Three Stages of Bhakti
From Chapter 1 of Śrī Bhakti-rasāmṛta-sindhu: https://drive.google.com/file/d/1n8xDexWymmN98srcAU0Vy9kaTeEG0yVB/view?usp=sharing Śrīla Rūpa Gosvāmī explains that there are three categories of pure devotional service: • Sādhana-bhakti: devotional service in practice • Bhāva-bhakti: devotional service in ecstasy • Prema-bhakti: devotional service in pure love of Godhead It is also described that pure devotional service displays six transcendental qualities: • Kleśaghnī: pure devotional service brings immediate relief from all kinds of material distress. • Śubhadā: pure devotional service is the beginning of all auspiciousness. • Sudurlabhā: pure devotional service is rarely achieved. • Mokṣa-laghutākṛta: Those in pure devotional service deride even the conception of liberation. • Śāndrānanda-viśeṣātmā: pure devotional service automatically puts one in transcendental pleasure. • Śrī bhagavatākarṣiṇī: pure devotional service is the only means to attract God/Goddess.
From Chapter 1 of Śrī Bhakti-rasāmṛta-sindhu: https://drive.google.com/file/d/1n8xDexWymmN98srcAU0Vy9kaTeEG0yVB/view?usp=sharing Śrīla Rūpa Gosvāmī explains that there are three categories of pure devotional service: • Sādhana-bhakti: devotional service in practice • Bhāva-bhakti: devotional service in ecstasy • Prema-bhakti: devotional service in pure love of Godhead It is also described that pure devotional service displays six transcendental qualities: • Kleśaghnī: pure devotional service brings immediate relief from all kinds of material distress. • Śubhadā: pure devotional service is the beginning of all auspiciousness. • Sudurlabhā: pure devotional service is rarely achieved. • Mokṣa-laghutākṛta: Those in pure devotional service deride even the conception of liberation. • Śāndrānanda-viśeṣātmā: pure devotional service automatically puts one in transcendental pleasure. • Śrī bhagavatākarṣiṇī: pure devotional service is the only means to attract God/Goddess.