Ras Sadhana (रस साधना):-

As without removal of Pashubhav (पशुभाव), Veerbhav (वीरभाव) cannot be attained in the same manner without establishing in Celibacy one cannot attain right to move in the realm of Bhav. Under it three states and 5 supports are needed as explained as below:

S.no     State                                         Support (आश्रय)

1.         Pravartak/ Das Bhav                 Name (नाम) & Mantra (मन्त्र)

            (प्रवर्तक/ दास भाव)

2.         Sadhak/ Manjari (मञ्जरी)           Bhav (भाव)

3.         Siddha/ Sakhi (सखी)                  Prem (प्रेम) & Ras (रस)

Symptoms of third state are: sense control, शौच/ Shauch/ Purity and dwelling in a sacred place. In this state one has to wait for receipt of mantra from a guru with great anxiety. One has to take refuge at the lotus feet of guru.

Before receiving the mantra one has to remove the difference between name/ naam (नाम) and name holder/ naami (नामी). Thus getting free of all offences one takes the name.

After this all sins are removed, purification of physical body and rising of सात्विक विकार/ Satvik vicar (emotional symptoms of transcendence or pure love). After making ones guru or lord one gets mantra. Till mantra becomes siddh one continues in प्रवर्तक/ pravartak state (instigator or originator state). This it-self is called Dasya bhav (दास्य भाव). This is also known as Vairagya (वैराग्य) or dispassion. After mantra siddhi (मन्त्र सिद्धि), sadhak bhav starts. Till dispassion is not attained, accompanying prakriti or female is totally banished. It is essential to have full control over sexual desires.

In sadhak state, prakriti of female is needed. Making रति/ rati or बिन्दु/ bindu stable, unmoving and vibration less, this alone is the goal of the sadhana. This is known as Kulachar (कुलाचार).

Till the above control is not achieved, what to say of accompaniment, one should not have darshan or even thought of prakriti at all. After mantra siddhi only Maya and Bhram (भ्रम)/ confusion gets removed and then Siddh is attained. Rati (रति) is the other name of Bindu only.

The main goal of Ras-Sadhana (रस साधना) is to become a rasik (रसिक). This state is beyond jeev and ishwar state.

Jeevbhav:        Bindu is havng spandan and rati is not stable.

Ishwar Bhav:    Bindu (बिन्दु) is totally controlled and rati remains stable or unmoving. Shukdev, Sanak etc. all remained aloof from Prakriti (प्राकृति) right from childhood and attained a state of dispassion and eternal kaumarya to attain unmoving rati (रति).

As pravartak takes support of guru’s lotus feet (गुरु के कमल चरण), in the same manner Sadhak takes refuge of Sakhi’s feet (सखी के चरण). Pravartaks (प्रवर्तक) attachment/ raag is Shraddha (श्रद्धा)/ devotion, in the same manner sadhak’s raag (साधाक का राग) is leela raag (लीला राग).

When bindu becomes siddh then sadhaks body/ deh (साधक का शरीर) also becomes siddha. In siddha प्रेम/ Prem (love) and Ras both are present. Without this body, Rasik state cannot arise. Symptoms of Rasik (रसिक) is that even living with prakriti, बिन्दु/ Bindu remains totally stable and unmoving and rati remains unbroken.

Jeev on seeing प्राकृति/ prakriti always wants to enjoy it. Spends whole life in this pursuits but still remains insatiated. Youth finishes, life finishes and nothing is attained. This is because bindu is moving and is not stable and he is not able to attain full control over it. Love and Ras are supported by Siddha which are lotus feet of Shree Radha ji. When attachment to worldly objects/ raag (राग) and intense affection or passion for god/ anuraag (अनुराग) of siddh gets removed, Prem rag/ प्रेम राग appears.

In the sadhak state prakriti bhav/ प्राकृति भाव arises and without it prem bhav is not possible. So first prakriti bhav sadhana/ प्राकृति भाव साधना, then in siddh state, sadhana of ras/ रस and prem/ प्रेम is performed and then establishment of Purush bhav/ पुरुष भाव……Om!..Shaktanand.