṇa naturally out of intense affection, beyond the strict rules and regulations of vaidhī-bhakti).
Rāgānugā-bhakti / Rāgātmikā: (The practice of following in the footsteps of the eternal residents of Vṛndāvana who possess spontaneous love).
Unalloyed Devotion: (Pure love entirely free from the desires for fruitive activities, mental speculation, or liberation).
Prayojana: (The ultimate goal of life, which Śrīla Prabhupāda consistently identifies as love of God).

Āsakti (Attachment): (The stage where the mind becomes deeply, spontaneously attached to Kṛṣṇa and His service, prior to bhāva).
Bhāva (Spiritual Emotion): (The preliminary stage of pure love; the first rays of the sun of prema).
Attraction: (The natural magnetic pull the soul feels toward the Supreme, especially regarding His form, pastimes, and holy name).

Rasa / Transcendental Mellow: (The sweet, relational taste of loving exchanges with the Lord).
Śānta-rasa: (Loving God in neutrality or passive adoration).
Dāsya-rasa: (Loving God in active servitorship).
Sakhya-rasa: (Loving God in fraternity/friendship).
Vātsalya-rasa: (Loving God with parental affection).
Mādhurya-rasa: (Loving God in conjugal love, the supreme platform of the gopīs).

Ecstasy / Ecstatic Symptoms: (Aṣṭa-sāttvika-vikāra—the physical and emotional transformations of pure love, such as crying, trembling, or hair standing on end).
Separation / Feelings of Separation: (Vipralambha—the intense, ecstatic agony of feeling separated from Kṛṣṇa, which Śrīla Prabhupāda explains is the highest form of loving worship taught by Lord Caitanya).
Bliss / Ānanda: (The ever-increasing spiritual happiness derived exclusively from loving exchanges with God).
Affection: (The soft, heart-melting disposition of the devotee toward the Lord).

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