CHAPTER ONE
The S§dhana Leading to Celestial Vraja
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n his Bhakti-rasām#ta-sindhu, Rūpa Gosvāmī describes devotional service in practice to be of two kinds: regulated, vaidhī, and spontaneous, rāgānugā. The ācārya further elaborates on a well-known principle of bhakti which is that spiritual disciplines lead to corresponding perfections. For example, the worshippers of Lord Rāmacandra become His eternal associates in Ayodhyā-Vaiku(Aha while the worshippers of Lord Nārāya(a attain shelter in the Lord’s all-opulent 13
