L'enthousiasme
(Bhagavan Kapila Deva told Mother Devahuti) - "O Mother! Upon hearing my glories when a devotee's heart rushes toward me, the Supreme Personality, just as the River Ganga rushes toward the sea, it is called 'nirguna bhakti' or bhakti devoid of material qualities. It does not desire any fruit and is not adulterated by knowledge, karma, etc." This is true bhakti.
Sri Jiva Goswami has written in Bhaktisandarbha that bhakti is most supremely rare and most supremely incomprehensible. Most of us carry on bhakti to some extent and maybe it is natural, but most often, it is sakaitava. Love for love's sake is very rare. In some corner of the devotee's heart there is a desire for wealth, child, good health or monetary gain, fame and status. Hence, in spite of devotional practise one is unable to obtain Divine Love.
If these desires for profit, worship and fame had not existed, then in the Gaudiya Vaisnava wherein the most loving Lord Gaurasundar has descended, would Divine Love be so rare?
Whatever it may be, Sripad Visvanatha Chakravarti has made a very beautiful and fine point that we should bear in mind before starting disciplined bhajan. The point is -- enthusiasm in bhajan with due respect.Not only is bhajan necessary, but it should be done with enthusiasm.
saam krpa mahat-seva sraddha guru-padasrayah
bhajanesu sprhrha bhaktir anarthapagamas tatah
Meaning - "We should serve the pure devotees and gain their mercy. Thereafter we should take shelter of the lotus-feet of the spiritual master with faith and start our bhajan with enthusiasm. Then all our inauspicious qualities will disappear."
In spite of doing bhajan, if we do not make advancement, we should realize that we are not showing enough enthusiasm. Sri Jiva Goswami has also stated this indirectly. We should have scriptural faith and 'saranagati.' Then we should begin our devotional life by respectfully serving Guru and the Vaisnavas. Our bhajan should be of the akaitava inborn type. While explaining verse 1.2.36 of B.R.S., Sri Jiva Goswami has mentioned how true bhajan should be performed. It is very much similar to Sri Visvanatha Chakravarti's 'bhajan with enthusiasm.'
We should perform bhajan by staying close to our our Worshipable One (Istadev). Without this we cannot be enthusiastic about bhajan. Upasana (worshipping) literally means 'to stay close.' If we do not perform bhajan like this, passionate love for Krsna is very difficult to achieve. As soon as our appreciative readers hear the verse uttered by Lord Kapila in Srimad Bhagavatam [the opening verse, above] and quoted by Sri Jiva Goswami, they will comprehend why bhakti has been termed 'most supremely incomprehensible.'
Ceux qui, comme moi ont cru avoir été initiés et reçu les mantras, se sont concoctés une douce philosophie qui n’a nulle foundation lorsqu’on regarde de près la tradition Gaudhiya Vaisnavas
Faisant parti de cet enthousiasme vital pour la réussite du bhajan se trouve le point essentiel
Le constat est certes douloureux pour ceux qui se battent encore avec leur mental, qui ont deposé leur chapelet au fond d’un tiroir et qui pensent encore que certains livres vaisnavas sont interdits etc… “and start our bhajan with enthusiasm. Then all our inauspicious qualities will disappear."
Si les travers du disciples n’ont pas disparus après tout ce temps il faut réajuster notre opinion sur la qualité de notre diksa. Mais là le “dévot” est tellement submergé de tabous qu’il aura bien du mal à se décider, même s’il y risque ce qu’il lui reste d’avenir.