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rasas 

"Rasam" a watery south-Indian dish is the 'nearest' that we get to learn today...!!!

The 9 rasa's are vital for even managing the daily routine...

There is no institution (by any name) to teach mastery of these 9 prominent forms of emotions, to invoke them at will!

These epics give us a lot to learn from!

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What is the role of rasas in life, in spiritual / scriptural messages, what their advantages, and any disadvantages?

how to get at the essence beyond the rasa value of messages

what are the mediums of communication ,

what is the need for communication at all

The point to be noted , very very important, is

1 the rasas are to be mastered totally not to get entangled and bound by only one rasa or a few rasas

like a humor actor/ artist should not be always a humor actorartist, not to be bound by being branded as humor actor life long

i cannot imagine a dancer to be depicting only a veeram or karunyam always , all 8 must go in due proportion as per the need of communication

since abhinaya/ ganam vadyam all are mediums of communication, must show the necessary versatility as needed in the context

Bharata Muni enunciated the eight Rasas in the Nātyasāstra,

Each rasa, according to Nātyasāstra, has a presiding deity and a specific colour.

Bharata Muni established the following.

Śṛngāram (शृङ्गारं) Love, Attractiveness. Presiding deity: Vishnu. Colour: light green.

Hāsyam (हास्यं) Laughter, Mirth, Comedy. Presiding deity: Pramata. Colour: white.

Raudram (रौद्रं) Fury. Presiding deity: Rudra. Colour: red.

Kāruṇyam (कारुण्यं) Compassion, Tragedy. Presiding deity: Yama. Colour: grey.

Bībhatsam (बीभत्सं) Disgust, Aversion. Presiding deity: Shiva. Colour: blue

Bhayānakam (भयानकं) Horror, Terror. Presiding deity: Kala. Colour: black

Vīram (वीरं) Heroic mood. Presiding deity: Indra. Colour: yellowish

Adbhutam (अद्भुतं) Wonder, Amazement. Presiding deity: Brahma. Colour: yellow

and

Abhinavagupta suggested a ninth rasa shantam rasa when only eight were accepted and it had to undergo a good deal of struggle between the sixth and the tenth centuries, before it could be accepted by the majority of the Alankarikas, and the expression Navarasa (the nine rasas), could come into vogue.

Śāntam Peace or tranquility. deity: Vishnu. Colour: blue

but i love to differ

according to my grasp, only 8 rasas exist

shantam is the mother rasa , the basis / origin / mother of 8 rasas

shantam ,mother, cannot be counted with 8 child rasas

if counted as 9, the confusion arises

8 are child rasas of one mother shantam, ie raso vai saha ,

it is like in computer there are 8 themes but there is always one original theme which forms the basis of other themes , from switching from one theme to other

so shantam is the stable orignal, on which the rasas change

dancer when depicting a rasa like say veeram to karunyam, the transition will be thru shantam

also at the start and at the end of performance, the mother rasa shantam, the raso vaisaha prevails

so there are only 8 rasas not nine , bhrathmuni is very correct

since he knows more on the mother rasa since he being the muni , who experienced pure consciousness, the forthstate

What is fourth state

Upanishads describe it

‘SHIVAM SHANTAM ADVAITAM CHATURTHAM MANYATE SA ATMA SA VIGYAYAHA’.

The Shiva, which is tranquil, unified and non-dual beyond the three realms is verily the ATMAN, which must be known and experienced in our consciousness.

The manifest aspect of Lord Shiva is SHAMBHU, SHANKAR and MAHADEV as one of the lords of TRINITY, who dissolves the precious state to enable new creation of Brahma

. He is the fountainhead of all esoteric knowledge of yoga, Tantra and occult traditions.

He is associated with cosmic dance of NATRAJ – TANDAV.

Lord Shiva – NATARAJA - is the master of dance. Shiva’s dance indicates a continuous process of creation, preservation and destruction.  

In simple plain english

the fouth state is the state of pure consciousness, which is at the root cause at all manifestations

and this is to be experienced in order to know what exactly its

it's not possible to get at its grasp just by reading about it

once we get at its experience we get to know ''raso vai saha'',the raw material of all rasas

thru the mastery over this , thru knowing, thru experiencing it, we get the control over mind ,

and so we gain control over body

so we gain control over  rasas mudras bhavas

and once we gain mastery on the mastermind, we will not keep quiet,

we create and create, we share and share, we continue to create new and new

and at will we can activate any rasas at will and experience and share/ communicate that experience to all to the universe

we create a universe, an epic with desired theme, rasa, and color our life in the way we like in every field

         

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What/who is the master of mind

consciousness is the master of mind

so must gain full knowledge on consciousness, which is in 3 modes, sleep, dream, wake

what is behind these three

4th state , is the master of the three states

What controls the body?

mind controls the body/ even the destiny

manam eva manushyaanaam bandha mokshya kaaranam

so to master on navarasas we must master on mind

To prepare a nice rasasam, we must know what the ingredients, what the proportions , what the sequesnces, time, energy/heat,

also we must know detail about the ingredients too

Mastery on any thing requires the knowledge on it

it can be thing/subject/person/unit/a system

since knowledge is power

knowledge about a thing ends up in gaining the control over it, lordship on it

so we must know the required relevant knowledge on it

surface knowledge will not help

we must go to the root of the matter

once we know the root level knowledge we can gain the control on the whole subject

so root level knowledge means, knowledge on how that thing originates

where its origin, the seed of totality lies , how it gets expressed in detail , in degrees, in branches, in streams,

so in this contest of nava rasas we must know the root/ origin of nava rasa s        

This blog must necessarily lead to the most important goal, as you mentioned to know-how on the mastery of 9 rasas

your query is opening the door, by putting the grease in the hinges

Coming to your serious quest

''There is no institution (by any name) to teach mastery of these 9 prominent forms of emotions, to invoke them at will!''

great lead, thank you,

you may wonder , your question is like a fish in the sea searching for water

my submission is ----all spiritual pursuits lead to the origin and hence to the mastery of 9 prominent forms of emotions, to invoke them at will!

let's explore how  Vanakkam, aama sir romba sathyam

choru sambaru , kathrikaayi kolumbu, rasam, thairuvadai, yellaa nalla saapadu,

hence the meal of life becomes all the more enjoyable, funny, though some times bitter, and hot

meal is good if enriched if shadrasopetham

if not it is just watery

i find you are adding hasya to st along with serious spirituality, removing the frown from the seekers

i find some are adding hasya to st along with serious spirituality, removing the frown from the seekers

all spiritual pursuits lead to the origin and hence to the mastery of 9 prominent forms of emotions, to invoke them at will!

Here the medium / the means is body

shareera maadyam khalu dharma saadhanam

if to know the hands feet ,four limbs/ branches we must know the body

to know the body , the means/ the medium of creating causing displaying the 9 rasas, and mudras we must know what controls the body

What controls the body?

mind controls the body/ even the destiny

manam eva manushyaanaam bandha mokshya kaaranam

so to master on navarasas we must master on mindWhat/who is the master of mind

 who is that ''mastermind'' behind all this drama with 9 rasas

consciousness is the master of mind

so must gain full knowledge on consciousness, which is in 3 modes, sleep, dream, wake

what is behind these three

4th state , is the master of the three states  the raw material of all rasas

thru the mastery over this , thru knowing, thru experiencing it, we get the control over mind ,

and so we gain control over body

so we gain control over 9 rasas mudras bhavas

and once we gain mastery on the mastermind, we will not keep quiet,

we create and create, we share and share, we continue to create new and new

and at will we can activate any rasas at will and experience and share/ communicate that experience to all to the universe

we create a universe, an epic with desired theme, rasa, and color our life in the way we like in every field