{"id":31721,"date":"2016-09-25T20:05:31","date_gmt":"2016-09-25T18:05:31","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.dandavats.com\/?p=31721"},"modified":"2016-09-25T20:06:00","modified_gmt":"2016-09-25T18:06:00","slug":"new-book-by-bhaktivedanta-college-tutor","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.dandavats.com\/?p=31721","title":{"rendered":"New book by Bhaktivedanta College Tutor"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Sri Manah siksa &#8211; by Raghunatha dasa Goswami with commentary by Bhaktivinoda Thakura. Also with commentary by Jayadvaita Swami, Sivarama Swami, Sacinandana Swami, Bhaktivijnana Swami, and Urmila devi dasi<br \/>\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/player.vimeo.com\/video\/183698202\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\" frameborder=\"0\" webkitallowfullscreen mozallowfullscreen allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Splendid Instructions to the Mind (Sri Manah-siksa) is at once both hopefully inspiring and blatantly honest. To read it well entails an authentic appraisal of the state of one\u2019s heart and mind, an experience of recognition and acceptance that is at once sweet and sour, comforting and uncompromising. To read it well entails receiving many glowing gifts to triumph over our lower nature and reveal our true spiritual essence, so that all struggles and illusion become a distant dream.&nbsp;In this book, we learn about affection and attachment so we can gain genuine love of ourselves and others. Through respect and integrity, we escape the pitfalls of arrogance and deceit.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" ilo-full-src=\"http:\/\/bhaktivedantacollege.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/09\/SMS2-Sri-Manah-Siksa_871x1008-544x630.jpg\" class=\"alignright wp-image-10563\" src=\"http:\/\/bhaktivedantacollege.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/09\/SMS2-Sri-Manah-Siksa_871x1008-544x630.jpg\" alt=\"SMS2 Sri Manah-Siksa_871x1008\" srcset=\"http:\/\/bhaktivedantacollege.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/09\/SMS2-Sri-Manah-Siksa_871x1008-544x630.jpg 544w, http:\/\/bhaktivedantacollege.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/09\/SMS2-Sri-Manah-Siksa_871x1008-768x889.jpg 768w, http:\/\/bhaktivedantacollege.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/09\/SMS2-Sri-Manah-Siksa_871x1008.jpg 871w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 216px) 100vw, 216px\" height=\"250\" width=\"216\">These verses are a complete step-by-step guidebook on the inner path of spontaneous love for God, while being applicable for everyone. Raghunatha Dasa Gosvami liberally used metaphor, poetry, and literary ornaments to unlock our full potential. Bhaktivinoda Thakura has instructed, \u201cSri Manah-siksa has laid down a systematic procedure for one to enter into and become absorbed in the pastimes of Sri Sri Radha-Krishna; one should follow it without guile.\u201d&nbsp;Each of Raghunatha Dasa Gosvami\u2019s verses is followed by commentary by Bhaktivinoda Thakura\u2014both prose and song.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">This edition is the first time his song commentary has been published in English. The verses and Bhaktivinoda\u2019s commentaries are richly illustrated with over a hundred drawings by various international artists.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">This is a 2016 edition produced by Padma, Inc. and compiled by Urmila Devi Dasi. It includes commentaries by Jayadvaita Swami, Sivarama Swami, Sacinandana Swami, and Bhaktivijnana Goswami.<\/p>\n<div>Where to purchase:&nbsp;<span style=\"color: #333333; font-family: arial, sans-serif;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/goo.gl\/0kThtp\" onclick=\"__gaTracker('send', 'event', 'outbound-article', 'https:\/\/goo.gl\/0kThtp', 'urmiladevidasi.org\/publications\/');\">urmiladevidasi.org\/publications\/<\/a>&nbsp;<\/span><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" ilo-full-src=\"http:\/\/bhaktivedantacollege.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/09\/SMS2-Sri-Manah-Siksa_871x1008-544x630.jpg\" class=\"alignright wp-image-10563\" src=\"http:\/\/bhaktivedantacollege.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/09\/SMS2-Sri-Manah-Siksa_871x1008-544x630.jpg\" alt=\"SMS2 Sri Manah-Siksa_871x1008\" srcset=\"http:\/\/bhaktivedantacollege.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/09\/SMS2-Sri-Manah-Siksa_871x1008-544x630.jpg 544w, http:\/\/bhaktivedantacollege.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/09\/SMS2-Sri-Manah-Siksa_871x1008-768x889.jpg 768w, http:\/\/bhaktivedantacollege.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/09\/SMS2-Sri-Manah-Siksa_871x1008.jpg 871w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 216px) 100vw, 216px\" height=\"250\" width=\"216\">Bhaktivedanta College: Sri Manah siksa &#8211; by Raghunatha dasa Goswami with commentary by Bhaktivinoda Thakura. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[72],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-31721","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-message-board"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.dandavats.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/31721","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.dandavats.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.dandavats.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.dandavats.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.dandavats.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=31721"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/www.dandavats.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/31721\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":31724,"href":"https:\/\/www.dandavats.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/31721\/revisions\/31724"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.dandavats.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=31721"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.dandavats.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=31721"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.dandavats.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=31721"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}