CHART OF BHAKTI
In Bhakti Tattva Viveka, Srila Bhaktivinoda Thakura reffering to himself as an insignificant and destitute servant of all the Vaisnavas in the world (Vishva Vaisnava Dasa) puts forward the following verses:
shraddha lobhatmaka ya sa vishvasa-rupini yada
jayate ’tra tada bhaktau nrimatrasyadhikarita (1)
na sankhyam na ca vairagyam na dharmo na bahujnata
kevalam sadhu-sango ’yam hetuh shraddhodaye dhruvam (2)
shravanadi-vidhanena sadhu-sanga-balena ca
anarthapagame shighram shraddha nishthatmika bhavet (3)
nishthapi rucitam prapta shuddha-bhaktyadhikaritam
dadati sadhake nityam esha pratha sanatano (4)
asat-sango ’thava bhaktav aparadhe krite sati
shraddhapi vilayam yati katham syac chuddha-bhaktata (5)
atah shraddhavata karyam savadhanam phalaptaye
anyatha na bhaved bhaktih shraddha prema-phalatmika (6)
"When Sraddha which is based either on faith in the injunctions of the scriptures or on greed to follow in the footsteps of a Ragatmika Bhakta appears in the heart, a person attains the Adhikara for Shuddha Bhakti.
Sankhya, Vairagya, Varnashrama Dharma or becoming a scholar do not cause the appearance of Sraddha. The sole cause of the appearance of Sraddha is the association of a Sadhu who has deep love for the narrations of Krsna’s pastimes. When Sraddha appears, one becomes a Kanishtha Adhikari.
When one executes the limbs of Sadhana Bhakti such as Sravana, and when by the influence of SadhuSanga one becomes free from Anarthas and his Sraddha becomes dense and transforms into Nishtha, one develops the Madhyama Adhikara or intermediate qualification for Suddha Bhakti.
By the further pursuance of the activities of Sadhana Bhakti such as Sravana and by the influence of associating with devotees who are more advanced than oneself, one’s Nistha intensifies and assumes the form of Ruci.
The Sadhaka within whom such Ruci has developed is called an Uttama Adhikari. Only such an Uttama Adhikari attains Suddha Bhakti.
This is the eternal process for the attainment of Suddha Bhakti.
But if during the execution of this gradual process of Sadhana one keeps the bad association of those who are attached to sense pleasure or those attached to an impersonal conception of the absolute truth, or if one disrespects a pure devotee or commits any other offence to him, Sraddha at the Kanishtha level as well as that at the Madhyama level will dry up from its very root and the Sadhaka will be unable to achieve Suddha Bhakti.
In such a condition the Sadhaka is either entangled in Chaya-bhakti-abhasa or, in the case of committing numerous offences, even glides down into Pratibimba-bhakti-abhasa.
Therefore, until one attains the stage of Uttama Adhikara, the faithful and sincere Sadhaka should remain extremely careful.
Otherwise it will be very difficult to achieve Suddha Bhakti which ultimately bears the fruit of Prema."
And so we have:
Kanistha Kanistha - Sraddha
Kanistha Madhyama - Sadhu Sanga
Kanistha Uttama - Bhajana Kriya
Anartha Nvritti
Madhyama Kanistha - Nistha
Madhyama Madhyama - Ruci
Madhyama Uttama – Asakti
Rati or Bhava
Uttama Kanistha - Prema (Murcchita Kasaya)
Uttama Madhyama - Prema (Nirdhuta Kasaya)
Uttama Uttama - Prema (Bhagavata Parsada Deha Prapata)
The complete chart:
http://bhakti-tattva.blogspot.pt/2013/05/tabela-de-bhakti.html
